Biography Of 'Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll'

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll who is more widely known as Shakira is a colombian singer/writer. She was born on February 2, 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia. Two of her most noticeable pieces of work include "Whenever, Wherever" and "Hips Don't Lie,"
Song Name: Waka Waka (This is Africa). Shakira is the most successful colombian singer and second most successful artist in latin america. She has sold 100 million copies of her album in USA. Shakira started off with a rocky career with two album flops but had a third successful one called Pies Descalzos. Then she had another success album called Where are the thieves?. With many successful hits she rose to number one on the latin america top 100 billboard. She soon won her first grammy award in
She had written and produced this piece with the help of John Hill. The genre of the song is pop and calypso. The song was originally created by a cameroonian group of singers called The Golden Sounds. They called it Zangalewa and was made in tribute for the african skirmishers who fought during world war 2. I was also popular during the Nigerian Civil War. The chorus of the song was based of the slang from Cameroonian sharpshooters used for better communication during World War 2. There was controversy over this song over copyright rights because the lyrics had been used in other songs. Shakira though added extra lyrics making it a Colombian-African mix song. The lyrics Shakira sings to compares soldiers to football players because they have to both fight to win/score. The reason why I like this song is that it blends two different languages to produce a very upbeat rhythm. Also there is wide number of instruments used to contribute to the overall song. I think others may like this song because it was made for the world cup making it a favorite song for soccer enthusiasts. Also people may like it because of the various types of instruments that get used in the