Shakira Research Paper

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Shakira, born in Colombian, is today one of the best selling Latin artist of all time. She started performing in Spanish and was only 13 years old when she released her first album in 1990. After reaching incredible accomplishments in U.S Latin music media, she appeared on MTV Unplugged. After appearing in MTV, Shakira started working in entering the English-language market and with her fifth album, Shakira’s first success in the U.S mainstream occur. The album went to number three on the U.S Billboard and while it seems that her album was a success, Shakira received a lot of backlash from her Latino fans. Shakira’s first number one single was “Hips Don’t Lie” and the song became one the highest selling singles of the 21th century. To please

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