Following this thread, now I'm asking, what's your favourite post-2000 ballad?

I added what I consider to be the most ballad-esque songs, I didn't added Open All Night and You Had Me From Hello as they are more acoustic pieces than proper ballads; something similar with Room At The End Of The World that seems more like a midtempo. I added These Open Arms as it was an official bonus track of an studio album.

Well, I think I go first. I think that the first place would go to (You Want To) Make A Memory or 'Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore. The first one might not be the best live song these days, but the studio version (specially the single mix) is fantastic. I like Strangers because of the lyrical content "It might be hard to be lovers, but it's harder to be friends". Might not be a piece of art, but are lyrics that are easy to relate, and it has a nice guitar; also, LeAnn Rimes does her job well IMO.

Thank You For Loving Me was a favourite when I was a kid and trough my adolescence, but nowadays I'm kinda tired of it. I'd love to hear it love, though, as in Canada 2011 sounded excelent and it could be a staple of every night.

Save The World is a super-underrated (fixed!) song, I love the guitar, the melody, the "wooooooooooooooorld" at the end. Really great, great, song!

And These Open Arms is one of the most beautiful songs ever written "And what if everyone you ever loved was torn, from the pages of your life? Would you reach out for tomorrow, or try to turn back time?" "Do you make a damn of difference in someone elses' life?", sadly it was just a bonus track. But still, every time I hear it it makes me shiver.