Nelly Furtado: Mi Plan Thursday November 19th, 2009 9:00am EST Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2, 1978) is a Portuguese-Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She has sold over 18 million albums worldwide, and currently resides in Toronto. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Furtado came to fame in 2000 with the release of her debut album Whoa, Nelly!, which featured her breakthrough Grammy Award-winning single "I'm Like a Bird". After becoming a mother and releasing the less commercially successful Folklore (2003), she returned to prominence in 2006 with the release of Loose and its hit singles "Promiscuous", "Maneater," "All Good Things (Come to an End)" and "Say It Right." In 2009, Furtado released her first full-length Spanish album "Mi Plan", Which contains her first solo number 1 on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks, "Manos al Aire",staying on the Top position for 4 consecutive weeks, She also made history by being the first North-American artist to achieve a number 1 with an original Spanish song on the Latin Tracks, the album also managed to debut within the Top 40 in the US. Furtado is known for experimenting with different instruments, sounds, genres, vocal styles, and languages. This diversity has been influenced by her wide-ranging musical taste and her interest in different cultures. During her pre-teenage to teenage years, Furtado embraced many musical genres, listening heavily to mainstream R&B, hip hop, alternative hip hop, drum and bass, trip hop, world music (including Portuguese fado, Brazilian bossa nova and Indian music), and a variety of others.[2] Her influences have included Jeff Buckley, Portishead, Janet Jackson, Oasis, Caetano Veloso, Esthero, Amalia Rodrigues, Bjork, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Cornershop, TLC, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Digable Planets, De La Soul, Radiohead, Kylie Minogue, Madonna, Shakira, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Verve, U2, Enya and Beck. Track Listing: 1. Manos Al Aire 2. Mas 3. Mi Plan 4. Suenos 5. Bajo Otra Luz 6. Vacacion 7. Suficiente Tiempo 8. Fuerte 9. Silencio 10. Como Lluvia 11. Feliz Cumpleanos