Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 (English: Oral Fixation, Vol. 1) is a Latin pop album, the sixth studio album by Colombian recording artist Shakira (pictured). It followed her first English-language record, Laundry Service, an international success. It received generally favorable reviews that complimented Shakira's evolving style. Released in June 2005, it debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200, and topped the charts in Argentina, Germany, Mexico and Spain. Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 was the Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album at the 2006 Grammy Awards, and the Album of the Year and the Best Female Pop Vocal Album at the Latin Grammy Awards. It became the highest selling Latin pop album of the decade in the US. Four singles were released to promote the album, although only the lead single ("La Tortura") reached the US Billboard Hot 100. In November 2005 Shakira supplemented the album with her second English-language record, Oral Fixation, Vol. 2. The two were packaged together and promoted with the Oral Fixation Tour.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1775:

American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Quebec, British forces repulsed an attack by the Continental Army to capture Quebec City and enlist French Canadian support. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Quebec_(1775)

1857:

Queen Victoria selected Ottawa, then a small logging town, to be the capital of the British colony of Canada. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa

1907:

Times Square in New York City held its first New Year's Eve celebrations with the ball drop. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square_Ball

1986:

Three disgruntled employees set fire to the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, which killed 98 people and injured 140 others, making it the second deadliest hotel fire in United States history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dupont_Plaza_Hotel_arson

2004:

Taipei 101 in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan, opened to the public as the world's tallest skyscraper. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

reverie: A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reverie

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.   --George Marshall https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Marshall