When Shakira posted a brief Instagram Story clip featuring “Can’t Remember to Forget You,” fans immediately zeroed in on one possibility: could Rihanna join her onstage in Rio next week? The post, arriving just days before Shakira’s massive May 2 Copacabana Beach concert in Rio de Janeiro, has ignited speculation that one of pop’s biggest collaborations could finally return to the live stage.
The timing is fueling the frenzy. “Can’t Remember to Forget You,” released in January 2014 as the lead single from Shakira’s self-titled album, remains one of her most globally recognized crossover hits, peaking in the top 20 across multiple major markets and pairing two of music’s most commercially powerful stars. Neither artist has regularly revisited the track together in a major live setting, which makes the social tease feel unusually pointed—especially with Copacabana positioned as one of the largest performances of Shakira’s career.
Rio’s free “Todo Mundo no Rio” concert series has already established itself as a blockbuster platform. Madonna’s 2024 Copacabana show reportedly drew 1.6 million people, while Lady Gaga’s 2025 event further cemented the beach as a destination for historic-scale pop spectacles. Organizers are expecting over 1 million attendees for Shakira’s edition, with some projections climbing toward 2 million, placing the show among the largest crowds of her career. In recent days, Shakira herself has fueled the fans’ curiosity by teasing the presence of surprise guests.
Shakira is no stranger to Brazil’s scale. Her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour launched in Rio de Janeiro on February 11, 2025, before becoming a commercial juggernaut. By February 2026, the tour had grossed $421.6 million across 86 shows, securing Guinness World Record recognition as the highest-grossing Latin tour ever and ranking among the five biggest tours by a female artist. Momentum only accelerated on March 1, when she drew an estimated 400,000 fans to Mexico City’s Zócalo, the venue’s largest recorded audience.
That momentum continued in April with the announcement of limited U.S. summer dates, extending a tour cycle that has consistently broken attendance and revenue benchmarks.
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