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Wavin' Flag cover. Young Artists for Haiti was a movement to engage Canada's young musicians to continue to inspire an ongoing effort and contribution to Canadian charities for their work to help the people of Haiti overcome the devastation from the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that rocked the country on January 12, 2010.
Eight days after the Artists for Haiti 2010 celebrity remake was released, a "video response" to the song's official YouTube video was posted by Internet personality and singer-songwriter Lisa Lavie, and was "favorited" on the YouTube channel of the We Are The World Foundation. [30]
"Wavin' Flag" is a song by Somali-Canadian artist K'naan from his album Troubadour (2009). The song was originally written for Somalia and aspirations of its people for freedom. The original single was a hit in Canada and reached number two on the Canadian Hot 100 as the second official single from the album, after the single " ABCs ", a minor hit.
“He was a great musician, who was always helping other artists especially up-and-coming artists in Haiti,” Hyacinthe said. ... His young son, Gabriel, recalled his father’s sense of humor ...
“As artists we are always reflecting among ourselves, saying, ‘We don’t know what to do.’ “
Called "a massive charity collaboration for the digital age" by CTV's national television program Canada AM, [12] within days after it was posted the video became the subject of media attention, [7] [13] [14] including multiple national television features on CNN [4] [5] and a primetime news feature on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer.
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In 2010, Farrell was one of many Canadian singers who performed "Wavin' Flag" to help Haiti. Farrell's fourth studio album, Love Letter , was released on August 30, 2011, led by the single "Turn You Down."