Shakira looking beautiful at the American Music Awards 2009 last Sunday. Shakira might not have been nominated for any award at AMA but she sure looks amazing in her short strapless black dress.

 more gorgeous photos of Shakira after the jump…

The 32 year-old just released her new album “She Wolf” last month. What does the sexy singer want to accomplish with her new album?

Shakira hopes “She Wolf” will be useful. “I wanted to make an album that was dancey and uplifting, that people could have fun and forget about their troubles with,” Shakira says. “In the middle of this economic crisis people need to find a space of distractions and fun as well. . . if people can forget about their troubles on the dance floor for eight minutes then I will feel like it’s mission accomplished.”

Good mission, that’s what entertainers hope to do, to get people to forget about their problems just like us bloggers writing the gossip columns, right?

photos: Fame