She signed with Sony Records when she was just 13 years old.
Her hometown is Barranquilla, Colombia, a coastal city of about one million people. She was just 18 when she became Colombia's most popular musician.
Since Colombia is a very Catholic country, Shakira was educated by nuns. But she claims that she always knew she would be a public figure.
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