columna espanola: Introducing Shakira… and single “Tú”
Shakira! This girl probably doesnt need any introduction! She probably the biggest spanish crossover artist ever! She comes from Colombia, the origin of the big TV hit show Ugly Betty! Shakira music career started at the tender age of 13. Her first 2 albums were big commercial flops. Her first album only sound 1300 copies. After flopping so badly, her record company still allowed Shakira to make her third album, Pies Descalzos. It was then released internationally and debuted at #1 in 8 countries! From then on Shakira had made a household name for herself in the Latin American continent.
Since Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias made it big in the English market, it was not right not to take this opportunity to crossover. Her first english album, Laundry Service was the biggest selling album of 2002 with more than 20 million sold! Her second album didn’t sell well until she released Hips Don’t Lie (feat Wyclef John). It became one of the biggest hit of the year. Hitting number #1 in over 55 countries!
Shakira has definitely has a big catalogue of songs. Both Spanish and English. But my all time fave Shakira song is gotta be "Tú" which just means "You". This song is described to be her most emotional songs ever. It reached number #1 at the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart and it peaked at #95 at Billboard Hot 100. Her first song ever on the main chart!
Although the song is GREAT, the music video sucks badly. It’s a one shot video. where she does the whole video in one take! To me this is a total waste of time watching it. You can see her shaving her legs. And to make it more tacky, out of a sudden a band started coming into the scene and started playing in the background! HAHA. Watch the video to see what i mean. Subtles included!