'Hits' Don't Lie; Shakira's Oral Fixation Vol. 2 Storms Back into the Top Ten as Album Goes Platinum
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2006--Fueled by the smash hit "Hips Don't Lie" featuring Wyclef Jean, Shakira's latest album Oral Fixation Vol. 2 has skyrocketed back into the top ten landing at #6 this week. Additionally, the album, which is the English counterpart to the triple platinum Fijacion Oral Vol. 1(World wide) , was certified platinum this week with sales exceeding a million copies in the United States(shipped). Both of Shakira's latest albums debuted in the top 5 of the Billboard Top 200 Album chart making Shakira the only artist ever to debut top 5 albums in English and Spanish in the same calendar year.
"Hips Don't Lie" is fast becoming the biggest hit of the year, ascending the top 40 mainstream chart at a rapid clip as well as topping MTV's TRL countdown. Not only is it the #1 song and video on AOL but on Yahoo! Music, the original version of the "Hips Don't Lie" video and the "fan version" of the video holds the #1 and #2 positions on the Top 10 Videos. Shakira and Wyclef performed "Hips Don't Lie" on TV's #1 show American Idol plus Live with Regis and Kelly, the Ellen DeGeneres show and the CBS Early show. They are set to perform on the Billboard Latin Awards on April 27th.
This week Shakira, whose Barefoot Foundation aids children in Colombia, was honored for her humanitarian efforts at the United Nations on Monday with an award sponsored by Woman Together, a nonprofit organization that provides loans to help low-income women produce textiles. Angelina Jolie, Senator Hillary Clinton and Karolina Kurkova were also honored for their charitable work.
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