Guardian Music — Mike Skinner is guest editing New Band of the Day this week. And for his first choice he's picked these French disco existentialistsHometown: Reims, France.The lineup: Guillaume and Benalways.The background: The Shoes are one of the best bands we've ... more info

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Starpulse — Happy Birthday to: Columbian booty-shaker Shakira (1977) "The Comebacks" actor Martin Spanjers (1987) Late singer Eva Cassidy (1963; d. 1996) Former supermodel Christie Brinkley (1954) "Star T... more info

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Starpulse — Sexy singer Shakira is celebrating after scoring 1 billion views on YouTube. The hitmaker hit the milestone on Tuesday and thanked her online fans for their support. She says, "Thank you all fo... more info

Pop Crunch — Shakira’s joined The Billionaires Club — on YouTube! The newly-single songstress and her infamous hips have scored a billion views on the video sharing website. Shakira hit the milestone on Tuesday and immediately thanked her online fanbase for t... more info

Perez Hilton — We know Shakira has a lot of fans, but the singer has finally reached the billion mark — as in one billion views on YouTube. The numbers come from combining her three official channels, Shakira, ShakiraVevo and Shakirasme. Naturally, Shakira is thr... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Sexy singer Shakira is celebrating after scoring a billion views on video sharing website YouTube.com. more info