Here's another live video from Sunday's amazing concert at Barcelona's Olympic Stadium. This time it's Waka Waka. Turn it up loud! (We wish there was another World Cup this summer...)
We thought you guys might like to know that the official English video for Waka Waka is now the third most-watched video in the history of YouTube, with an amazing 263,079,160 views since it was posted on June 4th. As we had a calculator handy, we've just worked out that equates to...
- 1,302,372 views every single day since it was posted - 904 views every minute since it was posted - 15 views every second since it was posted
Which is, we think you'll agree, pretty amazing. And shows what incredible support you folks give Shakira and her music. Thank you for that.
We continue our new series of classic Shakira Live Moments ahead of the tour starting with this amazing video of Shakira performing Waka Waka at the UK's Glastonbury Festival on June 26 2010. (Unfortunately for the English in the audience it didn't help their team, who were knocked out of the competition the following day.)
Remember, we'd also like you to contribute, sharing yourShakira Live Moments with us - be they photos, videos or reviews from Shakira shows that you've been to. Click here to add your voice.
Check out this amazing video made by the people of a small town in Spain called Herreruela. It has a population of just 396 - of which, more than half participated in the video. The idea was, apparently, to mix rural ambiance with surreal situations
while supporting the Spanish national team. Here at ShakiraHQ, we are very impressed.
Huge congratulations to Spain, on winning their first ever World Cup, with a narrow win over the Netherlands in South Africa yesterday. As you'll see from the video playlist above, Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) has been the soundtrack for many Spanish celebrations, from the stadium to Spain itself.
We also discovered today that Waka Waka is now Number One in all countries served by radio network Los 40 Principales - Spain, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Panama, Colombia, Ecuador,
Chile and Argentina. Only one artist, Alejandro Sanz, has ever achieved this before. Pretty amazing.
A reminder that Shakira and Freshlyground will be performing Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) during the closing ceremony for the 2010 FIFA World Cup on Sunday night (July 11) in Johannesburg, shortly before the final match between the Netherlands and Spain.
They're due to perform the song at around 6.40pm South African time. Click here to find out what time that is where you are.
Yesterday in South Africa, Shakira met with three girls from different African countries to discuss the state of education in the continent and their own experiences of schooling. The four discussed their experiences of going to school and the forthcoming Education Summit which will take place in South Africa on Sunday July 11th.
Shakira said: “It’s a tragedy that so many children around the world are out of school. Let’s hope leaders meeting this Sunday expand on their commitments to educate and increase the funding for education so that it becomes a priority all over the world. 1GOAL is mobilising people all over the world to put pressure on leaders to put their money where their mouth is, every child has the right to go to school.”
Education is the key to unlocking the best in people, yet every day 72 million children around the world are denied the chance to set foot in a classroom. Please click here to send your message to the summit, asking them to guarantee education for all.
Check out our sneak preview of the Roberto Cavalli-designed outfit which Shakira will wear for Sunday's FIFA World Cup closing ceremony in South Africa.
The ceremony begins at 6.30pm local time, two hours before the World Cup Final kicks off. During the ceremony, Shakira will perform her official World Cup anthem, Waka Waka (This Time For Africa).
