"Hands in the Air" (2009)
Album: Mi Plan (My Plan)
Style: Pop, about defenselessness, relationship trouble
Country: Canada, Portuguese background

Listen:

At YouTube here. Beautiful voice, but the song is sad. Don’t put your hands in the air in defeat! Nooo.

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"Photograph"
Album: Un Día Normal (A Normal Day), 2002
Style: Soft rock, nostalgic, long-distance love
Country: Colombia (Juanes), Canada (Nelly Furtado)

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Translation:

( Cada vez que yo me voy, llevo a un lado de mi piel tus fotografías para verlas cada vez que tú ausencia me devora entero el corazón... )