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She has had the biggest hit of the decade with Hips Don't Lie and sold 50 million albums. When pop's sexiest siren Shakira turned up in Oxford to talk about education, mayhem ensued.
Her 2006 hit Hips Don't Lie has been the biggest-selling single in the world this decade. With a popularity that encompasses the huge Spanish-speaking market as well as the English-speaking world, Shakira has sold more than 50 million albums since she first emerged as a teenage prodigy in 1991.
She is also among the most philanthropically and politically active of pop stars, with a focus on access to education for all. Since the age of 18, she has headed the Pies Descalzos (Bare Feet) Foundation, which has built five schools across Colombia, educating and feeding more than 4,000 children a year. She is a Unicef goodwill ambassador and has chaired the Global Campaign for Education.
