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Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripol [/color][/size][size=21][color:2289=#008000]Career 4[/b][/color][/size]
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2005-2007: [i]Fixations Era[/b][/i]
Shakira stayed out of the spotlight for over two years. She announced the [i]Oral Fixation[/i] project in early 2005. [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Fijaci%C3%B3n_Oral_Vol._1][i][u][size=25][color:2289=#000080]Fijación Oral Vol. 1[/i][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:2289=#000080], the first album of the project, was released on June 3, 2005 in Ireland, on June 6, 2005 in Europe, and on June 7, 2005 in North America, Latin America and Australia. The lead single from the album, "[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/La_Tortura][u][size=25][color:2289=#000080]La Tortura[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:2289=#000080]", which features [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Alejandro_Sanz][u][size=25][color:2289=#000080]Alejandro Sanz[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:2289=#000080], was released as a single in April and achieved large-scale success in different radio and chart formats. It spent a record of twenty-five weeks at number one on the [i]Billboard[/i] [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Hot_Latin_Tracks][u][size=25][color:2289=#000080]Hot Latin Tracks[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:2289=#000080] chart.[i]
Fijación Oral Vol. 1[/i] was very well received by the public. It debuted at number four on the [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Billboard_200][i][u][size=25][color:2289=#000080]Billboard[/i] 200[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:2289=#000080] chart on the week of June 15. According to that publication, the album sold 157,000 copies in its first week of release in the U.S., becoming the highest debut ever for a [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Spanish_language][u][size=25][color:2289=#000080]Spanish language[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:2289=#000080] albums. In Latin America, on the very day of its official release in Venezuela, it went Platinum, in Colombia, triple Platinum and in Mexico, it was sold-out. The album sold over one million copies in three days. The second single from the album, "[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/No_(song)][u][size=25][color:2289=#000080]No[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:2289=#000080]", was released in July 2005, and peaked at number one in [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Argentina][u][size=25][color:2289=#000080]Argentina[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:2289=#000080], Spain and [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Colombia][u][size=25][color:2289=#000080]Colombia[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:2289=#000080], there for 14 non-consecutive weeks. This single was number one in several countries in Latin America, but it did not have the same success of the previous two singles in the United States.
On February 8, 2006, Shakira won her second Grammy Award. She was awarded in the category of [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Latin_Rock/Alternative_Album][u][size=25][color:2289=#000080]Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:2289=#000080].
In late 2006, Shakira released "[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/La_Pared_(Shakira_Song)][u][size=25][color:2289=#000080]La Pared[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:2289=#000080]" as the fourth single from [i]Fijación Oral Vol. 1[/i]. The song reached number one in her native [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Colombia][u][size=25][color:2289=#000080]Colombia[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:2289=#000080], [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Argentina][u][size=25][color:2289=#000080]Argentina[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:2289=#000080] and Spain. Later in 2007, "[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Las_de_la_Intuici%C3%B3n][u][size=25][color:2289=#000080]Las de la Intuición[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:2289=#000080]" was released as a single in Spain and Latin America. It became an instantaneous success, topping the radio chart [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Los_40_Principales][i][u][size=25][color:2289=#000080]Los 40 Principales[/i][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:2289=#000080] for eight non-consecutive weeks and peaking at number one, charting just four weeks in [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Argentina][u][size=25][color:2289=#000080]Argentina[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:2289=#000080]. In mid-April, Shakira filmed a video for the song in Miami, which was then premiered via the internet on May 7. The video, inspired by the work of photographer [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Helmut_Newton][u][size=25][color:2289=#000080]Helmut Newton[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:2289=#000080], features Shakira with a [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Bright][u][size=25][color:2289=#000080]bright[/u][/color][/size][/url] [url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Purple][u][size=25][color:2289=#000080]purple[/u][/color][/size][/url] [url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Wig][u][size=25][color:2289=#000080]wig[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:2289=#000080], alternating between wearing a tight black corset and either a black shirt with a white tie or a white shirt with a black tie. According to Mexican media, "[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Las_de_la_Intuici%C3%B3n][u][size=25][color:2289=#000080]Las de la Intuición[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:2289=#000080]" is to be the fifth and final single from [i]Fijación Oral Vol. 1[/i][/color][/size][font:2289=Arial][size=25][color:2289=#00ff00]
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