Shakira has €55m returned in new case after previously avoiding threat of eight-year jail sentence

It's been a fantastic few days for Shakira after the Colombian singer released her new World Cup song before being told she would be paid back nearly £50m.

After releasing the iconic hit 'Waka Waka' back in 2010 when football's biggest event was held in South Africa, the popular performer has teamed up with Burna Boy to create a 2026 version, even if fans of Haiti and Iran won't be able to properly enjoy it.

While Shakira will be hoping that her song, which names some of football's most memorable players and the countries competing at this summer's tournament, will be inspiring hope and joy, she certainly has some less positive things to sing and say about the Spanish tax authorities.

For nearly a decade, the 'Whenever, Wherever' singer has been embroiled in financial legal battles which she claims have had a huge impact on her mental and physical health.

Not a bad week for Shakira (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images)

We already knew that Shakira's 'Hips Don't Lie' and it turns out that neither does she when it comes to her taxes, after Spanish tax authorities were ordered to pay back 55m euros (£48m) by the high court.

"After more than eight years of enduring brutal public targeting, orchestrated campaigns to destroy my reputation, and sleepless nights that ultimately impacted my health and my family's well-being, the National High Court has finally set the record straight," she said in a statement that was issued by her lawyer.

"There was never any fraud, and the administration itself could never prove otherwise, simply because it wasn't true. Yet, for nearly a decade, I was treated as guilty."

Shakira has two children with ex-husband Gerard Pique (BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)

The case hinged on exactly where and for how long Shakira was living in Spain back in 2011, as she was married to former Barcelona footballer Gerard Pique at the time.

In order to be a tax resident in Spain, you must live there for more than 183 days in a single year and after the High Court case, the authorities were only able to prove that the 49-year-old lived there for 163 days that year.

Shakira's representatives stated that she was on a world tour in 2011 which saw her perform over 100 concerts in 37 different countries, and that she had no permanent address in Spain during that time.

The singer has always denied any wrongdoing since the investigations were first made public back in 2018, suggesting that her 'name and public image' had been used "to send a threatening message' to other taxpayers in the country.

Now the high court has ordered the Spanish tax authorities to pay back a huge sum of £48 million which was accumulated from wrongly imposed fines, plus interest, according to legal documents.