Shakira

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll grew up in Barranquilla, Colombia. Her 2001 single "Whenever, Wherever" broke through internationally, but she'd been releasing albums since the mid-1990s, starting with Pies Descalzos in 1995. Her 1998 album ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones? was a major success in Latin America before she crossed over.

Her music pulls from different places. You can hear Latin pop, rock, and sometimes Arabic-influenced rhythms in songs like "Ojos Así." She's worked with other artists, like Wyclef Jean on "Hips Don't Lie," but she's primarily a solo performer who writes her own material.

In 2010 she performed the official song for the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. That song, "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)," mixed African and Latin beats and became a global hit. She's released more than a dozen studio albums since, including She Wolf, Sale el Sol, and El Dorado in 2017.