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Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripol [/color][/size][size=21][color:c09b=#008000]Career 2[/b][/color][/size]
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1995–2000: [i]Pies descalzos[/i] and [i]¿Dónde están los ladrones?[/b][/i]
Shakira originally recorded the song [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/%C2%BFD%C3%B3nde_Est%C3%A1s_Coraz%C3%B3n%3F][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]¿Dónde Estás Corazón?[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00] (later released on her album Pies Descalzos) for the compilation album "Nuestro Rock" in 1995, released exclusively in Colombia. [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/%C2%BFD%C3%B3nde_Est%C3%A1s_Coraz%C3%B3n%3F][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]¿Dónde Estás Corazón?[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00] was the only hit off the album. This allowed Sony to give Shakira a third attempt at making an album. Shakira returned to recording in 1995 with Luis F. Ochoa, using musical influences from a number of countries and an [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Alanis_Morissette][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]Alanis Morissette[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]-oriented persona which affected some of her next albums,[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-14][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00][15][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00] and made her third studio album, [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Pies_Descalzos][i][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]Pies Descalzos[/i][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00], which brought her great fame in Latin America. [i]Pies Descalzos[/i] sold over five million copies,[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-Gale-12][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00][13][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00] prompting the release of a remix album, titled simply [i]The Remixes[/i]. [i]The Remixes[/i] also included [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Portuguese_language][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]Portuguese[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00] versions of some of her best-known songs, which were recorded as a result of her success in the Brazilian market, where [i]Pies Descalzos[/i] sold nearly one million copies.[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-Gale-12][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00][13][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]
Her fourth album, [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/%C2%BFD%C3%B3nde_Est%C3%A1n_Los_Ladrones%3F][i][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?[/i][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00] was released in 1998. She began to gain more fans in non-Spanish-speaking countries like Turkey, France, Switzerland, Canada, and especially the United States. Eight of the album's eleven tracks became singles, including "[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Ciega,_Sordomuda][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]Ciega, Sordomuda[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]", "[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Moscas_En_La_Casa][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]Moscas En La Casa[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]", "[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/No_Creo][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]No Creo[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]", "[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Inevitable_(Shakira_song)][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]Inevitable[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]", "[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/T%C3%BA_(song)][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]Tú[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]", "[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Si_Te_Vas][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]Si Te Vas[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]", "[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Octavo_D%C3%ADa][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]Octavo Día[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]", and the world-famous "[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Ojos_As%C3%AD][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]Ojos Así[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]". The latter two songs won Shakira one [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Latin_Grammy][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]Latin Grammy[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00] each. Shakira's first live album, [i]MTV Unplugged[/i], was [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Composed][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]composed[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00] of "[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Estoy_Aqu%C3%AD][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]Estoy Aquí[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]" and all the songs from [i]¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?[/i] except [i]Que Vuelvas[/i].
For this album Shakira received several Platinum certifications and plaques.
In March 2000, Shakira embarked on her [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Tour_Anfibio][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]Tour Anfibio[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00], a two-month tour of Latin America and the [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/United_States][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]United States[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]. In August 2000, she won an [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Award][u][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]MTV Video Music Award[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00] in the now-defunct category of People's Choice - Favorite International Artist[/color][/size][font:c09b=Arial][size=25][color:c09b=#00ff00]
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