Colombia does not need a presentation letter when Shakira’s name sounds. It is enough that the first chords of ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ begin to sound so that in any corner of the world – a bar in Bangkok to a wedding in Barcelona – someone says: “That is Shakira, the Colombian!” But now not only humans surrender to the Barranquilla phenomenon: artificial intelligence so does.
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The Chatgpt artificial intelligence tool, in its exploration about global culture, ventured to answer a question with patriotic and musical dyes: what is the most famous Colombian song in the world? And the answer was overwhelming: ‘Hips Don’t Lie’, by Shakira.
Neither cumbia, nor vallenato, nor reggaeton; The AI left with which, according to its analysis, it has the greatest cultural impact, international recognition and longevity in the global music industry.
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Surprise? For many, not so much. The song launched in 2006 not only swept success lists: it was number one in more than 55 countries and became the most listened to the world that year.
In the United States, this topic marked a before and after when crowned as the most reproduced in the history of the radio at the time. And all this, without losing a drop of that Colombian flavor that the artist has tattooed in the voice, skin and hip.
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Because, although ‘hips don’t lie’ sounds in English, Shakira manages to make each presentation a postcard of his land. In the video clip, in its dances, in its concerts: there are cumbia, there are champeta, there are drums, there are Caribbean. There is Barranquilla. And, above all, there is a woman who became a cultural ambassador without diplomacy in between.
Maybe that’s why AI did not hesitate. Because talking about ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ is talking about a piece that transcends the language, which crossed borders without translation.
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It is that type of song that one listens once and never takes off, that which makes the feet move alone and that the head reminds a small woman, of indomitable curls, moving with hypnotic precision.
But the thing does not stop there. The scenarios where Shakira has sung this anthem are not few or small: MTV Video Music Awards, the Super Bowl 2020, and the unforgettable World Cup in Germany 2006, where the theme became a global phenomenon. More than a song, “Hips Don’t Lie” is an experience. A stamp. An unofficial hymn of Latin power.
Now, if we measure it in cold numbers and we go to YouTube, the panorama changes. There, the visual throne is occupied by another jewel of the same artist: ‘Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)’, the official hymn of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, which accumulates more than 4.2 billion views until April 2025.
And secondly, of course, ‘blackmail’, his explosive collaboration with Maluma, with more than 3,000 million views. A fact that, although surprising, does not contradict: Shakira continues to dominate the podium with iron fist (and hip).
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And it is that Colombia, that country with coffee flavor, vallenato and empanada, is also the country of global stars. In recent years, names such as Karol G, Feid and Maluma have taken international stages, carrying the Paisa and Perreo de Medellín accent to the Grammy. But if there is someone who opened the door and left the carpet extended, it was Shakira.
