Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is a Colombian singer. Born and raised in Bar… Read Full Bio ↴Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is a Colombian singer. Born and raised in Barranquilla, She made her recording debut with Sony Music Colombia at the age of 13. Following the commercial failure of her first two albums, Magia (1991) and Peligro (1993), she rose to prominence in Hispanic countries with her next albums, Pies Descalzos (1995) and Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998). She entered the English-language market with her fifth album, Laundry Service (2001), which sold over 13 million copies worldwide. Buoyed by the international success of her singles "Whenever, Wherever" and "Underneath Your Clothes", the album propelled her reputation as a leading crossover artist. Broadcast Music, Inc., described Shakira as a "pioneer" who extended the global reach of Latino singers.
Her success was further solidified with the Spanish albums Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 (2005), Sale el Sol (2010) and El Dorado (2017), all of which topped the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and were certified diamond (Latin) by the Recording Industry Association of America. Meanwhile, her English albums Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005), She Wolf (2009) and Shakira (2014) were all certified gold, platinum or multi-platinum in various countries worldwide. She served as a coach on two seasons of the American singing competition television series The Voice (2013–2014).
With a catalog of 145 songs, Shakira has sold over 80 million records, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Forbes Colombia reported that as of 2018, she is the top-selling female Latin artist of all time. She is credited with opening the doors of the international market for other Latin artists. She has received numerous awards, including three Grammy Awards, twelve Latin Grammy Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, seven Billboard Music Awards, thirty-nine Billboard Latin Music Awards, twenty-one Guinness World Records and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was named the Top Female Latin Artist of the Decade by Billboard twice (2000s and 2010s). For her philanthropic work with her Barefoot Foundation and her contributions to music she received the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year and Harvard Foundation Artist of the Year awards in 2011. She was appointed to the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics in the US in 2011, and Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government in 2012.
Her success was further solidified with the Spanish albums Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 (2005), Sale el Sol (2010) and El Dorado (2017), all of which topped the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and were certified diamond (Latin) by the Recording Industry Association of America. Meanwhile, her English albums Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005), She Wolf (2009) and Shakira (2014) were all certified gold, platinum or multi-platinum in various countries worldwide. She served as a coach on two seasons of the American singing competition television series The Voice (2013–2014).
With a catalog of 145 songs, Shakira has sold over 80 million records, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Forbes Colombia reported that as of 2018, she is the top-selling female Latin artist of all time. She is credited with opening the doors of the international market for other Latin artists. She has received numerous awards, including three Grammy Awards, twelve Latin Grammy Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, seven Billboard Music Awards, thirty-nine Billboard Latin Music Awards, twenty-one Guinness World Records and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was named the Top Female Latin Artist of the Decade by Billboard twice (2000s and 2010s). For her philanthropic work with her Barefoot Foundation and her contributions to music she received the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year and Harvard Foundation Artist of the Year awards in 2011. She was appointed to the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics in the US in 2011, and Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government in 2012.
Get the Party Started
Shakira Lyrics
To all these rappers I apologize
I know it ain't fair
The only ball I drop
New Years, Times Square
The world is mine
Sixth sense
I see the seven signs
Now baby
Let's get started for life
Every time I look into your eyes
(Mr Worldwide)
I feel i can, can stare in them for a lifetime
We can get started for life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) We can get started for life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) We can get started
You know it feels right
Big news, Pitbull
Tom Cruise, Mumbai
All it up like 4th of July, Vanilla Sky
Thrilla in Manilla
Knocking 'em out like Pacquiao
New Ali, new Frazier
But for now it's off to Malaysia
Two pa**ports, three cities,
Two countries, one day
Now that's worldwide
If you think it's a game, let's play
Dale
Every time I look into your eyes
I feel like I can, can stare in them for a lifetime
We can get started for life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) We can get started for life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) We can get started
You know it feels right
I am what they thought I'd never become
I believed and became it
Now I'm here to claim it
I hustle anything, you name it, name it
I went from evictions to food stamps
To back in work, what damn
To a pa**port, flooded with stamps
Now slowly, everywhere I land
Two pa**ports, three cities,
Two countries, one day
Now that's worldwide
If you think it's a game, let's play
Dale
'Cause if it feels right
We shouldn't waste any more time
Let's get started (Let's get started)
Don't think about it (Let's get started)
You know I'm gonna make it alright, alright (Just go)
Cause if it feels right
You know I've made up my mind
Let's get started (Let's get started)
Don't think about it (Let's get started)
I know that we can make it alright, alright
Every time I look into your eyes
I feel i can, can stare in them for a lifetime
We can get started for life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) We can get started for life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) We can get started
Don't start what you can't finish
I know it ain't fair
The only ball I drop
New Years, Times Square
The world is mine
Sixth sense
I see the seven signs
Now baby
Let's get started for life
(Mr Worldwide)
I feel i can, can stare in them for a lifetime
We can get started for life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) We can get started for life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) We can get started
You know it feels right
Big news, Pitbull
Tom Cruise, Mumbai
All it up like 4th of July, Vanilla Sky
Thrilla in Manilla
Knocking 'em out like Pacquiao
New Ali, new Frazier
But for now it's off to Malaysia
Two pa**ports, three cities,
Two countries, one day
Now that's worldwide
If you think it's a game, let's play
Dale
Every time I look into your eyes
I feel like I can, can stare in them for a lifetime
We can get started for life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) We can get started for life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) We can get started
You know it feels right
I am what they thought I'd never become
I believed and became it
Now I'm here to claim it
I hustle anything, you name it, name it
I went from evictions to food stamps
To back in work, what damn
To a pa**port, flooded with stamps
Now slowly, everywhere I land
Two pa**ports, three cities,
Two countries, one day
Now that's worldwide
If you think it's a game, let's play
Dale
'Cause if it feels right
We shouldn't waste any more time
Let's get started (Let's get started)
Don't think about it (Let's get started)
You know I'm gonna make it alright, alright (Just go)
Cause if it feels right
You know I've made up my mind
Let's get started (Let's get started)
Don't think about it (Let's get started)
I know that we can make it alright, alright
Every time I look into your eyes
I feel i can, can stare in them for a lifetime
We can get started for life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) We can get started for life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) For life
(Tonight) We can get started
Don't start what you can't finish
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Royalty Network, Songtrust Ave, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Armando Perez, Marc Kinchen, SIDNEY SAMSON, Urales Vargas, Durrell Babbs, John Zayas, Kristina Marie Stephens, Shakira Ripoll
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@BurningMusicZone
This song is very nostalgic. It brings goosebumps. Anyone around here in 2023, too ?
@farruxkamolov4852
И 2024 году, продолжается на веки ещё 🫶🕺🕺🕺
@ondrejjandos
The only female singer I can recognize immediatelly just by voice.
@adrianoborghi7389
I love Shakira music I love her voice she's always fantastic
@KneeJerkReactor
You are forgetting Roxette...
@en2-joserivera896
I have AIDS.
@amandafranca1687
True! And I really love her voice❤️💓
@norautz3580
Her and selena quintallia definatly
@tifannyferreira6796
Acéptalo, YouTube no te lo recomendó, viniste a revivir esta gran canción 🎉
@niputaidea5162
La belleza y la voz de Shakira en este video musical es de otro nivel, amo tanto a esta Mujer tan talentosa y hermosa