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Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran (2024)

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Twelfth studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira
Released 22 March 2024 through Sony Music Latin
First album release in seven years, following El Dorado (2017)
Primarily a pop record that draws on EDM, rock, reggaeton, bachata, regional Mexican and Afrobeats
Vocal collaborations with Cardi B, Rauw Alejandro, Manuel Turizo, Grupo Frontera, Ozuna, Karol G, Fuerza Regida, and her children Milan and Sasha
Main theme: the breakup from footballer Gerard Piqué and the turn from heartbreak to strength

Follows the album El Dorado (2017) and the El Dorado World Tour (2018)
In 2020 released Me Gusta with Anuel AA and Girl Like Me with the Black Eyed Peas
Performed the Super Bowl LIV halftime show with Jennifer Lopez
Faced tax evasion prosecution in Spain and the split from Piqué (finalized in 2022) in the same period
Describes the creative process as alchemical
The album title is a lyric from the Bizarrap collaboration
Announced on social media and opened for preorder on 15 February 2024
16 tracks, five of which had already been released as singles at announcement
Includes Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53 and TQG from Karol G's album Mañana Será Bonito

1	Puntería	3:10
2	La fuerte	2:45
3	Tiempo sin verte	3:16
4	Cohete	2:52
5	(Entre paréntesis)	2:49
6	Cómo dónde y cuándo	2:59
7	Nassau	2:36
8	Última	2:59
9	Te felicito	2:53
10	Monotonía	2:42
11	BZRP Music Sessions, Vol. 53	3:37
12	TQG	3:19
13	Acróstico	2:52
14	Copa vacía	2:55
15	El jefe	2:51
16	BZRP Music Sessions, Vol. 53 (Tiësto remix)	3:38

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, born 2 February 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia.
Colombian singer-songwriter, dancer and record producer, known as the "Queen of Latin Music".
Signed to Sony Music Colombia at age 13; debut album Magia (1991) was not a commercial success.
Breakthrough with Pies Descalzos (1995) and Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998).
English crossover album Laundry Service (2001) sold over 15 million copies worldwide.
Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 (2005) and Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005) followed, with "Hips Don't Lie" becoming her first Billboard Hot 100 number one.
Has written or co-written virtually all the music she has recorded.
Holds four Grammy Awards and fifteen Latin Grammy Awards.
Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran (2024) topped Billboard Top Latin Albums, making her the first woman with number-one albums across four decades.
Known for blending Latin, Western and Middle Eastern influences in her music and dance.

Founded Fundación Pies Descalzos (Barefoot Foundation) in 1997 to build schools for underprivileged children in Colombia.
Became a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 2003.
Appointed to the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics in 2011.

Met with positive reviews from music critics, who praised the exploration of music genres and the vulnerability of the lyrics
Metacritic score of 74 from 9 reviews; AnyDecentMusic? gave it 6.6 out of 10
Emma Harrison of Clash gave it 8 out of 10, calling it one of Shakira's best albums to date
Lucas Villa of NME gave it a 4-star review
Jon Pareles of The New York Times noted that most of the album deals with romantic ups and (mostly) downs in crisp, tuneful pop structures
Alexis Petridis of The Guardian gave the album a negative review

Some critics, including Rolling Stone's Suzy Exposito and AllMusic's Neil Z. Yeung, criticized the excessive number of pre-released singles and the track order
These critics considered the album a mixtape or greatest hits collection rather than a studio album

Debuted at number 13 on the US Billboard 200, with 34,000 album-equivalent units sold in its first week
Number one on Top Latin Albums and Top Latin Pop Albums in the US
Debuted at number one in Argentina and Spain
Certified seven times platinum (Latin) by the RIAA
Won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album in 2025, Shakira's fourth Grammy win
Nominated for Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year

The album title is a lyric taken from the Bizarrap collaboration Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53.
On 26 March 2024, during release week, a Times Square pop-up show drew about 40,000 people.
CD and vinyl pressings of the album include a different version of Puntería, which also appears on digital versions as track 17.
With TQG, Karol G and Shakira broke the Guinness World Record for the highest-charting female Spanish-language track on the Hot 100.
The album debuted atop the Spanish Album Chart, her first number-one album since Sale el Sol (2010).