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Shakira's eighth studio album was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 05 January 2013 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Shakira. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

Shakira notable concerts was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 18 May 2010 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Shakira. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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Section size for Shakira (40 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	18,199	18,199	470	470
Early life	8,090	8,090	567	567
Career	11	104,156	0	5,344
1990–1993: Magia and Peligro	5,281	5,281	357	357
1994–2000: Breakthrough with Pies Descalzos and Dónde Están los Ladrones?	9,150	9,150	552	552
2001–2004: Laundry Service and English transition	7,681	7,681	749	749
2005–2007: Fijación Oral, vol. 1 and Oral Fixation, vol. 2	9,175	9,175	820	820
2008–2009: She Wolf	8,309	8,309	476	476
2010–2014: "Waka Waka", Sale el Sol and Shakira	16,515	16,515	727	727
2015–2021: El Dorado	12,501	12,501	649	649
2022–present: Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran	35,533	35,533	1,014	1,014
Artistry	1,092	51,459	76	4,402
Music influences and styles, works	2,225	39,312	238	3,449
Black hair rock era of Pies Descalzos and Dónde Están los Ladrones?	8,642	8,642	773	773
Laundry Service	9,569	9,569	780	780
Fijación Oral, vol. 1, Oral Fixation, vol. 2 and She Wolf	6,059	6,059	553	553
Sale el Sol and Shakira	3,835	3,835	303	303
El Dorado	1,740	1,740	218	218
Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran	7,242	7,242	584	584
Dance and stage appearance	5,650	5,650	565	565
Songwriting	982	982	81	81
Singing	3,139	3,139	110	110
Instruments	1,284	1,284	121	121
Legacy	30,533	32,778	1,653	1,659
Monuments	2,245	2,245	6	6
Achievements	19,594	19,594	978	978
Philanthropy, humanitarian work and politics	19,795	19,795	1,520	1,520
Other undertakings	8,881	8,881	617	617
Personal life	10,890	16,013	899	1,292
Tax controversy	5,123	5,123	393	393
Discography	600	600	0	0
Tours	374	374	0	0
Filmography	67	1,941	0	0
Television	1,255	1,255	0	0
Film	619	619	0	0
See also	699	699	0	0
Notes	24	24	0	0
References	28	28	0	0
Further reading	2,260	2,260	0	0
External links	3,269	3,269	0	0
Total	288,160	288,160	16,849	16,849

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