Shakira full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll. She was born February 2, 1977, in Barranquilla, Colombia, into a poor family. Her mother was a native Colombian and her father was of Lebanese descent. She also listened heavily to English-language rock & roll, listing her favorite bands as Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, the Police, the Cure and Nirvana.
Shakira wrote her first song at age eight, began entering talent competitions at age ten and started learning the guitar at age 11. One story runs that around this age, she was kicked out of her school choir for singing too forcefully.
In 1990, at age 13, Shakira moved to Bogota in hopes of pursuing a modeling career, but wound up signing a record deal with Sony's Colombian division. Her 1991 debut album, Magia (Magic), was comprised of songs she'd written over the past five or six years. Although it didn't break internationally. Dissatisfied with the pop inclinations of the follow-up, 1993's Peligro (Danger). Shakira changed direction for a time, joining the cast of the Colombian soap opera El Oasis in 1994.
Pies Descalzos is the best album in 1996. It set the stage for one of the international community's most celebrat and excting star. It was Shakira's big commercial breakthrough. That album was establish the Colombian singer as a superstar in Latin America. Shakira's another album, Donde Estan los Ladrones?, that means "Where Are the Thieves?" in Spanish. Alex Henderson is an music guide.
The following are Shakira's ringtones available:
1. La Tortura
2. Eyes Like Yours (Ojos Asi)
3. Objection (Tango)
4. Ojos Asi
5. Suerte
6. Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)
