夏其拉 Shakira

1977年2月2日出生於哥倫比亞、本名Shakira Mebarak Ripoll、現年23歲的Shakira，是個集創作與演唱才華、性感熱情與優雅於一身的天生藝人。她自10歲起便開始在各個地區性及全國性的音樂大賽中拔得頭籌，未滿13歲，即與Sony唱片公司簽下合約，而她的首張專輯"Magia"，便已是將她在8到13 歲之間所創作完成的作品集結而成。而今，Shakira除了一再地獲得各種音樂獎項的肯定外，更被極具影響力與極高榮耀指標的美國Time雜誌選為雜誌封面人物，被推舉為當今Latin藝人的代表人物。

1996年，夏奇拉發表了首張拉丁專輯"Pies Descalzos"，不僅創下全球4百萬張的銷售佳績，更實際地打破了拉丁流行音樂既有的公式化模式，賦與拉丁樂界從未有過的真實的聲音。好比"Pies Descalzos"專輯中的暢銷單曲「Estoy Aqui」，曲調便充滿了旋律性、令人驚喜的音樂性及個性，加上她充滿知性的詞句，電子與傳統原音樂器的靈活運用，將拉丁流行音樂帶往更高、更寬廣的境界領域。

1998年，夏奇拉推出了第二張拉丁專輯"DONDE ESTAN LOS LADRONES"，此輯是為Shakira贏得第41屆葛萊美音樂獎"最佳拉丁搖滾／另類藝人"獎項的作品，輯中所收錄的作品包括了「Ciega, Sordomuda」「Tu」「Inevitable」「Ojos Asi」「Moscas En La Casa」都已成為Billboard拉丁榜Top 25排行名曲，其中「Ciega, Sordomuda」「Tu」已分別陸續登上冠軍寶座，而專輯本身除了已在全美銷售突破50 萬張金唱片的銷售紀錄外，並已成功地登上流行專輯榜上！這張暢銷專輯而後在2000年還發行了亞洲版，特別加收錄她前張專輯中的暢銷單曲「Estoy Aqui」的三種混音版，是喜愛拉丁音樂的樂迷不可或缺的收藏！

2000年推出的"MTV Unplugged"，專輯中歌曲全部現場收音自Shakira於1999年8月12日，為拉丁美洲區的MTV電視網所舉行的演唱會實況，而該場演唱會並已於同年度的9月間在拉丁美洲及透過Telemundo網絡在美國境內強力播放。在這場MTV現場演唱會中，Shakira演唱了多首她先前的幾張白金專輯中的暢銷單曲，包括了"Pies Descalzos"專輯中的暢銷單曲「Estoy Aqui」，"Donde Estan Los Ladrones"專輯中的Billboard拉丁榜Top 25排行名曲「Inevitable」「Ojos Asi」「Moscas En La Casa」及兩首冠軍單曲「Ciega, Sordomuda」「Tu」，其中「Ciega, Sordomuda」更是和一支墨西哥流浪樂隊合作完成。

站穩拉丁及美國市場後，Shakira在今年推出首張英文專輯Laundry Service，一人挑起詞曲創作、製作大任，盡情施展她多層次聲音扮演，從甜美、狂放、神祕..等自在擺盪，發行首週躍上Billboard榜Top3。首支單曲Whenever, Wherever奔放、野性十足的動感情歌，以安地斯山脈排笛、巴西鼓等傳統樂器調味，目前位居單曲榜Top6急速竄升中；而身為百事可樂美國、拉丁美洲廣告代言人Shakirak帶來廣告主題曲Ojos Asi的英文版Eyes Likes Yours…。夏奇拉這次全新的出擊，証明了她將繼天王瑞奇馬汀入主國際流行樂壇後，成為拉丁女聲的國際級天后！

可碧 · 文章由可碧 » 週四 5月 02, 2002 11:43 am

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Skylimit · 文章由 **Skylimit** » 週四 5月 02, 2002 11:34 am

Shakira, the graceful one, has been sneaking up on you-the Grammys, the MTV Video Awards, those Pepsi spots. She's a child prodigy who wrote her first song at age eight, a blond-locked Colombian who speaks three languages and loves only in Spanish. She's a perfectionist who spends hours in the studio; she needs to be close to nature but her passion is the crackle of electric guitars. She is in the blush of youth, but she's far older than her 24 years. As her countryman, Nobel Prize winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez wrote, "Shakira's music has a personal stamp that doesn't look like anyone else's and no one can sing or dance like her, at whatever age, with such an innocent sensuality, one that seems to be of her own invention."

The swift ascent of Shakira's star is the stuff of Latin American legend. At the age of 13, she signed her first recording contract with Sony Music Colombia and released her first album Magia. (Magic). After graduating from secondary school, Shakira decided to dedicate her life to the music, recording Peligro ("Danger") and Pies Descalzos, ("Barefeet") in the years that followed, which broke her in Latin America , Brazil (over one million sales) and Spain. Her next album, &quest;Dónde Están Los Ladrones? produced by Shakira and executive produced by Emilio Estefan, established her as the major force behind Latin pop-rock, going multi-platinum in the U.S., Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Central America, Mexico and platinum in Spain. Then came a Grammy and two Latin Grammys, the key TV appearances, the brave new world of Shakira, the star. Shakira is a walking, living, breathing, singing contradiction. "I was born and raised in Colombia, but I listened to bands like Led Zeppelin, the Cure, the Police, the Beatles and Nirvana," said Shakira. "I was so in love with that rock sound but at the same time because my father is of l00% Lebanese descent, I am devoted to Arabic tastes and sounds. Somehow I'm a fusion of all of those passions and my music is a fusion of elements that I can make coexist in the same place, in one song."

It's the songs that make her new album, LAUNDRY SERVICE, her first with English-language tunes, the kind of breakthrough work that will turn the pop world on its head. From the tango-inflected "Objection (Tango)," to the Middle Eastern flavor of "Eyes Like Yours," to the lyrical innovations of "Underneath Your Clothes", to the richness of the melodies of "The One," to the pop-rock of "Whenever Wherever," Shakira will stand in the ranks of the best singer-songwriters in any language.

"I think I am celebrating life more than ever," said Shakira. "I had a slightly narrow vision of love. Now I am feeling unguarded, and it feels great. I feel washed clean of the way I looked at things in the past, which is why I am calling the album LAUNDRY SERVICE."

The most extraordinary thing about LAUNDRY SERVICE is the way she was able to translate her Latin American sensibility into a new language. The idea to do songs in English first came up during Shakira's partnership with Emilio and Gloria Estefan. Gloria initiated the process by translating "Ojos Así," a song that appeared on Shakira's last album, Dónde Están Los Ladrones? (Where are the Thieves?). "I wanted to have her involved in this somehow because she was one of the people that really believed that I could make a record in English," said Shakira.

But nurturing the belief that she could write songs in English was a strong challenge. "The first song I wrote by myself for this record was "Objection," remembered Shakira. "I prayed and asked God to send me a good song today, and I remember I started writing the song a couple of hours after. I wrote the music and lyrics at the same time, and when that happens it's really magical to me." When she completed "Objection," she knew that she could write ten more, so she packed up her loved ones and set up portable studios in rural Uruguay. Taking in the primordial energy of natural surroundings, Shakira came up with a crop of new songs more introspective, more passionate than any she had written before. "I had to find a way to express my ideas and my feelings, my day to day stories in English. So I bought a couple of rhyming dictionaries, read poetry, and authors like Leonard Cohen and Walt Whitman," she said.

"I would feel love in Spanish but I would think about how to express that love in English. Afterwards that became such a natural process, and if you check the subject of my songs, most of them talk about my own experiences and feelings and what I was actually going through in my life," said Shakira. "Is impossible not to write about love.. It's the great mystery of life. It makes me ask myself new questions every day."

Shakira is one of the poetic songwriters of her generation and considered the best female lyricist in Latin America: On the ballad "Underneath Your Clothes," she claims as territory a man she likens to "a song written by the hands of God"; on the blues-rocker "Fool" her "tears make a sea of desert." But she is still as quirky around the edges as she's always been-on "Ready for the Good Times" she remembers close encounters with roaches; on "Poem to a Horse" she scolds a friend dulled by "hydroponic pot," and on "The One," she rewards her true love by shaving her legs and learning how to cook.

"I try to represent only myself, but there are many women that identify with me," said Shakira. "I am definitely not a woman who washes her husband's clothes every day. I hope I don't sound like a feminist leader saying these things. I just try to be honest the way I write."

There's no doubt that Shakira has maintained her creative integrity with her new project. But perhaps more importantly, LAUNDRY SERVICE is a record that reflects her deep love for the basics of rock production. "I felt that I needed to make an organic record with real players in the studio playing live music and doing it like they made records 30 years ago, in the old times," said Shakira. "We used an engineer named Terry Manning, who's worked with ACDC, Led Zeppelin, Lenny Kravitz. He's somebody from the old school. I was determined not to depend on too many electronic sounds, and he definitely understood that."

On LAUNDRY SERVICE there is a very strong dedication to old-fashioned rock riffs, to the soulful, bluesy singing styles of a Bonnie Raitt, even the mournful, wailing guitars of Aerosmith. But Shakira can't help being herself, and that means that "Whenever Wherever," will bounce along with some help from Andean pan flutes and Brazilian drums, and "Eyes Like Yours" bursts from your CD player with navel-baring, belly-dancing furor. And for those longing for Shakira in her original language, four new tracks in Spanish are included. "The world has become so small and music is so eclectic now, and our taste is so broad that that's almost predictable that all this crossover from one culture to another was going to happen," she said, then paused for a second, making sure everyone knew she had her priorities straight. "But I know that rock and roll is never going to die."

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