I always believed that women have rights and that there are some women that are intelligent enough to claim those rights. There are some others that are stupid enough not to.

Shakira then decided to take a hiatus from recording so that Shakira could graduate from high school. Shakira recently[when?] performed two songs for two separate Haiti benefit events: "I'll Stand By You" by The Pretenders and "Sólo le pido a Dios" by León Gieco. In August 1996 RIAA certified the album platinum status.

2 (2005) the latter of which spawned the best-selling song of the 2000s "Hips Don't Lie". Born and raised in Barranquilla Shakira began performing in school demonstrating Latin Arabic and rock and roll influences and belly dancing abilities.