International music sensation, Shakira, was born on February 2, 1977, to her parents, William Mebarak Chadid and Nadia del Carmen Ripoll Torrado.
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William Mebarak Chadid
Shakira’s father, William is an author. He was born on September 6, 1931. He is currently 90 years old.
William was born in New York, United States, but is of Lebanese origin.
He had bore Shakira together with his second wife, Nidia del Carmen Ripoll Torrado, and now he is a grandfather to two grandchildren – Milan Piqué Mebarak, and Sasha Piqué Mebarak.
William’s first wife was Lucila Mebarak, with whom he had 9 children together.
He had lost one of his sons killed in a car accident. Following his divorce from Lucila, he tied the knots with Nadia.
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Nadia del Carmen Ripoll Torrado
Shakira’s mother, Nadia, is Spanish.
Nadia is a housewife and a painter.
Her two Spanish surnames, Ripoll and Torrado, has origin from four brothers who moved from Catalonia to coastal Colombia as far back as the 19th century.
Shakira Early Life
Shakira was born and raised in Barranquilla.
She launched her first single at age 13, and came to fame after the release of her albums, Pies Descalzos (1995) and Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998).
She broke into the English-language market with her fifth album, Laundry Service (2001), selling more 13 million copies worldwide.
Her singles “Whenever, Wherever” and “Underneath Your Clothes”, became a huge success on the global stage and international market.
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