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Shakira wins four awards at Latin Grammys

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By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS New York: Shakira dominated the Latin Grammy awards as she won a leading four trophies, including album of the year for Fijacion Oral Vol. 1 and song and record of the year honours for La Tortura, her smouldering duet with Alejandro Sanz. Though Shakira, who also won best female pop vocal album, stole the spotlight at the event on Thursday night — gyrating her way through a rendition of La Tortura with her chest heaving and hips swaying — she also took the time to shine a light on one of the most heated issues in the US, that of immigrants working in this country illegally. She threw her support to those trying to become citizens as they work without documentation. “I hope soon they will receive they recognition they deserve from the government,” the Colombian superstar said. The engineers of Fijacion Oral Vol. 1 also won a Grammy. Three awards, including best new artist, went to Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Calle 13 during the New York debut for the awards show h