"She Wolf", the lead single from Shakira's eighth studio album, premiered on July 13, 2009.

[55][56][57]Shakira wrote and produced the song with John Hill, and Sam
Endicott (lead singer and songwriter of The Bravery).[58] The Spanish version, titled "Loba", premiered on the same day as well. "She Wolf" and "Loba" then
became available for digital download the following day.[44] The video for "She Wolf" premiered on MTV on July 30, 2009.[44] The single was successful worldwide,
reaching number one in Latin America, number two in Germany, Ireland, Italy, Estonia and Spain, number three in Switzerland and Austria, number four in the UK,
France and Greece, number five in Canada and Belgium, number six in Finland, number nine in Japan, and number eleven in the US. The album, She Wolf, was
released in October 2009 internationally and on November 23, 2009 in the U.S. The album received mainly positive reviews from critics, but only managed to sell
89,000 copies in its first week in the U.S., earning the number fifteen spot on the Billboard 200. It has gone on to sell only 300,000 records in the U.S., becoming
her least successful album there. However, the album has been moderately successful worldwide, having been certified Gold in Russia, Ireland, Switzerland,
Poland, France, Argentina, Greece, and Hungary, Platinum in Spain, the United Kingdom, and the Middle East, 2x Platinum in Colombia and Mexico, and 3x
Platinum in Taiwan. To date the album has sold 2 million copies worldwide, becoming Shakira's least successful studio album to date in terms of sales.[59]