After achieving superstardom throughout Latin America, Colombian-born singer and songwriter Shakira has become one of Latin pop's biggest international crossover artists, selling millions worldwide and collecting hundreds of awards in the process. Noted for her rock-influenced approach, Shakira maintained an extraordinary degree of creative control over her music; she wrote or co-wrote nearly all of her own material, and in the process gained a reputation as one of the genre's most ambitiously poetic lyricists. Following the release of '90s breakthrough albums Pies Descalzos a...