While Billboard Celebrates Shakira in a Historic Way, Ex Gerard Pique’s Major Project for Women’s Soccer Sees a Successful Start With “Over 200k People Watching”

Shakira and Gerard Pique have been in the media’s eye time and time again due to their split and subsequent controversies that followed. However, this hasn’t stopped either of them from being successful in their respective fields.

While Shakira has released chart-topping songs, Gerard Pique announced his retirement from professional soccer in November, which marked the end of an illustrious career. But Pique hasn’t focused only on retirement, he has also managed to break boundaries and enter unexplored territory.

The first step in this direction came in December of last year when the ex-Barcelona star introduced the Kings League – an innovative and unconventional form of soccer. After the huge success of Kings League, he then launched a women’s equivalent of the league, aptly named the Queens League which started off hot.

Gerard Pique’s Queens League bringing in the numbers

On Saturday, the Queens League officially began its first season with Las Troncas FC facing off against Saiyans FC. The matches are streamed on the Twitch platform. Thanks to recent developments, the match saw over 200k live viewers on the site.

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This is a huge achievement for both Gerard Pique and the league itself, to manage to bring in this kind of viewership within the first day of the launch. As the president of the Queens League, Gerard Pique expressed his happiness at the turnout in a post on Twitter. He wrote: “Over 200k people watching the first game of the Queens League! History”.

The Queens League has managed to achieve something big by offering an innovative venture to combine sports with entertainment. It looks like Pique’s major project for women’s soccer has kick-started on a positive note. While Gerard Pique is enjoying the success of his brainchild endeavor, his ex-partner Shakira seems to continue winning accolades.

Shakira making Billboard history

Shakira has had an incredible year, and it appears to be a recurring theme throughout her career. Her recent diss tracks to ex-boyfriend Gerard Pique have been a massive hit around the world. And has further cemented her status in the industry. Now, Billboard is recognizing Shakira for all she has accomplished by naming her the first-ever ‘Latin Woman of the Year’.

On May 7th, her achievements will be highlighted during Billboard’s inaugural ‘Latin Women In Music’ event. The prestigious title will officially be conferred on the show and Shakira will go down in history as the first ever to win it. This historic accomplishment is indicative of Shakira’s position as an iconic global superstar.

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