have been morphing together, for better or worse. How Shakira accomplished such a feat may lie less with the artist than with the cultures she straddles.Musically, Latin America and the U.S. (Singer Gloria Estefan, Shakira’s onetime mentor, also pursued a successful bilingual career, but always from a base in Miami.) What’s most notable, though, is that Shakira has managed to work both sides of the border with such ease, bouncing back and forth across the cultural divide with no apparent compromise or change in her identity. It’s a remarkable achievement, considering that her crossover predecessors - Ricky Martin, for example - struggled when they tried to return to their original fan base. with her first English-language album, the multiplatinum “Laundry Service.” And her dominance heading into the Latin Grammy Awards on Thursday night in New York City with a field-leading five nominations - including best song, record and album - confirms that she hasn’t lost any ground in the Spanish-language market either. Shakira was already a major star in Latin America in 2001 when she became a pop sensation in the U.S. Nobody knew the hip-thrusting Colombian songstress would be so good at crossing back.
EVERYBODY knows Shakira is a success at crossing over.
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