Shakira became the Colombian artist with more certified sales in the country’s musical history after receiving about 40 awards from Sony Music Andes for her discography in physical and digital format
The delivery of these awards coincided with the closure of the first phase of their world tour, women no longer cry World Tour, which leads the 2025 assistance and sales lists, according to the Pollstar portal. According to the platform, the Barranquilla surpassed artists such as Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa and Sabrina Carpenter.
Certifications include diamond, platinum and gold discs for both physical sales, corresponding to their albums of the ninety -two thousand years, and by reproductions on digital platforms.
“Barefoot”, his first great success, obtained seven diamond albums for physical sales and two gold by streaming. “Where are the thieves?” He achieved four diamonds in sales and several certifications combined by reproductions.
Discs such as Laundry Service were also recognized, oral fixation Vol. 1, Oral Fixation Vol. 2 And the Sun comes out, in addition to its compilations, live albums and recent releases such as women no longer cry, their most recent work, which already adds multiple digital certifications.
As for singles, the diamond, platinum and gold certifications stand out for “I congratulate you”, “Monotony”, “BZRP Music Sessions #53”, “Acrostic” and “Single”, among other topics that have dominated platforms such as Spotify and YouTube.
In addition, the artist received a special recognition for exceeding 8 billion streams of her catalog in the Andes region (Colombia, Peru and Ecuador), as well as to reach more than 1,000 million reproductions of the album women no longer cry in that same area.
Parallel to recognition for its sales, Shakira first reached the first place in his career in the Top Tours of Billboard, becoming the first Latin artist to achieve it.
In March of this year, he offered a free concert at Times Square in New York before more than 40,000 people, the largest audience registered in that place, including New Year celebrations.
His most recent album, women no longer cry, was described by Sony as a resilience testimony. It was the most reproduced album on its first launch day in 2024 and achieved seven platinum certifications in its first week. The tour that bears his name exhausted seven consecutive dates in Mexico City and continues its international expansion.
With more than 95 million albums sold worldwide, Shakira has received four Grammy awards, fifteen Latin Grammy, and multiple awards in the American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards and MTV. She is the most watched female artist on YouTube, with 27,000 million accumulated views.
Among his recent milestones is the historic song “BZRP Music Sessions #53”, which debuted in the Top 10 of Billboard Hot 100, establishing a new record for a Spanish song recorded by a solo woman.
In September 2024, she was awarded the Michael Jackson Video Vaguard MTV award, and made a special presentation that toured her greatest hits in the MTV Video Music Awards.
Bogotá, (Colprensa).
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