2005

Fijaci?n Oral Vol. 1
Shakira stayed out of the spotlight for over two years. She announced the Oral Fixation project in early 2005. Fijaci?n Oral Vol. 1, the first album of the project, was released on June 3, 2005 in Ireland, on June 6, 2005 in Europe, and on June 7, 2005 in North America, Latin America and Australia. The lead single from the album, La Tortura, which features Alejandro Sanz, was released as a single in April and achieved large-scale success in different radio and chart formats. It spent a record of twenty-five weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart.

Fijaci?n Oral Vol. 1 was very well received by the public. It debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 chart on the week of June 15. According to that publication, the album sold 157,000 copies in its first week of release in the U.S., becoming the highest debut ever for a Spanish language album. In Latin America, on the very day of its official release in Venezuela, it went Platinum, in Colombia, triple Platinum and in Mexico, it was sold-out. The album sold over one million copies in three days.

The second single from the album, No, was released in July 2005, and peaked at number one in Argentina, Spain and Colombia, there for fourteen non-consecutive weeks. This single was number one in several countries in Latin America, but it did not have the same success of the previous two singles in the United States.

On February 8, 2006, Shakira won her second Grammy Award. She was awarded in the category of Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album.

On April 27, 2006, Shakira received six Billboard Latin Music Awards for Fijacion Oral Vol. 1. She was also honored with the Spirit of Hope Award for the Fundaci?n Pies Descalzos.

In late 2006, Shakira released La Pared as the fourth single from Fijaci?n Oral Vol. 1. The song reached number one in her native Colombia, Argentina and Spain.


Shakira's concert in Lisbon, Portugal (April 4, 2007)Later in 2007, Las de la Intuici?n was released as a single in Spain and Latin America. It became an instantaneous success, topping the radio chart Los 40 Principales for eight non-consecutive weeks and peaking at number one, charting just four weeks in Argentina. In mid-April, Shakira filmed a video for the song in Miami, which was then premiered via the internet on May 7th. The video, inspired by the work of photographer Helmut Newton, features Shakira with a bright purple wig, alternating between wearing a tight black corset and either a black shirt with a white tie or a white shirt with a black tie. According to Mexican media, Las de la Intuici?n is to be the fifth and final single from Fijaci?n Oral Vol. 1.

According to the biography in the official web of Shakira , Fijaci?n Oral Vol. 1 has sold over 4 million albums to date.


Oral Fixation Vol. 2
Before the release of Oral Fixation Vol. 2, the second and last album of the Oral Fixation project, Shakira appeared at the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards in Lisbon, Portugal were she performed Don't Bother, the lead single from the album, just minutes before winning an award in the category of Best Female Artist.

Oral Fixation Vol. 2 was released on November 29 2005 in North America and Australia, and in continental Europe. Two tracks of the album, How Do You Do and Timor, sparked some controversy at the time of its release. The cover of the album was also considered controversial, and it had to be altered in several countries.

Don't Bother failed to peak within the top 40 in the United States. Hips Don't Lie, the second single released from the album, became Shakira's first (and, to date, only) number one single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart. On March 28 2006, the album was re-released and featured Hips Don't Lie. Shakira received the most number nominations for the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards with Hips Don't Lie, but she won only the award for Best Choreography.

In June of 2006, Shakira started her biggest world tour to date, the Oral Fixation Tour, which lasted through July of 2007. The Oral Fixation tour had 111 dates and visited many European, American, African and Asian countries.

Shakira also released Illegal, which features Carlos Santana as a single. Illegal was released to pop radio in the United States, but it was not picked for regular rotation outside the Rhythmic/Dance format stations. Illegal has become another major hit for the singer on both the Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance Airplay charts. The song became a top ten hit in much of Europe, and Shakira added the song to the tracklist of her tour.

According to the biography in the official web of Shakira , Oral Fixation Vol. 2 has sold over 8 million albums to date.


Collaborations
In late 2006, Shakira and Alejandro Sanz worked together again in the duet Te lo Agradezco, Pero No, which is featured on Sanz' album El Tren de los Momentos. The song was a top ten hit in Latin America, and topped Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart.

Shakira worked with Miguel Bos? in the duet Si Tu No Vuelves, which was released in Bos?'s album Papito, which celebrates his 30-year career.

In early 2007, Shakira worked with American R&B singer Beyonc? Knowles in the track Beautiful Liar, which was released as the second single from the deluxe edition of Beyonc?'s B'Day. In the week of April 7 2007, the song jumped 91 positions, from 94 to 3, on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, setting the record for the largest upward movement in the history of the chart. It was also No. 1 on the official UK Singles Chart.

According to Billboard, Shakira, along with Lil Wayne would collaborate on a new track for Carlos Santana's greatest hits CD titled Ultimate Santana. However, we have known recently that this collaboration has been canceled. Shakira and Lil' Wayne have been replaced by Jennifer Lopez and Baby Bash.

Shakira will be featured on Annie Lennox's new song called Sing, from the album Songs of Mass Destruction, which also features other twenty-three female singers such as Madonna, KT Tunstall, Faith Hill, Dido, Celine Dion, Melissa Etheridge, Joss Stone, Fergie, Anastacia and Pink.

She will also collaborate in one track on Wyclef Jean's new album, called King & Queen.