How Old Is Shakira? Age 49, Birthday, Sons and Net Worth (2026)

Shakira is 49 years old. She was born Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll on February 2, 1977, in Barranquilla, Colombia, according to Wikipedia, and she will turn 50 on February 2, 2027. At 49 she is in the middle of one of the busiest years of her career: she performed at the 2026 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony and final, and in September 2026 she opened a 12-night residency in Madrid. Celebrity Net Worth puts her net worth at about $350 million.

Shakira's age and birthday at a glance

Her age is not in dispute: Wikipedia, Celebrity Net Worth and The Sporting News (via Yahoo) all give the same birth date. She is the only child of William Mebarak Chadid and Nidia Ripoll Torrado, and has eight older half-siblings from her father's first marriage, per Celebrity Net Worth. Her paternal grandparents were Lebanese immigrants, which is where the belly dancing she became known for started: she first danced to Arabic drumming at age four in a Middle Eastern restaurant her father took her to.

How old was Shakira at each step of her career?

Dates are from Wikipedia and Celebrity Net Worth. Ages are calculated from her February 2 birthday, so a January or early-February event counts toward the younger age.

What Shakira is doing in 2026, at 49

• World Cup. She recorded "Dai Dai" with Burna Boy as an official song of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, performed it at the opening ceremony in Mexico City on June 11 and headlined the halftime show at the final on July 19, per Wikipedia. The Sporting News noted she is the only artist with two official World Cup songs.
• Madrid residency. On September 18, 2026, she opened a 12-date residency in front of 55,000 fans at a temporary venue named Shakira Stadium, her first concert in Spain in eight years, Billboard reported.
• New music. "Agua," her fourth collaboration with Maluma, came out on the residency's opening day.
• Earthquake relief. After the August 10 earthquake in western Colombia, she committed an initial $1.25 million to rebuild schools in Chocó, including $500,000 from her and Live Nation, Billboard reported.

Is Shakira married? Her relationships and children

Shakira has never married. Wikipedia lists her two long relationships as partnerships, not marriages:

• Antonio de la Rúa (2000–2010): The Argentine lawyer also managed her business affairs. In 2012 he sued her for $100 million after she ended their business partnership; a Los Angeles judge dismissed the case in August 2013, per Celebrity Net Worth.
• Gerard Piqué (2010–2022): They met when the Spanish footballer appeared in the "Waka Waka" video. He is ten years younger than she is. They lived in Barcelona and announced their split in June 2022.

Their sons are Milan, born January 22, 2013, who is 13, and Sasha, born January 29, 2015, who is 11. Shakira was 35 when Milan was born and 37 when Sasha was born. After the split she moved back to Miami with both boys, according to Celebrity Net Worth.

Shakira's net worth

Celebrity Net Worth puts Shakira's net worth at $350 million (last updated May 18, 2026; checked September 2026). Earlier coverage using the same outlet's figure, such as a 2022 Life & Style article, gave $300 million, so the estimate has risen by about $50 million in four years. The main pieces:

• Record sales: more than 125 million albums and singles sold worldwide, per Celebrity Net Worth.
• Touring: the Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour grossed $421.6 million from 3.3 million tickets as of January 2026 and became the highest-grossing Latin tour ever, according to Wikipedia. That is the gross, before production, crew and promoter costs.
• Live Nation: a 10-year, $300 million deal signed in 2008.
• Catalog sale: she sold the publishing rights to about 145 songs to Hipgnosis Songs Fund in January 2021. Terms were not disclosed; Celebrity Net Worth estimates the deal at no less than $100 million based on comparable sales.
• Television: a reported $12 million for The Voice in 2013.

The Spanish tax cases

Her finances have been tied up in Spanish courts for about a decade. Prosecutors accused her of failing to pay €14.5 million in tax for 2012–2014, arguing she was living in Spain while claiming residence elsewhere. In November 2023, as her Barcelona trial began, she accepted a three-year suspended sentence and a fine of roughly €7 million while continuing to deny intentional fraud, per Celebrity Net Worth. A separate case over her 2018 taxes was dropped.

In May 2026 Spain's National Court ruled in her favor on the 2011 tax year. It found she had spent 163 days in Spain that year, under the 183-day residency threshold, acquitted her of tax fraud and ordered the tax authority to return €55 million (about $64 million) plus interest, according to Celebrity Net Worth. That refund is one reason the outlet's estimate stands at $350 million.

Real estate

She listed a Miami Beach house on North Bay Road for $11.6 million in 2018, and after the Piqué split the couple listed their Barcelona home for $16 million. She also has a home in the Bahamas, per Celebrity Net Worth.

Shakira's age and wealth compared

People often ask who is richer, Shakira or J.Lo. On Celebrity Net Worth's numbers, Lopez is ahead by about $50 million; the two shared the Super Bowl stage in 2020. Vergara, a fellow Barranquilla native, is about five years older.

How this page was put together

Shakira's birth date comes from Wikipedia and matches Celebrity Net Worth and The Sporting News. Her age and her sons' ages are calculated as of September 25, 2026. The net worth figure is Celebrity Net Worth's estimate, not an audited number: Shakira does not publish her finances, the Hipgnosis price was never disclosed, and tour grosses are revenue before costs. Content sites that list $300 million to $400 million without a named source were not used. We did not include claims about cosmetic surgery or her weight, which appear in search suggestions but are not supported by any reliable source we found.