Latin superstar Shakira will release two new albums this year

First up is Fijacion Oral 1, a Spanish-language set that will arrive June 7, while the all-English Oral Fixation 2 will hit stores in November.

The first single from the projects is La Tortura featuring Alejandro Sanz, which will hit US radio outlets later this month.

“I did not set out to make two albums when I began the writing process, but suddenly I realized I had written 60 songs, some in English and some in Spanish,” said Shakira, who co-wrote or wrote every song on both discs.

“Twenty of these songs were selected and divided up by language to make two different albums. The stage at which human beings are, the most orally fixated is the first stage of our lives, which is the most elementary, the most instinctive, and the most primitive,” the artist said of the album names. “I think I am still in stage, especially at this moment because I feel the most in touch with that animalistic aspect within me.”

The new releases will be the follow-up to Shakira’s 2001 album, Laundry Service, that which debuted at No 3 on the Billboard 200 and has sold 3.3 million copies in the United States.