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"Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" is a song by Colombian singer Shakira, featuring the South African band Freshlyground. Co-written by Shakira and John Hill, it was released on 7 May 2010 by Epic Records as the official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which was held in South Africa.
The album consists of collaborations between Colombian singer Shakira and Freshlyground, "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)", Nomvula, Claudia Leitte, R. Kelly, Pitbull. [2] Japanese singer-songwriter Misia is the first Asian artist to participate in the worldwide edition of an official FIFA album. [ 3 ]
"Waka Waka" – Official Song: English Spanish isiXhosa Fang: Shakira featuring Freshlyground: ... 2006 – Voices from the FIFA World Cup; 2010 – Listen Up! The ...
The crowd offered their backing to Carolissen by singing Waka Waka (This Time for Africa), the Shakira song which was the anthem for the 2010 Fifa World Cup staged in South Africa.
A song by Colombian pop star Shakira and Freshlyground was the official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The song, titled "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)", is based on "Zangalewa", a popular Makossa African soldiers' song by Golden Sounds. "Zangalewa" was a hit single in Colombia in 1987. Shakira and Freshlyground performed the song at the ...
Francis Cabrel (pictured) is the writer of her song "Je l'aime à mourir", in 2011 Shakira covered the song a release as single from her live album Shakira: Live from Paris. Alejandro Sanz is the featured artist in "La Tortura" released in 2005, after Shakira and Sanz recorded "Te Lo Agradezco, Pero No" launched in 2007.
[6] [25] Shakira was chosen to record the official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)", which was released in May 2010. [26] It topped numerous record charts and was a multi-platinum selling single in Italy, [27] Germany, [28] Mexico, [29] Spain [30] and Switzerland. [31]
Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" is a 2010 song by Shakira and the official song of the 2010 World Cup. Waka Waka, Wakka Wakka or variants thereof may also refer to: WakaWaka, an enterprise for solar products; Waka waka (dance), a folk dance in Bolivia and Peru; Wakka Wakka, or Waka Waka, an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland