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Her hit ''Hips Don't Lie,'' featuring rap artist Wyclef Jean,
became the most played song in pop radio history. (June 7,
2006)
Will close the 2006 World Cup of football at Olympic stadium
in Berlin, with a show before the final match in July. (April
15, 2006)
Is to become the first pop star to release a single only as a
mobile-phone download. (March 20, 2006)
Is set to be honored with a giant steel statue in her hometown
of Barranquilla. (March 20, 2006)
Fired her beauty staff after deciding she had become too
obsessed with her appearance. (March 8, 2006)
Denies rumors that she and Robbie Williams have been sharing
nights of passion in LA, insisting that they are just friends
and that she is happily in love with her Argentinean fiance of
four years, Antonio De La Rua. (March 3, 2006)
Does not think of herself as a feminist, just that she is a
strong woman with masculine qualities. Once so concerned about
the size of her breasts, she has finally decided against
having plastic surgery, insisting she is happy being natural.
(January 30, 2006)
Is reportedly selling her $6m beach mansion in Miami. (January
24, 2006)
Was no. 8 on Blackwell's list of worst-dressed women of 2005.
Admits that she is very shy about her body and that her sexy
videos do not represent her as the kind of woman she is.
(November 15, 2005)
Says she's the very shy even though she's known for her sexy
dance routines.
Will release two new albums this year via Epic: Fijacion Oral
1 in Spanish (June) and Oral Fixation 2 in English (November).
(April 9, 2005)
Became the youngest ever goodwill ambassador for the United
Nations’ UNICEF on October 24, 2003
Postponed a concert in the Dominican Republic at the advice of
her doctors because she was suffering from a throat infection
-- The concert was scheduled for Wednesday night at Quisqueya
Stadium in Santo Domingo, but it was postponed until Thursday
night, promoter George Nader said. (March 21, 2003)
Donated 10,000 pairs of tennis shoes to her hometown of
Barranquilla to impoverished children -- the donation was made
through the Barefoot Foundation, named after one of Shakira's
disks called Pies Descalzos in Spanish. (December 21, 2002)
Shakira proves to be a real doll – the singer has signed on
with toy company Mattel, maker of Barbie, to license a
collection of fashion dolls and accessories. (November 6,
2002)
Shakira has signed an endorsement deal with Reebok that will
be marketed under the sportswear giant's Sounds & Rhythm Of
Sport platform. (September 24, 2002)
Shakira is a walking, living, breathing, singing
contradiction.
She's a child prodigy who wrote her first song at age eight, a
blond-locked Colombian who speaks three languages and loves
only in Spanish
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She's a perfectionist who spends hours in the studio; she
needs to be close to nature but her passion is the crackle of
electric guitars.
Made emergency helicopter landing. Bad weather forces the
singer's chopper down over a baseball diamond in the Dominican
Republic on Friday, August 2, 2002. She and family escaped
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