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(Vocals, b. 1977) Shakira’s debut album Magia was actually released in 1991, when Ms. Ripoll was just 15. Singing in Spanish for her first four albums, it was not until 2001’s Laundry Service that the singer ‘crossed over’ to the English language, a move which prompted hit after hit, most notably ‘Whenever, Wherever’. Her Colombian ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley

As the worldwide success of artists such as Shakira, Björk and Baha Men proves, world music is not antithetical to pop music, or to dance music, or to any other music form. For artists like India’s Ravi Shankar, the music of their world is classical music; for many Latin musicians, it is jazz; for others ...

Source: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music, general editor Paul Du Noyer

the likes of Elton John that influenced it. The group mix cabaret and performance in a gaudy, alluring fashion. Styles & Forms | Twenty-First Century | Rock Personalities | Shakira | Twenty-First Century | Rock ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley

also recorded in Spanish in 2001, but put forth a full salsa album, Libre, whose strong sales suggest that it was also purchased by his pop fans. Shakira As of 2003, the most successful crossover of the decade is that of the Colombian pop-rock star Shakira, whose English-language debut, Laundry Service, became one of ...

Source: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music, general editor Paul Du Noyer
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