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On this week's Alt.Latino, an assessment of Shakira's current career after Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran. Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images **hide caption
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What do we really want from Shakira?
Colombian performer Shakira leaves court in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday. The global pop star struck a deal with prosecutors as her trial on tax fraud charges was scheduled to begin. Joan Mateu Parra/AP **hide caption
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Shakira at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards. Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images **hide caption
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Bizarrap with Shakira. Pedro Colmeiro/Courtesy of the artist **hide caption
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Shakira poses for photographers at the 75th international film festival, Cannes, in southern France, on May 25. A Spanish judge on Tuesday approved a trial for the Colombian pop singer on charges of tax fraud. Daniel Cole/AP **hide caption
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In the third part of our series exploring crossover in pop music, we reexamine the so-called "Latin explosion" of the '90s: what it was supposed to be for audiences across the U.S., and what it actually came to represent. Blake Cale for NPR **hide caption
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1999's 'Latin Explosion' chased crossover hits. Today, Latino artists don't need them
Shakira onstage during her MTV Unplugged performance, recorded in New York in 1999 and released as a live album in early 2000. Ignacio Gurruchaga/Courtesy of Sony Music **hide caption
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Shakira and Jennifer Lopez perform during the Super Bowl's halftime show. Rob Carr/Getty Images **hide caption
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Shakira And Jennifer Lopez's Halftime Show Unpacked
Jennifer Lopez and Shakira will perform at the Super Bowl LIV halftime show in Miami on Feb. 2, 2020. Courtesy of the artists **hide caption
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Beyonce and Nicki Minaj on stage in Brooklyn in October 2015. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for TIDAL **hide caption
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A composite image of fans of each of the 32 national teams participating in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Getty Images/Getty Images **hide caption
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Shakira crowd surfs during a performance at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Scott Gries/Getty Images **hide caption
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People celebrate in Copiapo after the start of the rescue operation at the San Jose mine on October 12, 2010. Celebrations and media mayhem erupted in Chile Wednesday as the first of 33 men trapped underground for 10 weeks triumphantly returned to the surface in a landmark rescue operation. Claudio Santana/AFP / Getty Images **hide caption
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On her new album, Shakira replaces Latin and Middle Eastern beats with generic dance-pop diva moves. Jaume de la Iguana **hide caption
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Jaume de la Iguana