Shakira

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Shakira is a hispanic singer of Colombian decent. She made her debut in hte english speaking community with her album, **Laundry Service**. According to the United World Chart, Shakira is as of 2008 the 4th most successful artist so far for the last decade, in terms of single sales. She is also the only artist to have two songs in the top ten of the most successful singles since 1999. Los Angeles Times declared Shakira "the most completely adapted crossover performer in contemporary pop music".

Shakira is also well known for her dancing, belly dancing to be more specific. She discovered this dance when her father of Arabic back ground. She won the award for best choreography for her music video for **Hips don't lie**.