when i first heard this, i thought she was black

Agree, its the same effect when listening to CHUD, her version of Car Wash, Impossible and several of her songs from her debut. Someone once said "this is the voice of a young black woman." I give all the credit to her Ecuadorian roots

Christina Aguilera, Amy Winehouse, Duffy, Joss Stone.

I first heard Beautiful on radio and thought she was a middle aged POC. She sounded like she's been through life lol

You obviously cant hear then

Umm no

This is a very weird post

I think many people did haha