'Hits' Don't Lie; Shakira's Oral Fixation Vol. 2 Storms Back into the Top Ten as Album Goes Platinum

 

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2006--Fueled by the smash hit "Hips Don't Lie" featuring Wyclef Jean, Shakira's latest album Oral Fixation Vol. 2 has skyrocketed back into the top ten landing at #6 this week. Additionally, the album, which is the English counterpart to the triple platinum Fijacion Oral Vol. 1, was certified platinum this week with sales exceeding a million copies in the United States. Both of Shakira's latest albums debuted in the top 5 of the Billboard Top 200 Album chart making Shakira the only artist ever to debut top 5 albums in English and Spanish in the same calendar year.

 

"Hips Don't Lie" is fast becoming the biggest hit of the year, ascending the top 40 mainstream chart at a rapid clip as well as topping MTV's TRL countdown. Not only is it the #1 song and video on AOL but on Yahoo! Music, the original version of the "Hips Don't Lie" video and the "fan version" of the video holds the #1 and #2 positions on the Top 10 Videos. Shakira and Wyclef performed "Hips Don't Lie" on TV's #1 show American Idol plus Live with Regis and Kelly, the Ellen DeGeneres show and the CBS Early show. They are set to perform on the Billboard Latin Awards on April 27th.

 

This week Shakira, whose Barefoot Foundation aids children in Colombia, was honored for her humanitarian efforts at the United Nations on Monday with an award sponsored by Woman Together, a nonprofit organization that provides loans to help low-income women produce textiles. Angelina Jolie, Senator Hillary Clinton and Karolina Kurkova were also honored for their charitable work.

 

:cheer:

yay for shakira :D

Just wondering, what day do the hot 100 and billboard album 200 come out?

Just wondering, what day do the hot 100 and billboard album 200 come out?

 

Hot 100 usually appears on Thursday, the other on Wednesday.

cool thanks!

I was rather worried about this, but things are looking up :cheer:

:cheer: brilliant news! just what shakira needs!

its amazing that 3 weeks ago OF2 was gold and now after 1 week of the re-release it's shipped platinum

 

its also AMAZING that FO1 has sold just under 1 mil but has shipped 3x platinum, the same certification as LS :o !

Oh that's good! It did go down a bit quick, but singles give great promotion for albums in USA don't they.

let's hope it works for the uk as well

Oh that's good! It did go down a bit quick, but singles give great promotion for albums in USA don't they.

 

thats kind of the same for every country really, plus the album is a re-release