While the end of Shakira's romance with Gerard Pique is heartbreaking, she has long been an example of a confident and empowered singer who takes life as it comes. She started her incredible music career in her home of Colombia and rose to success in the U.S. in the early 2000s. While many of Shakira's popular songs make fans want to get up and dance, "Hips Don't Lie" might be the most memorable one.
Even if someone doesn't think that they're familiar with the song, it's pretty likely that as soon as they hear it, they realize that they've listened to it many times before.
What Is Shakira's Most Profitable Song?
Fans think Shakira spends a lot of money. And she does live a fabulous lifestyle. According to Celebrity Net Worth, the singer has a $300 net worth. It turns out that a lot of her money comes from her hit single "Hips Don't Lie."
The song was released in 2006 and was on Shakira's album "Oral Fixation, Vol. 2," which was album number seven for the star. Wyclef Jean sings on the song as well. Shakira, Archie Pena, and Archie Pena wrote the song together.
Shakira's 2001 album, "Laundry Service," featured some very successful songs like "Whenever, Wherever" and "Underneath Your Clothes." The singer showcased her incredible voice and her ability to move between slow ballads and fun, dance-worthy tunes.
But it was "Hips Don't Lie" that really put Shakira on the map. According to Yahoo!, Shakira's song "Wherever Whenever" did well, as it hit number six on the Billboard 100. But "Hips Don't Lie" beat it.
According to Uproxx, "Hips Don't Lie" reached number one on the Billboard 100 chart. Shakira hadn't experienced that before, so this was a big deal. On June 1st, 2022, Shakira found out that "Hips Don't Lie" had been streamed one billion times on Spotify. She was given a plaque and shared the news on her Instagram account.
Billboard reported that by June 10th, 2021, "Hips Don't Lie" had been streamed 685 million times in the United States. People purchased it for download a total of 4.1 million times by that date as well. In 2006, when the song came out, 1.4 million downloads had been purchased.
When Shakira was a Glamour cover star in 2014, the publication said that "Hips Don't Lie" is "worldwide the biggest-selling single of the twenty-first century." That is definitely an amazing accomplishment.
Shakira was a huge name in Colombia before moving into the American market. She put out her first album "Magia" in 1991 when she was 13 years old and her second album, "Peligro," came out two years later. When people living in the U.S. heard "Laundry Service," they knew that she was talented and couldn't get enough of her songs.
Shakira also sold the rights to her music catalogue, which seems to have made her a lot of money as well. According to BBC, Shakira made a deal with Hipgnosis Song Fund in 2021. The BBC reported that "it typically pays the equivalent of 15 years' royalties up front."
How Does Shakira Feel About Her Hit Song "Hips Don't Lie?"
Shakira seems really proud of her song "Hips Don't Lie," which of course makes sense considering how beloved it has become. She explained to Billboard in an interview that she loves the song because of the beat.
Shakira said, “It had sounds that weren’t just interesting and fresh to the pop scene, but also ones that I was really excited to experiment with and share, like cumbia and typical Colombian folkloric percussion and instrumentation. They were also deeply personal, down to the reference to my hometown Barranquilla."
The song title is definitely memorable, and Shakira shared how she thought of it, which is a fun story. According to Cosmopolitan, she said in an interview with Women's Health that she likes to feel the beat of the music that she's working on. And that is part of her process.
Shakira said, "When I'm in the studio, I know when a song is ready and it can be taken out of the oven, and it's exactly when my hips start moving — when my body reacts physically to a song, I know — if it's a dance song — that song is done."
Shakira continued, "So I used to say to my musicians, 'My hips don't lie! Are they moving? They're not moving! So this is not ready.' And that's how I came up with it, the idea of the song."
What Is The Cultural Impact Of Shakira's "My Hips Don't Lie"?
Shakira has been one of the most famous singers for several decades now, and she got a lot of attention for performing at the Super Bowl Halftime Show in 2020 alongside Jennifer Lopez. Shakira sang "Hips Don't Lie," "Waka Waka," and "She Wolf." Being asked to perform at this important event is definitely a sign of someone's prominence in popular culture.
Shakira's song "Hips Don't Lie" is still as popular today as it was when it was first released in 2006. She and Bizarrap appeared on The Late Show with Jimmy Fallon in March 2023 and talked about working on a song. Shakira said that Milan, her son, is a big fan and thought that they should make music together.
Jimmy Fallon is known for being charming and funny on his talk show, and he and Shakira shared a super sweet moment.
Shakira said that she loved the beat of the song and that she was "getting these small contractions from my tailbone to my iliac bone, and then it just results into, you know, hip movements.”
Jimmy Fallon asked “Are you telling me that … your hips don’t lie?!” and Shakira agreed. The late-night host joked that he would be able to "retire" because "This is the best thing that’s ever happened to me." It was hilarious watching him become so excited by what was happening.
It's not surprising that Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie" song has made the singer so much money, considering what a big part of pop culture it has become.