Posted December 21, 200618 yr Nelly Furtado Fires Up Passion For Latin Music, Records Spanish LP She's dabbled in it before, but now Nelly Furtado wants to go all the way — and why not, considering Christina Aguilera, Shakira and Jennifer Lopez have all done it? Record albums en Español, that is. "I'm in the midst of recording a Latin album," Furtado revealed when she stopped by the MTV offices Wednesday. "It's like, 'Wow, I'm writing a song in Spanish.' It's really bizarre, but really great." Although she has sung a few songs in Spanish already (such as "Te Busqué" on Loose), this is the first time she's attempted to write songs in Spanish from scratch. "I feel like a little kid again, because it's a whole new language," she said. "And I can't translate poetically yet. But Latin languages come easy to me. When I sing in them, it feels natural. It feels organic. I love rapping in Spanish, I love singing in Spanish. It just feels so good." Still, the first time she attempted singing in Spanish, on her 2002 duet with Juanes, "FotografÃ," she was worried that the reception wouldn't be so positive. "Right away, I was tentative," she said. "You don't want it to come off as a commercial attempt to gain a new audience. You don't want it to be fake." Instead, the song was a hit in the Latin world and was named BMI Latin's Song of the Year. Encouraged, Furtado started putting more and more Spanish songs in her repertoire, especially while recording Loose, which also features the reggaetón-inspired "No Hay Igual" (see "Chris Martin Covers Jay-Z — And Other Scenes From Nelly Furtado's Loose"). For her Latin album, though, Furtado plans to include her previous songs in Spanish, a couple of translations of album tracks and B-sides, a few new original songs and a possible cover. For translations, she's focusing on her more acoustic, singer/songwriter tracks, such as "Try" from Folklore, and "In God's Hands" and "All Good Things (Come to an End)" from Loose. Furtado is working on the record until her tour starts February 16 in Manchester, United Kingdom, but even that won't stop her.
December 21, 200618 yr Author I'm quite interested in this :D Something else to look forward too, and broadens her Fan base :wub:
December 21, 200618 yr I dunno bout this one- why doesn't she release a PORTUGUESE album as she is Portuguese and not Spanish?
December 21, 200618 yr Author I dunno bout this one- why doesn't she release a PORTUGUESE album as she is Portuguese and not Spanish? Well, that was her intention at first, but i think she changed it to Spanish ^_^
December 21, 200618 yr Yeah to sell more records. She should stick to her roots and do the Portuguese one. I'm quite dissapointed that there's no Portuguese CD (being Portuguese and all)
December 21, 200618 yr Why whine? let the woman do what she wants... Its gonna be brilliant, as all that nelly does is brilliant! :D
December 21, 200618 yr Author Yeah to sell more records. She should stick to her roots and do the Portuguese one. I'm quite dissapointed that there's no Portuguese CD (being Portuguese and all) I thought that too, but it looks like its the Spanish One :D
December 21, 200618 yr Author Why whine? let the woman do what she wants... Its gonna be brilliant, as all that nelly does is brilliant! :D I Would have to agree :o ^_^
December 21, 200618 yr Yeah to sell more records. She should stick to her roots and do the Portuguese one. I'm quite dissapointed that there's no Portuguese CD (being Portuguese and all) She is doing a Portugese album.... Looks likely to be released 08/09 though.
December 22, 200618 yr Even though I have no idea what they are singing, I love just to listen I find it so cool. I will be buying. I'm liking here more and more by the day.
December 22, 200618 yr Im not saying that i won't buy it, I'm just saying that it isn't really fair- do you know how much people in Portugal love her just for the fact that she is Portuguese? Do you know the rivalry between the Portuguese and the Spanish? It's like the English and the French / German. Whatever she decides to do however, i think will be brilliant.
December 22, 200618 yr Author Im not saying that i won't buy it, I'm just saying that it isn't really fair- do you know how much people in Portugal love her just for the fact that she is Portuguese? Do you know the rivalry between the Portuguese and the Spanish? It's like the English and the French / German. Whatever she decides to do however, i think will be brilliant. I Know exactly what you mean ^_^ But as Someone said, she does plan to release a Portuguese album soon ^_^
December 22, 200618 yr Its ridiculous! Nelly you're not Spanish sweetie, so there's no point in doing one really... If you did a Portuguese one now that would be great, and would be true to your origins. Jumping on the "spanish album" bandwagon seems silly
December 22, 200618 yr Author Its ridiculous! Nelly you're not Spanish sweetie, so there's no point in doing one really... If you did a Portuguese one now that would be great, and would be true to your origins. Jumping on the "spanish album" bandwagon seems silly Well you do have a point ^_^ But a Spanish Album would be more successful, so i say Good Luck To her ^_^
December 22, 200618 yr That's the only reason she's doing it- to be more succesful. Don't get me wrong, i'm a HUGE Nelly fan, and i think she is fantastic, but being Portuguese myelf, it's a little dissapointing that she is choosing to do a Spanish album. However, lets see what she comes up with- I could be pleasantly surprised.
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