The album was a huge international success, entering the American pop charts at number three, and selling over , copies in the first week. After completing an extensive tour of Laundry Service, Shakira spent the next few years writing material for two albums simultaneously.
She was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in By , Shakira's U. Shakira quickly became popular with TV audiences. Although both she and Usher left The Voice after the season to make room for the return of Aguilera and Green, the season 4 newcomers were back again as coaches for season 6. In March , Shakira released a self-titled studio album, which included a track with her Voice co-star Shelton.
Meanwhile, the Latin superstar continued working on her music. In October , she dropped a new single, "Chantaje," from her upcoming album, El Dorado. Upon its May release, El Dorado revealed a tracklist comprised almost entirely of songs sung in Spanish. True to form, the album went multi-platinum for the Latin singer, who announced plans for a tour in June.
Unfortunately, the tour didn't go as planned. Shortly before her scheduled November 8 performance in Cologne, Germany, Shakira canceled the concert because of strained vocal cords. Although she was hopeful of recovering in time for a November 10 show in Paris, she apologetically canceled that one and subsequent dates as well.
In late December, Shakira announced that she was recovering and making preparations to continue her tour. Shakira signed a ten-year contract with Live Nation in , prompting Forbes to deem her the fourth top-earning female musician in history.
She also worked on another album, traveling to multiple cities while collaborating with such producers as RedOne , Wyclef Jean , and Luis F.
She Wolf was completed in and readied for release in October, marking her third English-language album. The electro-disco-heavy She Wolf didn't make as many commercial waves as its predecessor, but it still managed to spawn a handful of modest hits with the title track and "Gypsy. On the heels of its success came Sale el Sol in the fall of , an album largely recorded in Spanish that continued her remarkable worldwide success. A live album from Sale el Sol 's supporting tour, Shakira: Live from Paris , appeared in time for the Christmas season.
She initially served for only one season, leaving in , and after her departure she finalized her tenth album. Shakira then returned to The Voice for season six of the series. While working on her next album, she voiced the character Gazelle in the animated film Zootopia. The movie's soundtrack generated a new Shakira single, "Try Everything," a song co-written by Sia and Stargate that was later certified double-platinum. Early in , Shakira appeared on "Deja Vu," a hit single by Prince Royce , who returned the favor by appearing on her 11th effort.
She kicked off her 14th album cycle in with the single "Don't Wait Up. For some audiences, she has become a hopeful icon of global multiculturalism. Some of her Latin American fans consider her a bit of a sellout, a one-dimensional, hip-shaking caricature.
They comment on her YouTube videos, clamoring for old school pre-crossover Shakira, a supposedly authentic and political rockera who wrote genuine lyrics when she sang in Spanish. Shakira often highlights her authentic rock credentials to fight these critiques. She has survived the whims and idiosyncrasies of the English and Spanish-language music markets because of the way in which she uniquely — some say cynically — plays with and against expectations.
She has been playing with these expectations since the beginning of her career, long before her crossover or her Latina rockera moment. It started when she was a child performer and a teen pop princess without an audience. These campy pop origins — largely erased from her biography — are easily found in the depths of YouTube.
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