She performs charity work, most notably through her Pies Descalzos Foundation. In terms of streams, she is the 3rd and 10th most streamed female singer on YouTube and Spotify of all time respectively. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and sold an estimated 140 million records (over 50 million albums sold by 2007 according to BMI, over 70 million albums sold as of 2018) with over 33.7 million estimated records sold in the United States (as of 2018). Shakira has received numerous awards, including 3 Grammy Awards, 13 Latin Grammy Awards, 5 MTV Video Music Awards, 7 Billboard Music Awards, 39 Billboard Latin Music Awards and has been Golden Globe-nominated. Her eleventh album El Dorado is one of the most streamed albums of all time with over 7 billion streams on YouTube and Spotify combined, making her the most streamed female in 2017 across the globe. Her tenth album, Shakira (2014), was preceded by its lead single, "Can't Remember to Forget You". Shakira served as a coach on the fourth and sixth seasons of the American version of The Voice in 20, respectively. She has four of the twenty top-selling hits of the 2000s, more than any other artist. With over 2 billion views, it is one of the most viewed music videos on YouTube. Her official song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)", became the biggest-selling World Cup song of all time with 10 million downloads. Shakira's eighth and ninth albums, She Wolf (2009) and Sale el Sol (2010), received critical praise. Her success was solidified with her sixth and seventh albums Fijación Oral, Volumen Uno and Oral Fixation, Volume Two (2005), the latter of which spawned the best selling single of the 2000s, "Hips Don't Lie". Its lead single, "Whenever, Wherever", became one of the most successful singles of 2002. Shakira entered the English-language market with her fifth album, Laundry Service in 2001. As of 2001, she had sold over 10 million albums alone in Latin America.
Shakira's first studio albums, Magia and Peligro, failed to attain commercial success in the 1990s however, she rose to prominence in Latin America with her major-label debut, Pies Descalzos (1996), and her fourth album, Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998). Born and raised in Barranquilla, she began performing in school, demonstrating Latin American, Arabic, and rock and roll influences and belly dancing abilities. Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born 2 February 1977), better known professionally as Shakira, is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, businesswoman, and philanthropist. Top 100 Greatest Hip-hop/Rap Singles Of All Time.