The person, the mother, the creator - all of those little Shakiras were fighting inside of me, so it was very tumultuous." In February 2016, during an interview for the animated movie Zootopia (2016), where she voiced the character Gazelle, Shakira commented about the early stages of the record, saying: "I'm starting to write again and ideas are starting to flow.In Spanish, I have a lot of things to say in Spanish this time." Recording But also my 2-year-old was in the same need. But that moment hasn't come yet." She added that "he creator inside of me was in desperate need of attention.
He will be grown up as a healthy one years old boy." During that time, Shakira started questioning herself if she would ever make an album again, stating: "I was full of doubts, and I thought I was never going to make good music again." She also recalled that she wondered when she was going to retire, to which her boyfriend, Spanish footballer Gerard Piqué, replied: "When you don't have anything to say. Now I want to be first and foremost a mother, because after three months I will no longer have a baby. In October 2015, Shakira announced that she was going back to the recording studio "soon" to record what was going to be her eleventh studio album, but emphasized that her priority was her family, saying: "By the end of this year or the beginning of the next year I will start working on my new album in the studio. Initially would start in November 2017, but due to a vocal chord hemorrhage she suffered, she postponed the tour, starting in June 2018. To promote the album, Shakira embarked on her El Dorado World Tour. In 2018, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album, making it Shakira's third Grammy win. While the album was accompanied by minimal promotion, a concert tour to support it has been confirmed. The album has singles received Diamond certifications in United States (Latin), France, Mexico. In early 2018, " Trap" was released as the album's fourth single. The second and third single, " Me Enamoré" and " Perro Fiel", both achieved commercial success as well. It became a global success, topping Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart for eleven non-consecutive weeks and becoming certified sixteen times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
" Chantaje" was the album's first single. It also peaked at number one on the US Top Latin Albums and number fifteen on the Billboard 200 chart. The album debuted in the top ten of album charts in Argentina, Austria, France, Spain and Switzerland. Other critics, however, felt El Dorado lacked creativity and relied too heavily on previously-released collaborations. Music critics commended the album's coherency, and its fun yet mature nature.
The album features six vocal collaborations: two with Colombian singer Maluma, and one each with Nicky Jam, Vives, Prince Royce, Black M, and Magic!. Sonically, the album is a mixture of Latin pop and reggaeton, with influences from bachata, vallenato and electropop. Shakira enlisted longtime collaborator Luis Fernando Ochoa, as well as new producers Supa Dups, Rude Boyz and The Arcade. Inspired by her personal life and experiences, El Dorado primarily features songs about the singer's relationship with Piqué. However, her collaboration on " La Bicicleta" with Carlos Vives and support from her boyfriend, Gerard Piqué, encouraged Shakira to continue to work on music. After her self-titled tenth studio album (2014), Shakira had her second child, suffered from writer's block and was uncertain about the future of her career. The album is mainly sung in Spanish, with three songs in English.
El Dorado (as the mythical golden city " El Dorado") is the eleventh studio album by Colombian singer and songwriter Shakira, released on, by Sony Music Latin.