Two Shakira classics that were HUGE even in countries with no electricity. Both sold over 20 million copies worldwide.


1. Where are you from?

2. Which one was bigger in your country?

Waka Waka >>>>>>

It was so global that it went #1 in countries that don't even have electricity

edit*: read the title wrong, whenever wherever peaked at #6 in the US

LITERALLY

This video is in rural MOZAMBIQUE

I read this as the two World Wars.

In the US, Whenever, Wherever by far.

I find it so strange how much of a huge monster global smash "Waka Waka" was, but the US paid it complete dust

US: Whenever, Wherever
WW: Waka Waka

Shakira's hits are by far more global than the world wars

Still it got to sell over 2 million in pure sales in the US and be one of the 30 most played songs on youtube of all time in that country so...

Waka Waka was HUGE in India

Whenever Wherever went #1 in NZ whereas Waka Waka went #34

It was, but wasnt Whenever Wherever even bigger?

I think Waka Waka was bigger in Spain.

Whenever, Wherever was way bigger in the UK, it peaked at #2 and Waka Waka at #21

India doesn't have official charts
I've never heard whenever whenever here.. Whereas Waka Waka and hips don't lie ( that intro alone) were huge! People here mostly listen to local bollywood songs... But THE FACT THAT WAKA WAKA WAS EVEN PLAYED HERE IN LOCAL BOLLYWOOD CHANNELS, explains that! She kinda became huge here after hips don't lie
So atleast in terms of popularity: Waka Waka > whenever whenever

Whenever Wherever was HUGE in Australia

Wake Waka was...A top 40 hit at least?

Whenever is the reason shakira is the global star she is today, it introduced shakira to the mainstream, waka was indeed big thanks to the world cup and youtube, but whenever didn't hv those and it managed to outpeak it on most of the charts that matters.

Austria: Whenever Wherever was the #1 song of 2002, while Waka Waka was the #2 song of 2010
However I was a huge Shaki stan during Laundry Service so I think it was way bigger.

Whenever, Wherever in the UK & Ireland, and USA. Neither song sold even close to 20M copies, though.