A current guide to Shakira and Gerard Piqué’s family

Shakira’s 2 Sons: Milan and Sasha Piqué Mebarak

Milan and Sasha are no longer visible only at their parents’ football matches and awards ceremonies. Since 2023, they have recorded with their mother, released a youth-academy song with defined creative roles and appeared in a major animated film’s credits. Those are real achievements—but they are individual, dated projects, not proof that either boy has chosen a permanent career.

The family story also crosses Colombia, Spain and the United States. Their mother is Colombian; their father is Spanish; both boys were born and raised for their early years in Barcelona; and the 2022 parenting agreement was followed by their move to Miami with Shakira in 2023. A reliable profile needs that chronology as well as the creative headlines.

Shakira’s sons at a glance

Their full surnames reflect Spanish-language naming custom: Piqué comes from their father and Mebarak from their mother, whose full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll. They are commonly called Milan and Sasha Piqué in English-language coverage, but Piqué Mebarak is the fuller public form used in birth and film records.

Who are Milan and Sasha’s parents?

The boys’ mother is Colombian singer, songwriter and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Shakira. Their father is Gerard Piqué, the former FC Barcelona and Spain defender who won the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012. They met around the video for Shakira’s 2010 World Cup song “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” and became a couple that year.

Shakira and Piqué never married. Milan arrived in January 2013 and Sasha almost exactly two years later. The couple announced their separation in June 2022 after more than a decade together, then reached an agreement concerning the boys that November.

Both parents’ national backgrounds are part of their sons’ story. Milan and Sasha were born in Spain and spent their early childhood in Barcelona, have a Colombian mother and maternal family, and have lived in the United States since 2023. Labels that reduce them to only one of those connections miss the family’s actual geography.

Milan Piqué Mebarak: Shakira’s eldest son

Milan was born at 9.36pm on 22 January 2013 in Barcelona. FC Barcelona published the family’s announcement and explained the meanings they associated with his name: “dear, loving and gracious” in Slavic usage, “eager and laborious” in Ancient Roman usage, and “unification” in Sanskrit.

His birth was linked to Shakira and Piqué’s first UNICEF World Baby Shower, which invited supporters to buy life-saving supplies for children rather than ordinary gifts for the parents. UNICEF later reported that the campaign inspired a second event before Sasha’s birth.

Milan’s most concrete current public interests are musical. In the “Acróstico” video he sings, plays piano and shares the closing section with his mother and younger brother. Two years later, Spanish reporting on “The One” credited him with helping compose the song and playing drums. Those roles are more precise—and more useful—than calling him simply “musically gifted”.

He also has a small film credit. The completed Zootopia 2 cast record credits Milan as the voice of Binky M. Hopps, while Shakira returned as Gazelle. A minor role recorded alongside family is not the same as announcing an acting career, but it is now part of his verifiable work.

Sasha Piqué Mebarak: Shakira’s younger son

Sasha was born at 9.54pm on 29 January 2015 in Barcelona. The parents’ joint statement, reported by El País and CBS News, confirmed his arrival and said mother and baby were in excellent health.

Sasha appears with Milan in “Acróstico”, singing and playing piano. In “The One”, released through the Let It Beat music academy in Miami in May 2025, his role moved to the front: he performs the lead vocal while Milan plays drums. Contemporary coverage placed both boys within a group project involving other young musicians, an important context sometimes lost when the track is described as a two-child solo debut.

The Zootopia 2 credits identify Sasha as the voice of Binkston S. Hopps. Reuters footage also documented both boys attending the November 2025 premiere with Shakira, who described them affectionately as her “little bunnies”.

Sports-related posts about Sasha are plentiful because his father was an elite footballer, but a youth activity is not a professional identity. The reliable current record supports music and a small voice role; it does not support predictions about whether he will choose singing, football, acting or something else.

“Acróstico”, “The One” and Zootopia 2: what each son actually did

“Acróstico” is structured around both sons’ names: the opening letters of lines form Milan and Sasha. Sony Music’s release described it as a piano-led song about enduring love; the later family video added the boys’ performances. Its significance comes from the children participating in a song addressed to them, not from chart statistics.

“The One” is their clearest project independent of Shakira’s own catalogue. Reports from El País and Cadena SER identify the different musical tasks and the academy setting. It is therefore inaccurate both to dismiss it as a cameo and to present it as proof of a fully launched commercial duo.

What changed after Shakira and Gerard Piqué separated?

Shakira and Piqué confirmed their separation in June 2022 and asked for respect for their children’s wellbeing. In November, they announced that they had signed an agreement intended to provide Milan and Sasha with security and protection.

Established reporting said the agreement allowed the boys to relocate to Miami with their mother. Shakira left Barcelona with them in April 2023, writing publicly that they were beginning a new chapter. The move also placed them closer to her maternal family and within the Spanish-speaking Miami community.

It is accurate to say the boys are primarily based with Shakira in Miami, as her March 2026 El País interview does. It is not necessary to publish a school, neighbourhood or travel schedule. The exact mechanics of time with each parent are private family logistics, even when a general parenting agreement has been reported.

Where do Milan and Sasha live now?

As of this update, Milan and Sasha are being raised in Miami, Florida. Shakira told El País in 2026 that she was raising her sons there, while reflecting on an international tour that sometimes took them with her.

Miami marks a different phase from Barcelona. The boys were eight and six when their father retired from professional football in 2022, then ten and eight when they moved. Their subsequent public creative work—including “The One”—has been connected with music education and performance in Miami.

The city should be treated as a current, dated fact rather than a permanent prediction. Celebrity-family profiles often outlive moves, which is why this guide states both the evidence date and the broad city only.

How the UNICEF World Baby Shower connected family and advocacy

Shakira has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2003, focusing particularly on education and early-childhood development. Before Milan’s birth, she and Piqué used an online “World Baby Shower” to direct gifts towards UNICEF supplies such as vaccines, therapeutic food and water equipment.

They repeated the campaign before Sasha’s birth in 2015. UNICEF described it as an invitation for other expectant parents to host their own world baby showers, expanding a celebrity fundraiser into a replicable idea.

This is substantive family context because the campaigns were organised around the boys’ arrivals and tied directly to their mother’s long-standing work. It is also a better account of the period than lists of nursery products or speculative descriptions of how the parents prepared for each birth.

Shakira family timeline

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Questions people ask about Shakira’s children

How many children does Shakira have?

Shakira has two children, both sons, with former footballer Gerard Piqué: Milan Piqué Mebarak and Sasha Piqué Mebarak.

How old are Shakira’s sons?

On 12 August 2026, Milan is 13 and Sasha is 11. Milan was born on 22 January 2013 and Sasha on 29 January 2015.

Where were Milan and Sasha born?

Both boys were born in Barcelona, Spain. Milan was born in 2013 and Sasha in 2015 while Gerard Piqué was playing for FC Barcelona.

Do Shakira’s sons sing on “Acróstico”?

Yes. Milan and Sasha both sing and play piano in the official 2023 family video for “Acróstico”, a song Shakira built around their names.

What is “The One” by Shakira’s sons?

“The One” is a May 2025 Let It Beat Academy group song. Sasha performs the lead vocal, while Milan contributed to the composition and plays drums.

Are Milan and Sasha in Zootopia 2?

Yes. The completed film credits list Milan as Binky M. Hopps and Sasha as Binkston S. Hopps. Their mother returned as the pop-star character Gazelle.

Sources and further reading

1. FC Barcelona: official announcement of Milan Piqué Mebarak’s birth.
2. El País: the family’s announcement of Sasha Piqué Mebarak’s birth.
3. CBS News: contemporary report confirming Sasha’s Barcelona birth.
4. UNICEF Colombia: Shakira and Piqué’s World Baby Shower campaigns.
5. UNICEF: Shakira’s Goodwill Ambassador work in education and early childhood.
6. ABC News: Shakira and Gerard Piqué’s November 2022 parenting agreement.
7. Los Angeles Times: Shakira and her sons leave Barcelona for Miami.
8. Sony Music: official release information for “Acróstico”.
9. ABC News: Milan and Sasha sing and play piano in the “Acróstico” video.
10. El País: Sasha’s vocals and Milan’s composition and drums on “The One”.
11. Zootopia 2 completed credits: Milan and Sasha’s voice roles.
12. El País English: Shakira’s March 2026 interview on raising Milan and Sasha.

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By Kristine Bowman and KidsCo Editorial Team

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