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Originally posted by Sever:
It seems nowadays all you gotta do is shake it like shakira to become a big time corporate rock courtesan. Talent just doesn't get you anywhere.
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To be fair, Shakira's spainish music is quite good. She was having international success as a dark haired spainish singer, before bleaching and anglocising for the U.S. market.
She is a genuine talent.
from here:
http://spanish.about.com/library/weekly/aa111201a.htm
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Shakira, the Colombian-born rockera, has had a professional recording contract since she was a teenager. She has sold millions of albums throughout the world, had No. 1 songs on the charts in more than a dozen countries, performed for an MTV album, and won numerous awards. She probably has been as big of a success as is possible — for someone who doesn't perform in English.
But that one detail is changing this week this week as Shakira releases her first English-language album, Laundry Service, after a series of successes in both Spanish and Portuguese. Those who have seen her perform on tour or on television have little doubt that the album could propel her to a superstardom that is possible only if her songs become a staple of English-language radio in the United States.
Unlike some popular performers, Shakira writes most of her own songs, which include both ballads and dance tunes. The songs on her English-language debut album were translated by Gloria Estefan.
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