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FIFA WORLD CUP 2022: The excitement of FIFA World Cup is taking its toll on people these days. This is the reason why Columbian singer Shakira’s song WAKA WAKA has once again started trending on social media. This official song of the 2010 Football World Cup has been viewed and heard more than 3 billion times on YouTube.

Listen to Shakira's famous song WAKA WAKA while watching the FIFA World Cup matchWaka Waka Song: Shakira made a lot of headlines by singing ‘Waka Waka’, the official song of the 2010 Football World Cup.

New Delhi. The semi-finals of the Football World Cup will be played on 14-15 December. The first semi-final match is to be held between Argentina and Croatia, while the second semi-final match is to be held between Morocco and France in the Qatar stadium. Before the World Cup semi-final matches, you must listen to the most famous official song of the Football World Cup, Waka Waka. Because this song not only reflects the immense love of sports lovers for football, but also gives an opportunity to hear the captivating voice of Colombian singer Shakira once again. The popularity of this song can be gauged from the fact that more than 335 crore people have watched and listened to this song of Shakira on YouTube.

This number of people listening to Waka Waka Song is on Shakira’s official channel, its copy can also be seen and heard on many other channels of YouTube, whose views are also in lakhs and crores. in South Africa in 2010 football world cup This song was given the status of official song. colombian superstar singer Shakira ne years’Waka waka‘ created a stir across the world by singing. Call it the magic of Shakira’s voice or her passion for football, even today this song is seen and heard a lot on YouTube.

How did Waka Waka become popular?
You may be surprised to know that this song is not originally by Colombia’s famous singer Shakira. This song is from Africa, but it was first sung by a Cameroonian group in the year 1986. The African song ‘Zamina Mina Zangalewa’ was first sung by the Cameroonian group (Zamina Mina, Zangalewa by Cameroonian group). Call it the craze or sweetness of this song, Shakira sang it for the Football World Cup in 2010, after which the craze for it kept increasing. This is the reason why more than 300 crore people have watched it on Shakira’s YouTube channel alone.

Shakira accused of stealing a song
The song ‘Zangalewa’, which was made popular by the Cameroonian group in 1986, also included members of the army from some parts of Africa. The army and police personnel there have been using this song during training. That’s why when Shakira sang ‘Waka Waka’, she was accused of song theft. But neither Shakira’s record label nor FIFA gave credit or compensation to the Cameroonian artists for using their song and composition.

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