Shakira vs. Enrique Iglesias for Billboard Latin Music Awards Favorite Artist of the Year

Who do you think will shout victory on April 28? Will it be the shaky diva Shakira or the soul singer Enrique Iglesias? The final verdict depends on your votes!

The two indeed have a close fight in the nominations this year, as Enrique Iglesias tops the list with 14 nominations while Shakira got the second spot with 13 nominations and Chino y Nacho, the Venezuelan reggaeton duo landed on the third list with 9 nominations.

Enrique Iglesias album entitled Euphoria which was released in 2010 lifted his career on to a higher level and tagged him to be one of the best Latin artists for the year. This album is also his very first bilingual album with seven original English songs and six original Spanish songs.

The first song in the album "I Like It", which was released on May 2010 and features the rapper Pitbull, became number one in the US Billboard Hot 100. After few weeks, it soared high to number 1 on the Billboard Hot/Dance Club Play making him the male singer with most number one hits in the Billboard and has the chance to tie with the two most renowned artists in the music industry: Prince and the legendary Michael Jackson.

On January 2011, another song from his album Euphoria made it again in the top ten on the Billboard charts after just a week of airing. As of March 2011, it soared high and peaked at number 1 on the US Pop Songs Chart, making Enrique as the only male single artist to have 8 number one songs on almost all billboard charts. And this time, he already passed by Prince and Michael Jackson.  Wow!  Really amazing.  At 35, and still a bachelor, he is now a living legend in the music industry.

Shakira- “the most downloaded Latin music artist”

More so, it seems Shakira has one sure category to win for the night, as OVI Music revealed that she will be getting again the award as the most downloaded Latin music artist for two consecutive years now. Shakira’s “Waka Waka” (This time for Africa) from her latest album entitled “Sale El Sol”tops the Top Ten Latin Music Artists Globally list, and not only that, her other four songs "She Wolf"," Loca",  Gypsy", "Hips Don't Lie" also made it in the top ten.

Second to her in the list for the most downloadable Latin music artist is the international pop star Pitbull.Undoubtedly, these two are both treasure in the music industry. But of course, there could only be one winner for the night! Who would it be? Well, cast your votes now, and watch the revelation on April 28!

By Joanna Rossi, www.salsacircuit.com

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Shakira, IDB donate $ 800 000 to Haiti

The Inter-American Development Bank and theFundación Pies Descalzos , Colombian artist Shakira, donated today (31/03) $ 800 thousand dollars for the reconstruction of a historic school in the Haitian capital, which was badly damaged by the quake that hit city in 2010.

"I'm sure the only thing that will change the destiny of Latin America and the Caribbean is that governments put in the center of investment in quality education for all children, from birth and forever," said Shakira in ceremony held in the school yard Elie Dubois.

Colombian singer / songwriter immersed in her world tour "rising sun" today made a brief stop to visit Haiti, where it already was in January 2010 a few days after the powerful earthquake that hit Port au Prince and other cities and left 316,000 dead, 300 000 wounded and 1.5 million homeless.

Upon delivery of the donation was also attended by President of IDB, Luis Alberto Moreno of Colombia also, as well as government authorities, international community representatives, teachers and students.

Moreno said in a statement that "education is critical to the future of Haiti." "Today we are here not only to support the rebuilding of a school, but to express our support for Haiti's efforts to transform its education system," he said.

Founded in 1913, Elie Dubois school has provided over the years secondary education and vocational training to young generations of Haitians under the guidance of the Catholic order Sisters of Mary.

IDB supports, along with donor countries and international organizations, the reform launched by Haiti last year to expand access to free quality education for children and youth in the country, the poorest of America.

The local education minister, Joel Jean-Pierre Desrosiers, highlighted in the activity, with international aid, Haiti was able to resume classes for more than one million students after the earthquake, which destroyed or damaged thousands of schools.

The local education reform plan envisages the construction of a 2 000 500 schools across the country over five years, and the recovery of schools affected by the quake.

The IDB expects to donate $ 250 million over five years to support the plan and also aims to bring together and mobilize the same amount of money from traditional donors, private companies and philanthropic foundations.

While the Haitian government to invest in building new public schools larger and designed to withstand earthquakes and hurricanes.

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Shakira and Piqué snapped holding hands

On Sunday, new images surfaced of a very lovey-dovey Shakira and Gerard Piqué out for dinner, locking hands and smiling effusively.

In a matter of hours, the most sought after "it" couple appeared on the Internet, the media and even Shakira's Facebook page, where fans posted pictures that all but ruined a potential "scoop." Oops!

The online edition of El Pais reported that the images were captured outside a restaurant in Spain after a soccer match between Barcelona and the Athletic. Just outside the restaurant, six of the 15 photographers slated to snap shots of the couple together took their prized photos around 4:30 in the morning.

After word that a photograph of the pair engaged in a kiss would fetch millions, we imagine that paparazzi at the restaurant were saddened, if not a touch deflated, by the fact they couldn't cash in with the coveted "hot-handed" photos.

The images would've allegedly been nabbed exclusively by two magazines, but after a leak that the pair was at the restaurant, photos began to flood the Internet, which made obtaining the "hot-handed" jackpot a bit more difficult.

So now that the photos are out and an alleged romance appears obvious, should the pair announce their courtship publicly? First there were rumors to throw the scent of a possible love connection that went as far saying that Piqué was actually gay. Then subsequent reports say the pair is "just friends." Are they toying with the media? Anyway, have fun, kids!

source: Rafael Abreu

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Shakira Wins Big at France's NJR Music Awards 2011

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Our very own Shakira totally mesmerized  the show at the 12th annual NRJ Music Awards this weekend in Cannes, France. She won the awards (think: French GRAMMY) for international female artist of the year and international song of the year for her World Cup hit, Waka Waka (This Time for Africa.)” It was a great outcome for the international pop star who was making her first public appearance after the break up from her  long  term boyfriend Antonio de la Rua.



Shakira is extensively loved in the country and performed twice for her fans. The first performance was the World Cup single that is known worldwide, Waka Waka. The entertainer was joined on stage with several dozen dancers as they moved about the stage as she sung. The second single she performed was Loca. A sexy number that had Shakira in the audience shaking her hips and it didn’t stop on stage either. To the delight of the fans, she gave them a show for both songs.



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Shakira Makes Fans Loca!

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We were very impressed by her own original twist on belly dancing moves and her captivating but unique tonal vitality. Isabel Mebarak Ripoll or better recognized as Shakira was born in Barranquilla, Colombia, on February 2, 1977.  Shakira  started  her musical profession at age 12 and quickly  captured fans all through Latin America when she won the 2001 Best Latin Pop Grammy for her "MTV Unplugged" album and many prestigious awards. She is a professional singer, songwriter, image model, musician, humanitarian person, dancer and she performs barefoot most of her concerts and that’s really make her unique .

This year Shakira’s Waka  Waka (This time for Africa), was selected as the official song for the exciting 2010 FIFA World Cup and it turned out to be a worldwide breaking hit. The song is full of energy, selling more than 4 million copies worldwide and becoming the biggest selling World Cup song of all time. She is also distinguished as one of the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time and 2nd most successful female Latin singer after Gloria Estefan.

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On Salsa Circuit Top Ten Latin Songs, Shakiras’s  brand new single “Loca”  made it to the number 3 spot. The video for Loca was shot this summer in Barcelona, Spain where Shakira revealed it’s one of her favourite cities in the world. Her magnificent charm , candid personality  and sexiness while doing her trademark belly dancing was enough to have me dancing in no time.  I’m sure I did not girate like Shakira but it sure was a good workout!  Great song and we will see how it fares on our Weekly Top Ten.

Salsa Circuit’s weekly Top Ten Music Chart is published every Monday on our Facebook, Twitter and our www.salsacircuit.blogspot.com sites.  Check it out!

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