This week we highlight last years number 51Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll. Shakira was born on February 2, 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia and she is known the entire world as Shakira. She is a singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and dancer. She had tow releases using local producers with out much success, when she produced her own music in 1995 people took notice. In 2001, Shakira broke through into the English-speaking world with the release of Laundry Service, which sold over thirteen million copies worldwide. Followed up four years later, with the two-album project called Fijación Oral Vol. 1 and Oral Fixation Vol. 2. This produced the song “Hips Don’t Lie” According to Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems; “Hips Don’t Lie” was the most-played pop song in a single week in American radio history. It was played 9,637 times in one week and is the Best-Selling Single of Last 10 Years. Here current single and album She Wolf is climbing up the charts with great success. She has won two Grammy Awards, seven Latin Grammy Awards, and has been Golden Globe-nominated. She is the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time, and the second most successful female Latin singer having sold over 50 million albums worldwide. She made the Tea512 because she is hot as pistol, shake like a slinky and is intoxicating to watch perform. Last year she just made the list but we think she will have a higher standing this year when all is said and done.
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