Shakira Real Name, Nationality, Ethnicity

Queen of Latin Music, Shakira’s real name is “Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll”.

Shakira Nationality

Shakira is Columbian. She was born in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Shakira Ethnicity

Shakira is of Lebanese, Spanish and Italian descent.

Her father is from Lebanon, while her mother is Spanish and has Italian roots.

Born and raised in Barranquilla,  Shakira launched her first single at age 13, and came to fame after the release of her albums, Pies Descalzos (1995) and Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998).

She broke into the English-language market with her fifth album, Laundry Service (2001), selling more 13 million copies worldwide.

Her singles “Whenever, Wherever” and “Underneath Your Clothes”, became a huge success on the global stage and international market.

Shakira Music Albums

Shakira boasts of a catalog of 145 songs, and has sold over 80 million records so far. She is no doubt, one of the best-selling artists of all time.

Some of her Spanish albums include Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 (2005), Sale el Sol (2010), and El Dorado (2017).

Some of her English albums include Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005), She Wolf (2009) and Shakira (2014).

She is well known for the singles “Hips Don’t Lie”, “Beautiful Liar”, “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)”, “Loca”, and “Chantaje”.

Shakira has been a coach on the American singing competition TV series The Voice.