Test your knowledge of Shakira's biggest hits, deep cuts and iconic moments.
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Her biggest hooks land in the first bar, from the pan-flute whistle of 'Whenever, Wherever' to the horn blast of 'Hips Don't Lie'. Start with the global anthems everyone knows before the early Spanish cuts arrive.
The hardest points hide in the backstory: a World Cup anthem borrowed from a Cameroonian chant, Arabic melodies drawn from her Lebanese father, and a first US number one that came only in 2006.
The rounds get harder as you go. First the global smashes everyone knows, then the ear-work of telling cumbia from Andean from Arabic, next her 90s Spanish rock, and last the World Cup anthem and the duets.
Start here on any Shakira quiz. 'Hips Don't Lie', 'Whenever, Wherever', 'Waka Waka' and 'She Wolf' were worldwide hits, so most players name them from the first bar. These are the points you bank before the rhythms get harder to pick apart.
This is the axis of a Shakira round. One song can hold an Andean charango, an Arabic string line, a cumbia bounce and a rock guitar at once. The trap is that no two hits are built from the same parts, so you guess by ear, catching the ingredient that gives the title away.
Before the crossover, Shakira wrote rock and folk in Spanish as a teenager. 'Estoy Aqui', 'Antologia', 'Ciega Sordomuda' and 'Inevitable' from 'Pies Descalzos' and 'Donde Estan los Ladrones' are where longtime fans pull clear on a Shakira quiz.
The edges decide ties. 'Waka Waka' borrows a Cameroonian chant, 'La Tortura' with Alejandro Sanz brought reggaeton to mainstream radio, and 'Try Everything' comes from Disney's Zootopia. A thorough quiz reaches past the singles chart for these.
Play the Shakira quiz and find out. Guess her songs from a short clip, from the Andean flutes of 'Whenever, Wherever' to the salsa horns of 'Hips Don't Lie', then name the rhythms she blends into each hit.
Her real name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll. She was born on February 2, 1977, in Barranquilla, Colombia, and her father is of Lebanese descent.
The global smashes come first: 'Hips Don't Lie', 'Whenever, Wherever', 'Waka Waka' and 'She Wolf'. Deeper rounds reach for her 90s Spanish rock like 'Estoy Aqui' and 'Ojos Asi'.
The worldwide hits are easy points. The challenge is her fusion: one song can mix cumbia, Arabic strings and rock, so the trap is guessing by a single genre when the answer is the blend.
Only if you know more than the crossover hits. Placing an early Spanish-language track or the World Cup anthem 'Waka Waka' from a short clip is what makes a perfect run.
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