英语名人堂：夏奇拉·伊莎贝尔·迈巴拉克·里波尔
1991年，夏奇拉发行了个人首张专辑《Magia》。1998年，夏奇拉凭着唱片《Donde Estan Los Ladrones》夺得了第44届LatinGrammy的“最佳拉丁摇滚另类女艺人奖”[1-2] 。2000年的专辑《Shakira：MTV Unplugged》为夏奇拉赢得了拉丁格莱美最佳拉丁流行专辑奖。2002年，她赢得5项拉美MTV视频音乐奖。2006年2月，夏奇拉在世界杯闭幕式献唱《Hips Don’t Lie》。2010年，由夏奇拉创作并参与制作的歌曲《Wakawaka》被选为南非世界杯官方指定全球唯一主题曲。2014年，夏奇拉与卡里尼奥·布朗在巴西世界杯闭幕式联袂演唱《La la la》，这也将是夏奇拉连续第三次在世界杯决赛前的闭幕式上献唱[3] 。
Shakira is a Colombian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and dancer. She is one of Latin America’s top stars and is very popular internationally. She is the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time. She has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, and has won numerous awards. She is also the only South American singer to have a number one record in the USA.
Shakira was born in 1977 in Colombia. Her mother is of Spanish and Italian ancestry, and her father is of Lebanese descent. She speaks fluent Spanish, English, Portuguese and Italian, and a little Arabic. Shakira was an outstanding student at school. Reports are she has an IQ of 140. She grew up writing poems on a typewriter she got as a Christmas gift.
Shakira wanted to perform from the age of four. She danced at school every Friday and her classmates nicknamed her "belly dancer girl". She said: "That's how I discovered my passion for live performance." Aged 13, she signed a three-album contract with Sony Music. The first twoflopped; but the third, ‘Pies Descalzos’ sold over five million copies and made her a star.
Shakira crossed over into singing in English. Her 2001 album ‘Laundry Service’ sold 13 million copies and established her as an international phenomenon. Gabriel García Marquez asked her to write the songs for the movie ‘Love in the Time of Cholera’. Shakira has written the lyrics to every song she has recorded, bar two. She describes herself as a perfectionist.
