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The NBC Today Show Concert Series Shakira Page 3 : Underneath Your ClothesExclusive Photos of Shakira from the Rockafeller Center May 31, 2002 ~ Manhattan, NY 
© 2002 nidhin.com - All Rights Reserved All Photos taken by Nishanth Gopinathan for nidhin.com
She was nominated in four categories for "Premio Los Nuestro," a Latin version of the Grammies. She's also the recipient of the World Music Award for Latin Female Artist of Year. But unlike her American twin, Shakira doesn't sing angst-ridden songs. She's one of those rare young women who has it together and is unfazed by her newfound popularity. Her lyrics reach out to women who have been through it all and managed to survive. She doesn't get wild or throw tantrums and chooses to live at home. All this maturation at the ripe ole age of 23. Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born in Barranquilla, near Colombia's Caribbean coast. She's the youngest of eight of American born and Lebanese decent William Mebarak and Colombian mother Nidia Ripoll. By age eight Shakira, which is Arabic for "woman full of grace," wrote her first song and won talent shows by playing guitar at 11. Ironically, she was kicked off the school choir because her strong voice projected too loudly. In 1990 at age 13, she signed with Sony Discos. Rock music is where she wanted to be in but Sony execs had other ideas. They wanted to mold her into another of these one hit wonder girl singers who seem to disappear at a blink. Shakira refused and penned her own compositions of rock music. Her determination paid off and at age 19 she recorded "Pies Descalzos," (Bare Feet) which fused on rock, pop and Latin rhythms. In the meantime, she starred in the Colombian soap opera "El Oasis" between 1994 and 1997.Though she caught the acting bug, music remained Shakira's primary focus. "Pies" had a shaky start but with consecutive singles, "Estoy Aqui," "Donde Estas Mi Corazon," "Antologia" and "Pienso En Ti," the fledgling CD received a lot of airplay in Latin American radio stations. The album sold 3.6 million copies and Shakira was on her way. The album reached success all over South America and maintained its position in the Billboard Latin Top 50, moving quickly to the Top 10, where it remained for several weeks. With her career skyrocketing, her longtime advisor Jairo Martinez went to über producer of Latin Music, Emilio Estefan, to further la Colombiana's career.
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