Post by dawyked on Jun 15, 2006 13:09:46 GMT 1
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Glenn Gamboa
NEWSDAY
No, her hips don’t lie. They don’t have to.
Shakira holds the record for the most-played song in popmusic history — as Hips Don’t Lie was played 9,657 times in one week on American radio, breaking Gwen Stefani’s former record of 9,582 plays in a week for Hollaback Girl last year, according to Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.
Hips, which fuses Shakira’s Latin influence with Wyclef Jean’s island-tinged hip-hop and a touch of ’80s cheesemetal synths, is an unlikely entry for such dominance. Tucked amid the Spanglish lyrics — which, considering the current red-hot debate over immigration, could be seen as a drawback in some parts of the country — is a nugget of protest, as Shakira and Jean sing, "Why the CIA wanna watch us? Colombians and Haitians? I ain’t guilty."
The song also made Shakira the first artist to hit No. 1 simultaneously on Billboard’s Top 40 chart and the Latin singles chart. Hips would have done better on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart earlier if Epic Records hadn’t held back its release as a legal download to drive up sales of Shakira’s Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 album. The song is now available, however, and holding down the No. 1 spot on iTunes.
;D fab!
Glenn Gamboa
NEWSDAY
No, her hips don’t lie. They don’t have to.
Shakira holds the record for the most-played song in popmusic history — as Hips Don’t Lie was played 9,657 times in one week on American radio, breaking Gwen Stefani’s former record of 9,582 plays in a week for Hollaback Girl last year, according to Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.
Hips, which fuses Shakira’s Latin influence with Wyclef Jean’s island-tinged hip-hop and a touch of ’80s cheesemetal synths, is an unlikely entry for such dominance. Tucked amid the Spanglish lyrics — which, considering the current red-hot debate over immigration, could be seen as a drawback in some parts of the country — is a nugget of protest, as Shakira and Jean sing, "Why the CIA wanna watch us? Colombians and Haitians? I ain’t guilty."
The song also made Shakira the first artist to hit No. 1 simultaneously on Billboard’s Top 40 chart and the Latin singles chart. Hips would have done better on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart earlier if Epic Records hadn’t held back its release as a legal download to drive up sales of Shakira’s Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 album. The song is now available, however, and holding down the No. 1 spot on iTunes.
;D fab!
