She will be honored for her “extraordinary” achievements in music, such as becoming the first woman to reach the Top 10 on the Billboard chart with “Shakira: BZRP Music Sessions #53.”
Colombian singer Shakira will be honored on May 6 by the magazine bill board as “Woman of the Year” during the celebration of the first event “Latin Women in Music”which will be held at the Watsco auditorium in Miami, reported the international press.
The meeting will consist of a two-hour musical program, presented by Ivy Queen and Jacqueline bracamonteswhich aims to celebrate Latina artists, executives and creatives who are working “proactively for positive change that brings inclusion and gender parity in the music industry.”
“Shakira is the definitive woman in music. Because of her, Latina women around the world have been empowered to write and perform deeply personal music,” she said. Leila CoboBillboard’s director of content for Latin/Spanish in a statement released to the media.
In the event Shakira will be honored for her “extraordinary” achievements in music, such as becoming the first woman to reach the Top 10 on the Billboard chart with “Shakira: BZRP Music Sessions #53”. That song produced by the Argentine bizarre it also made history as the most played Latin track in 24 hours in Spotify history and the most viewed Latin track on YouTube in 24 hours, with over 63 million views.
In addition, throughout her career she has sold more than 95 million records worldwide, making her the best-selling female Latin artist of all time. She is also the most viewed female Latina artist and one of the top 10 overall artists of all time on YouTube with over 20 billion cumulative views, and the most streamed female Latina artist of all time on Spotify.
Apart from her achievements in the music industry, at the age of 18 Shakira created the Pies Descalzos Foundation, which built and adapted nine public schools in Cartagena, Barranquilla, Guajira and Quibdó, with six under construction.
During the event “Latin women in music” the Mexican Ana Gabriel will receive the Living Legend Award; Argentina Emily the Rising Star Award; the venezuelan Eva Luna Tradition and Future; the Colombian women goyo the Agent of Change award, and the Mexican Thalia the Global Powerhouse.
Source: Ambito
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