Shakira Concert Tickets
Shakira was born in Barranquilla, Colombia to a Colombian mother Nidia del Carmen Ripoll Torrado of Spanish descent and an American-born father William Mebarak Chadid of Lebanese descent. Her oldest half-sister Lucy is a surgeon; her half-brother, Alberto, is a lawyer; Moises is the third child; Tonino is the fourth child and the closest to Shakira, having worked many years as her road manager. Then there is Patricia who lives in Spain, she is a special education teacher, and finally there is Antonio and Edward, the youngest who both live in Miami. Shakira began writing and composing music at the age of eight. One of the first songs she wrote was called "Tus Gafas Oscuras" (Your Dark Glasses), whose lyrical message revolved around her father and his grief over a son who had died in a car accident. At the age of ten, Shakira tried out for her school choir, but she was rejected because her voice had been noted as "too strong." Friends teased her by saying she sounded like a goat. Shakira started looking for other singing opportunities, and competed in a weekly television singing competition for children, Vivan Los Ni?os (Long Live The Kids).
Between the ages of ten to thirteen, Shakira was invited to various events in Barranquilla, and became a local celebrity. At that time she met local theatre producer Monica Ariza, who was impressed with Shakira and helped to make her known outside Barranquilla. During a flight from Barranquilla to Bogota, Ariza happened to be sitting next to Sony Colombia executive Ciro Vargas. Vargas agreed to hold an audition for Shakira, which took place a few weeks later in a hotel lobby. Vargas was impressed and returned to the Sony office and gave Shakira's cassette to the song and artist director, but he was not excited at all, and thought Shakira was "a lost cause." Vargas was convinced that Shakira had talent, and set up a surprise audition in Bogot'. He tricked the Sony Colombia executives to this bar, and around midnight he announced he had a surprise: Shakira. She sang three songs, and her performance was a hit. Shakira was subsequently signed to write and record three albums.
Magia (Magic) was Shakira's debut album, recorded with Sony Colombia in 1991, at the age of 15. The songs were penned by her from the time she was eight, however it was hampered by a lack of recording and production cohesion and did not fare well commercially. Less than one thousand copies were sold and the album is now sought after as a collector's item Peligro. (Danger) was Shakira's second album. It was released in 1993 through Sony Colombia, when Shakira was just 17. This album fared better than Magia, but Shakira decided to take a break from recording and graduate from high school. The recording itself is a collection of self-penned songs but is once again marred by a lack of cohesive production.
In 2001, upon the success of ?D'nde Est'n Los Ladrones?, Shakira began working on a crossover album to the English language. Collaborating with Gloria Estefan, Shakira wrote and recorded English versions of the tracks from ?D'nde Est'n Los Ladrones?, and new songs were also composed to create Laundry Service. Although it was aimed at the English language market, the rock and Spanish dance-influenced album also features four Spanish songs, including "Que Me Quedes Tu" (That You Love Me). Some critics claimed that Shakira's English skills were too weak for her to write in it (she was satirized in a MAD TV sketch), but Laundry Service was a success, selling more than 13 million CDs worldwide, yielding the worldwide hit "Whenever, Whenever" and singles "Underneath Your Clothes" (a Canadian number-one), "Te Dejo Madrid" (I Leave You Madrid), "Objection (Tango) ", and "The One". The album and its singles established Shakira's musical presence in the mainstream North American market.
In 2002, Shakira also released the Spanish greatest hits volume Grandes exitos. A DVD and ten-track compilation album called Live & Off the Record, was released in 2004 reaching sales of 3 million CDs worldwide, commemorating Shakira's 2002-2003 world tour, the "Tour of the Mongoose". The name of the tour was derived from the fact that mongoose can defeat a cobra without being killed by its poison. The concerts were interspersed with visuals of a mongoose fighting a cobra.
In September 2002, Shakira was one of the last artists to win the now-defunct International Viewer's Choice Award at the MTV Video Music Awards with Suerte. In October of that year, she won 5 MTV Video Music Awards Latin America for Best Female Artist, Best Pop Artist, Best Artist'North (Region), Video of the Year (for Suerte), and Artist of the Year. At Aerosmith's MTV Icon in 2002, Shakira performed "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)". Also in 2002, Shakira joined the likes of Celin Dion, Anastacia, Cher and The Dixie Chicks for VH1 Divas Live Las Vegas.
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