Her duet “Hips Don’t lie” with Wyclef Jean reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first South American artist to do so. Since then her albums have all been certified gold, platinum, multi-platinum or diamante in various countries around the world, and she has had several songs that have reached number one in the charts in multiple countries. Two songs from this album, “Whenever, Wherever” and “Underneath Your Clothes” were international number-one singles. She gained international attention in 2001 with her fifth album, and her first English album, Laundry Service, which sold over 13 million copies. While her first two albums were unsuccessful, her third and fourth albums had success in Spanish-speaking countries. The name Shakira means ‘grateful’ in Arabic. Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, who performs simply as Shakira, is a singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, record producer and philanthropist from Barranquilla Colombia. He has won numerous awards, among them twenty Billboard Latin Music Awards, six Latin America Music Awards and nineteen Premios Lo Nuestro.īiographical information from Wikipedia. Five of his six albums reached number one on the US Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and were certified platinum or multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Since his first album, Prince Royce has seen continued success. In the United States, both songs reached number-one on the Billboard Tropical Songs chart, while “Corazón Sin Cara” reached number-one on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. The album contained two successful singles, “Stand by Me” and “Corazón Sin Cara”. He released his first self-titled album in March of 2010, which reached number-one on the US Billboard Top Latin Albums and Tropical Albums charts and won Tropical Album of the Year at the 2011 Billboard Latin Music Awards. He adopted the stage name “Prince Royce” at sixteen and started making music with Donzell Rodríguez and Vincent Outerbridge as “L Snipe & Vinny”. At fifteen he began making music as part of the duo “Jino and Royce, El Dúo Real” with José Chusán (“Jino”). Geoffrey Royce Rojas, who performs as Prince Royce, is a singer/ songwriter who was born in New York City, New York to Dominican parents.
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