
Shakira
Singer, songwriter & philanthropist
Shakira is a Colombian singer, songwriter and Grammy-winning recording artist. Alongside her music career, she founded the Pies Descalzos Foundation and has served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2003.

Biography sources
Shakira photos
Photo credits
- Performing in Kyrgyzstan. · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- Piqué and Shakira at the public awards event in Las Vegas, May 2014. · Christopher Polk / Billboard Awards 2014 / Getty Images for DCP · theguardian.com ↗
- On stage during her tour. · @shakira · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- On stage during her tour. · @shakira · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- On stage during her tour. · @shakira · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- Backstage during her Madrid residency. · @shakira · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- Backstage during her Madrid residency. · @shakira · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- Backstage during her Madrid residency. · @shakira · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- Backstage during her Madrid residency. · @shakira · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- Backstage during her Madrid residency. · @shakira · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- On stage. · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- On stage during her tour. · @shakira · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- On stage during her tour. · @shakira · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- Backstage during her Madrid residency. · @shakira · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- Visiting Macondo Park. · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- Visiting Macondo Park at Shak City. · @shakira · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- Visiting Macondo Park at Shak City. · @shakira · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- Visiting Macondo Park at Shak City. · @shakira · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- Visiting Macondo Park at Shak City. · @shakira · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- Visiting Macondo Park at Shak City. · @shakira · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- During the Madrid residency. · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- On stage during her tour. · @shakira · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- On stage during her tour. · @shakira · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- On stage during her tour. · @shakira · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- On stage during her tour. · @shakira · Instagram · @shakira ↗
- On stage during her tour. · @shakira · Instagram · @shakira ↗
Career and background
One concrete example of Shakira’s education work was the opening of a new Pies Descalzos school in Barranquilla in September 2023. Project partner la Caixa said it was designed for roughly 1,000 students, with spaces open to parents and the wider community. Shakira thanked the city and foundation partners for helping build the school.Source: la Caixa Foundation ↗
Relationship history
Shakira said she was single in June 2026. She was previously in a relationship with
Gerard Piqué, which became public in 2011 and ended in June 2022. They have two sons, Milan and Sasha, and never married.
During their years together, Shakira and Gerard Piqué connected family celebrations to her humanitarian work. UNICEF records an online baby shower in 2013 inviting friends and fans to help vulnerable babies, followed by another World Baby Shower in 2015 celebrating the arrival of their second child.Source: UNICEF ↗
Before Piqué, Shakira spent almost eleven years with Antonio de la Rúa. They separated in August 2010 and announced the breakup in a joint statement in January 2011.
Her earlier partners include actor Osvaldo Ríos in 1997 and musician Gustavo Gordillo around 1996. Her teenage romances were with Óscar Pardo and, later, Óscar Ulloa.
After her split from Piqué, Shakira was linked in the press to Lewis Hamilton and Jimmy Butler in 2023 and to Lucien Laviscount in 2024. Those reports were not publicly confirmed. In her June 2024 Rolling Stone interview, she said she was not pursuing a formal relationship.
Relationship sources
- Gerard Piqué Reuters ↗
- Antonio de la Rúa Joint statement, reproduced by People en Español ↗
- Osvaldo Ríos Telemundo interview ↗
- Gustavo Gordillo Bésame FM, quoting Gordillo’s Jorge Barón interview ↗
- Óscar Ulloa Caracol TV interview ↗
- Óscar Pardo Caracol TV interview ↗
- Lewis Hamilton People ↗
- Jimmy Butler Us Weekly ↗
- Lucien Laviscount Us Weekly ↗
- Shakira’s June 2024 interview Rolling Stone ↗
Children
- NameMilan Piqué MebarakDate of birthOther parentGerard Piqué ↗
- NameSasha Piqué MebarakDate of birthOther parentGerard Piqué ↗

























