“My favourite celebrity/idol”: Students have decided on their favourite celebrity and carried out a project presenting him/her to their classmates.

1. UShakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak (born February 2, 1977),0T 0Tis a0T 0T37TColombian37T0T 0Tsinger-songwriter,
dancer, record producer, choreographer, and model. Born and raised
in0T 0T37TBarranquilla37T, she began performing in school, demonstrating0T 0T37TLatin37T,37TArabic37T,
and0T 0T37Trock and roll37T0T 0Tinfluences and0T 0T37Tbelly dancing37T0T 0Tabilities. Shakira released her
first0T 0T37Tstudio albums37T,0T 0T37TMagia37T0T 0Tand0T 0T37TPeligro37T, in the early 1990s, failing to attain
commercial success; however, she rose to prominence in Latin America with her
major-label debut,0T 0T37TPies Descalzos37T0T 0T(1996), and her fourth album,0T 0T37TDónde Están los
Ladrones37T0T 0T(1998).
Shakira entered the English-language market with her fifth album,0T 0T37TLaundry
Service37T0T 0T(2001). Its0T 0T37Tlead single37T, "37TWhenever, Wherever37T", became the best-selling
single of 2002. Her success was solidified with her sixth and seventh albums 37TFijación
Oral, Vol. 137T0T 0Tand0T 0T37TOral Fixation, Vol. 237T0T 0T(2005), the latter of which spawned the best-
selling song of the 21st century, "37THips Don't Lie37T". Shakira's eighth and ninth
albums,0T 0T37TShe Wolf37T0T 0T(2009) and0T 0T37TSale el Sol37T0T 0T(2010), received critical praise but
suffered from limited promotion due to her strained relationship with label0T 0T37TEpic
Records37T.
Shakira has won0T 0T37Tmany awards37T0T 0Tincluding five0T 0T37TMTV Video Music Awards37T, two
37TGrammy Awards37T, eight0T 0T37TLatin Grammy Awards37T, seven0T 0T37TBillboard Music Awards37T,
twenty-eight0T 0T37TBillboard Latin Music Awards37T0T 0Tand has been0T 0T37TGolden Globe37T-
nominated. She has a star on the0T 0T37THollywood Walk of Fame37T, and she is one of
the0T 0T37Tbest-selling artists of all time37T, having sold more than 125 million records
including 70 million albums worldwide. Outside of her work in the music industry,
Shakira is also involved in philanthropic activities through charity work and0T 0T37Tbenefit

2. concerts37T. She is really smart and one of her personal quotes is “My brain, I believe,
is the most beautiful part of my body.”
UBibliography
37TUhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0787680/bioU37T
37TUhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShakiraU37T