With the announcement that Shakira did this Tuesday, May 14, reminded us of his unforgettable participation in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, when the topic Waka Waka This is Africa, It was the official song of the contest. The Barranquilla woman will now sing the official theme the Copa América 2024.
Shakira announced that her song Puntería will be the song of the most important soccer event in South America, which will take place in the United States between June 20 and July 14.
The Copa América will be held in the United States for the second time, after it hosted the 2016 Copa América Centenario.
The Colombian singer broke the news through a video in which she appears in the company of the president of Univision Networks Group, Ignacio Meyer. Shakira revealed that the collaboration she launched just a month ago, with Cardi Bwill be the official song of Televisa Univision’s Copa América 2024 coverage.
It is confirmed that Shakira will be in charge of singing the official theme of the next Copa América 🌎⚽🏆!
“It is the most important event of the year because we know that this song is going to be the sound of summer for fans around the world. It is the power of our culture and our music,” said Shakira.
Shakira, official voice of several sporting events
Shakira has already been the official voice of the World Cup on two occasions: first in South America 2010, as we already noted, with Waka Waka. At this event she met her ex-partner and father of her children Gerard Piqué.
It is pertinent to note that Waka Waka has been the most successful song of all time for a FIFA event. At the World Cup in Brazil it was La la la.
Shakira has also made spectacular presentations at sporting events that have gone viral on digital platforms, such as the 2020 Super Bowl halftime show with Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny and J Balvin.
The singer-songwriter from Barranquilla is in fashion and everything indicates that her good streak does not stop, after separating from Piqué.