Shakira Cleans Up At The 2006 Latin Grammys

Sydney, AU. (SONY BMG MUSIC Entertainment) -- Winning five of her six nominated categories, Latino superstar Shakira has taken the 2006 Latin Grammy Awards by storm. Bagging gongs for 'Album Of The Year' and 'Best Female Pop Vocal Album' for her Spanish opus 'Fijacion Oral Vol.1', the hip-shaking hottie also performed her smash single 'La Tortura' which also picked up 'Best Record' and 'Best Song'. Watch the performance here! Super sensation Shakira shook the Latin Grammy Awards to its roots in New York on Thursday night, winning five of the six categories in which she was nominated.

Her 2005 smash album 'Fijacion Oral Vol. 1' cleaned up for 'Album Of The Year' and 'Best Female Album', and also took out the award for best engineered album.

To top that, the star also scored 'Best Record' and 'Best Song' for her single 'La Tortura', thrilling the crowd with a sizzling opening performance of the song, accompanied by Spain's Alejandro Sanz.

Watch Shakira's 'La Tortura' Latin Grammy performance

The singer was clearly honored to receive the awards at one of the biggest music ceremonies celebrating music from throughout the Americas and Spain.

"All the Latinos here, just as I did back when, they have a dream. All they need, as Juan Luis Guerra says, is a visa for a dream," She said upon receiving her trophies, citing the Dominican singer's single, "A Visa for a Dream."

Puerto Rican star Ricky Martin also received acknowledgement for his campaign against trafficking in prostituted children, receiving the Latin Grammy's 'Man Of The Year'. He accepted with his clear message: "To those traffickers, we are at war."
'Fijacion Oral Vol. 1' and 'Oral Fijacion 2' now in stores