Nidia del Carmen Ripoll Torrado

Nidia del Carmen Ripoll Torrado is famous for being a mother to her celebrity daughter. 

She is the mother of Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and dancer Shakira. 

Nidia del is Columbian-born and is a homemaker.

The singer wrote her first song at eight

Shakira wrote her first song named, ”Your dark glasses“ at the tender age of eight. 

The song was about her dad’s pain, who was grief-stricken after losing his 19-year-old son. 

Shakira figured out how her dad had been hiding his grief behind his glasses throughout the years. 

She made the song into her first album dedicating it to her father, which was released at the age of 13.

A successful, happy marriage

Nidia del is living a successful, happy married life. 

She married Lebanese-born William Mebarak Chadid a long time back and has been together since then. 

William was just five years old when his parents immigrated to Columbia, where he met his future wife. 

During his early days, William worked as a journalist, health visitor, insurance agent, and literature teacher before diving into the jewelry business. 

He is also the author of several books, including Shakira’s biography.

She is the second wife of her husband 

Nidia del is the second wife of her spouse. He was previously married to Lucila Mebarak, with whom he shared nine children. 

Out of the nine children, they lost their eldest son. He died in a motorcycle accident. 

When they lost their son, Shakira was just two years old.

Only biological child of her with her husband

The singer is the only biological child of her with her spouse, William. 

She is the stepmom to her eight stepchildren, Tonino, Alberto, Edward, Antonio, Robin, Moises, Patricia, and Lucy. 

Tonino is the road manager of Shakira and is very close to her. 

Alberto is a Lawyer, Edward is an Engineer, and Antonio is a real state agent. 

Robin and Moises both are residing in Barranquilla. 

The other two daughters, Patrica, is working in the educational sector in Spain, and Lucy is a neurosurgeon.

Shakira is incredibly close to her beloved father

Shakira considers him not only a father but her cornerstone, best friend, and engine of her life, who has always given her the best advice. 

She also said that her weakness is her father. He was the first person to recognize her potentiality. 

As parents, both Nidia and Willia wholeheartedly supported and encouraged her towards achieving her dream. 

It was her mother who first asked her if she wanted to participate in the music contest. 

The singer was ten years old at the time.

Relationship history of the singer

Shakira was in a long-term relationship with Argentinian attorney Antonio de la Rua.

The couple parted their ways after 11 years of togetherness. 

She is currently in a relationship with Barcelona Defender Gerard Pique. 

The romantic pair started dating in 2010 and have been together since then. 

From their beautiful marriage, they share two adorable sons, Sasha Pique Mebarak and Milan Pique Mebarak. 

In an Instagram video, Shakira referred to him as her husband, but the couple is yet to get married. 

Her daughter split from her longtime partner

Shakira split from her longtime partner Gerard Pique after 12 years of togetherness. 

They first met in the Spring of 2010 after he was featured in the music video of Shakira’s song for the World Cup, “Waka Waka,” and had been living together until they decided to part ways in June 2022. 

During an interview for Elle Magazine for the October issue, she opened up about her breakup with Gerard. 

Shakira said that her father, whom she considers her best friend went to her when he heard about her family crisis, but then he had brain surgery after he suffered a subdural hematoma. 

A week later, he fell again and broke many bones in his face, she said.

Talking about her tough time with her relationship failure, she expressed that she felt as if her strength was escaping her, like she didn’t have legs but felt like she was revitalized after a writing session. 

In the moment of the most difficult and darkest hours of her life, music has brought life, she said. 

It’s been hard for her to process and has been still in the healing process, so she remained quiet, trying to process it before she finally decided to speak about it. 

As a public figure and both being in the public eye, the separation is not a regular separation, so it’s been tough not for them but also for their kids, she told Elle. 

With all the paparazzi hovering around all the time, she finds it difficult to hide with her kids, except for her own house. 

Though she tries everything possible to hide the situation from her kids, they still hear things from their friends in school and come across disagreeable, unpleasant news online, and it just affects those who are making an effort to process their parents’ separation and all of that, she is fighting on different fronts as her beloved father has been in the ICU, she continued.

During an interview with Loraine back in 2021, she said she and her then-partner tries to bring as much normalcy as they can. 

Both she and Gerard likes to be regular people, and they try to forget about the celebrity persona they present almost every time. 

It‘s only on the streets they are reminded of that, but their kids are aware of that, and at the same time, they are coping with that very well.

Net worth 

The net worth of Nidia del is not disclosed, but she is part of her daughter’s extraordinary net income. 

Having sold more than 125 albums worldwide, she is the second most successful Latina singer and highest-selling Columbian singer of all time. 

Her net income as of now is:

Age

1. Her age is under review.

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