I picked this up from the August 2005 Hispanic Magazine:
Her new Spanish-language album, Fijacion Oral, Vol 1 sold 157,000 in its first week and debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, breaking the record previously set by Ricky Martin in 2003.
Since “La Tortura” won’t stop playing in my mind, I can understand this success. Congrats, Shakira.
