Shakira is perhaps the most recognizable voice in Latin pop/rock today. When she [?] only 8, she [?] her first song called "Tus gafas oscuras", to her father. Two years later, she [?] local and national talent contests. By 13, she had signed a record deal with Sony in Colombia, which [?] in her first album, "Magia (Magic)", a compilation of songs she [?] between 8 and 13 years old.
She was chosen to represent her country at the Festival OTI in Spain. But she was under the minimum age of 16 and she [?] participate. So instead, Shakira [?] a second album of original material, "Peligro (Danger)". At that point, Shakira [?] a break from music, [?] from high school (at age 15-really) and [?] back with a vengeance. The result was the phenomenally successful "Pies Descalzos" which [?] more than four million copies worldwide.
In addition, this determined girl [?] to try her luck as an actress in "Oasis", a soap opera, but she [?] music was her life instead of TV. Then she [?] to be very popular: the Colombian government [?] Shakira as an official goodwill ambassador.

Her first English-language album, Laundry Service (2001), [?] Shakira with the success in the United States, selling more than 200,000 copies in the first week. The songs "Whenever, Wherever" and "Underneath Your Clothes" [?] both big hits.

Shakira [?] to the top 10 of the albums chart in 2005 twice.

Her hit "Waka Waka" from her 2010 album Sale el Sol [?] the theme song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Do you like her music? Why?