Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll Profile

Birth name - Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll

Also known as - Shaki

Born - February 2, 1977, (age 30), Barranquilla, Colombia

Genre(s) - Latin pop, pop, rock en Español, pop-rock

Occupation(s) - Singer-songwriter, record producer, philanthropist, dancer, actress

Instrument(s) - Vocals, guitar, harmonica, drums

Years active - 1990 – present

Associated acts - Alejandro Sanz, Gustavo Cerati, Wyclef Jean, Carlos Santana, Beyoncé Knowles, Miguel Bosé

Website - http://www.shakira.com

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll Biography

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977), known simply as Shakira , is a Colombian-Lebanese singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer, dancer and occasional actress who has been a major figure in the pop music scene of Latin America since the mid-1990s. In 2001, she broke through into the English-speaking world with the release of Laundry Service, which sold over twelve million copies worldwide. A two-time Grammy Award-winning and eight-time Latin Grammy Award-winning artist, Shakira is the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time, having sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. She is also the only artist from South America to reach the number-one spot on the Billboard Hot 100, the Australian ARIA chart, the United World Chart and the UK Singles Chart. Shakira is also known for having an IQ of 140.

According to the United World Chart, Shakira is as of 2007 the fourth most successful artist so far from the 2000s. She is also the only artist to have two songs in the top ten of the most successful singles since 1999.




Shakira {Photoshoot Pics}

Shakira Performing Live In Earth Concert In Hamburg, Germany

Katrina Kaif Profile

Name: Katrina Kaif

Date of Birth: 16th July, 1984

Place of Birth: London, UK

Height: 5'9"

Hobbies: Party and Model

Years active: 2002 - present

Debut Film: Boom (2003)

Katrina Kaif Biography

Katrina is a Kashmiri-Brit fusion as his father was Indian and mom was English. Katrina was born on July 16th 1983 in Hong Kong; her family lived for a while in Hawaii and the moved to London. Katrina has seven other siblings and all sisters. Katrina started modeling when she was fourteen and her first shoot was for a jewellery brand. Katrina continued modeling in London and was approached by Kaizad Gustad for his film ‘Boom’; after which the model decided to move to Mumbai.

Katrina walked the ramp in India for some topnotch designers and decided to permanently live in Mumbai and pursue a career as an actress. Katrina started working with Ace photographer Atul Kasbekar and was also on the cover of ‘Cosmopolitan’ magazine.

Katrina had to struggle to make her way in Bollywood as she had the linguistic short coming and Producers were hesitant to cast her, so the actress started taking Hindi lessons and also started learning Kathak. In 2004, Katrina did a Telugu movie opposite South Superstar Venkatesh titled ‘Malliswari’. Katrina made news when she started dating actor Salman Khan who also launched her in mainstream cinema in the movie titled ‘Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya’. The movie became a superhit and Katrina finally made an impact.

Katrina is the brand ambassador for ‘Lakme’, ‘Silk-n-Shine’ and International brand ‘Veet’ in India. Katrina has impressed the directors and has some big projects in her pipeline- Anees Bazmee’s ‘Welcome’, David Dhawan’s ‘Partner’, Vipul Shah’s ‘Namastey London’, and Anil Sharma’s ‘Apne’. With such great projects in Katrina’s kitty, future sure looks promising for this pretty actress.

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