Shakira, who has sold more than 60 million albums, had lived with Piqué on the outskirts of Barcelona.
Colombian superstar Shakira and FC Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué announced on Saturday that they were asking for time for their relationship of more than a decade.
The couple announced their separation just over a week after Spanish court documents brought Shakira closer to being tried in Spain for tax fraud after a Barcelona court rejected an appeal by the singer.