Interesting facts:
1) Her best selling album sold only 8 millon copies globally
2) she only has 2 #1s worldwide (1 of which was supported by the World Cup)
3) She only has 1 tour that barely grossed 100+ million, again, thanks to the exposure of the World Cup( her last tour barely grossed 60 million lmao)
etc

Why is she viewed as this GL0BAL star that even ATRL members compare her to Madonna and Gaga () on a global scale?

I need explanation por favor!

She's huge in Latin America but def not as global as her stans try to make her out to be.

Unless global means Latin America then she's not Global. Most people around here know her as "the Hips Don't Lie girl."

Yes, honestly she is.

And her best selling album (Laundry Service) sold 16 million WW.

She is global, she is huge in Latin america, Europe, africa and the middle east..

She is huge in Western European countries such as France, Spain, Italy, Germany etc. Pretty much the whole of Europe apart from the UK, where she is the same as the US.

Also, her last album Sale el Sol flopped in the US, didn't chart in the UK or Australia, but still managed to sell 4 million copies WW. That is more than most of your faves.

She's universal actually.

She's the king in Latin America, and very popular in Europe(especially France).

US - moderate status

elsewhere - yea........no

LOL, I was like... why are you so obsessed with Shakira?

Of course she is. First of all, her best selling album, Laundry Service sold more than 15M; her two global hits makes her one of the ONLY artists to achieve that, if not the only, and those two songs are classics. Let me say that Hips Don't Lie didn't, unfourtunately, benefit anything from World cup. As for the tour, honey, her shows are all sold out, sorry if she doesn't practice some absurd prices.

Also it's not just those three aspects that make her a global force. Her music plays everywhere, we all know that and everyone LITERALLY knows who Shakira is.

I'm really sad to see posts like this appearing, pressure x1000.

I forgot to mention that, eventhough this is just my country, she is the artist that detains the record for the biggest audience in Portugal's most known pavilion, she is one of the only artists that is talked on the news and so on.

Oh! and her spanish old songs like Estoy Aqui keeps playing on the radio.

SCREAMING at the lies in the OP

Donde Estan Los Ladrones sold 10m worldwide and Laundry Service sold 15m worldwide which totally invalidates your first "point"

You're using the 2 germans and a dog, unofficial MediaTraffic chart to determine worldwide success instead of looking at actual chart positions.....which anyone with eyes and a brain will realize tell you she has MULTIPLE worldwide smash hits including Whenever Wherever, Underneath Your Clothes, La Tortura, Hips Don't Lie, She Wolf, Waka Waka and Loca, among others.

Stay PRESSED, SEETHE, FUME, BOIL over Shakira, she's the one who will continue to sell albums, tour successfully and have worldwide smash hits. She doesn't struggle to sell her studio albums, she doesn't struggle to get hits, she's not bothered.

Jason Durelo had a big song too where he announces himself. Does that mean he's global?

Just because she isn't popular in the US like she is worldwide it doesn't mean she isn't global. At least here in my country she still is one of the Big 3 alongside Mariah and Beyoncé.

The Spanish version of LS doesnt count knowing it was a whole different release, so it sold 8 million & thats that.

No. In fact, she is bigger.

Tell them!

Comparing Shakira to Jason Derulo. I can't.