Shakira

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (Spanish: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, Spanish: [ʃaˈkiɾa isaˈβel meβaˈɾak riˈpol], English: /ʃəˈki:rə/) is a Colombian female singer who is good at singing, composing and blending songs of different styles, and has a high reputation around the world. She is also a composer, lyricist, dancer, song and record producer, businesswoman, and philanthropist. She is the most awarded Latin female singer in history, having won 4 Grammy Awards, 15 Latin Grammy Awards (including her highest honor), 7 Billboard Music Awards, 42 Latin Billboard Music Awards, 2 MTV European Music Awards, 6 MTV Video Music Awards (including her Lifetime Achievement Award - Michael Jackson Music Short Film Vanguard Award), 2 Ivor Novello Awards (British Composers, Lyricists and Writers Academy Award, one of which is a Lifetime Achievement Award), 1 Juno Award, Emmy Award and 1 Golden Globe Award nomination, leaving a star of his own on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (since 2011, in 2004 the official proposed to set up a star for Shakira but she rejected it), and was shortlisted for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2026.