Before crossing over in the States and recording multi-platinum albums, Shakira put together a beautifully innocent album written completely in Portuguese. There are many great songs on Pies Delscazos, but “Estoy Aqui” will always be the banner song. You can hear the authenticity and the simple earnestness in it even if you don’t know a lick of Portuguese. “Estoy Aqui” means “I’m here”, and, in many ways, this was Shakira’s letter to the music world announcing that she has arrived.
