Como puedo describir la biografía de shakira en inglés?

Born

into a middle - class family, Shakira was the daughter of William Mebarak

of Lebanese descent and Nidia Ripoll, a Colombian with Catalan

ancestors.

From

the age of five he showed signs of his artistic vocation, demonstrating

his remarkable talent in the interpretation of Arab dances and songs.

Not in vain its name, Shakira, means in Arabic language "full of grace".

At the age of eight, he composed his first song, Tus Neon, which he dedicated to his father.

He,

like his mother, soon understood the vocation of his daughter, who

began a children's artistic career by performing on radio and television

programs.

At the age of ten he wrote songs systematically ; Participated for the first time in the contest for television artist

Buscando infantile in 1988, in which it was victorious, and repeated the

triumph in 1989 and 1990.

As

a teenager, Shakira signed her first record contract with Sony Music

Colombia, a label for which she recorded her first album, Magic (1991),

with songs she composed between eight and thirteen years, followed two

years later by a second album , Peligro (1993).

His personality immediately impacted the public and musical journalists ; Was chosen to represent Colombia in the OTI Festival, but she could not attend because she was under sixteen years old.

The

great opportunity came when she was invited to participate in the 1993

Viña del Mar Song Festival.

It was then, when she was only sixteen, that

her interpretation of the ballad Eres opened the door to the Latin

American market.

While finishing high school, Shakira prepared what would be her third album, Pies descalzos (1995).

The

album, which included in addition to the theme that gives other hits

title as I am here, White Dreams and Where are you heart ?

, was a

success in all Latin America, with more than four million copies sold ; His songs were erected in extraordinary successes and made him win millions of admirers.