i agree! her name really means "thankful woman."

It's such a wonderfull name.. lucky her. i love all those arabic names ! fortunatly i'm called Ilhan

u r name is amazing ! believe me not alll arabic names r amazing !

mine means " high places " or the top of the highest mountin !

xtina, your name is beautiful!

thnx ....

i like urs too ! soo much !

thank

Elizabeth is a very popular name, i will have to post what it means, i have it on my computer at home

these r lil infos by a shakira forum ! i dont remmber there forum name ! horlics ?

i cant remmber !

Shakira's platonic love as a teen was Kurt Cobain
Shakira's platonic love is Lorenzo Lamas.

more :

Shakira, a blond-locked Colombian who speaks three languages, can be counted as one of the most popular and successful singers and songwriters at present.



Spending hours in studios, her perfectionism was rewarded by the Grammys, MTV Video Awards and lots more.



Born as Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll and raised in Colombia, she nevertheless listened to bands like Led Zeppelin, the Cure, the Police, the Beatles and Nirvana, which no less influenced her very own style like the Lebanese origin of her father.
She says of herself: "Somehow I'm a fusion of all of those passions and my music is a fusion of elements that I can make coexist in the same place, in one song."



At the age of 13, she released her first album Magia (Magic) under Sony Music Columbia. She took the decision to dedicate her life to music after graduating from high school and getting her breakthrough with her last album "Dónde Están Los Ladrones" (Where are the Thieves?), which was produced by Shakira and Emilio Estefan. This album catapulted her to be the major force behind Latin Pop-Rock, receiving the multi-platinum in the US, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Central America, Mexico and platinum in Spain.



Her new album "Laundry Service" is her first record, in which she translates her Latin American sensibility into English. This idea was first evoked during the process of translation of "Ojos Así," a song that appeared on Shakira's last album, into English by Gloria Estefan.
She started writing songs in English, like "Objection" and she soon became as passionate in this new language as in her original.



Her songs are a musical description of her feelings and her history. Her own experiences compose her lyrics, and her songs express her feelings and talk about her life. Moreover "Laundry Service" reflects her love to rock-productions. By choosing an audio-engineer, who already recorded ACDC, Led Zeppelin and Lenny Kravitz, she found the style of production that she was searching for: "I was determined not to depend on too many electronic sounds, and he definitely understood that."

Therefore this album combines her original style with the rock-beats she loved so much; next to these wailing guitars and soulful, bluesy singing, there are also pan flutes, belly dancing impacts and Brazilian drum sounds.

In her opinion, this crossover from one culture to another was inevitable, but for those longing for her former Spanish style, there are also 4 new tracks on her la-*test*-('") album.

Her la-*test*-('") collection with the title "Grandes Exitos" features the best of the prior albums: "Pies Descalzos", "Dónde están los ladrones?", and "Shakira MTV Unplugged".

very cool Xtina!!

btw why no-one hasn't posted her videography

well anyway here it is



Magia
Director: unknown
Released: 1991

photos here

Sueños
Director: unknown
Released: 1991

photod here

Esta Noche Voy Contigo?
Director: unknown
Released: 1991

photos here



Tu Seras La Historia De Mi Vida
Director: unknown
Released: 1993

no photos avaidable right now




Donde Estas Corazon (Colombian Version)
Directors: Oscar Azula, Julian Torres
Released: 1996

photos andhere


Dónde Estás Corazón (european version)

Director: Gustavo Garzon
Released: 1996

photos here

Estoy Aquí (colombian version)
Director: Simon Brand
Released: 1996

photos here

Estoy Aqui (European Version)
Director: Christophe Gstalder
Released: 1996

photos here


Un Poco De Amor
Director: Gustavo Garzon
Released: 1996

photos here

Pies Descalzos, Sueños Blancos
Director: Gustavo Garzon
Released: 1996

photos here

Se Quiere, Se Mata
Director: Juan Carlos Martin
Released: 1996

photos here



Ciega, Sordomuda
Director: Gustavo Garzon
Released: October 1998

photos here

Tú
Director: Emilio Estefan Jr.
Released: 1998

photos
here

Inevitable
Director: Gustavo Garzon
Released: 1999

here

Ojos Así
Director: Mark Kohr
Released: 1999

photos are here

No Creo
Director: Gustavo Garzon
Opgenomen: November 1998
Released: 2000

photos here



Whenever, Wherever/Suerte
Director: Francis Lawrence
Released: October 2001

photos here

Underneath Your Clothes
Director: Herb Ritts
Released: March 2002

photos here

Te Dejo Madrid
Director: W.I.Z.
Released: March 2002

photos here

Objection (Tango)/Te Aviso, Te Anuncio
Director: Dave Meyers
Filmed: May 2002
Released: July 2002

photos
here

Que Me Quedes Tú
Director: Ramiro Agulla, Esteban Sapir
Filmed: October 2002
Released: November 2002

photos
here

The One
Director: Ramiro Agulla, Esteban Sapir
Filmed: October 2002
Released: November 2002

photos here



Poem To A Horse [live]
Director:
Released: March 2004

photos here

Whenever, Wherever [live]
Director:
Released: March 2004

no photos avaidable



La Tortura
Director: Michael Haussman
Released: April 2005

photos here

no

director: jaime de la guana
released: July 2005

photos: here

dia de enero

director: jaime de la guana
released: not yet

photos: no avaidable



don't bother

director: jaime de la guana
released: October 2005

photos: here

misscelanious videos:

hips don't lie

director: sophie muller
released: not yet

photos: no avaidable

sources: http://www.shakiramedia.com and http://www.shakirafrance.net

edit: smilies on peligro and pd album are made by me and i'm sorry for bad quality of them

coming soon: photos of hdl and dde videos

first update

info + photos of no and don't bother videos and added a smilie of of2 (smilie made by me)

second update:

deleted dead links. added dia de enero and hips don't lie videos

hey guyz.... i found something about shaki so i decided to share it here with u

this is what i found..... hope u like it



..... In 2001, the internationally revered creative force known as Shakira knocked the entire world off its feet with her first English album Laundry Service which went on to sell over 13 million copies.

Now, after having sold 25 million records the maverick musician, singer, songwriter and producer is ready with a newly created opus of music in two languages. This new body of work will be released in two distinctive parts; the first album Fijacion Oral 1 will hit stores on June 7, 2005. It will be followed up in November 2005 with the English language album Oral Fixation 2. Both albums will be released by Epic Records. The first single in Spanish entitled “La Tortura” which features Spanish superstar Alejandro Sanz will hit radio airwaves this month.


Shakira comments, “I did not set out to make two albums when I began the writing process but suddenly I realized I had written sixty songs, some in English and some in Spanish. Twenty of these songs were selected and divided up by language to make two different albums.” As Shakira lives a bilingual life, it is no surprise that the songs were written in two languages. She explains, “As I write songs, some times they come to me in English and some times they will come to me in Spanish. Many times I let the melody suggest which language the song should be.”
Shakira began writing Fijacion Oral 1 and Oral Fixation 2 immediately following her last world tour. The albums were recorded at both her home studio in the Bahamas as well as Warehouse in Vancouver. Not only did Shakira write or co-write every song on both albums, she produced the project along with some of her regular collaborators Lester Mendez, Luis Ochoa and Tim Mitchell as well as new collaborator Gustavo Cerati (Argentinian former lead vocals of Soda Stereo and one of the most important figures of the Hispanic pop rock scene). The albums are Executive Produced by the legendary Rick Rubin (Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Slayer).

As spoken language plays a fundamental role in Shakira’s life, it’s no surprise that she chose the title Fijacion Oral/Oral Fixation, “I always end up saying everything I think about.” The concept also reaches beyond this, “The stage at which human beings are the most orally fixated is the first stage of our lives, which is the most elementary, the most instinctive, and the most primitive. I think I am still in that stage, especially at this moment because I feel the most in touch with that animalistic aspect within me.”

After achieving superstardom throughout Latin America, and the United States (her last Spanish album sold over 1 million in the U.S. and nearly 4 million copies in Latin America and Spain) Colombian-born Shakira became Latin rock’s biggest female crossover with the launch of 2001’s Laundry Service, her first English album. Her unique artistry was quickly exalted and the album, Laundry Service produced a string of successes including chart-topping hits “Whenever, Wherever” and “Underneath Your Clothes.” A tri-lingual child prodigy who wrote her first song at age eight, Shakira signed her first recording contract with Sony Music Colombia by the age of 13. Her first breakthrough release Pies Descalzos, ("Barefeet") catapulted her to superstar status in Latin America, Brazil and Spain. Her next album, ¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones? produced by Shakira, became an even bigger worldwide hit, spending 11 weeks at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Latin album chart and producing two #1 Latin hits “Ciega, Sordomuda,” and "Tu." Shakira is the recipient of three Latin Grammys and won the Best Latin Pop Album Grammy for her acclaimed MTV Unplugged album.

Additionally, Shakira dedicates as much time as possible to her Foundation Pies Descalzos, which promotes education and relieves some of the basic needs among children displaced by violence in Columbia and has become a goodwill ambassador for Unicef.... isn't she cute

hope u like it guyz...umm i know i didn't get something new but i liked to share it with u

thnx SA !!! i love it

Here some Shaki quotes :


http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/shakira/

litlle information

shakira's name written in japanese

シャキーラ

That is cool Katja Thanks for posting