Global Shakira

anybody who's followed this blog knows that i am about as far removed from being interested in the celebrity world as it's possible to be... i am, however, always interested in any person, trend, or thing that manages to cross-over from being a purely domestic or regional hit to being a global one... when the snip below says that shakira has made the case that she's a global pop star, it's true... she scheduled one performance here in buenos aires in november which immediately sold out so, she added another one the following day which also immediately sold out... she's definitely a phenom...

Shakira doesn't need much to shake an arena to its rafters. No pyrotechnics, no army of backup dancers, no elaborate staging -- not even a pair of shoes.

Just her charisma, pipes and hips. E specially the hips. Let's just say that wars have been fought over lesser hips than Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll's.

Playing Tuesday at the sold-out Verizon Center, the barefoot singer/songwriter/hip-shaker from Colombia kept things relatively simple yet still managed to make an absolutely convincing case that she's a global pop star in the truest sense.

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