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Shakira

Singer, songwriter, producer, dancer and philanthropist

Born 1977

Shakira is a Colombian singer, songwriter, producer, dancer and philanthropist whose career helped make Spanish-language pop a durable global force. Born in Barranquilla to a Colombian mother and Lebanese-Colombian father, she wrote songs from childhood, signed with Sony Music Colombia at 13 and endured two commercially unsuccessful albums before the guitar-led Pies Descalzos established her across Latin America. Dónde Están los Ladrones? and MTV Unplugged deepened her reputation as a confessional writer and rock performer; Laundry Service then carried her into English-language pop without abandoning the Latin American and Middle Eastern sounds central to her work. Her catalogue spans Whenever, Wherever, La Tortura, Hips Don't Lie, She Wolf, Waka Waka, Chantaje, the record-setting BZRP Music Sessions, Vol. 53 and the Grammy-winning album Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran. She has also voiced Gazelle in Disney's Zootopia films, written a Dora the Explorer children's book and performed at multiple FIFA World Cups. Away from music, she founded Fundación Pies Descalzos and has served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2003, making access to education a parallel, decades-long body of work. In 2025–26, the Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour became a career-spanning stadium production; in 2026 she released Dai Dai with Burna Boy, returned to the World Cup stage, received her first Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nomination and reunited with Maluma for the September single Agua.

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Connected people

ConnectionBurna BoyCollaborated with Shakira on the 2026 World Cup song Dai Dai.

ConnectionBizarrapPartnered on BZRP Music Sessions, Vol. 53, a centrepiece of her 2023 career resurgence.

ConnectionKarol GCo-recorded TQG and won the 2023 VMA for Best Collaboration.

Official records · wins and honours

Awards & Honours

Selected recognition linked to the awarding organisation or primary record.

2026
Rock & Roll Hall of FameNomination
Nominee
Shakira
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2025
Grammy AwardsCompetitive win
Best Latin Pop Album — Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran
Shakira
Official record
2023
MTV Video Music AwardsIndustry honor
Video Vanguard Award
Shakira
Official record
2023
MTV Video Music AwardsCompetitive win
Best Collaboration — TQG
Shakira
Official record
2018
Grammy AwardsCompetitive win
Best Latin Pop Album — El Dorado
Shakira
Official record
2016
Latin Grammy AwardsCompetitive win
Record of the Year — La Bicicleta
Shakira
Official record
2016
Latin Grammy AwardsCompetitive win
Song of the Year — La Bicicleta
Shakira
Official record
2011
The Latin Recording AcademyIndustry honor
Person of the Year
Shakira
Official record
2006
Grammy AwardsCompetitive win
Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album — Fijación Oral, Vol. 1
Shakira
Official record
2006
Latin Grammy AwardsCompetitive win
Album of the Year — Fijación Oral, Vol. 1
Shakira
Official record
2006
Latin Grammy AwardsCompetitive win
Record of the Year — La Tortura
Shakira
Official record
2006
Latin Grammy AwardsCompetitive win
Song of the Year — La Tortura
Shakira
Official record
2001
Grammy AwardsCompetitive win
Best Latin Pop Album — Shakira: MTV Unplugged
Shakira
Official record

Nominee

Best Latin Pop Album — Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran

Video Vanguard Award

Best Collaboration — TQG

Best Latin Pop Album — El Dorado

Record of the Year — La Bicicleta

Song of the Year — La Bicicleta

Person of the Year

Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album — Fijación Oral, Vol. 1

Album of the Year — Fijación Oral, Vol. 1

Record of the Year — La Tortura

Song of the Year — La Tortura

Best Latin Pop Album — Shakira: MTV Unplugged