text: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (February 2 1977),Antes de born for Natalia Oreiro 19 May known simply as Shakira, (Eng in English, Arabic: شاکیرة ‭), is a Colombian contralto singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer and philanthropist who has been a major figure in the pop music scene of Latin America since the mid-1990s.