Shakira’s fourth English album Shakira was released on March 21^st, 2014. It debuted in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart. It spawned the hit singles Can’t Remember to Forget You with Rihanna and Empire. Dare (La La La) was another single.

Can’t Remember to Forget You with Rihanna was the lead single off the album and did decently. It charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and got a fair amount of radio airplay. Empire was the second single and did decently on the Billboard Hot 100 and got a decent amount of radio airplay as well. It seemed that Can’t Remember to Forget You did a little better on radio and had a slightly longer shelf life on the Billboard Chart. Dare (La La La) was the third single from the album. It didn’t last long on the Billboard chart, and it was widely ignored on the radio.

Shakira, the album as a whole is a strong album. It has a mix of different styles. Dare (La La La) is a dance song while Empire is rock based. Medicine with Blake Shelton is Shakira’s first full blown country song. I am a little surprised that some of the songs were not bigger hits. Can’t Remember to Forget You is one of the best songs from Shakira’s catalogue as well as one of the best collaborations. Shakira and Rihanna were a great pair for the song, and I felt and still feel the song could have been a lot bigger. I really could have seen Can’t Remember to Forget You hitting number 1. Shakira did perform the song at several events however she has yet to perform the song with Rihanna. If both artists had performed the song at some point that may have helped catapult the song to number 1. Empire is a strong rock song. It is not as surprising the song didn’t have a bigger shelf life only because by that point a lot of the songs that were dominating radio and the chart were dance and pop songs as well as hip hop. Rock was not getting played much on mainstream radio other than the Rock stations and it was not really dominating the charts either. Dare (La La La) is a fun dance song. The deep cuts are just as good. Medicine is a good team up with Blake Shelton and a good country song. It doesn’t feel forced. Shakira’s song Cut Me Deep with Magic! is a catchy song as well and they make a good pair. They blend well together. You Don’t Care About Me is an explosive song that really resonates. It has lyrics like “You don’t care if I die, if you did you would have spared my life.” It is still one of my favorite songs from Shakira to this day.

Currently Shakira is the fourth and last English album. Shakira has released another album since which was a Spanish album. That was released in 2017. She is getting ready to release a new album in the coming days. That is also a Spanish album. It is not known if Shakira will ever release another English album. If she does that would be great. If not, she has four strong English albums and Shakira is just as strong if not better than her previous albums.