Six years. That is the time it has had to happen to Alejandro Sanz and Shakira They sing together again ‘La Tortura’ (2005)one of his great successes. It was no accident, because the surprise visit of the Madrid singer not only coincided with the start of the American tour of her friend and companion of Colombian profession, but also fulfilled 20 years From the launch of a ‘hit’ that marked an entire generation.
Thus, the 50,000 souls gathered at the Bank of America stadium, in the city of Charlotte (North Carolina), witnessed an exhibition that also had the participation of Wyclef Jean To interpret ‘Hips Don’t Lie’another of the great hymns of that of Barranquilla.
20th anniversary of ‘the torture’
This 2025 are fulfilled 20 years of the launch of ‘The torture’Alejandro Sanz and Shakira’s single iconic, who saw the light in 2005. The song, included in the album ‘Oral fixation vol.1’ Of her, she quickly became a global successmarking one of the most memorable collaborations of the Latin music. A mixture of pop, flamenco and reggaeton that not only conquered the lists of successesbut also won numerous Awards – The award was taken both in the category ‘Latin song of the year’ of the Billboard awards as in the ‘Video of the year’ In the MTV prizes – and remained as one of the songs more beloved and representative of music in Spanish over the years.
The numbers speak for themselves: more than 900 million Visualizations on YouTube and 588 million From listening to Spotify they endorse the scope of a ‘hit’ that continues to play both in discos and in the headphones of the most remote corners of the planet yet two decades After its launch.
