They refused and now she believes it was a success: the international group that did not want to participate in one of Shakira’s greatest successes
After a trajectory of about thirty years, the Colombian singer, Shakira, It is positioned as one of the most successful icons in the music industry. In fact, her most recent album, ‘Women no longer cry’, led her to tour the global stages after seven years without turning.
So far this year, Shakira has been awarded by the Grammy Awards Upon receiving recognition of best Latin pop album for ‘Women no longer cry’. In addition, after taking six awards at the Lo 2025 Awards ceremony, it became the top winner of the night.
The musical band that refused to collaborate with Shakira
Despite the success he has obtained throughout his musical career, The Colombian artist has faced multiple challenges that led them to become a pop icon globally. This was revealed in dialogue with Gali, from Podcast music, where he said that a renowned band refused to record with her more than twenty years ago.
This is the Mexican group ‘Maná’, whom Shakira would have sought to collaborate in the success ‘La Tortura’. However, due to the group’s refusal, The Barranquillera artist contacted the Spanish singer, Alejandro Sanzand together they created a pioneer collaboration for the urban genre. Years later, Maná looked for her to record the single ‘My truth’.
“When I invited Alejandro Sanz to torture had invited Maná and they told me no, Then they invited me to make my truthbut at that time it is true, when I invite Alejandro, who was also a success, there were no collaborations and the reggaeton was starting, it was something that was very segregated to Puerto Rico, “said the singer.
They made torture, a song that, according to the statements of the Barranquilla, It was very successful in Spain. However, at that time reggaeton was not common and there were many prejudices towards that genre. The torture was, in essence, a reggaeton, but decided to incorporate Alejandro Sanz to soften that perception a bit.
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