The salient points

• Shakira has released albums in Spanish and English, which makes her bilingual.


• 'Whenever, Wherever' was her first hit in the English language and concerned her small, humble, non-mountainous breasts.


• At one point 'Hips Don't Lie' was played 9,637 times in one week on American radio. If all those plays were back-to-back it would take three and a half weeks. Maths is confusing, but interesting.


• She was the third person to pass 1 billion views on YouTube, after Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber got there first.


• On naming one of her albums 'Oral Fixation Vol 2', she said: "The title comes from the fact that I have always lived through my mouth."


• 'She Wolf', released in 2009, came with a number of promotional materials including Post-It notes, mouse mats and a colour-changing mug, all of which were used in the making of this bio.


• Shakira gave birth to her son at the beginning of 2013. The miracle of life, ladies and gentlemen.


• She's keeping Christina's seat warm for a 'season' (series) or two on The Voice US.

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