<p>From her earliest days in the industry, the former <em>Voice</em> Judge paired up with some of the biggest names.</p>
<p>Latin pop queen Shakira is a music industry тιтan boasting a prolific career spanning decades, leading to a mythic catalog of bops. Shakira always delivers a hit and, if it wasn&#8217;t obvious from her red chair reign on <em>The Voice</em>, she is also a mighty collaborator.</p>
<p>Shakira has teamed up with many larger-than-life singers and producers throughout her four decades in the game, elevating tracks with her hip-swaying and unique vocals. Whether she&#8217;s recruiting a fellow legend for her album or adding featured vocals to someone else&#8217;s, few understand the power of successful sonic fusions quite like the chameleonic Shakira.</p>
<p>As the recipient of 11 Grammy Awards, Shakira is a creative force, so it&#8217;s no wonder everyone wants her in the studio.</p>
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<p>Shakira has brushed shoulders with many greats throughout her lush career, and it&#8217;s led to some replay-worthy jams. Get ready to move and groove by checking out some of Shakira&#8217;s most popular musical mash-ups, featuring everyone from Wyclef Jean to Rauw Alejandro.</p>
<h2><strong>Shakira and Alejandro Sanz&#8217; &#8220;La Tortura&#8221;</strong></h2>
<p>One of Shakira&#8217;s earliest collaborations — her <em>Fijación Oral, Vol. 1</em> duet with Alejandro Sanz — was responsible for cementing her as a solid song partner. The sultry &#8220;La Tortura&#8221; and its equally mesmerizing music video marked a distinct moment in Shakira&#8217;s growing fame when she shifted to a reggaetón verve that complimented her Latin sound. Shakira won the Record of the Year and Song of the Year award at the 2006 Latin Grammys for the infectious hit.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jAbGXBRwnKI/UEAZ42iHNbI/AAAAAAAAFgY/bHKTWTQ1h-o/s1600/s-a2.jpg" alt="Shakira-Argentina: Canción del día : &quot;Lo Hecho está Hecho&quot; (12)" /></p>
<h2>Shakira and Wyclef Jean&#8217;s “Hips Don’t Lie”</h2>
<p>Shakira has been dominating Latin charts since her rise to fame in the 1990s, but the track responsible for making her globetrotting superstar was her 2005 smash sensation &#8220;Hips Don&#8217;t Lie,&#8221; featuring Wyclef Jean. Still receiving radio play to this day, the track earned Shakira her first No. 1 on the Billboard H๏τ 100.</p>
<p>Shakira&#8217;s belly-dancing and addictive beat made for a party anthem unlike any other and reminded fans that no one can shimmy like Shakira can.</p>
<h2>Shakira and Carlos Santana&#8217;s “Illegal”</h2>
<p>Shakira slowed it down for her heart-wrenching ballad &#8220;Illegal,&#8221; accompanied by the legendary Mexican guitarist Carlos Santana. Featured on the same album as &#8220;Hips Don&#8217;t Lie,&#8221; the guitar-driven love song follows the process of grieving an abusive ex-lover. With &#8220;Illegal,&#8221; Shakira proved that she was a powerhouse vocalist as much as a hip-swaying icon.</p>
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<h2>Shakira and Beyoncé&#8217;s &#8220;Beautiful Liar&#8221;</h2>
<p>The game was forever changed when music industry тιтans Beyoncé and Shakira joined forces on the dynamite duet &#8220;Beautiful Liar,&#8221; featured on Beyoncé&#8217;s second solo studio album <em>B&#8217;Day</em> (2006). The song follows two women as they discover they&#8217;ve both been dating the same man. Instead of quarreling, the empowered duo laughs in his face as they leave him in the dust.</p>
<p>The track is as much a breakup ballad as it is a power anthem, a sublime sonic fusion of Beyoncé and Shakira&#8217;s unique styles.</p>
<h2><strong>Shakira and Carlos Vives&#8217; &#8220;La Bicicleta&#8221;</strong></h2>
<p>An auditory trip to a sunny beach or breezy car ride on the shore, Shakira and Carlos Vive&#8217;s &#8220;La Bicicleta&#8221; is a love letter to Colombia and one of Shakira&#8217;s most celebrated hits. Combining musical influences from Shakira and Vive&#8217;s birthplaces of Barranquilla and Santa Marta, the tropical single was featured on Vives&#8217; 2017 album, <em>Vives</em> (2017).</p>
<p>The song is a mash-up of two mythic icons in Columbian music, instantly encouraging everyone to dance. (Vives went on to garner a new American audience after singing the Lin-Manuel Miranda song &#8220;Colombia, Mi Encanto&#8221; in the animated film <em>Encanto</em>.)</p>
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<h2>Shakira and Pitbull&#8217;s &#8220;Rabiosa&#8221;</h2>
<p>Shakira is no stranger to a club hit, and her merengue-influenced collab with Pitbull is one of her biggest bangers of the 2010s. Shakira covered &#8220;Rabiosa&#8221; for her 2010 album <em>Sale el Sol,</em> with the track written by Pitbull and Dominican rapper El Cata. Shakira recorded two versions of the single, with Pitbull featured on the English version and El Cata featured on the Spanish rendition. Both imaginations are electrifying beats and pop-driven party favors worthy of every dance playlist.</p>
<h2>Shakira and El Cata&#8217;s &#8220;Loca&#8221;</h2>
<p>As Shakira embraced her Latin roots for<em> Sale El Sol</em>, one of the best results was the high-energy duet with El Cata, &#8220;Loca.&#8221; The dance-invoking single is a delightful marriage of techno and Colombian influences, inspiring an English version recorded with Dizzee Rascal.</p>
<h2>Shakira and Maná&#8217;s “Mi Verdad”</h2>
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From iconic duets with Beyonc to unexpected partnerships with Bizarrap, Shakira’s musical collaborations are truly unforgettable.