Nelly Furtado weds her music to a Latin soul. At least that's her 'Plan' The singer's new album, 'Mi Plan,' is racing up the charts from Mexico to Europe, a tribute to her ability to tap into a multicultural background. Nelly Furtado "I tried to write in English a few times, and it was, like, forget about it. I just had no inspiration," Nelly Furtado says. Strutting into Westwood's W Hotel in a tight purple dress, matching pumps and isn't-she-somebody-famous? sunglasses, Nelly Furtado is the very model of a modern pop princess.
The burly bodyguards, the anxious makeup assistant, the aura of casual conspicuousness -- it's all there. But a few minutes later, seated poolside and sipping camomile tea after swapping her high heels for slippers, Furtado is as sensible as her footwear. Bubbling with sly humor, thoughtful observations and emotional frankness, she lays out the back story to her new album, "Mi Plan" (My Plan), her debut all-Spanish-language CD, released Tuesday.
The album's first single, "Manos al Aire" (Hands in the Air), an up-tempo cri de coeur to a sensitivity-challenged lover, has been racing up the charts from Austria to Mexico, a testament to Furtado's global-musical mentality and polyglot marketing power. A world tour, including an L.A. stopover, is scheduled to start later this year.
Though some might interpret "Mi Plan" as a belated dash into the booming Latin pop market, Furtado, the child of immigrants who moved from Portugal's Azores archipelago to Canada, points out that she always has split her recordings roughly 80% to 20% between English and Spanish. She also kept a clause in her DreamWorks Records contract allowing her to make Latin albums whenever she liked.
"Mi Plan," the chanteuse says, came out of her desire to delve deeper into Iberia's lyrical sensibility, which she previously has explored in duets with colleagues such as Colombian superstar Juanes.
She also felt, instinctively, that Spanish would be the best tongue for conveying her current state of being as a working mom who savors the quotidian pleasures of parenting, making music and daily life in her Toronto hometown. "I tried to write in English a few times, and it was, like, forget about it. I just had no inspiration," she says. "And then when I started writing in Spanish it was like, 'Whoa! I get to finally pay tribute or experiment with all the Latin pop sounds that I love. And all the artists.'
" In Furtado's case that's a lengthy list. She began compiling it as a child, through her exposure to traditional Portuguese fado, folkloric and pop music, which she heard at church, in her family's home and in the immigrant environs of Victoria, British Columbia. She has vivid memories of summers spent visiting the family's ancestral home in the Azores and of rummaging through mildewed boxes crammed with compositions written by her grandfather, a conductor and marching band composer.
"I remember looking at pieces of my grandfather's old clarinet after he passed away and holding them in my hands, and just [feeling] a lot of raw musical energy." She took Portuguese lessons until she was 12, a run-up to her adolescent crush on Brazilian music and her embrace of such iconic artists as Tom Zé and Caetano Veloso.
In high school she started studying Spanish, the linguistic sibling of Portuguese. She reckons her command of the language is now 50% to 60%. But it wasn't until she matched vocals with Juanes on his No. 1 Hot Latin hit song "Tu Fotografia" -- and repaid the favor by asking him to chime in on her own single "Te Busque" -- that Furtado found her comfort zone. Additional collaborations with artists including Calle 13, electronica-tango outfit Bajofondo Tango Club and reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel helped cement her Spanish-language connection.
The clincher was Furtado's marriage last year to Cuban American producer Demacio "Demo" Castellon, who had worked with her on 2006's "Loose" album, which sold 10 million copies worldwide. "That makes all the difference, because then you find yourself using Spanish a lot more, in a lot more personal situations, intimate situations," she says. In making "Mi Plan," Furtado said, she felt she needed collaborators to fully tap into the rich melodic and poetic possibilities of Spanish-language culture.
So she enlisted such can't-miss talent as Mexican pop-alt-rocker Julieta Venegas, the Spanish jazz-flamenco singer Concha Buika, Mexican crooner Alejandro Fernández and a wild card, Josh Groban, the L.A. singer-songwriter whose eclectic gifts make him something of a spiritual cousin to Furtado. "I just think he's incredible because he's in his own lane and he's very fearless," Furtado says. Most crucial for the new record was Furtado's decision to team up with Cuban Canadian singer-bassist Alex Cuba, who helped pen most of the tracks on "Mi Plan." "Nelly is somebody very real.
She lays it down flat on a table. She just tells you what she's feeling," says Cuba, who just released his own album, "Agua del Pozo," and will be performing today at the Mint. Furtado says that singing in Spanish allows her to channel deeper, contradictory feelings than might be permitted in English, turning emotions on a dime.
"Singing as a Latin female I can be less two-dimensional," she says. "Like 'Manos al Aire,' in the verse I'm kind of almost angry. I'm accusing my lover. I'm, like, mad. But in the chorus I'm vulnerable, and I throw my hands up and say, 'You know what? I want to make this work.' And I think in English the song would be a train wreck." So far, Furtado's career has been smooth motoring while veering from cheeky funk and hip-hop to sophisticated forays into Afro-Brazilian batucada, samba and tropicalia.
Occasionally, though, her tendency to shed old stylistic skins and grow new ones has divided her critics, particularly over rhythmically frisky releases such as the 2003's "Folklore." Entertainment Weekly praised the disc as "exultant music" that goes "on its merry, multicultural way," but Rolling Stone dismissed it as a "slick, multicultural hodgepodge.
" From Furtado's perspective, it's not so much that she has changed as that her media followers have. "When I came out with my first CD, I would tell people that the CD was influenced by . . . Tom Zé, Caetano Veloso, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan," she recalls. "And it was like I'd get blank stares from journalists. Because some of them had never heard world music." Today's sonic landscape is much richer, she believes, thanks largely to the Internet and iTunes.
Listeners of all stripes are more accustomed to -- and have come to better appreciate -- music that embraces a host of global influences, including her own. "In 2010, it'll be 10 years since my first album came out. And now I finally feel like I fit in."
Nelly Furtado debutó #1 en la lista de discos Latinos que publica la revista Billboard. El plan de Nelly Furtado no sólo era poner las Manos Al Aire, sino también las ventas de su primer álbum en español titulado Mi Plan, que esta semana consiguió el debut más alto de un disco pop en nuestro idioma este año dentro del chart latino de Billboard.
¿Será que se está convirtiendo en la cantante favorita del público hispano?
Nelly es #1 El plan de Nelly Furtado Con su más reciente disco, Mi Plan, la cantante canadiense-portuguesa Nelly Furtado debutó en el primer lugar de la lista de discos latinos que publica la prestigiada revista Billboard.
De tal forma, la intérprete, que ha vendido más de 18 millones de copias en el mundo, consiguió el debut más impactante de un álbum pop latino de 2009.
Por si fuera poco, Mi Plan, también lidera los listados de descargas digitales en Estados Unidos, siendo así el disco digital en su género más vendido en el país. Igualmente, el tema Manos Al Aire sigue encabezando las preferencias radiales en EU por cuarta semana consecutiva.
En cuanto al plano internacional, el disco debutó en el número uno de descargas digitales en México y es primer lugar de ventas en Centroamérica. Además, sigue encabezando los listados de radio en España, Italia, Chile, todo Centroamérica, México y el resto de Latinoamérica.
A finales del mes, Nelly viajará a Europa para continuar con la promoción de su nuevo álbum Mi Plan. En donde por primera vez presentará en vivo su sencillo, Manos Al Aire.
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Singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado went to the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) Daycare Center as a spokesperson for Jumpstart’sRead for the Recordcampaign. During this event they announced that a limited edition of Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which is the Read for the Record official campaign book, will be on sale at WalMartstores nationwide.
Read for the Record will take place on October 8, 2009. The goalis to break the world record as adults read the same book on the same day to more than one million children across the USA. Another goal of the campaign is to raise both awareness and funds to support Jumpstart’s work. Jumpstart works with preschool children in low-income communities. The organization is working toward the day when all children enter school prepared to succeed. In addition to Ms. Furtado, the program’s co-sponsors were there.
Stacy Morrison, the Editor-in-Chief of Redbook, started off the conference. Also, Michelle Gilliard, Director of the WalMartFoundation, and Raymond Garcia, from the Pearson Foundation spoke.Nelly talked about her commitment to the Jumpstart program and her commitment to the literacy cause. At the press conference, Nelly talked about her daughter who will turn six in a few days, “…reading has been such a huge part of our lives. I read to her daily when she was a baby. We have a lot of books at home. And, I was shocked to hear that…in some households there might be as little as zero, one, two or three books in low income households all across America. I remember when I was a child my parents saving their hard-earned money and buying us the ChildcraftEncyclopedias.
They were our whole world and inspired a love of reading. I know that it’s so important to get that language in the children before they even get to kindergarten because then they have the familiarity there. And so, it’s really special to be here because I really love books.”Nelly echoed the same thoughts in my one-on-one with her. As a mother of a young girl, she realizes that it’s key to set the groundwork for literacy early. Jumpstart’s Read for the Record campaign is a great way to get started andmake sure that children start school with the basic skills they need to succeed. For Nelly, the appeal is it’s not intimidating to get started. Anyone can get a book and read to a child.
What could be easier? During the event, Nelly recorded a PSA to promote Jumpstart. However, best of all, a few lucky preschool kids got to enjoy Nelly reading The Very Hungry Caterpillarto them.
To take part in Look To The Stars’special promotion to win a signed copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar
OK! caught up with singer Nelly Furtado to get the final say on what she’s been up to since the release of her Spanish-language album Mi Plan.
Last Song She Downloaded: “”Loba” by Shakira. I love her melodies, voice and overall vibe.
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Last Memorable Moment With Her Daughter, Nevis: “It’s hard to choose! Probably watching her ride horses with her friend in Portugal.
Last Indulgence: “Everything I ate in Portugal on vacation [Nelly's parents are Portuguese]. Also, I just got five pairs of glasses-I have really bad eyesight. I bought a bunch of funky ones.
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Last Time She Worked Out: “This morning at 9 a.m. I did the treadmill and squats-all to make up for two weeks of cheating on vacation.” No need to punish yourself for a little indulgence after a lot of hard work! Don’t make that album your last, Nelly!
Singer Nelly Furtado is trying to cross over in a direction many artists don't ordinarily take. Singer Nelly Furtado says she enjoys diversity in music and broadening her fan base.
Singer Nelly Furtado says she enjoys diversity in music and broadening her fan base. With "Mi Plan," the Grammy Award-winning singer is taping into a brand new market and fan base, almost a decade after she came to fame in 2000 with the single "I'm Like a Bird." While the Canadian-born singer -- whose parents are Portuguese -- has sung in Spanish before, "Mi Plan" is the first time she has recorded an entire album in Spanish, a language she said she learned as a teen.
It's seems like a natural progression for Furtado, an artist often noted for diversity in her sound. A few years after her breakthrough, Furtado teamed up with superproducer Timbaland for her 2006 album "Loose," a collaboration that gained her scores of hip-hop and R&B fans as well, and spawned hits such as "Promiscuous" and "Say It Right."
"Mi Plan" pairs her with a few Spanish-language music artists, including Alex Cuba, Juan Luis Guerra, Julieta Venegas and La Mala Rodriguez, as well as English-language artist Josh Groban. The first single off the album, "Manos Al Aire," made history as it marked the first time a North American artist reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart with a song that was originally written in Spanish, rather than a translated version of an English-language song. Furtado spoke with CNN about her passion for Spanish, why she feels like an artist reborn and the career path she hopes to take.
CNN: What was the inspiration for the new album?
Nelly Furtado: There were so many inspirations. The language was the biggest inspiration. I've sang so much in Spanish in the past, and also Portuguese. I get a lot of joy in singing in Latin languages. It expresses the Latin side of me. Video Watch Furtado talk about her new album » My parents were born in Portugal and they raised us in Canada. We grew up speaking Portuguese and then I learned Spanish at the age of 14. I love being a multicultural artist, I love being a global artist. [The album] is almost like a literal reflection of that this time in the fact that it's all in Spanish and it's a completely original project written from scratch.
CNN: So it's all new? Furtado: Yes. It feels like a rebirth of sorts. It's almost like a parallel world where I get to reinvent myself again as an artist, but in a very whole kind of way. It's been a lot of fun.
CNN: You have such a loyal fan base. What do you hope they get from your latest project?
Furtado: Just because I have collaborated with so many different people with so many different styles of music that I think my sort of goal or mantra my whole career has been to broaden the minds of my fan base. This album is just an extension of that. I'm an inclusive person and everyone is invited to the fiesta. I'm excited because I am meeting brand new fans for the first time who don't have any of my prior albums. Four albums in, it's a tough job to try to attract new fans and I think that's what I am doing with this new music.
CNN: Did you consider it risky to do a Spanish-language album?
Furtado: I like to take risks. I live for risk taking and challenges. I just find it so much more exciting and it keeps my job entertaining and interesting. Everyone is looking for that next challenge at work. Everyone wants that extra credential on their business card. If it's easy, it's not fun.
CNN: How is performing in Spanish different?
Furtado: When I express myself in Spanish or in Portuguese I feel very free. There are a lot of things you can say in a Spanish song that you can't say in an English song, especially from a feminine perspective. As a female, the moment you sing too passionately in English you are kind of labeled as an angry singer. In Spanish that doesn't happen. You can be dramatic as you want and it's accepted. So it's liberating.
CNN: There are a lot of Spanish-speaking artists who want to cross over into the English-language market. How does it feel to be doing the reverse?
Furtado: I think I'm capitalizing a little bit on the inroads I have already made in the Latin world through working with other established Latin acts. I dabbled in Spanish on my third album. I had two records on there in Spanish and I really enjoyed writing them and playing them live. I'm just going where my heart's at and following the passions.
CNN: What's next for you?
Furtado: It's interesting because when I got off the road from touring with my third album, "Loose," I was exhausted. I tried to write some songs in English and no inspiration really came to me.
Nelly Furtado’s last record, the multiplatinum, dance-flavored “Loose” was mostly recorded at night. The CD highlighted the party girl in Furtado, showcasing her vocals over beats designed for clubs produced by Timbaland. Her new CD though, “Mi Plan,” takes a 180-degree spin from that. The album was recorded during the day and was more reflective of her life now, as the married mother of a 5-year-old girl. “I would literally wake up in the morning, drive my daughter to school and drive right to the studio and work all day,” said the 30-year-old, who got married last July. “That’s why it has a fresh, light, pure energy.
The CD is also her first album in Spanish. The Grammy-winning Furtado, who parents migrated from Portugal to Canada, says writing Spanish pop songs helped her get over the writer’s block that came after trying to recreate songs like her No. 1 hits “Promiscuous” and “Say It Right.” Q What was different about writing songs in Spanish? A I’m singing with a strength, but I’m also conveying a vulnerability, and I think that it’s something that I’m only capable of doing if I sing in a Latin language, that very succinct emotion. So really I use this album as a tool, I use it as a tool to further explore my emotions and my songwriting. Q What is the theme of the CD? A This album “Mi Plan” is really a personal album. Basically the big theme is love.
My last three albums, I had songs that maybe explored certain aspects of love, but they’re not really direct love songs. On this album, the songs are a lot more simple. Q How did your love life play a role on the making of the CD? A I’ve been really happy. It’s been a fun year for me. I just got married a year ago and I think that a lot of the sort of commitment and joy of commitment, that experience ... helps me creatively. I find that creativity flourishes when I’m really settled in my personal life and that’s reflected on “Mi Plan.”
Q Did your daughter have any influence on the CD? A She has an opinion on my music. About six months ago I had about 20 demos to choose from (and) I played her some stuff, and she liked the faster songs better. She said, “Mommy, there are too many slow songs.” And I went, “Hmm, there are some things that 5-year-olds can be right about ...” So I went back to the studio and I did more fast songs (laughs).
Q Since “Loose” was so successful, did you feel like you needed to capitalize on that and put out something similar? A It was a big success commercially, and of course my record company would have loved an English album right after. But at the same time they understood that really as an artist you have to grow at your own pace, you have to do what feels right. ... I think after eight years of recording English pop songs I just had writer’s block. And then when I started writing pop songs in Spanish, I really felt alive again. ...and actually it cured my writer’s block because I have since written in English again.
Q Have you worked with Timbaland? A Timbaland and I hooked up over spring break and we wrote about 10 songs together and we had a blast. The magic’s still there between us. We love each other so much. We fight sometimes, but we really always come back to that special musical friendship that we have.
NELLY FURTADO REACHES #1 ON BILLBOARD’S LATIN SALES CHART IN THE US & PUERTO RICO WITH “MI PLAN” HIGHEST DEBUT FOR A LATIN POP ALBUM IN 2009 MI PLAN IS THE TOP SELLING DIGITAL ALBUM ON ITUNES & AMAZON IN THE U.S. & ITUNES MEXICO NUMBER ONE IN SALES IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND TOP 5 IN GERMANY,COLOMBIA, SPAIN AND MEXICO TOP 20 DEBUT ON CANADA’S SOUNDSCAN, MAKING IT THE HIGHEST DEBUT EVER FOR A SPANISH ALBUM WHILE “MANOS AL AIRE” CONTINUES TO HOLD THE #1 POSITION IN LATIN RADIO FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE WEEKS
“I got so much joy out of recording this Spanish album; debuting at #1 is a dream come true." Nelly Furtado
Singer, songwriter and producer Nelly Furtado's new album Mi Plan debuts at #1 on Billboard's "Top Latin Albums" chart, making it the highest debut of 2009 for a Latin Pop album.
With MI PLAN also entrenched atop both the iTunes and Amazon Latin sales charts, the album is simultaneously the genre's top digital release in the country. Continuing Furtado's chart-topping trend this week, the album's first single, “Manos al Aire” continues to firmly hold the Number One position on the "Hot Latin Songs" chart for a fourth consecutive week.
On the international front, MI PLAN bowed at #1 on iTunes Mexico, #1 in Central Americaand posted Top 5 album chart debuts in Germany, Colombia, Spain and Mexico, as well as top 20 on the Canadian Soundscan. “Manos al Aire” is likewise dominating radio charts in those countries- as well as Italy, Chile, Mexico and the rest of Latin America.
At the end of the month, Nelly Furtado will travel to Europe to continue her dedicated promotion of MI PLAN where she present her hit single, “Manos al Aire” live for the first time.
New album, Mi Plan available in digital / mobile / CD
NELLY FURTADO #1 EN VENTAS DEL CHART LATINO DE BILLBOARD CON “MI PLAN” ES EL DEBUT MAS ALTO DE UN ÁLBUM POP EN EL 2009 NÚMERO UNO EN ITUNES Y AMAZON EN ESTADOS UNIDOS Y #1 EN ITUNES MÉXICO NÚMERO UNO EN VENTAS EN CENTRO AMERICA Y TOP 5 EN ALEMANIA, COLOMBIA, ESPAÑA Y MÉXICO ADEMÁS DEBUTÓ TOP 20 EN EL CHART DE VENTAS CANADIENSE, CONVIRTIENDOSE EN EL DEBUT MAS ALTO PARA UN DISCO EN ESPAÑOL ASIMISMO “MANOS AL AIRE” SE MANTIENE #1 EN LA RADIO LATINA DE E.U. POR 4 SEMANAS CONSECUTIVAS
"Grabar este disco en español me hizo muy feliz; debutar #1 es un sueño hecho realidad.” -Nelly Furtado
Con su nuevo disco, MI PLAN, la multi premiada cantante canadiense-portuguesa Nelly Furtado debutó #1 en la lista de discos Latinos que publica la revista Billboard, haciéndolo el debut más alto de un álbum pop Latino en el 2009. Con MI PLAN, también liderando los listados de iTunes y Amazon en Estados Unidos, el álbum es simultáneamente el disco digital en su género más vendido en el país. Igualmente, el tema sigue NÚMERO UNO en la radio del país por cuatro semanas consecutivas.
En el plano internacional, el disco debutó #1 en iTunes México, #1 en ventas en Centro América, Top 5 en Alemania, Colombia, España y México y Top 20 en el Soundscan canadiense, haciendo de este el debut más alto para un disco en español. Paralelo a éste éxito, Nelly Furtado sigue encabezando los listados de radio de estos países, al igual que en España, Italia, Chile, todo Centroamérica, México y el resto de Latinoamérica.
A finales del mes, Nelly viajará a Europa para continuar con la promoción de su nuevo álbum MI PLAN y en donde por primera vez presentará en vivo su sencillo, “Manos al aire”.
Nuevo álbum, Mi Plan disponible en formato Digital / Móvil / CD
NELLY FURTADO’S “MANOS AL AIRE” CONTINUES TO TOP LATIN RADIO IN THE U.S. AND PUERTO RICO AS SHE FIRMLY HOLDS THE #1 SPOT 4th CONSECUTIVE WEEK #1 ON BILLBOARD’S HOT LATIN SONGS CHART NELLY PERFORMED “MANOS AL AIRE” LIVE! LAST WEEK ON THE ALMA AWARDS & CONAN O’BRIEN
New album, Mi Plan available in digital / mobile / CD Canadian-Portuguese singer, songwriter and producer Nelly Furtado firmly holds the top Latin radio spot in the United States and Puerto Rico. First single, "MANOS AL AIRE" is NUMBER ONE for the FOURTH CONSECUTIVE WEEK on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart, while #1 in Spain and continuing to top radio charts in Germany, Italy,Colombia, Chile, all of Central America, Mexico. Mi Plan, which went on sale worldwide last week is a collection of songs full of rhythm, feeling and sensations aimed to hit the heart and soul of Nelly’s audience, despite the language.
Also found on the album are amazing collaborations with top artists from diverse countries and musical genres: Josh Groban (“Silencio”), Alejandro Fernández (“Sueños”), Juan Luis Guerra (“Como Lluvia”), Julieta Venegas and La Mala Rodríguez (“Bajo Otra Luz”), Buika (“Fuerte”), and Alex Cuba (Mi Plan). In support of the release of MI PLAN, Nelly Furtado traveled to New York and Los Angeles last week as part of an intense promotional which took her through the most relevant and important shows, such as MTV’s Video Music Awards, The Today Show, Chelsea Lately, Alma Awards and Conan O’Brien where on the latter two she performed hit single, “Manos al Aire” live.
At the end of the month, Nelly Furtado will travel to Europe to continue with the intense promotion of her new album, MI PLAN and present her hit single, “Manos al Aire” live for the first time.
NELLY FURTADO ES NUMERO UNO POR 4ta SEMANA CONSECUTIVA EN LA RADIO LATINA DE ESTADOS UNIDOS DE ACUERDO A LA LISTA HOT LATIN SONGS DE BILLBOARD NELLY PRESENTO EN VIVO LA SEMANA PASADA “MANOS AL AIRE” EN LOS PREMIOS ALMA Y EL PROGRAMA DE CONAN O’BRIEN, ASI COMO ENTREVISTAS EN CHELSEY LATELY ENTRE OTROS 15 PROGRAMAS DE TV A NIVEL NACIONAL
Nuevo álbum, Mi Plan disponible en formato digital / móvil / CD La multipremiada cantante canadiense-portuguesa Nelly Furtado sigue coronando las listas de radio a nivel mundial con su primer sencillo, “Manos al Aire”. En Estados Unidos se encuentra NUMERO UNO por CUARTA SEMANA consecutiva en el HOT LATIN SONGS que publica la revista Billboard, mientras que en España también es #1 y sigue dominando los listados de radio en Alemania, Italia, Colombia, Chile, todo Centroamérica, México y el resto de Latinoamerica.
En MI PLAN, el cual salio a la venta la semana pasada, Nelly invitó a artistas destacados en diversos géneros y nacionalidades a colaborar con ella en varias canciones del disco: Alejandro Fernández (“Sueños”), Josh Groban (“Silencio”), Juan Luis Guerra (“Como Lluvia”), Julieta Venegas y La Mala Rodríguez (“Bajo Otra Luz”), Buika (“Fuerte”) y Alex Cuba (“Mi Plan”), quienes aportaron su talento y enriquecieron enormemente el sabor y concepto del álbum.
Como parte de una intensa promoción para su nuevo disco, MI PLAN, la semana pasada Nelly Furtado viajo a Nueva York y Los Angeles donde participo en algunos de los programas más relevantes e importantes, como los MTV Video Music Awards, Today Show, Chelsey Lately, Alma Awards y Conan O’Brien donde en los últimos dos presento su sencillo, “Manos al Aire” en vivo.
A finales del mes, Nelly viajara a Europa para continuar con la promoción de su nuevo disco, MI PLAN y en donde por primera vez presentara su sencillo, “Manos al Aire” en vivo.
Nelly Furtado, la cantante canadiense de origen portugués, presenta Mi Plan, su primer disco grabado íntegramente en español.
El cuarto trabajo discográfico de Furtado, autora de éxitos como I'm like a bird, se lanza en todo el mundo y está disponible también en formato digital.
Para demostrar que el cambio de idioma le ha sentado bien, la canción que da nombre al álbum ya lleva tres semanas ocupando los primeros puestos entre las más escuchadas en Estados Unidos.
"Lo estupendo de la música pop en español es que uno puede ser extremadamente dramático, permite una gran licencia emocional", expresó la artista en una entrevista con el periodista de la BBC Mark Savage.
Furtado creció hablando inglés y también portugués, el idioma de sus padres, pero mientras estrellas latinas como Shakira y Enrique Iglesias graban versiones en inglés para acceder al mercado de EE.UU., ella hace el viaje inverso y dedica su nuevo disco al poder "emocional" del español.
Feliz accidente
Nelly Furtado
El nuevo disco de Furtado mezcla influencias de cumbia, reguetón, bachata y flamenco.
Según le contó a la BBC, mientras trabajaba el año pasado en la letra de una canción llamada My Plan, el cantante cubano-canadiense Alex Cuba se acercó al estudio a saludar y le sugirió que introdujera algunas frases en español.
"Me encantó", dijo Furtado, y gracias a ese feliz accidente la idea de un disco íntegro en español tomó forma.
"En inglés, especialmente si eres mujer, cuando empiezas a expresar enfado te ponen la etiqueta de malhumorada, como a Alanis Morissette, o si suenas muy triste te describen como frágil y ñoña", opinó la intérprete.
"En la canción Manos al aire estoy muy enojada en las estrofas y muy vulnerable en los coros, y es genial poder pasar por esos estados de ánimos en la misma canción".
"Creo que en inglés hubiera sido un desastre".
El foco en América Latina
América Latina constituye un enorme mercado musical, pero no tan grande como el que forman Estados Unidos y Canadá, donde los discos es lenguas extranjeras tradicionalmente venden poco.
Este disco es algo divertido para mí, porque tengo la oportunidad de pasar tiempo en esos países fascinantes como Argentina, Colombia o Venezuela
Nelly Furtado
Sin embargo, para Nelly Furtado, cuyo último álbum en inglés vendió más de 10 millones de copias en todo el mundo, también hay otros intereses.
"Yo no mido el éxito en términos de ventas".
"Este disco es algo divertido para mí, porque tengo la oportunidad de pasar tiempo en esos países fascinantes como Argentina, Colombia o Venezuela", explicó la cantante.
"Estoy dando entrevistas a revistas y radios con las que no había hablado en toda mi carrera, y es genial cambiar un poco el foco".
Latino y acústico
Destacadas figuras de la música en español como Julieta Venegas, Juan Luis Guerra, Concha Buika o La Mala Rodríguez hacen sus contribuciones al acercamiento latino de Furtado.
Y además, el nuevo disco -en el que destaca el sonido acústico de guitarras, cabasas y bongos- incluye toques de cumbia, reguetón, bachata y flamenco.
"En la última gira, mis momentos favoritos fueron los acústicos", confesó la artista en la entrevista con la BBC.
Mientras su aventura en español se muestra al mundo, Furtado dijo sentirse cómoda con un idioma que domina con una fluidez del "50% o el 60%".
Por si acaso, aclaró: "Para los conciertos del nuevo disco, me acompañan tres coristas que cantan en español y suenan fantástico".
WHILE HER SINGLE, “MANOS AL AIRE” CONTINUES TO LOCK DOWN THE #1 POSITION ON RADIO IN THE U.S. AND PUERTO RICO FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE WEEK… NELLY FURTADO’S NEW ALBUM, MI PLAN IS RELEASED WORLDWIDE Mi Plan is Nelly’s fourth studio album and first completely in Spanish.
Multi-awarded Canadian-Portuguese singer songwriter, Nelly Furtado releases her fourth studio album and first completely done in Spanish, Mi Plan, which will be available worldwide on CD, Digital and Mobile formats.
“Manos Al Aire”, the first single off the album, continues to lead radio charts around the world. In the US, the song is NUMBER ONE for the THIRD CONSECUTIVE WEEK on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart, while continuing to dominate charts in Germany, Italy, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Spain and all of Central America. Nelly Furtado has reached Platinum in 31 countries, and sold over 18 million copies of her past albums, “Whoa, Nelly”, “Folklore”, and “Loose”, and now has reinvented herself, while maintaining her musical trademark.
After 10 years of making albums in English, and having collaborated in Spanish with artists such as Juanes, Wisin & Yandel and Calle 13, Nelly has accomplished her dream of recording an entire album fully in Spanish.
This has been a natural step in her artistic evolution; Nelly does not consider Mi Plan a Latin album, but rather “music in Spanish for the world”. Mi Plan is a collection of songs full of rhythm, feeling and sensations aimed to hit the heart and soul of her audience, despite language.
Also found on the album are amazing collaborations with top artists from diverse countries and musical genres: Josh Groban (“Silencio”), Alejandro Fernández (“Sueños”), Juan Luis Guerra (“Como Lluvia”), Julieta Venegas and La Mala Rodríguez (“Bajo Otra Luz”), Buika (“Fuerte”), and Alex Cuba (Mi Plan). Born in Canada, with Portuguese blood and a Spanish voice, Nelly offers us her most recent album to date, full of dreams and rhythms which pays tribute to the beauty found in cultural diversity.
MIENTRAS SU SENCILLO “MANOS AL AIRE” APARECE POR TERCERA SEMANA CONSECUTIVA EN #1 DE LA RADIO LATINA EN ESTADOS UNIDOS Y PUERTO RICO… NELLY FURTADO LANZO A NIVEL MUNDIAL SU NUEVO ÁLBUM, MI PLAN Mi Plan es su cuarto álbum de estudio y primero completamente en español.
La multipremiada cantante canadiense-portuguesa Nelly Furtado regresa hoy al panorama discográfico con el lanzamiento de Mi Plan, su cuarto álbum de estudio y primero completamente en español, en las tiendas físicas, digitales y móviles de todo el mundo. El primer sencillo del álbum, “Manos Al Aire”, sigue coronando las listas de radio a nivel mundial.
En Estados Unidos se encuentra en NUMERO UNO por TERCERA SEMANA consecutiva en las listas de la radio Latina. "Manos Al Aire", también domina los listados de radio en Alemania, Italia, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, todo Centroamérica, México y España. Habiendo cosechado innumerables logros, discos de platino en más de 31 países y 18 millones de copias con sus álbums anteriores “Whoa, Nelly”, “Folklore” y “Loose”, Nelly se reinventó de nueva cuenta, conservando lo mejor de su estilo musical.
Luego de 10 años de grabar en inglés, y habiendo ya incursionado en el idioma español en algunas colaboraciones (Juanes, Wisin & Yandel, Calle 13), Nelly cristaliza con “Mi Plan” un sueño largamente acariciado: grabar un álbum en español, lo cual era un paso natural en su evolución artística y en su identidad arraigada en la cultura latina. Nelly no considera éste un “álbum latino”, sino música para el mundo cantada en español. En “Mi Plan”, Nelly conserva su sonido tan característico, y presenta una colección de canciones llenas de sensaciones, sentimientos y ritmos que le serán muy familiares al público, indistintamente del idioma que hablen.
Es el disco más pop que Nelly ha compuesto en su carrera. Además, Nelly invitó a artistas destacados en diversos géneros y nacionalidades a colaborar con ella en varias canciones de “Mi Plan”: Alejandro Fernández (“Sueños”), Josh Groban (“Silencio”), Juan Luis Guerra (“Como Lluvia”), Julieta Venegas y La Mala Rodríguez (“Bajo Otra Luz”), Buika (“Fuerte”) y Alex Cuba (“Mi Plan”), quienes aportaron su talento y enriquecieron enormemente el sabor y concepto del álbum. Desde Canadá, con sangre portuguesa y, ahora con voz en español, Nelly Furtado está de regreso con un álbum histórico que ya está dando mucho de qué hablar a nivel mundial.
As stylists, make-up artists, managers, label reps, publicists and latte-wielding assistants mill around a cramped hotel suite, I can’t help but think the obvious: all these people are gathered here to realize one woman’s vision. And we’re reminded that...» Full Story
NELLY FURTADO launches her second single, MÁS - NELLY FURTADO launches her second single, MÁS from her recent album, completely in Spanish
Mi Plan which launched on September 15th reached the highest sales debut for a Latin Pop album in 2009.
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