The 2024 Copa América presented some new features for the public. Among them, there was Shakira’s performance at the halftime of the 2024 Copa América, a show for which the millionaire artist took home a huge sum of money.
The 2024 Copa America final The match was not only animated by the Argentine and Colombian teams that faced each other on the field. At half-time, Shakirathe renowned Colombian singer, provided a vibrant show for the more than 70,000 spectators present.
The pop artist’s show lasted just under 10 minutes, in order to comply with the half-time stipulated by the Conmebol. For providing such a show, and according to the journalist Juan EtchegoyenShakira would have taken a total sum of US$2,000,000.
How much did Shakira charge for the show at the Copa América?ica 2024
The Colombian singer was present in Miami last Sunday, not only to cheer on her soccer team, but also to put on a show for the fans in attendance. With Fireworks, lights and dancersShakira made more than 100 people vibrate 70,000 souls that were in the Hard Rock Stadium, in Miami, United States. The show in total hard just over 8 minutesnot counting the assembly and disassembly of the stage.
Once the show and the game were over, he found the Argentina As the winner of the competition, the journalist Juan Etchegoyen revealed how much the million-dollar figure would have been that the pop singer received for being present that night: “They gave me a number and I’m going to tell you: this is what Shakira would charge to sing at the Copa América final. US$2,000,000 for singing for about five minutes”, reported for his program on Radio Mitre.
How was Shakira’s show at the Copa América?
Announced by the iconic presenter Michael Buffer, the Colombian artist starred in the approximately 10-minute show where she sang several songs from her extensive repertoire. The audience sang along to the songs while the singer accompanied them with her iconic dance.
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The news had been announced days ago by the Conmebol. “ It’s going to be a festive finale and there’s no one better than Shakira to be with us (…) a superstar who believed in greatness and who represents and magnifies Latin American greatness in the world.“said the president of Conmebol last Tuesday, Alejandro Dominguezannouncing the event.
After a first half of football-related difficulties, Shakira came out onto the pitch to cheer up the audience with a repertoire of 4 topics. The classic “Hips don’t lie” was chosen to open the show and was followed by the most recent Congratulations, TQG and Marksmanship.
After the show, the Colombian singer was heavily criticized due to the using playbackthe length of the show (which lasted just under 10 minutes), having sung songs in English – both countries were Latin American -. However, there were also those who defended the artist’s performance at the Copa América final.
Source: Ambito
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