The sunny country of Colombia gave the world an amazing talent – the singer Shakira, whose voice fell in love with her millions of fans. Since childhood, passionate about music, she confidently sought universal recognition, becoming popular first in Latin America, and then throughout the world. Her songs are really good, because she herself writes the lyrics for them, and then performs them as no one else can.
Although the singer is originally from Colombia, she has Lebanese, Spanish and Italian roots. Shakira began writing poetry at the age of four. At the age of seven, her father gave her a typewriter, encouraging her daughter’s passion. She has eight brothers and sisters. True, consolidated – from the first marriage of her father. During her school years, Shakira was expelled from the choir, and her music teacher said that she “howls like a goat.” While studying, the most hated subject for a future star was mathematics. In one of her video clips the son of a former Argentine president has appeared. From Hindi, “Shakira” is translated as “the goddess of light”.
Her height is only 156 centimeters. In addition to her native Spanish, the singer is fluent in English, Portuguese, Arabic and Italian. Shakira’s IQ level is 140. Her charming belly dance, which she performed on stage more than once, was taught by her Lebanese grandmother. Almost always at concerts Shakira goes on stage barefoot. In the Colombian town where she was born, a metal monument in her honor was erected. Unlike many other celebrities, Shakira never did tattoos (also, check Interesting facts about tattoos). She recorded her first album at the age of thirteen.
The singer’s hobbies include astronomy. Shakira acquired its own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011. Shakira takes a very active part in charity activities. According to her, this was influenced by an episode from her childhood, when her father showed her how the poor live. Even then, she decided that she should become famous, as this would enable her to help other people. She plays great on acoustic guitar and harmonica. The singer has two favorite colors – white and black. Shakira has almost no bad habits. So, she does not smoke and does not drink alcohol. And even coffee does not drink!
When asked about which part of her body an attractive singer considers the best, she answered “brain”. The singer loves massive rings and rings. She has several hundred of them. Shakira loves Indian films with dances and songs. She is not only a singer, but also an actress, however, she performed mostly small roles. But she managed to play in more than 80 films and TV shows. Civic husband Shakira younger than her for ten years. At leisure, the singer loves to sculpt dishes and various figures from clay.
