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Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripol [/color][/size][size=21][color:4ce6=#008000]Career 3[/b][/color][/size]
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2001–2004: [i]Laundry Service[/b][/i]
In 2001, upon the success of [i]¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?[/i] and [i]MTV Unplugged[/i], Shakira began working on a crossover album to English. Collaborating with [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Gloria_Estefan][u][size=25][color:4ce6=#0000ff]Gloria Estefan[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], she wrote and recorded English versions of the tracks from [i]¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?[/i]. However, she later decided against using translations of older songs for the album and worked for over a year on new material for the album. Around this time, Shakira also released four songs for Pepsi and for her promotion in the English markets: "Ask for More", "Pide Mas", "Knock on My Door" and "Pideme El Sol". In November 24, 2001, [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Laundry_Service][i][u][size=25][color:4ce6=#0000ff]Laundry Service[/i][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] was released, although Shakira chose to exclude the four Pepsi songs. Although it was created with the intent of selling to an English language market, the rock and Spanish dance-influenced album also featured four Spanish songs, including "[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Que_Me_Quedes_T%C3%BA][u][size=25][color:4ce6=#0000ff]Que Me Quedes Tú[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25]" ([I hope] that you remain (for me)). Some critics claimed that Shakira's English skills were too weak for her to write in it. The album sold extremely well and was certified triple platinum in the US (denoting sales exceeding 3 million copies)[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-15][u][size=25][color:4ce6=#0000ff][16][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] and thus helped to establish Shakira's musical presence in the mainstream North American market. The album has sold approximately 13 million copies worldwide.
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Shakira meeting the President of the Dominican Republic on October 9, 2002
In 2002, Shakira also released her Spanish greatest hits volume [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Grandes_%C3%89xitos_(Shakira_album)][i][u][size=25][color:4ce6=#0000ff]Grandes éxitos[/i][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25]. A DVD and ten-track compilation album, called [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Live_%26_Off_the_Record_(Shakira)][i][u][size=25][color:4ce6=#0000ff]Live & Off the Record[/i][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], was also released in 2004, reaching sales of 3 million CDs worldwide, and commemorating Shakira's world tour, the [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Tour_of_the_Mongoose][u][size=25][color:4ce6=#0000ff]Tour of the Mongoose[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25].
In September 2002, Shakira won the now-defunct International Viewer's Choice Award at the MTV Video Music Awards with "[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Suerte][u][size=25][color:4ce6=#0000ff]Suerte[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25]". In October of that year, she won 5 [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Awards_Latin_America][u][size=25][color:4ce6=#0000ff]MTV Video Music Awards Latin America[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] for [i]Best Female Artist[/i], [i]Best Pop Artist[/i], [i]Best Artist — North (Region)[/i], [i]Video of the Year[/i] (for [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Suerte][i][u][size=25][color:4ce6=#0000ff]Suerte[/i][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25]), and [i]Artist of the Year[/i]. At [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Aerosmith][u][size=25][color:4ce6=#0000ff]Aerosmith[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25]'s [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/MTV_Icon][u][size=25][color:4ce6=#0000ff]MTV Icon[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] in 2002, Shakira performed "[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Dude_(Looks_Like_a_Lady)][u][size=25][color:4ce6=#0000ff]Dude (Looks Like a Lady)[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25]". Also in 2002, Shakira joined the likes of [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Celine_Dion][u][size=25][color:4ce6=#0000ff]Celine Dion[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Anastacia][u][size=25][color:4ce6=#0000ff]Anastacia[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Cher][u][size=25][color:4ce6=#0000ff]Cher[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], and the [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Dixie_Chicks][u][size=25][color:4ce6=#0000ff]Dixie Chicks[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] for [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/VH1_Divas_Live_Las_Vegas/lDivas_2002][i][u][size=25][color:4ce6=#0000ff]VH1 Divas Live Las Vegas[/i][/u][/color][/size][/url][font:4ce6=Arial][size=25][color:4ce6=#00ff00]
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