Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977), known professionally as
Shakira is a colombian singer, songwriter, musician, dancer, who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin america in the early 1990s. Born and raised in colombia , Shakira revealed many of her talents in school as a live performer, demonstrating her vocal ability with rock and roll, Latin and middeleastern influences with her own original twist on belly dancing. Shakira is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks fluent english and portugese and is proficient in italian.