10 Empowering Songs From Brazilian Pop Sensation Anitta That You Need in Your Life

Released in the Summer of 2018, "Medicina" — which is Spanish for "Medicine" — is all about how wealth is not nearly as important as the unifying and healing power of music. As well as being a certified bop, this jam also provided an awesome music video, which was shot in Colombia, Hong Kong, India, the US, South Africa, and Brazil and features children from each country dancing to the song.

"Meiga e Abusada" — which is Portuguese for "Sweet and Sassy" — is one of her first hits from back in 2012 and it's seriously empowering. The music video was inspired by "I Hate This Part" by The Pussycat Dolls and shows Anitta strutting her stuff and looking super sexy in Las Vegas.

"Show das Poderosas" — or "Powerful Girls Performance" — was released in 2013 as the third single from her self-titled debut album. The funky pop hit channels major Beyoncé vibes as she sings (and, in the music video, shows off) the persuasive power of femininity.

Not to be confused with Ke$ha's 2010 hit of the same name, this single from 2014 was written by Anitta herself and is all about how no man is ever going to tell her what to do, which is a sentiment we can definitely get behind.

"Bang" is from Anitta's third studio album of the same name, serving as the second single from the album and offering the feel of both pop and trap music. She wrote the song with Umberto Tavares and Jefferson Junior (both of whom she has worked with before), which makes sense, as the song is all about different types of partnerships, whether that be a romantic relationship, a friendship, or a collaboration.

"Sim Ou Não" — or "Yes and No" — is a pop and reggaeton hit featuring popular Colombian singer Maluma in his first collaboration with Anitta. It's all about a fleeting love between two people from different places who might never see each other again, but who might as well enjoy each other for the night, and let's just say the video is muy caliente.

The sexy single "Venemo" — which is Portuguese for "Poison" — was released in the Fall of 2018, and this line really sums the song up nicely: "Que pienses más en mí/ De lo que pienso en ti." Translation: "I hope you think about me more than I think about you." If you're freaked out by snakes, then this music video is probably not for you.

2017's "Paradinha" — or "Little Break" — is a dancehall-pop song with a tropical vibe, and it's one of Anitta's first Spanish hits, which she recorded in an attempt to gain a bigger audience in the US. Inspired by Shakira, "Paradinha" is a reference to the suggestive hip-shaking Brazilian dance move "Quadrado," and it's all about women who know their power and know just how to take control of a situation.

"Na Batida" — which is Portuguese for "On the Beat" — was released in 2014 from her second studio album, offering a funky electropop sound. Like many of her other songs, this one is all about being a powerful woman who won't let others force her to back down or question herself.

Released as the first single from her third studio album in 2015, the R&B and pop-influenced "Deixa Ele Sofrer" — or "Let Him Suffer" — was also written by Anitta in a collaboration with Umberto Tavares and Jefferson Junior. This one is all about mourning the end of a relationship, and no, it's not because she misses the guy — it's because the poor guy is going to be missing out on her. Can we get a "yas queen?"