“Hips Don’t Lie” is Shakira’s first number 1 single in the US as is Wyclef Jean’s (who is featured on the song). Jean wrote the song though Shakira assisted him in writing and producing it. “Hips Don’t Lie” is a global success and has been a chart topper everywhere. Shakira had a number 6 hit with “Whenever Wherever” from ‘Laundry Service’, but this is the biggest it has ever got for her. In the UK too, this was Shakira’s first number 1 hit. However, in most other European countries, "Hips Don’t Lie" is just a reaffirmation of Shakira’s immense popularity and was at least her second number 1 hit.

She says she decided to call her album ‘Oral Fixation’ because she has always “lived through her mouth”. She believes her mouth has given her the maximum pleasure of the world. She’s fixated on chocolate, on words (written and spoken) and these are only a couple of reasons for her calling her album so. The album artwork on ‘Oral Fixation Vol.2’ shows a child reaching out for an apple in Shakira’s hand and this is significant for Shakira as she believes it shows Eve’s ‘Oral Fixation’ with the apple, leading to the Original Sin.

Shakira’s quirky poetic lyrics (self-written or co-written) and sexy belly-dancing, hip-shaking image built up through her music videos quickly shot her to fame and made her Latin America’s biggest rage since J.Lo. Her unique sound – a combination of rock n’ roll rhythms with Arabic ovetones with her Latin pop roots, showcased once more in “Hips Don’t Lie”, has ensured that Shakira is not just another wannabe singer.