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Originally posted by Inverted
No, she wasn't. The "Latin fever" was way back in 1999 when Ricky Martin blew up (and then Enrique Iglesias, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony followed him). Ricky and the others paved the way for Shakira's international debut in 2001, but that was over two years later.
And the US definitely used Shakira for more than one era. Even Fijación Oral was semi-relevant here thanks to the surprising mainstream success of "La Tortura."
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Yeah, she wasn't part of the "Latin fever" - and her rise to global pop star was far more impressive than all of theirs since she was the only real musician to crossover to the US mainstream from a non-English speaking country (Martin, Lopez & Anthony were all either born in the US or US territories & spoke English as well & Iglesias has his father to thank for this music career). Not only was she the only one to be born & raised in Latin America, but she also had to learn an entirely different language in order to succeed worldwide - she learned English just to write her own music & started from nothing (unlike the others who had a HUGE head start). In addition to all that, she's outsold them all on a worldwide scale & became a global touring force, selling out arenas & stadiums all over the world with 3 world tours.
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Originally posted by Xorev
Hips Don't Lie was probably her last biggest song in the states. I can't remember how well She Wolf did.
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I believe She Wolf, the single, was platinum in the US & peaked at #11 on Billboard before it was suddenly pulled from radio & Give It Up To Me was released instead. It was about to go top 10, but her record label screwed everything up & subsequently delayed her album by a month (the album was already available worldwide so that definitely hurt its US sales). It wasn't a huge hit, but it had moderate success...Sale El Sol (a Spanish album) did a lot better worldwide & both albums helped her tour worldwide (the tour easily surpassed $100 million) so it didn't really hurt her in the long run.
