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MIAMI, FL (July 19th, 2026) - Global superstar Shakira co-headlined the FIFA World Cup 2026™ Final Halftime Showalongside Madonna , Justin Bieber and BTS. For the first time in FIFA World Cup™ history, the final featured a halftime show, bringing together global artists for a singular moment at the intersection of sport, culture, and purpose, to support the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund.
Shakira performed her global number 1 smash hit, 'Dai Dai,' which is the official anthem of the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund. Shakira partnered with Global Citizen and FIFA to provide access to education for children in underserved communities with record royalties from 'Dai Dai' being donated to the Education Fund, and Sony Music will match the first $250,000 raised with a donation. Additionally, Shakira is donating $1 from every ticket sold to her upcoming 'Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran' tour to the Education Fund.
‘Dai Dai’ has taken the world by storm, becoming the number 1 song worldwide, making Shakira the first artist to reach number 1 on Spotify in both English and Spanish. In addition to being number 1 globally on Spotify, it tops the Billboard Global Top 200 and on the Billboard Global Excl. US chart becoming the first FIFA World Cup Anthem to top the chart . It has hit the number 1 spot in France, Germany, Austria, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Korea, Sweden, Norway, The UAE, Belgium, Spain, and top 5 in the UK, China, Italy, Portugal and Canada. The music video also has been number 1 on YouTube since its release 8 weeks ago, with more than 400 million views. Watch HERE
For the performance Shakira took to the stage wearing a custom Roberto Cavalli look by Fausto Puglisi, embellished with Swarovski crystals. Cavalli also dressed her when she performed at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Her record-breaking Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tourcontinues across the United States with performances at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on July 20 and 21, followed by UBS Arena on July 23 and Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hallon July 25. The LMYNL tour was the highest-grossing tour globally of 2025 and highest-grossing tour of all-time by a Hispanic artist, as reported by Billboard Boxscore. Later this year, she will return to Spain for her European residency : 12 stadium performances in Madrid at the specially built ‘Shakira Stadium’ throughout September and October, following the success of her record-breaking stadium tours across North and South America.
About Shakira
Shakira is a Colombian singer-songwriter and multi-GRAMMY® award winner. She has sold over 95 million records worldwide and has won numerous awards, including four GRAMMYs®, fifteen Latin GRAMMYs®, and multiple World Music Awards, American Music Awards and Billboard Music Awards, to name a few. She is the most-viewed female Latin artist, and one of the top-10 artists of all time on YouTube with over 27 billion cumulative views, and the most-streamed female Latin artist of all time on Spotify.
Most recently, Shakira released her twelfth studio album, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, to rave reviews and a GRAMMY® win for Best Latin Album. The album is a dazzling testament to her resilience and strength, as well as music's power to transform the most trying experiences into precious moments. In the first 24 hours it was released, the album became the most-streamed album of 2024 and was certified 7x Platinum. Less than a week after releasing her critically acclaimed new album, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, Shakira surprised a crowd of over 40,000 people, the largest audience for a performance in Times Square and larger than any New Year's Eve crowd, with a mesmerizing performance at the TSX Stage in Times Square. Watch HERE. In 2025, Shakira launched her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran stadium world tour, recently crowned as the “highest-grossing Hispanic tour of all time,” achieving a gross revenue of $421.6 million, inclusive of 82 stadium shows all across the US and Latin America with over 3.3 million people in attendance.
Shakira’s previous album, El Dorado, ranked #1 on iTunes in 37 Countries, won Best Pop Vocal Album at the 2017 Latin GRAMMY® Awards, and Best Latin Pop Album at the 2018 GRAMMY® Awards. With over 12 billion streams, it is one of the most-streamed female albums of all time. In 24 hours, “SHAKIRA || BZRP Music Sessions #53” made history both on Spotify with over 14 million streams and on YouTube with over 52 million views. The song debuted at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is another historic moment for Shakira, as she is the first solo woman to debut in the Top 10 on the chart with a song recorded in Spanish. It is also the Spanish-language song with the most streams in a single day in Spotify history. In September, Shakira received the MTV Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards and, in honor of her award, put on a breathtaking performance of her greatest hits.
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