I ’m sitting in my chair doing that little chest - advance dance from “ La Tortura ” as I indite .
Shakira needs no introduction, but humor me here. She’s a 12-time Latin Grammy Award winner, the recipient of this year’s MTV Vanguard Music Video Award, and she’s been a signed music artist since she was 13.
I worship at her human foot ( and share the same birthday ) the way others do forTaylor Swift . And because of her long - standing career , we the the great unwashed — nay , the devoted fans — have had * so many * euphony videos to learn over the years ( 77 , perher prescribed YouTube page ) .
And that ’s what brings us here today . The woman is mesmerise onscreen ( a hyperbole or the accuracy ? ) . And her dance moves have exhort and captured the best of us . In fact , my sophomore chemistry instructor hitch me practicingShakira ’s “ La Tortura ” dance ( you know the one ) when I should have been memorizing a formula .
She has so many videos to choose from, and while narrowing them down was hard, I decided to make a top 20 list.
Before we get into it , I do have some Honorable Mentions because there were so many videos that I could n’t cover them all :
“ Beautiful Liar ” byBeyoncéft . Shakira — This is technically a Beyoncé birdcall ( on herB’Dayalbum ) so I could n’t add it to the list , but this video … Who is who ? ! Truly , that saltation break toward the end will have you enquire .
“ TQG ” byKarol Gft . Shakira — I really wanted to feature this song , but alas , it ’s technically a Karol G song . It ’s get aTruman Showreference , and it ’s a collaboration sprouted from the two being disdain by their ex - partners — and yes , I learned the terpsichore to this as well .
I’m sitting in my chair doing that little chest-rise dance from “La Tortura” as I write.
“ Las de la Instuicion ” The 2007 video isverydated . Shakira wears a short over-embellished wig and dances behind a gravid rag of what seems to be saran wrap . It ’s fun and offbeat , even if you do n’t recognize Shakira as the pop ace that she is now .
OK — permit ’s get into this listing .
20.“Trap” Ft. Maluma
set out things off , we have this minimalist video recording organise by Jaume de Laiguana ( who we ’ll see again ) . Shakira collaborates withMalumaquite a bit , and while they ’re always keen together , this is n’t their good video . Butthere ’s still just a tiny moment of dancing — and Shakira lying in a pool of … milk? … somehow , someway , run . The video is mostly a bunch of closeups , but these are very hot people so who cares ?
The video:
19.“Perro Fiel” Ft. Nicky Jam
The opening shot of this video alone is what instal this one on the list . Three ( shirtless ) women , with their back to the camera , do as cellos as the instrument starts off the strain . But what set about as a classic moment ends with dirt bike step on it at night ? IDK how all these things correlate , but Shakira gives us ultimate coolheaded girl . Plus , we ’ve got Nicky - Nicky - Nicky Jam ( La Industria Inc. , IYKYK ) .
18.“Hips Don’t Lie” ft. Wyclef Jean
From 2006 , we ’ve got arguably her most popular birdcall ( for the US , at least ) . This TV was manoeuvre by Sophie Muller , and we see another music video recording reinvention — the dancing between hung - up flat solid . Here , multiple canopy are hang from the roof , resemble jellyfish , through which Shakira playfully dances and flirts with the television camera . It ’s iconic , her hips really are magnetize , and everyone wanted to trip the light fantastic like her when this fare out .
17.“Don’t Bother”
Since things do n’t kick off until halfway through this television , I had to place it toward the bottom of this leaning , but once you get past that first one-half , it gets really fun ! She spends the estimable part of the video recording singing into a man ’s ear as he lies unconscious on the floor , and then things escalate . We get a hot and steamy minute of them taking a ( clothed ) shower together before panning to a junkyard where Shakira play the guitar before drive a forklift . I love Rockstar Shakira — it ’s how she started , and when we get a glimpse into that , it ’s always swell . I also love that she ’s boom this dude ’s motorcar in the junkyard .
16.“Acróstico”
A love varsity letter to her two kids , Milan and Sasha , I void watching this when it was first loose because I knew it was going to make me cry . After ascertain , I can confirm that I teared up . Her two boys roleplay piano and sing with her as image of their house flashgun across the screen and their puerility is packed up in boxes . This alludes to her family ’s move from Spain to Florida , and it ’s emotional ; the kindling and focal point are non-white but cranky .
15.“Lo Hecho Está Hecho”
This video has a lot going on , butthe primary rationality I have it on this lean is because of the choreography on the seam . WhenSo You guess you may Dancefirst publicise , my mom and I were esurient watchers , and this video choreography could have easily been a present-day dance for the challenger on the show . She did release an English rendering of this song and picture , but I really conceive you necessitate to watch / take heed in Spanish ( and Google the translation after ! ) .
14.“Nada”
Directed by Jaume de Laiguana , this somber picture is a drastic shift from her usual well-being , dance - laden video . And just as the song title suggests , she dramatically hasnadain her minuscule pharos home . No body of water to fill her cup , no words inside the sole book to read , and nothing in her fridge . I especially love the part where she crawls underneath her bed , because who has n’t laid on the trading floor , for striking effect , after a demolish breakup ? She ’s heartbroken , alone by the ocean , and yet , she still looks like a goddess .
13.“Whenever, Wherever”
This is another quintessential Shakira Song dynasty . I bonk not one soul unfamiliar with this song ; it ’s one of her most popular ones ( especially here in America ) . It ’s been a while since I last ascertain the video recording , and rewatching did not disappoint . It ’s just as iconic and over the top as I remember . I had forgotten about the herd of CGI sawbuck that run by her side and the sunset background that looks like a electronic computer screen saver — or like one of thosevideos you could get made at the mall .
12.“Pies Descalzos, Sueños Blancos”
Shakira was for the artists and the eccentric person when she first release euphony videos . strip of the venter - dance , and the bleached blonde whisker , we get a 20 - yr - former Shakira playing guitar with her stria in a dry theater where people ’s leg are sticking up from the ground . There is also an image of a woman on top of a Alfred Hawthorne , sit underneath an Malus pumila tree and eating from a bucketful of Malus pumila ( Eve , is that you ? ) . The TV also opens up with a mask musket ball , and the masks are … creepy . Give it a watch , you wo n’t be disappointed .
11.“Clandestino” Ft. Maluma
Shakira and Maluma squad up again for this moody , beachside visual . To me , this is one of those “ ca n’t await aside ” videos , but not because there ’s an abundance of things come about . Shakira reckon stunning in her beach wearing apparel , the brace are show * once again * seem great together , and there ’s an element of Shakira play around with the “ cage ” idea that we often see in her videos . This one is also directed by Jaume de Laiguana .
10.“Copa Vacia” Ft. Manuel Turizo
We ’re halfway there ! Starting the top 10 , we ’ve got one of Shakira ’s newest videos . She ’s a mermaid fresh out of water who is put in a tank(hello again , coop theme ) , with one beautiful shot show her telling underneath a waterfall with Manuel Turizo . It seems she ’s bringing back her original propensity to distinguish a story and admit major symbolisation in her new round of videos , and while I love her choreography , there is so much more to gain from a Shakira who can be more creative with her work .
9.“No Creo”
The earliest video in the top 10 , “ No Creo ” was released in 1999 , from her fourth studio apartment album , Donde Están los Ladrones?*Cue Stefan ’s voice * This video has everything : dark - hairy Shakira , a tiny Shakira surrounded by giants , eccentric people on a lawn , a bunch apparently against ( or perhaps for ? ) Karl Marx ( his post horse is on the bulwark , IDK ) , and an underwater scenery . As she walk through these unlike scenes , she sings about not believing in anyone but her lover . It ’s a colorful and vibrant video , and if you have n’t see it yet , you ’re miss out .
8.“Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)”
Dave Meyers ( who would afterwards direct Ariana Grande ’s “ Positions ” and Billie Eilish ’s “ Bad Guy ” videos ) was the man behind the camera on this one . I rewatched it for the first sentence in yr , and I forget how fun this video is . Shakira is campaign her cheating swain and his mistress in a ginmill , which is deform into comic book artwork , and we also get Rockstar Shakira again ! When she ’s not doing the tango and shaking her articulatio coxae , she ’s playing guitar with her ring and head banging . For issue forth out in 2002 , it still holds up .
7.“Chantaje” Ft. Maluma
Only Shakira can make dancing in a grungy privy see hot . direct by Jaume de Laiguana ( evidence you he ’s a frequent collaborationist ) this video also has lion natural spring pouring out onto Shakira who is dwell on a sofa , Maluma and Shakira dancing and taking shots at a bar , and temperamental red lighting .
6.“Te Felicito” Ft. Rauw Alejandro
Shakira sings about a two - face liar and congratulates them on being a good actor while building her thoroughgoing robot fellow , Rauw Alejandro . While the Song dynasty is a verbal slap to her ex , the futuristic vibration of the telecasting is very fun , the visuals are stunning , and we get to see Rauw and Shakira trip the light fantastic toe together .
5.“Monotonía” Ft. Ozuna
When news of Shakira ’s interval from Piqué became public , this song follow , paint a painful picture of their conclusion . ( “ Te Felicito ” droppedbeforethe news show came out , which should have alerted us . ) The TV dramatically depict getting your heart completely battered by love , and Shakira does a heavy job of tell that story . Unlike “ Nada , ” she gives us a playful TV with CGI ( I intend , her heart get bazooka’d out of her breast ) . The whole “ music video in a grocery store store ” has been doneso many times , but Shakira give us something new here , and I think we can all appreciate that .
4.“El Jefe” Ft. Fuerza Regida
No notes . This call and the accompany picture are bright . If you zoom out , it ’s a song about the inequality between workers and political boss , but if you whizz in , it ’s a song about Shakira ’s nursemaid , who was fired with no recompense by Shakira ’s cheating , futbol - playing ex ( Shakira rehired her , andshe’ll allegedly get royal house from the picture ) . We do it a dual message . you may espy her nanny , Lili Melgar , featured at the ending of the video .
3.“Can’t Remember to Forget You” Ft. Rihanna
think of when Britney Spears and Madonna danced with a wall between them in “ Me Against the Music ” ? Well , I ’m going to be brave and say that Rihanna and Shakira do it well here . I normally have an “ eat the rich ” learning ability , but these two rich women gallivanting , dance , and lounging around a mansion while smoke cigar and stacking their expensive jewellery is o.k. with me . OH , and you have Shakira trifle drum and the guitar in the center of the pool . ICONIC .
2.“She Wolf”
If you watched Shakira ’s performance at this class ’s VMAs , you ’ll remember that she kick things off with this song , admit the body - crouch visuals she used in the television . It ’s iconic . It was severe to opt first and second place here , and I had to observe them botha lotto finally come to a decision , but I opine I stand unwaveringly on this hill . We see the symbolization of being cage in again , andwe see her truly espouse a bizarreness again . She ’s dancing in a pinkish sparkle cave with an astonishing cutout jump suit , dancing to the moon on a rooftop , exhibit her congenital need for a wild side , and then , in the end , she ignite up in her closet and climb into bed with her unsuspecting partner .
1.“La Tortura” Ft. Alejandro Sanz
I guess y' all should have recognize from the intro that I would be picking this as telephone number one . This television never gets old . The thing that Shakira does well is commit to the unearthly and unserious — she ’s literally doused in oil ( or mud ? IDK ) for choreography that only she can execute attractively . Plus , the chemistry and tenseness between Shakira and Alejandro ’s characters , the dancing on the countertop … Argue with someone else , this is her best video .
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