Shakira Brings Her Biggest Hits To Free Rio de Janeiro Show

Shakira performed a massive free show in Brazil last night at Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach. The performance featured some of the Colombian superstar’s most enduring hits, a few special guests, and, according to Mayor of Rio de Janeiro Eduardo Cavaliere, it drew an estimated crowd of two million people. Check out footage from the evening below.

The setlist featured a career-spanning collection of hits, including “Hips Don’t Lie,” “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa),” “La Tortura,” “Whenever, Wherever,” “Loca,” and “She Wolf.” She concluded the almost three-hour concert with a performance of her 2023 track with Bizarrap, “BZRP Music Sessions #53/66.” She was joined onstage by local legends Caetano Veloso, a tropicália pioneer, and his sister Maria Bethânia, one of the best-selling artists in Brazilian history. Anitta also joined Shakira onstage to perform their new song “Choka Choka,” which appears on the Brazilian star’s last album Equilibrivm.

The show was a part of an ongoing world tour in support of her 2024 album Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, which was her first all-Spanish-language album in 19 years. It was also the most recent edition of Rio de Janeiro’s ever-expanding Todo Mundo no Rio concert series. Lady Gaga brought free shows to the waterfront as part of the festival in 2025, and Madonna did the same in 2024, performing for the largest live crowd of her career at the conclusion of her Celebration Tour.

During her show, Shakira also took plenty of opportunities to profess her love for the city, spelling out “I love you, Brazil” in Portuguese in skywriting and speaking about her personal connection to the city. “I arrived here when I was 18 years old, dreaming about singing for you,” Shakira told her audience after coming on stage, per the Associated Press. “And now look at this. Life is magical.”

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