An haife ta ne a ranar 2 ga Fabrairun 1977 a Barranquilla, Colombia, ita ce kadai 'yar William Mebarak Chadid da Nidia Ripoll Torrado. Mahaifinta ya yi hijira daga Lebanon zuwa Birnin New York, inda aka haifi mahaifinta. Mahaifinta ya yi hijira zuwa Colombia a lokacin da yake da shekaru 5. Sunan Shakira shine Larabci don "godiya", nau'in mata na sunan Shakir. Daga mahaifiyarta, tana da asalin Mutanen Espanya (Catalan da Castilian) da kuma Italiyanci. An haife ta Katolika kuma ta halarci makarantun Katolika. Tana da 'yan uwa takwas daga auren mahaifinta. Shakira ta yi yawancin matasanta a Barranquilla, wani birni da ke arewacin Caribbean Coast na Colombia, kuma ta rubuta waƙar farko, mai suna "La Rosa De Cristal / The Crystal Rose", lokacin da ta ke da shekaru hudu kawai.
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