Anitta & Shakira collab
Anitta and Shakira released a Latin‑pop single called “Choka Choka” in the past 48 hours, a high‑profile collaboration that’s already circulating across socials. (x.com) Collaborations like this usually target global streaming playlists and can move big numbers quickly — worth watching if you follow Latin‑pop trends or playlist placement. (x.com)
Anitta and Shakira finally released their first song together on April 9, and it is not a loose one-off single: “Choka Choka” is being pushed as the second single from Anitta’s album *Equilibrivm*, which is due April 16. The track is already live on Spotify under both artists’ names, and the platform lists it as a 2026 release by Anitta and Shakira. A YouTube upload tied to the official distribution also shows the song running 2 minutes and 12 seconds. This pairing matters because it joins two different Latin-pop power centers in one record. Anitta built her crossover by moving between Portuguese, Spanish, and English releases, while Shakira has spent three decades turning Colombian pop into a global export. It is also their first recorded collaboration, which gives the song extra weight before anyone even talks about chart numbers. Billboard’s announcement framed “Choka Choka” as the first time the Brazilian and Colombian stars had teamed up on a track. Anitta had been telegraphing the release for days. Brazilian outlet CBN reported on April 6 that she announced the single in advance and set the digital release for Thursday, April 9, at 9 p.m. Brasília time. That timing was not random. “Choka Choka” arrives one week before *Equilibrivm*, Anitta’s eighth studio album, so the duet works like the movie trailer that drops right before opening weekend. Early coverage is already describing the song in broad commercial terms rather than as an experimental left turn. CBN said Anitta called it “powerful” and “danceable,” and Consequence described it as a major collaboration tied directly to the album rollout. There is also a live-performance angle hanging over it. Hola reported that fans immediately started speculating about a possible surprise performance at Shakira’s free Copacabana Beach concert in Rio de Janeiro on May 2, although the outlet said there was no official confirmation. So the release is doing two jobs at once. It gives Anitta a marquee feature days before a new album, and it gives Shakira a fresh Latin-pop collaboration that can travel across Brazilian, Spanish-language, and global streaming audiences at the same time.
