Shakira's hit sets a record as her hips don't lie

Shakira now holds the record for the most-played song in pop music history, as Hips Don't Lie was played 9,657 times in one week on American radio, breaking Gwen Stefani's former record of 9,582 plays in a week for Hollaback Girl last year, according to Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems. Hips, which fuses Shakira's Latin influence with Wyclef Jean's island-tinged hip-hop and a touch of '80s cheese-metal synths, is an unlikely entry for such dominance.

Tucked amid the Spanglish lyrics - which, considering the current red-hot debate over immigration, could be seen as a drawback in some parts of the country - is a nugget of protest, as Shakira and Jean sing, Why the CIA wanna watch us? Colombians and Haitians? I ain't guilty.

The song also made Shakira the first artist to ever be No 1 on Billboard's Top 40 chart and the Latin singles chart simultaneously.

Hips would have done better on Billboard's Hot 100 chart earlier if Epic Records hadn't held back its release as a legal download in order to drive up sales of Shakira's Oral Fixation, Vol 2 album.

However, after weeks of protests from fans on iTunes, the song is now available as a download single and has leaped into the Billboard Top 10 as well as holding down the No 1 spot on iTunes.

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