Portal 1: Personal Information

Shakira is a Colombian singer, dancer and songwriter.

She was born in Barranquilla, on February 2 of 1977.

She made début on the record Spanish-American market in 1995 with the album "Pies Descalzos"

She's only 1.50 meters tall, but she has managed to amaze the people around the world, thanks to her talent.

She has sold more than 180 million of her musical productions in the whole world.

She has gained four Grammys, seven Billboard Music Awards, seven American Music Awards and ten Grammys Latino.

Her husband is Gerard Pique, who is a soccer player.

She has 2 sons, their names are Milan and Sasha.

At present she lives in Barcelona-Spain, with her husband and their sons.

She likes to play the guitar, the piano, the drums and the harmonica.

She can speak in Spanish, English, Portuguese, French, Arabic and Italian.

She is an ambassador of good will of the UNICEF

She is the creator of the foundation Pies Descalzos.

Additional information about Shakira and her career: 

She started her musical career when she was 14 years old. 

She turn over the world, with her voice and her hips moves. 

Colombia stand out artistically thanks to artists like Shakira. 

Shakira not only step across the global music industries, she also have come across with legendary songs through the years.

Shakira have turn into one of the most successful and famous singers and dancer around the world. 

She recorded the next song with Carlos Vives in the city of Barranquilla, the name of the song is "La Bicicleta":