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."

Furtado, who grew up speaking Portuguese, didn't learn Spanish until she was in high school at age 14. 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, "Fotografí," 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".

"When I arrived in Miami, it was all about reggaetón," she said. "I arrived not knowing who Daddy Yankee was, to [now] loving Daddy Yankee. I love the music because it's so grassroots, so independent, so reflective of what's going on in the streets, so authentic. It's not taken over by the corporate world. It has fire. And it's great that a Spanish music is so popular right now in America, since it's the second language of this country. What I hear in reggaetón, the sexiness and the delivery, it just so feels so good."

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. Musically, she's taking her cues from Portuguese and Brazilian music as well as Spanish, "so it's a nice fusion."

"It's definitely a different mood," she said. "It'll be a completely different style recording, with even the vocals mixed differently. It's taking on its own identity, a whole new character."

Source: MTVNews.com

I hope the b-sides (If she records unreleased ones) she records in spanish we get to hear in english.

Maneater chupó, pero esto debe ser buen.

^LOL
well seems interesting ^__^

This will be good!, finally a Latin album that will be worth buying!!

True story


Can't wait for her spanish album, but I think she should practice more spanish, cause her spanish is worst than my english
But at least her 'spanish' songs are great (No Hay Igual, Te Busqué)

Can't wait for it!

Cool! I hope it becomes a success!

love her

She is Spanish?
Well, cool... interesting!

Oh, I thought she's Portuguese..

No!!!

Nelly is canadian, but when She was born she come to Portugal!

When She come to portugal for the last time she said this =D

Yay, I'm Latino so I should adore this <333333333333333333333.

Sii! wow me encanta Nelly y en español debe ser todo una bomba! ya la quiero escuchar!

Loose has made me fan.... I've been wantin to get in spanish music for awhile, might as well start with this

She is obsessed with spanish talking and singing, and i think it's great. She has alot of fans in latin america