Shakira: Difference between revisions

When she was 8, [[Fallen Princess|her father became bankrupted]]. She was sent to relatives in [[Los Angeles]]. She got to return to Barranquilla, but she was shocked to find that a lot of her parents’ belongings had been sold. To show her that things could be worse, her father took her to a local park where orphans were sniffing glue. The images stayed with her and she said to herself, "One day I’m going to help these kids when I become a famous artist."

 

 

When it was time to record her third album, Shakira started to produce her own music, perfect her voice and take creative control of her music. ''Pies Descalzos'' (English: ''Bare Feet'') was groundbreaking in the Latin pop world. The songs of the album are melodic, musically surprising and gritty, with intellectual lyrics and an electronic/acoustic blend that effectively broke the formulaic mold of Latin pop with an authentic sound that hadn’t been heard before. The album sold over 5 million copies.

* [[Panty Shot]] – The video for “Las De La Intuición” has a lot of this.

** Also some in the video for "La Tortura"

* [[Punch-Punch-Punch Uh-Oh]] - Happens to the sleazy ex-boyfriend in the video for "Objection (Tango)".

* [[She's Got Legs]] - Has hips and legs to die for and is not afraid to show them.

** Shakira was originally an alt-rock singer more akin to Alanis. Then she began shaking her hips and dyed her hair blonde and became latin-Britney.

** She's a trained bellydancer, which explains the ass-shaking in <s>some of</s> her videos. Doesn't really excuse [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsp_8Lm1eSk smearing herself with oil] while writhing, though.

* [[Spicy Latina]]: Oh, yeah.

* [[Translated Cover Version]] – She has done this in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.