Shakira was among the artists worldwide that paid tribute to Michael Jackson, who passed away on Thursday (June 25). The Colombian star acknowledged that the King of Pop’s legacy will remain forever. She said, "Michael Jackson was the king of artistic brilliance." "With his death ... a legend is born that will last until the end of time.
BOGOTA (AP) — Colombian pop star Shakira says after her latest album is born she plans to undertake a new labor: multiple children.
The 32-year-old Grammy winner known for her seductive dance moves says that she plans to focus on a family after October, which is when her as-yet-unnamed album is to be released.
Shakira spoke with the El Tiempo newspaper at her home in the Bahamas, where she says she goes barefoot all day. The newspaper published the interview on Thursday.
Shakira says she wants two kids, while boyfriend Antonio de la Rua would like three.
BAHAMAS.- Shakira está nerviosa. Y no es para menos, es la primera vez en mucho tiempo que hace una entrevista, y Univision.com es el primer medio a nivel mundial con el que habla sobre su nuevo sencillo La Loba. Pero una vez roto el hielo y con los nervios convertidos en sonrisas, la colombiana nos contó de todo, desde su deseo inconsciente, ¿o consciente?, de regresar "transformada" en licántropo, hasta hacer una reproducción de esa sugestiva respiración que hace en ese mismo tema... aunque no por ello evitó sonrojarse.
Una loba sensual
Sonriente, luciendo una figura delgada y una larga cabellera lisa y rubia, Shakira nos recibe en un hotel en Nassau, desde donde se reporta lista para volver a escena con el álbum She Wolf, luego de casi cuatro años de ausencia discográfica.
Programado para estrenarse a nivel mundial en octubre próximo, se trata de una producción en inglés pero con tres versiones en español de algunas canciones, incluyendo el primer sencillo La Loba, que ya está dando de qué hablar, ¿o aullar? Mejor que la misma Shakira lo explique.
Regresas "convertida" en "mujer lobo". ¿Cómo se dio esa transformación? ¿Demasiada exposición a la Luna quizá?
(Risas) Puede ser una de las causas, no lo había analizado. Esta canción surgió así de pronto en el estudio, en menos de cinco minutos empecé a escribir la letra. Me hice un rincón aparte de toda la gente que estaba ahí presente y cuando me lo imaginaba ya estaba aullando y jadeando (risas), y algunos de esos aullidos son los que aparecen en la versión final de esta canción. Me salió de algún lugar de las vísceras aún desconocido para mí.
¿Por qué elegir una loba y no una vampiresa o una zombie?
La loba es la mujer de día y el animal de noche para mí. La loba es aquella mujer que no permite que los deseos del otro se superpongan a sus propios deseos inconscientes. La loba es de carne y hueso pero también está hecha de sueños. Si analizo profundamente la …
Sigilosa al pasar
Sigilosa al pasar
Esa loba es especial
Mirala, caminar caminar
Quién no ha querido a una diosa licántropa
En el ardor de una noche romantica
Mis aullidos son el llamado
Yo quiero un lobo domesticado
Por fin he encontrado un remedio infalible que borre del todo la culpa
No pienso quedarme a tu lado mirando la tele y oyendo disculpas
la vida me ha dado un hambre voráz y tu apenas me das caramelos
Me voy con mis piernas y mi juventúd por ahí aunque te maten los celos
CH
Una loba en el armario
Tiene ganas de salir
Deja que se coma el barrio
Antes de irte a dormir
Tengo tacones de aguja magnetica
Para dejar a la manada frenetica
La luna llena como una fruta
No da consejos ni los escucha
Llevo conmigo un radar especial para localizar solteros
Si acaso me meto en aprietos tambien llevo el número de los bomberos
ni tipos muy lindos ni divos ni niños ricos yo se lo que quiero
pasarla muy bien y portarme muy mal en los brazos de algún caballero
Una loba en el armario
Tiene ganas de salir
Deja que se coma el barrio
Antes de irte a dormir
Cuando son casi la una la loba en celo saluda a la luna
Duda si andar por la calle o entrar en un bar a probar fortuna
Ya está sentada en su mesa y pone la mira en su proxima presa
Pobre del desprevenido que no se esperaba una de esas
Sigilosa al pasar
Sigilosa al pasar
Esa loba es especial
Mirala caminar, caminar
Attention all Shakira fans: Shakira's 32nd birthday is approaching
quickly and what better way to celebrate the event than by having
you, the fans, post thoughtful messages wishing her a 'Happy
Birthday.On 2th of February she will be 32. http://forums1.epicrecords.com/Artists/Shakira/birthday/214?50@333.HMFDaqIfVrB.213@ U can go to this page of shakira.com and leave ur birthday message for Shakira!!!
Jan 20th: Neighborhood Ball - 8-11 PM EST AND PST on ABC
Neighborhood Ball 7:00 p.m. - Walter E. Washington Convention Center
President-elect Barack Obama will host the first-ever Neighborhood Inaugural Ball, the premier event of the night, with musical performances by: Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Faith Hill ,Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Shakira, Stevie Wonder and Nick Cannon (as DJ ). To help bring this unique event to neighborhoods across the nation, ABC will air the event live from 8:00-10:00 p.m.
Shakira: "I hope that some many Hispanic children would think that they too can become President¨.
1. Why she decided to publicly support Obama,
When Obama was born there were still schools in some parts of the United States that didn't accept African American children. Fast forward two decades and the most powerful man on the planet is an African American. This is a triumph of human evolution. It's a message of optimism and tolerance that will reverberate throughout the world penetrating millions of minds. The triumph of Obama is without a doubt a cause for celebration for all.
2. How she met him:
I haven't met him yet but we've exchanged very positive words.
3. What it means to participate in the swearing in,
It's an honor to be invited by the Presidential Inauguration Committee and the President-elect to participate in these official ceremonies.
The swearing in of Obama is a triumph for all minorities, african americans, Latinos, Arabs, Asians, and so many other communities who live in this country and by way of their daily work make America the great power that it is. I hope that the triumph of Obama serves to let all the children of the world know that they have the same rights and that they can aspire to any level of success that they wish. God willing many hispanic children are now thinking today that they want to be president when they grow up when before today that was difficult to imagine.
4. What songs she'll sing
Songs that are hymns of happiness and optimism. One is called The Bright Side of the Road, and the other with Stevie Wonder who is one of the most widely-respected musicians in the country and definitely a part of a group of …
My choice for Hottie of the Week this week is Shakira. She is one of the most beautiful woman in the world, and one of the smallest. Some sites say she is only 4′9″. That is tiny! She broke onto the scene when she crossed over into English singing markets, but she has been really quiet on the music front lately. The last thing I saw from her was the song she did with Beyonce a few years ago. She is sexy and talented with an amazing voice.
She was seen out and about this week in Miami at an Art Festival, and she is throwing her name out there to perform at the Inaugral Ball for Barack Obama in January. Everyone wants to be there. Celebrities such as Scarlett Johansson just want one ticket to go. Check out some pictures of Shakira out and about below, as well as one of my favorite music videos of hers, Don’t Bother. http://celebritytoday.today.com/2008/12/07/hottie-of-the-week-shakira-out-in-miami/
Shakira Performing New Years Eve at Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi
Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:02 pm by Shakira_Queen
Shakira at Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi
Who were you expecting to headline what’s being touted as the United Arab Emirates’ first-ever New Year’s Eve mega-concert? The Pussycat Dolls? No—the region that birthed the belly dance wants only the hips that don’t lie.
Price: $82-408
What you get for the money: This shindig starts early—6 p.m.—and depending on your ticket level, there’s either a plain seat in the back waiting for you, or a plush suite with all-you-can-eat buffet and better sight lines.
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Last Updated: January 01. 2009 12:59AM UAE / December 31. 2008 8:59PM GMT
Shakira performs on New Year's Eve at the Emirates Palace, Dec 31 2008. Rich-Joseph Facun / The National
ABU DHABI // Shakira, the Latin pop star, last night headlined a lavish New Year’s Eve party that many fans had feared would not come off.
Organisers of the party at the Emirates Palace hotel and people planning to attend it waited yesterday to learn whether Abu Dhabi’s celebrations would be cancelled because of the violence in Gaza, as they were in Dubai on the order of its Ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid. They were not.
But Shakira’s show, to which the promoters had hoped to attract 10,000 fans, was not sold out.
The singer, whose father hails from Lebanon, referred to her Arab roots as she took the stage but did not mention the violence in the Palestinian territory.
“I’m the fruit of an Arab land, and I’m immensely proud of my Arab heritage,” she said. “I just wanted you to know that. I can’t think of a better place to spend New Year’s Eve.”
Home News Culture Obama invites Shakira to sing at inauguration: El Comercio
Sun Dec 07, 2008 3:37 pm by Shakira_Queen
U.S. President-elect invited Colombian singer Shakira to perform in the White House on the day of his inauguration in January 2009, Peruvian newspaper El Comercio reported Tuesday.
According to the newspaper, the upcoming U.S. President invited the star.
Shakira endorsed Obama's candidacy before the election. "It's an honor to receive so much support from someone that talented and a person that generous," Obama said about Shakira.
Anoche los hermanos Antonito y Aíto De la Rúa cenaron con Madonna y parte de su equipo en el restaurante La Cabaña, en el barrio porteño de Recoleta.
La reina del pop fue la primera en llegar al lugar, cerca de las diez de la noche. Veinte minutos más tarde llegaron los De la Rúa, que se sumaron a la mesa que Madonna había ocupado en el salón del primer piso.
Un panel de tela los separaba del resto de los comensales para mantener la intimidad de la velada, que transcurrió entre risas que se oían desde las mesas cercanas.
La cantante eligió un plato con pescado y lo acompañó con un vino Malbec, seleccionado especialmente por los argentinos. Consultado por un comensal, Aíto dijo que ya se conocían con Madonna ya que una vez él y su hermano habían cenado con ella y con Shakira.
A la cantante pop le encanta reunirse con personajes de la política local. Esa tarde había estado en la Rosada junto a la presidenta Cristina Fernández, quien aprovechó la visita de la ex rehén de las FARC, Ingrid Betancourt, para cruzar a las invitadas de honor y sacarse una foto con las dos mujeres. En 1995, Madonna había estado en le despacho del ex presidente Carlos Menem cuando vino a filmar una escena para la película “Evita”.
Basically the article says that Madonna is in Buenos Aires for her tour and she had dinner at a local restaurant in Recoletta. That Antonio and his brother joined her and her entourage for dinner, and that she usually likes to meet up with local political figures when she is traveling. She had also met with Ingrid Betancorut in the Pink House (Argentina's presidential residence) earlier that evening.
Wow...seems like the Madonna-Shakira ties grow closer each day
NEW YORK – Shakira revealed Wednesday that she is, in fact, expecting. But it's not what you may think.
"I'm quite pregnant with my album," the Colombian pop star told a reporter by phone — between laughs — when asked whether her foundation work on behalf of Latin American children has made her want to become a mother.
"Yes, I have plans, but not yet," said Shakira, 31. "I'm pregnant with my songs. But someday, yes."
The singer-activist plans to ask about 20 Latin American presidents at a regional summit in El Salvador on Thursday to direct more resources to poor children and to put early childhood development at the top of their agendas. She will appear on behalf of ALAS (Latin America in Solidarity Action) Foundation, a nonprofit coalition she helped create.
Asked whether she plans to write a song about ALAS, translated as "Wings" in Spanish, the Grammy winner and United Nations goodwill ambassador said it's out of her hands.
Speaking a bit of gossips involving the musical career of Madonna, and not her private life.The gossip of the moment is that
Shakira is trying to record a song with Madonna.
Shakira was in New York last week,
and had a meeting with Madonna.
The Colombia is about to release a new album
in 2009 and would like the participation
of the queen of pop on her album.
She had said something in a radio interview from
Los Angeles Showbiz America:
"We are negotiating this possibility"
and said it was a dream to record with Madonna...
It also looks like she wants
James Blunt on another track
OMG I guess I will have to start praying
that my fears wont come true...
Btwn didnt she say in an interview that thee would be no duets on this album?
Anyways I REALLY hope this is just another one of those
rumors we always get when she is about to release something...
But I will pray anyways because as a brasilian saying says :
"Onde ha fumaça ha fogo"
I'm one day late but...
Dónde Están los Ladrones? (Spanish for Where Are the Thieves?) is the second official studio album by Shakira, released in 1998. Dónde Están los Ladrones? sold over 1,000,000 copies in the U.S. alone, and more than 8 million copies worldwide. Though the album did not surface well on the Billboard 200, peaking at #131, the album is one of the highest selling Spanish-language albums in the United States.
Released September 29, 1998
Recorded 1998 at Crescent Moon Studios and Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida
Genre Latin pop, Rock en español
Length 41:06
Label Epic Records
Producer Javier Garza, Emilio Estefan Jr. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/¿Dónde_Están_los_Ladrones%3F
Track listing
"Ciega, Sordomuda" ("Blind, Deaf-Mute") (Shakira, Salgado) – 4:26
"Si Te Vas" ("If You Leave") (Shakira, Ochoa) – 3:31
"Moscas En La Casa" ("Flies In the House") (Shakira) – 3:31
"No Creo" ("I Don't Believe") (Shakira, Ochoa) – 3:50
"Inevitable" (Shakira, Ochoa) – 3:13
"Octavo Día" ("Eighth Day") (Shakira, Mendez) – 4:32
"Que Vuelvas" ("That You Return") (Shakira) – 3:49
"Tú" ("You") (Shakira, O'Brien) – 3:37
"¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?" ("Where Are the Thieves?") (Shakira, Ochoa) – 3:12
"Sombra De Ti" ("Shadow of You") (Shakira, Ochoa) – 3:33
"Ojos Así" ("Eyes Like Those") (Shakira, Florez, Garza) – 3:59
So HAPPY B-DAY DELL the best album yeey hip hip huraaaaaa