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A file picture shows Gerard Piqué and Shakira at a concert in Barcelona. (AP)
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Sept. 20: Shakira, the Colombian singer, is expecting her first child with her Spanish football player boyfriend Gerard Piqué.
“As some of you may know, Gerard and I are very happy awaiting the arrival of our first baby! At this time we have decided to give priority to this unique moment in our lives and postpone all the promotional activities planned over the next few days,” Shakira, 35, wrote on her website. The singer, who did not specify a due date, is bowing out of a music festival in Las Vegas this weekend. In the near future she will be juggling both motherhood and work.
Earlier this week the singer, along with R&B star Usher, were confirmed to replace Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green for the fourth season next year of NBC’s hit singing contest The Voice.
Shakira burst onto the international pop scene with her 2006 single, Hips Don’t Lie. Piqué, 25, plays for FC Barcelona and Spain. The couple first met in 2010.
Rumours of a pregnant Shakira first surfaced in June. Two months later, HuffPost Voces reported the She Wolf singer was already four months pregnant and had an ultrasound performed in Miami. She did not specify yesterday how far along she actually.
In late July, the rumours seemed all but confirmed when the couple was spotted shopping for maternity clothing in Miami.
Micro-blogging site Twitter has been flooded with congratulatory messages which have poured in from fans spread across the world over.
Last month, Colombian magazine Gente claimed that Shakira and Piqué will become the parents of a baby boy in late January 2013 who they have given the nickname of “Ulicito”.
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