Overview
- Spotify released an exclusive live EP and performance video special that reimagines Shakira’s catalog for the 30th and 20th anniversaries of Pies Descalzos and Oral Fixation.
- The special features new renditions with Ed Sheeran, Colombian artist Beéle, and a 14-piece string ensemble, including a performance of Hips Don’t Lie.
- Spotify reports the two albums have amassed more than 6.1 billion global streams, with Mexico the top streaming market for Shakira.
- More than half of Oral Fixation streams come from listeners under 30, reflecting the music’s cross-generational reach.
- In an email interview with Variety, Shakira called Bad Bunny’s headline turn at the Super Bowl “the perfect moment,” pointing to wider U.S. acceptance of Spanish-language music.