The Official 2010 World Cup Album

Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album is a collaboration by various artists, both local African and international. The album was released on May 31, 2010.
Background

The album consists of collaborations between Colombian singer Shakira and Freshlyground, "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)", Nomvula, Claudia Leitte, R. Kelly, Pitbull and many more.  Japanese singer-songwriter Misia is the first Asian artist to participate in the worldwide edition of an official FIFA album.South African teacher/ activist/singer Jpre contributes a revamp of his historical song, "Ke Nako" to the album. Originally recorded and adopted by Mr. Nelson Mandela as his election campaign "theme" song, the 2010 edition features International Superstar Wyclef Jean, 5 Time Grammy Nominee Jazmine Sullivan, and introduces new sensation B. Howard.
Proceeds from the album will benefit FIFA's "20 Centers for 2010", whose aim is to achieve positive social change through football by building twenty Football for Hope centres for public health, education and football across Africa, and other African charities

Critical Receptions
Stuart Derdeyn from The Province gave the album a C- and said "Red Card for bad taste.[...] This leads to sonic vomit such as Shakira's "Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)," perhaps the stupidest official song for any major sporting event ever. At least the official "anthem" - "Sign of Victory" by R. Kelly and the Soweto Spiritual Singers - is somewhat listenable." Talent Haus fired back to Derdeyn's comments, saying "Calling a work of art from another culture 'vomit' is very disrespectful. Not having an open mind to other types of music that you don't hear in your country does not mean that a song won't be enjoyed globally, and the World Cup is a very global event."



Track listing

International

No. Title Performer(s) Length

1. "Sign of a Victory" (The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Anthem) R. Kelly featuring Soweto Spiritual Singers 4:13

2. "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" (The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Song) Shakira featuring Freshlyground 3:22

3. "Viva Africa" Nneka 3:31

4. "One Day" Matisyahu featuring Nameless 3:28

5. "Shosholoza 2010" Ternielle Nelson, Jason Hartman, Uju, Louise Carver, Aya & Deep Level 3:42

6. "Ke Nako" J Pre, Wyclef Jean, Jazmine Sullivan, B. Howard 4:04

7. "Move On Up" Angélique Kidjo and John Legend 3:07

8. "Spirit of Freedom" Uju and Judy Bailey 3:53

9. "Game On" (The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Mascot Song) Pitbull, TKZee and Dario G 3:19

10. "Maware Maware" Misia featuring M2J and Francis Jocky 3:40

11. "As Mascaras" (South Africa '10 to Brasil '14) Claudia Leitte and Lira 3:11

12. "Hope" (with Nelson Mandela) Siphiwo Featuring Message of Hope from Nelson Mandela 3:50

[show]Latin America and Spain Bonus Tracks

No. Title Performer(s) Length

13. "Gol De Mi Corazón" Doctor Krápula 3:08

14. "Waka Waka (Esto Es África)" (Canción Oficial de La Copa Mundial FIFA 2010) Shakira featuring Freshlyground

13. "Nkosi Sikelel' Iafrika" Soweto String Quartet

14. "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) (Afro Fab mix)[8]" (The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Song) Shakira featuring Freshlyground 3:2