Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll — known professionally as Shakira — has an estimated net worth of $300 Million, assembled across three decades as the best-selling Latin artist of all time. Born in Barranquilla, Colombia, she is credited with popularizing Hispanophone music globally and opening the international market to Latin artists. Her accolades include 4 Grammy Awards and 15 Latin Grammy Awards. A 2025–2026 world tour became the highest-grossing concert tour ever by a Hispanic artist, further extending her commercial reach well into the 2020s.
Updated March 2026: According to Hollywood Life and Parade, citing Celebrity Net Worth, Shakira’s net worth in 2026 is estimated at $300 million.
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born on February 2, 1977, in Barranquilla, Colombia, the youngest of eight children of William Mebarak Chadid, a Lebanese-Colombian businessman, and Nidia Ripoll. Growing up in Barranquilla, she showed a talent for dancing and writing poetry from childhood; she wrote her first poem at age four and composed her first song at age eight. Her father, who wore hearing aids, inspired the lyric “deaf ears” in several early songs.
At age 10, Shakira auditioned for a Sony Music Colombia talent scout who visited Barranquilla and was rejected. At 13, she secured another audition with Sony Music Colombia in Bogotá and signed her first recording contract. She recorded her debut album, Magia, at age 14 in 1991, making her the youngest solo artist to record for Sony Music Colombia at that time.
Shakira’s first two albums, Magia (1991) and Peligro (1993), failed commercially. Her third album, Pies Descalzos (1995), released when she was 18, broke through in Latin America, eventually selling over 3 million copies. Donde Estan los Ladrones? (1998) extended her success across the Spanish-speaking world and sold over 7 million copies, earning her first Latin Grammy Award.
Her crossover to English-language pop came with Laundry Service (2001), which produced “Whenever, Wherever” — a number-one hit in 17 countries — and sold over 13 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album by a female Latin artist. Singles “Underneath Your Clothes” and “Objection (Tango)” further established her English-language presence.
Subsequent albums alternated between Spanish and English releases, all charting globally. “Hips Don’t Lie” (2006), featuring Wyclef Jean, became the best-selling single of that year. “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” (2010), the official song of the FIFA World Cup, remains the most-viewed World Cup song in YouTube history. Shakira served as a coach on two seasons of The Voice (US), appearing in seasons 4 and 6.
In January 2023, she released “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53” with Argentine producer Bizarrap — a widely interpreted response to her breakup with Gerard Pique. The session became the fastest Latin song ever to reach 100 million Spotify streams and broke six Guinness World Records. Her album Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran (2024) topped the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, making Shakira the first woman with number-one albums across four different decades. The album spawned the global hit “Punteria” featuring Cardi B.
Her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour, launched in February 2025 in Brazil, grossed over $421 million across 86+ shows, setting a Guinness World Record for the highest-grossing concert tour by a Hispanic artist and drawing more than 3.3 million fans worldwide.
Shakira was in a relationship with Argentine businessman Antonio de la Rua, son of former Argentine president Fernando de la Rua, from 2000 to 2010. She met Spanish FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique in 2010 on the set of her FIFA World Cup song “Waka Waka.” The couple were together for 11 years and had two sons — Milan Pique Mebarak (born January 2013) and Sasha Pique Mebarak (born January 2015) — but never married. They announced their separation on June 4, 2022. Pique’s subsequent public relationship with Clara Chia Marti fueled Shakira’s internationally viral artistic response, including the Bizarrap session and additional songs from Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran.
In April 2023, Shakira relocated with her sons from Barcelona to Miami, where much of her family lives. She established the Pies Descalzos Foundation in 1997, which has built and operated schools across Colombia serving over 6,000 children in low-income communities.
Shakira’s net worth is estimated at $300 million in 2026, according to Celebrity Net Worth, Parade, and Hollywood Life. Her wealth has grown substantially since 2023 from the Bizarrap collaboration, the Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran album, and her 2025–2026 world tour which grossed over $421 million.
Shakira’s income comes from music royalties (95 million+ records sold), touring (the Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran Tour grossed $421 million), publishing rights to her 30-year catalog, brand endorsements, and streaming revenue. Forbes estimated her annual income at $35 million in 2019 — a figure that has likely increased significantly since the 2023 viral Bizarrap session and subsequent tour.
Yes. In November 2023, Shakira settled a Spanish tax fraud case, paying 7.3 million euros and accepting a suspended three-year sentence, which she will not serve as long as she commits no further offenses. Spanish authorities had alleged she lived in Spain for more days than she officially declared as a resident between 2012 and 2014.
As of March 2026, Shakira is 49 years old. Shakira was born on February 2, 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia.
Shakira stands 5 ft 2 in tall (157 cm).
Shakira has never been married. She was in a long-term relationship with Spanish footballer Gerard Piqué from 2010 to 2022, and they have two sons together: Milan and Sasha. Their public breakup inspired several hit songs, including the viral diss track with Bizarrap.
Yes, Shakira has two sons with ex-partner Gerard Piqué: Milan (13) and Sasha (11). Following her separation from Piqué in 2022, she relocated with the boys from Barcelona to Miami.
Shakira lives in Miami, Florida. She purchased a $20 million mansion after relocating from Barcelona following her split with Gerard Piqué in 2022.
Shakira earned $105 million in 2025, according to Forbes. Her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran world tour grossed $422 million, and she previously signed a $312 million deal with Live Nation in 2008.