Shakira is a Colombian singer-songwriter, recipient of various accolades in her career spanning four decades. With 100 million records sold, Shakira is one of the best-selling recording artists of all-time. Shakira won her first awards at a young age, winning Telecaribe's Buscando Un Artista Infantil contests in 1988, 1989 and 1990. Shakira's debut album, Magia (1991), helped her win the Super Estrella de Oro award for the Best New Barranquilla Singer in 1992. The album also allowed her to take part in festivals such as the Festival de la Canción (1991) in Buga, Colombia, and the Festival de la Independencia Cubana (1992) in Miami. Shakira performed the song "Eres" from her second album, Peligro (1993), at Viña del Mar International Song Festival of 1993 as a representative of her native country. She won the third place, and was named the Best Vocalist/Popular Artist. Shakira's third album, Pies Descalzos (1995), helped her win major awards and nominations in Latin America, becoming the first up-and-coming artist to win three awards at the inaugural Billboard Latin Music Awards. Her following record, Dónde Están Los Ladrones? (1998) garnered her first Grammy Awards nomination. After the release of her first crossover record, Laundry Service (2001), Shakira has since obtained several major awards and nominations at the international level. She was the first Latin act to receive a nomination at the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year with a Spanish video in 2006. Shakira is the most awarded artist ever at the Los 40 Music Awards, the most awarded Latin female singer at the Billboard Latin Music Awards, and the most awarded female artist in the Latin Grammy Awards history before being overtaking by Natalia Lafourcade. Her success and career have been honored with various special awards, being named Artist of the Millennium by Colombian magazines Shock and Artist of the Century by TVyNovelas in 1999, a special Ivor Novello Awards in 2022, a Lifetime Award at the NRJ Music Awards in 2019, and the MTV Video Vanguard Award in 2023, becoming the first South American artist to receive the award. The same year, she became the first recipient of the Billboard Latin Women of the Year. Outside of her work in music, Shakira has won various accolades for her charitable endeavours by various major international organizations, including UNICEF Germany, World Economic Forum, International Labour Organization, United Nations and the World Literacy Foundation. In 2012, Shakira was condecored with Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by French goverment, in addition to be named Artist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation in 2011. In 2009, she became the youngest Person of the Year by the Latin Recording Academy. She won accolades by her fragances, including various Academia del Perfume accolades.

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