When someone clearly deserves their star status and has their head stuck on straight, I pull for them and hope they carve their place in history. There really aren't too many people who fit that bill, but one who does is Shakira. It's hard to believe this young lady has only just tuned 31; she has been at the top for over a decade. How "top"? Well, in 2007 she was the fourth highest earning female performer in music, trailing only Madonna, Barbra Streisand, and Celine Dion. She made U$S 38 million last year.
Shakira has been coming to Jose Ignacio for inspiration for about seven or eight years, first staying with a friend (the guy who developed Narbona, the subject of my last post) and then buying her own "finca" a few years ago. She arrived at her finca again two days ago for a 21-day stay to write new songs and produce her next album in her rustic recording studio. There have been rumors she would marry her Argentinean boyfriend during this stay, but she squelched those in the interviews she granted to the world press yesterday. She spent the whole afternoon dealing with the press, in hopes they will leave her alone for the rest of her stay. The picture above was part of the press's haul yesterday.
If anyone reading this doesn't know who Shakira is, and if the phrase "Hips Don't Lie" doesn't ring a bell (that's a pun --the song is one of, if not the most downloaded ring-tones in history), go to http://www.shakira.com/ and read all about her.
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