Shakira is set to sign a $70 million contract with Live Nation.
The 'Hips Don’t Lie’ singer is following in the footsteps of Madonna and Jay-Z by handing over management of recording, merchandising, ticket sales and other services usually handled by separate companies.
The deal is expected to be finalised by the end of the year.

THISDAY, Africa's leading media source is set to revolutionise the way awareness is raised for African issues through its annual star-studded THISDAY Festival.
This year's Festival themed 'Africa Rising' will focus on finding "sustainable solutions" rather than the "problems" facing Africa.
Following the overwhelming success of the festival now in its third year, Nigerian media mogul Nduka Obaigbena is taking his brain-child cross-continent with scheduled events in Abuja (THISDAY Dome, July 11th) Lagos (THISDAY Center, July 13th), Washington DC (Kennedy Center, August 1st) and London (Royal Albert Hall October 14th).

The troubled singer’s track 'Love Is A Losing Game’ earned her the prize for Best Song Musically And Lyrically. Although she attended the glitzy ceremony, held at London’s Grosvenor House hotel, Amy got her taxi driver father Mitch to accept the accolade on her behalf.

Latina superstar SHAKIRA is finally comfortable with her body, after years of anxiety over the size of her breasts. The 31-year-old singer confesses she used to hate her small boobs and she once joked they could be "confused with mountains" in her breakthrough single Whenever, Wherever. Colombian Shakira says, "I used to worry about my breast size, but I've finally accepted myself for who I am. Besides, a big butt is more important in Latin culture."

A sex video April Fool's Day (01Apr08) prank involving pop collaborators SHAKIRA and ALEJANDRO SANZ has been exposed as a hoax by the singers' publicists. Bogus Internet reports suggested the stars and Shakira's boyfriend, Antonio de la Rua, were caught on film enjoying a threesome, but representatives for Sanz and Shakira insist there is no sex tape. PeopleEnEspanol.com claims the rumour got started when Argentine DJ Javier Ceriani commented on a little Internet report on his Zona Cero radio show.

A Shakira auction has raised $60,000 for charity, with one fan paying $3,000 for one of her bras, according to reports. 
The Colombian pop star is selling a collection of memorabilia, in aid of the Bare Feet Foundation in her native country.
The organisation builds schools for poor children in her homeland and the singer has donated a host of valuable items.
The Robert Cavalli-designed bra has gone under the hammer alongside various instruments, clothes and costumes.

Colombian singer Shakira is shedding her wardrobe - for a good cause. 
The hip-swinging pop sensation is auctioning off more than 40 articles of clothing she wore on her 2007 Oral Fixation tour to benefit her Bare Feet Foundation, which is building a school for impoverished children ...

Madonna has been paid $10 million to advertise Sunsilk hair care products. 
The 'Hung Up' singer will front the company's new 'Life Can't Wait' global campaign, which will launch at the American Super Bowl on Sunday (03.02.08), with Shakira and the late Marilyn Monroe.
A 30-second advertisement - which will premiere during the fourth quarter of the American football game between the New England Patriots and New York Giants - will include old footage of Madonna, Shakira and Marilyn interwoven in a pop art style montage.
The phrases "Some girls can't wait", "To make life happen" and "Their hair tells their story" flash up on screen accompanied ..

Madonna is the highest-earning woman in music. 
The 49-year-old singer has topped the first Cash Queens of Music list, compiled by Forbes.com, after raking in $72 million between June 2006 and June 2007.
The 'Hung Up' singer's personal fortune was boosted by her successful 'Confessions Tour', which generated a staggering $260 million worldwide. Madonna also benefited financially from working with high street fashion chain H+M, ...

Veteran lady-killer Sir Roger Moore seems to have been smitten by glamorous Colombian singer Shakira. 
Moore, who is 80-years-old has admitted to having a soft spot for the 29-year-old Shakira, who he had got to know through their work as goodwill ambassadors for Unicef.
The 007 actor revealed that he is an ardent fan of Shakira's hip-swivelling work, which includes the hits Underneath Your Clothes and Hips Don't Lie.
"I know Shakira and her great work," Daily Express quoted Moore, who is happily married to his fourth wife Christina, as saying.
"She's a very talented lady," Sir Roger gushed.