Shakira

The Biography of Shakira Introduction Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is a colombian singer and dancer. She was born to a lebanese father and a colombian mother. She has many arab and latin influences in her music due to her different heritages. She also has millions of supporters and fans and continues to do what she does best. Childhood An important part of her dancing started out when she was a child. She was went to eat and when she began to sit down she noticed a belly dancer, without a question she stood up, and started imitating the dance. It sparks in her memory as her yearning for performance while she was still a young child. Young Shakira always had a taste for performing for other kids. She joined her school’s choir but was then kicked out for her significant vibrato. But that never stopped the defiant child, she continued to perform for her fellow school students although she was kicked out of the school choir. Career…

Marianna Torres Mrs.Dwiggins Computers 309 September 12, 2014 Nicki Minaj: She is a hip hop artist/singer who has several songs like Anaconda,Super Bass,Pills and Potions,Turn Me On,Starships, Bees in the Trap,Your Love,Pound the Alarm,Va Va Voom,Fly,Moment For Life,High School,Freestyle,and more.Growing up she had a very abusive father,who was also addicted to drugs. At a…

As in the case of Jason, having an awareness of the client’s identities and multicultural background is key in helping Shakira build her strengths and helping me (the counselor) establish an understanding of the unique issues that concern her. To begin with, multicultural competence training can be beneficial to both the client and counselor. As a counselor, it will enable me to build rapport, respect, knowledge and awareness of my client’s cultural background. And like wise, it will help…

This is a scholarly book which explores how music functions as an alternative way for U.S.-Colombians to define and express their identity. The image of Shakira as the “idealized transnational citizen” will serve as a strong foundation for my exploration into Shakira’s global appeal and image. In addition, this book will be essential as I build on the definition of a crossover artist. Gontovnik, Gónica. 2010. "Tracking transnational Shakira on her way to conquer the world." Zona Próxima…

songwriters there are few women record producer, dancer and actress such as Beyonce and Shakira. They are worldwide famous women singers. Beyonce is an American singer, born and raised in Houston, Texas and performing in singing and dancing competitions as a child. She began her music career as a member of Girl’s Thyme, which was recast as Destiny’s Child in 1993. Managed by her father, the group became one of the world’s best-selling groups of all time. (Jones, Joanna, 2004). According to…

America one can see how cultures and people blend. People are exposed to many different types of pop culture, music, media and learning. These elements influence how they think and live. One Latin American musician who was exposed to many different cultures and genres of music was Shakira. Shakira is a singer and dancer…

would Shakira—an artist who consistently proclaims to be proud of her varied identities—refuse to blend the two most fundamental languages of her identity? Carmen Fought offers us an explanation when she discusses the perceptions of Spanglish speakers by Anglo-dominant society. Code-switching (or Spanglish) is often associated with lower-class Latinx communities and is interpreted by whites (and to an extent, even some Latinxs) as a marker of a lacking education or linguistic non-conformity .…

Shakira founded Barefoot Foundation (Pies Descalzos Foundation) in 1997 as the charity foundation who stand in Colombia with the aim and purpose to help the poor and impoverished children. Their mission is “To ensure that every Colombian child can exercise their right to a quality education. Our model targets displaced and vulnerable communities by addressing their unique needs.". The foundation main focus is to help in the field of education whereas they already hasfive schools across Colombia…

On the topic of best artist and bands, people have many different opinions. Some people dislike pop, rap, or country, where as some people absolutely love those genres. Everybody has different opinions, and because of that people get into debates like these. Eminem is the better artist over Shakira, and Linkin Park because he started from rock bottom, building his own career, he’s not afraid to speak up and talk about rough topics, and he was won 15 Grammy’s and even more other awards.…

Freddy Fender and ___. In 1999 the Latin explosion occurs and it was what brought Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Ricky Martin, and Shakira to reach the American mainstream. Artists started recording songs, both in Spanish and English, in a mean to reach more people. However, they had to act a certain way, especially women; woman had to act more sexually to make it to the US mainstream and that can be seen by comparing music videos in English and Spanish. While various Latino singers have a huge…