Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born: February 2; 1977); known simply as Shakira;; is Colombian singer-songwriter; musician; record producer; dancer and philanthropist who has been a major figure in the pop music scene of Latin America since the mid-1990s.She is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks fluent English; Portuguese; Italian;and some Arabic. In 2001; she broke through into the English-speaking world with the release of Laundry Service; which sold over thirteen million copies worldwide. "Te Dejo Madrid" (English: I leave you Madrid) is a song written by Colombian singer Shakira describing her love for the city of Madrid, the capital of Spain. The music video for it featured the singer as a bullfighter. It was featured on her English breakthrough album Laundry Service. Although it was released as a single in a lot of European countries in 2001, it wasn't released in the United States.
"Te Dejo Madrid" was very successful, as it reached the number-one spot in several Latin countries such as Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, and others. But the song did not repeat its success with the Hispanic-Americans, since it reached a peak.