Her Likes Don't Lie: Shakira Is First to 100 Million Fans on Facebook

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Brian Anthony Hernandez
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Her Likes Don't Lie: Shakira Is First to 100 Million Fans on Facebook
Shakira and her son, Milan, at the closing ceremony during the 2014 World Cup final in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 13. Credit: Ian MacNicol/Getty Images

International sensation Shakira celebrates her life's milestones like many of us -- by posting a status update or photo on Facebook for all to see.

The "Hips Don't Lie" singer announced her pregnancy in a status update in 2012 and shared the first image of the baby via a Facebook photo in 2013. Those intimate moments with her fans have helped her become the most-followed Facebook user.

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On Friday, fresh off performing at the World Cup final this month, she reached 100 million Likes on her Facebook page and released a "look back" video to recap her experience on the social network, which she joined in 2008.

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));

Post by Shakira.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was among the thousands of people who left comments on the video: "Congrats! What an amazing milestone for an amazing person."

Like on Twitter, musicians are the most-followed people on Facebook. Rihanna, Eminem and Shakira have traded off being in the lead in past years, but Shakira beat them to 100 million.

In another video, Shakira reacted to reaching the 100 million milestone:

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));

Post by Shakira.

Facebook highlighted some fun facts from Shakira's history on Facebook, below:

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