

In an interview with Rolling Stone she said: "My music, I think, is a fusion of many different elements. Shakira is known to have adopted many genres, including folk, mainstream pop and rock. Since then, the albums have been pulled from release and are not considered official Shakira albums but rather promotional albums. She is of Lebanese, Spanish & Italian descent.
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In the same year, Shakira starred in the Colombian TV Series "The Oasis", loosely based on the Armero Tragedy in 1985. Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born on Februin Barranquilla, Colombia to Nidia del Carmen Mebarak (née Ripoll Torrado) & William Alberto Mebarak Chadid. Shakira then decided to take a hiatus from recording so that she could graduate from high school. Shakira Biography Shakira is a Colombian pop singer and dancer Shakira has won multiple Grammy, Latin Grammy, and American Music Awards. Childhood: Shakira was born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, to Nidya del Carmen Ripoll Torrado and William Mebarak Chadid. The album was better received then Magia, though it was also considered a commercial failure due to Shakira's refusal to advertise it. Shakiras's second studio album Peligro was released in March, but Shakira was no pleased with the final result, mainly taking issue with the production.

One of the judges who voted for her to win was then 20-year-old Ricky Martin. Shakira performed the ballad "Eres" ("You Are") and won the trophy for third place. The festival gave aspiring Latin American singers a chance to perform their songs, and the winner was then chosen by a panel of judges.

Shakira was invited to perform at Chile's Vina del Mar International Song Festival in February 1993. A month earlier, she performed at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York City and snagged a Moon Man at that ceremony is when the worldwide audience voted to give her the International Viewers Choice Award. Yet another artist is selling their music catalog and Ayesha talks about accepting the upheaval that comes with change and what you can do as a musician to. After the poor performance of Magia, Shakira's urged her to return to the studio to release a follow-up record. Shakira takes home five trophies, including Best Artist of the Year, at the MTV Video Music Awards Latin America in Miami. Though it fared well on Colombian radio and gave the young Shakira much exposure, the album did not fare well commercially as only 1,200 copies were sold world wide. The album was released in June 1991 and featured "Magia" and three other singles. The songs are collection made by her since she was 8 mixed pop-rock ballads and disco uptempo songs with electronic accompaniment however it was hampered by a lack of recording and production cohesion. Shakira's debut album was recorded with Sony Music Colombian in 1990 when she was only fourteen years old.
