The year she turned 14, her debut album Magia came out on Sony Colombia. The year she turned 18, she released her third album, Pies Descalzos. In 1996, Pies Descalzos entered Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart and “Estoy Aqui” reached No. 2 on Hot Latin Songs.
The year she turned 21, Donde Estan Los Ladrones? reached No. 1 on the Top Latin Albums chart in November. The year she turned 23, MTV Unplugged reached No. 1 on Top Latin Albums, and she won two awards at the first Latin Grammys.
The breakthrough yearThe year she turned 24, “Whenever, Wherever” peaked at No. 6 on the Hot 100, and her first English-language album, Laundry Service, reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200. Earlier that year, MTV Unplugged won her first Grammy.
The year she turned 25, “Underneath Your Clothes” peaked at No. 9 on the Hot 100 in May. The year she turned 26, she was elected a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, the youngest ever, the Independent reported.
The year she turned 28, Fijación Oral Vol. 1 reached No. 1 on Top Latin Albums and Oral Fixation Vol. 2 reached No. 5 on the Billboard 200. The year she turned 29, “Hips Don’t Lie” reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 in June, and in November she won record of the year, song of the year and album of the year at the Latin Grammys. The year she turned 30, “Beautiful Liar” with Beyoncé peaked at No. 3 on the Hot 100. The year she turned 31, she signed a 10-year deal with Live Nation. The year she turned 32, she released She Wolf.
The year she turned 33, she performed at the World Cup kick-off concert and closing ceremony, and Sale El Sol reached No. 1 on Top Latin Albums in November. The year she turned 34, the Latin Recording Academy named her Person of the Year and she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The year she turned 37, her self-titled album reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The year she turned 38, “Mi Verdad” with Maná reached No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs. The year she turned 39, “La Bicicleta” with Carlos Vives peaked at No. 2 on Hot Latin Songs. The year she turned 40, El Dorado reached No. 1 on Top Latin Albums.
The year she turned 43, she performed at the Super Bowl LIV halftime show with Jennifer Lopez. The year she turned 45, “Monotonía” with Ozuna reached No. 3 on Hot Latin Songs. The year she turned 46, her track with Bizarrap reached No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs in January, “TQG” with Karol G debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 in March, and she received the Video Vanguard Award in September.
The year she turned 47, she released Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran in March, and it reached No. 1 on Top Latin Albums in April. The year she turned 48, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran won Best Latin Pop Album at the Grammys in February, and her world tour opened in Rio de Janeiro that month. The year she turned 49, she performed at the World Cup opening ceremony in June and the final’s halftime show in July, and “Dai Dai” peaked at No. 17 on the Hot 100.
Shakira (born Feb 2, 1977) debuted in 1991, the year she turned 14, when her album Magia came out, and became known in 2001, the year she turned 24, when “Whenever, Wherever” peaked at No. 6 on the Hot 100 on Dec 29, 2001.
Ages are by calendar year (the year minus the birth year), birthdays aside.
She was signed to Sony Colombia for three albums and recorded Magia at 13, the Guardian reported.
Source 01 · The Guardian · The Making of Saint Shakira · opens in a new tabSource 02 · Wikipedia · Shakira · opens in a new tab Date from Wikipedia; not confirmed in news reports.The Guardian dates her second album, made under the same three-album deal, to 1993.
Source 01 · The Guardian · The Making of Saint Shakira · opens in a new tab The article gives only the year.She released her third album, Pies Descalzos, at 18, the Guardian reported. The Los Angeles Times reported in April 1999 that it had sold 3.6 million copies.
Source 03 · The Guardian · Don’t Be Fooled by the Pictures · opens in a new tabSource 06 · Los Angeles Times · Queen of Crossover? · opens in a new tab The Guardian (2002) dates the release to 1995; the Los Angeles Times (1999) and the Guardian (2009) give 1996. The year is from the 2002 article.The album entered Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart dated March 23 and peaked at No. 5 on July 13. “Estoy Aqui” reached No. 2 on Hot Latin Songs on May 4.
Source 04 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Top Latin Albums) · opens in a new tabSource 05 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Hot Latin Songs) · opens in a new tabThe album reached No. 1 on the chart dated Nov. 28, 1998. The Los Angeles Times reported in April 1999 that it had sold close to 3 million copies worldwide and that she had appeared on the cover of Time’s international edition the previous summer.
Source 04 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Top Latin Albums) · opens in a new tabSource 06 · Los Angeles Times · Queen of Crossover? · opens in a new tabBillboard reported that she received two awards at the first Latin Grammy Awards, held in 2000.
Source 07 · Billboard · Shakira Is Latin Grammy Person of the Year · opens in a new tab The article gives only the year of the ceremony.The album reached No. 1 on the chart dated April 8, 2000. It entered the Billboard 200 on March 18 and peaked at No. 124.
Source 04 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Top Latin Albums) · opens in a new tabSource 09 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Billboard 200) · opens in a new tabShakira: MTV Unplugged won Best Latin Pop Album at the 43rd Grammy Awards, her first Grammy, according to the Recording Academy’s Grammy.com.
Source 31 · Grammy.com · Shakira · opens in a new tabSource 07 · Billboard · Shakira Is Latin Grammy Person of the Year · opens in a new tab Grammy.com lists the win under the 43rd Grammy Awards (2001); Billboard and Rolling Stone describe it as her Grammy “in 2000,” the award year. Day not given in the sources.Her first English-language album peaked at No. 3 on the chart dated Dec. 1, 2001. Rolling Stone reported in April 2002 that it had sold 2 million copies in the U.S.
Source 09 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Billboard 200) · opens in a new tabSource 08 · Rolling Stone · Shakira: Resistance Is Futile · opens in a new tabThe single entered the Hot 100 on Oct. 27 and peaked at No. 6 on the chart dated Dec. 29, 2001. The BBC and the Guardian both call it her breakthrough hit.
The single entered the Hot 100 on March 16 and peaked at No. 9 on the chart dated May 18, 2002.
Source 10 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Hot 100) · opens in a new tabThe Independent reported that she was elected a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF in 2003, the youngest ever.
Source 12 · The Independent · Shakira: Rhythm Queen · opens in a new tab The article gives only the year.The album reached No. 1 on the chart dated June 25, 2005.
Source 04 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Top Latin Albums) · opens in a new tabThe album reached No. 5 on the chart dated Dec. 17, 2005.
Source 09 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Billboard 200) · opens in a new tabThe single with Wyclef Jean reached No. 1 on the chart dated June 17, 2006. The Guardian reported in 2009 that it also reached No. 1 in 55 other countries.
Source 10 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Hot 100) · opens in a new tabSource 01 · The Guardian · The Making of Saint Shakira · opens in a new tabShe won record of the year and song of the year for “La Tortura,” a duet with Alejandro Sanz, and album of the year for Fijación Oral Vol. 1.
Source 13 · CBS News · Shakira Wins Big at Latin Grammys · opens in a new tabThe single entered the Hot 100 on March 31 and peaked at No. 3 on the chart dated April 7, 2007.
Source 10 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Hot 100) · opens in a new tabThe New York Times reported that the deal covers tours, recordings, sponsorship and merchandise worldwide, and that her contract with Epic Records still called for three more albums.
Source 14 · The New York Times · Shakira Leaves Record Company for Live Nation · opens in a new tab Date is the Times’ article date.The BBC’s review lists the release date as Oct. 13, 2009, on Epic. The title single peaked at No. 11 on the Hot 100 on Sept. 26.
Source 11 · BBC · Shakira: She Wolf Review · opens in a new tabSource 10 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Hot 100) · opens in a new tab The release date is the U.S. date listed on the BBC page.Billboard reported that she performed “She Wolf,” “Hips Don’t Lie” and “Waka Waka (This Time For Africa),” the official 2010 FIFA World Cup song, with the South African group Freshlyground.
Source 15 · Billboard · Kickoff Concert Opens 2010 FIFA World Cup · opens in a new tabBillboard reported that she performed at the closing ceremony ahead of the final between the Netherlands and Spain. It said “Waka Waka” had 87 million views on YouTube.
Source 16 · Billboard · Shakira, Spain Triumph at World Cup · opens in a new tab The article is dated July 12, 2010 and gives no day for the ceremony.The album reached No. 1 on the chart dated Nov. 6, 2010. Billboard reported in 2011 that it spent 12 weeks at No. 1.
Source 04 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Top Latin Albums) · opens in a new tabSource 07 · Billboard · Shakira Is Latin Grammy Person of the Year · opens in a new tabBillboard reported that the Latin Grammy organization chose her as the 2011 Person of the Year for her artistic achievements and philanthropic contributions.
Source 07 · Billboard · Shakira Is Latin Grammy Person of the Year · opens in a new tabThe Associated Press reported that she unveiled the 2,454th star on the Walk of Fame, in front of the W Hollywood Hotel.
Source 17 · The Washington Times (AP) · Shakira Enshrined With Hollywood Sidewalk Star · opens in a new tabHer self-titled album reached No. 2 on the chart dated April 12, 2014.
Source 09 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Billboard 200) · opens in a new tabThe song by Maná featuring Shakira reached No. 1 on the chart dated Feb. 28, 2015.
Source 05 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Hot Latin Songs) · opens in a new tabThe song entered Hot Latin Songs on June 18 and peaked at No. 2 on July 30, 2016. It entered the Hot 100 at No. 95 the same week.
Source 05 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Hot Latin Songs) · opens in a new tabSource 10 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Hot 100) · opens in a new tabThe album reached No. 1 on the chart dated July 1, 2017. Billboard reported that it held the top spot for five weeks.
Source 04 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Top Latin Albums) · opens in a new tabSource 23 · Billboard · Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran Storms In at No. 1 · opens in a new tabShe performed at Hard Rock Stadium with Jennifer Lopez, and Bad Bunny appeared as a guest. Fox said the halftime performance was watched by 103 million people.
Source 18 · Billboard · Jennifer Lopez & Shakira Get the Whole Country Dancing · opens in a new tabSource 19 · Billboard · Super Bowl TV Ratings · opens in a new tabThe song entered Hot Latin Songs on Oct. 29 and peaked at No. 3 on Nov. 5, 2022. It entered the Hot 100 at No. 65 the same week.
Source 05 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Hot Latin Songs) · opens in a new tabSource 10 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Hot 100) · opens in a new tabHer track with the producer Bizarrap entered Hot Latin Songs on Jan. 21 and reached No. 1 on the chart dated Jan. 28, 2023. It reached No. 9 on the Hot 100 the same week.
Source 05 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Hot Latin Songs) · opens in a new tabSource 10 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Hot 100) · opens in a new tabThe song debuted at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts dated March 11, the first No. 1 on the rankings for each artist.
Source 20 · Billboard · Karol G & Shakira’s “TQG” Blasts In at No. 1 · opens in a new tabBillboard reported that she was the first South American artist to receive the award, at the ceremony at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
Source 21 · Billboard · Shakira Ignites the 2023 MTV VMAs · opens in a new tabBillboard called it her twelfth studio album, released March 22 through Sony Music Latin, and Rolling Stone described it as her first in seven years. “Puntería” features Cardi B.
Source 23 · Billboard · Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran Storms In at No. 1 · opens in a new tabSource 22 · Rolling Stone · Shakira Returns Undefeated With Free Times Square Concert · opens in a new tabRolling Stone reported that, according to her Instagram account, 40,000 people came to the show.
Source 22 · Rolling Stone · Shakira Returns Undefeated With Free Times Square Concert · opens in a new tabThe album reached No. 1 on the chart dated April 6, 2024, and No. 13 on the Billboard 200. Billboard reported that she became the first woman with a No. 1 on the chart in four different decades.
Source 23 · Billboard · Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran Storms In at No. 1 · opens in a new tabSource 04 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Top Latin Albums) · opens in a new tabVariety reported that she appeared during Bizarrap’s set and announced a tour named after her new album, which she said would start that November.
Source 24 · Variety · Shakira Joins Bizarrap for Surprise Coachella Performance · opens in a new tabBillboard’s list of winners from the 2025 Grammy Awards names Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran the winner of Best Latin Pop Album.
Source 25 · Billboard · 2025 Grammy Awards Winners List · opens in a new tabBillboard placed the tour’s kick-off at Estadio Olímpico Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro.
Source 26 · Billboard · Meet Isabel: The She-Wolf Powering Shakira’s World Tour · opens in a new tabVariety listed her among the 17 nominees for the class of 2026. Its report on the class announced April 13 named her among nine nominees who were not inducted.
Source 27 · Variety · Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 17 Nominees for 2026 · opens in a new tabSource 28 · Variety · Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 2026 Inductees · opens in a new tabBBC News reported that Spain’s national high court acquitted her of tax fraud in a case over the 2011 tax year and ordered the Treasury to repay the money plus interest to her. The court said tax authorities had failed to prove she spent 183 days in Spain that year.
Source 32 · BBC News · Shakira wins £50m tax refund from Spanish government · opens in a new tab Date is the BBC article date.Billboard reported that she and Burna Boy gave the first live performance of the official World Cup anthem at Mexico City’s stadium.
Source 29 · Billboard · Shakira, Burna Boy & More Kick Off 2026 World Cup Opening Ceremony · opens in a new tabBillboard reported that she was set to co-headline the halftime show of the final at MetLife Stadium with Madonna and BTS. Sporting News listed her, Justin Bieber, Madonna and BTS as the headliners.
Source 29 · Billboard · Shakira, Burna Boy & More Kick Off 2026 World Cup Opening Ceremony · opens in a new tabSource 30 · Sporting News · World Cup Halftime Show Reviews 2026 · opens in a new tabThe World Cup song with Burna Boy entered the Hot 100 on June 27 and peaked at No. 17 on the chart dated Aug. 1, 2026.
Source 10 · Billboard · Shakira Chart History (Hot 100) · opens in a new tabEND OF SELECTED RECORDSSelected records, 1991–2026 · not a complete list of work. “Key moment” is an editorial label, not a measure of success.
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