Nelly Furtado performs hits from MI PLAN album at Pepsi Musica Super Bowl Fan Jam!!
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NELLY FURTADO
PERFORMS HITS FROM
MI PLAN ALBUM AT
PEPSI MUSICA SUPER BOWL FAN JAM
February 4, 2010- Global superstar Nelly Furtado, will perform live tomorrow, Friday, February 5 at the Pepsi Musica Super Bowl Fan Jam on South Beach, Florida. As part of the celebration of the Super Bowl XLIV in South Florida, the Grammy Award winner will showcase songs from her most recent album, Mi Plan, released on September 2009; her fourth studio album and first completely in Spanish.
The Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam is the official NFL Super Bowl concert series and Furtado will be the closing act of the night hosted by Telemundo stars Leti Coo and Jessi Losada with actor Karim Mendiburu. As part of this emotive and lively night, Furtado will be performing her current single, “Mas,” first single of Mi Plan album, “Manos al Aire,” as well as past hits such as “Maneater,” “I’m Like a Bird,” “Say It Right,” and many more.
The free concert at Lummus Park on Ocean Drive and 8th street, aims to bring fans from crossover appeal. Free tickets are available at TicketMaster.com, gates open at 5 p.m. and the concerts will begin at 7 p.m.
Friday night’s concert will be taped for airing on Telemundo on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 4:30 p.m. ET.
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Fresh off a brief sabbatical, Nelly Furtado unveils a new album, record label and a penchant for belting ’em out en español
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 she’ll be arriving any minute.
Given that we’re talking about Nelly Furtado here, one can safely assume she isn’t holding us up because of any celebrity-induced affectation or to squeeze in an extra half-hour of full-body Shiatsu.
The Canadian musician of Portuguese descent didn’t exactly build her eclectic, thriving career by indulging a larger-than-life persona. Often described as “genuine,” Furtado first burst onto the scene at the turn of the century with the refreshingly folksy mish-mash of sounds that was Whoa, Nelly!, a timely counterpoint to the derivative diva ditties, nu-metal and pop-punk that had hijacked the airwaves.
Nine years after “I’m Like a Bird,” that initial Grammy and her first tour (opening for U2, no less), she could have long since faded into obscurity, as happens to many young contenders thrust into the limelight.
(O-Town, Good Charlotte, Michelle Branch and fellow namesake Nelly, anyone?) But those kids had evanescent appeal, whereas Furtado has continually reinvented herself. And that cautionary tale of precocious stardom couldn’t be further from Furtado’s reality, as she’s just coming off her most colossal triumph yet, the seductive and groovyLoose– one of 2007’s top-selling albums, certified platinum in 18 countries. Yet her success hasn’t chipped away at her invariably genial disposition.
Upon walking into the bustling room, she greets everyone with a beaming smile and warm handshakes. She exudes that girl-next-door, naturally gorgeous glow, made all the more radiant by her infectious giggle and eyes that could charm their way through a hostage situation.
So when the well-mannered Furtado politely asks for a few minutes to attack her shrimp salad before we begin, how could I say no? Say It Right A few minutes to scarf down your greens is all you get when you’re set to release your first Spanish-language album concurrently in all of Universal Music’s 77 territories worldwide – a move being touted as the most ambitious Spanish-language release ever for a mainstream star – and your own label (Nelstar Music) is responsible for delivering all creative components, from album and videos to artwork.
That creative control comes at a price, but it’s also non-negotiable for Furtado who has spent her career overseeing decisions about her image. “I think whatever is totally homemade, you’re always more proud of,” she says with unabashed enthusiasm, in reference to her new album Mi Plan. “Aren’t you more proud of the homemade chocolate-chip cookies than the ones you bought at the store for the party? You can offer them up with so much pride!” The idea for a full-length in Spanish – her third language, which she learned in high school and now speaks with her Cuban-American husband – came about very naturally when Furtado hit a writer’s block in the studio.
Her friend, Cuban-Canadian singer-songwriter Alex Cuba suggested shifting linguistic gears. Border-Smashing Folklore “Every time I’d travel around and see fans in the audience who perhaps don’t even speak English singing along to all my songs with partially incorrect lyrics, I’d realize that they’re there for the feeling,” Furtado explains.
“It’s not so much about the lyrics or the language, it’s about the emotion, the whole package.” And before she could shout ¡ándale!, she had assembled a who’s who of top-notch Latin musicians to contribute to the project, from Mexican crooner Alejandro Fernández to bachata legend Juan Luis Guerra, and even Josh Groban to boot. A gutsy move – especially considering she evaluates her Spanish fluency at 50-60% – but one that befits Furtado’s relentless craving for new challenges. “I think that any career that someone pursues, there’s always a desire to get better, to learn,” she says.
“Everybody wants that extra credential on their business card, they want to go to that seminar, they want to challenge themselves. And I’m no different, I take my job seriously and I love it! I love being a musician.
Music brings me so much joy that I think I just have a desire to share that joy with people.” Remember the Days The result is a more personal, funky and acoustic sound that hearkens back to her debut. Gone are the theatrics of Loose and the femme fatale character that Furtado embodied so convincingly that some criticized what they saw as an attempt to sex up her image. But Furtado is clearly not in the business of making such calculated career moves, viewing her artistic evolution as a very organic process, determined by her emotional state at the time of recording.
“I remember riding in the back seat of my mom’s car when I was about four years old, staring out the window, and I had symphonies in my head. Like, complete orchestral symphonies! And it would never end! I never really understood where they came from, but before you knew it, I was filling notebooks and journals with songs because I just had to get it out. So I think that because music is my language, it’s always very natural for me to morph and change.
Whatever I’m going through in life always gets reflected in the music, so stylistically I’ve never had any boundaries, I’ve always seen music as very universal.” As much as Furtado is wholly driven by her craft, her appreciation for some well-earned time off confirms my suspicions that deep down she’s just like us mere mortals. Respite came in the form of an entire year off, after what she describes as the “glammed-out Loosetour, which was fun, but high heels, you know?” “We had been celebrating the success of the album, every awards show, every number one. We’d toast [with] a lot of champagne.” If there’s an ounce of truth to that, chances are Furtado & Co.
boozed their way through the year, with chart-topping hits to check off in too many countries to list here. “I took a one-year sabbatical where I did nothing – I went to the park with my daughter [Nevis, now six], we ate chicken noodle soup and I took her to school! So the second year I started writing Mi Plan, and I found that a lot of the topics on the album were taken from simple everyday life. They’re love songs too.
But regular ones, like I love you, period, not I love you, but!” Her Plan And what rewards a decade’s worth of hard work will reap. The small-town girl from Victoria, who moved to Hogtown to “aprovechar” as she tells me, “to make the most of the scene and get involved artistically,” is now in a position to impart wisdom from lessons learned to those doe-eyed newbies still marvelling at the thought of their names on a marquee somewhere.
“I can never be a new artist again but I can hang around new artists and feel the buzz,” she says, giggling. She’s adamant about supporting the city’s lively cultural scene and didn’t beat around the bush when it came to making Toronto’s glamtronic quartet Fritz Helder & The Phantoms the first act signed to Nelstar Music. “We had a showcase for them in New York, and when they heard about the people who were in the crowd – Marc Jacobs, Madonna’s producer Stuart Price, Ali from A Tribe Called Quest – their faces just lit up! I remembered my first showcases in LA and New York and that excitement, that ‘aha!’ moment, and it’s so fulfilling to be around.” Moments before taking off for this magazine’s photo shoot, she gives me a quick rundown of what’s in store in the short term – and we’re not even talking about the Spanish release! Chief among those projects is some kind of English release (with producing maven Timbaland, of course) for 2010.
And as we compare notes on our darling musicians du jour (she singles out Robyn, I respond with Lykke Li), she has nothing but hopeful words about the direction currently being taken by mainstream music.
“I like that a lot of artists right now are multilayered and not so pigeonholed. I like that music right now is very fusion, very eclectic. Because when I started out, everything was based on this old rock model. So it’s really refreshing now that everybody’s iPod is so diverse. The doors are wide open.”
By: Michael-Oliver Harding
NELLY FURTADO launches her second single, MÁS
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.
MÁS is a song which perfectly illustrates the dynamic of a troubled relationship which slowly begins to fade and that need to feel, live and be loved more. After the world wide success of her first single, “Manos Al Aire”, Nelly Furtado presents her second single, “MÁS” from her critically acclaimed fourth studio album and first completely in Spanish, Mi PLAN; album which reached the highest sales debut for a 2009 Latin Pop album as published by Billboard Magazine.
Mi Plan is the fourth Studio album from the multi-awarded Canadian-Portuguese singer songwriter, Nelly Furtado, where she realized her dream of recording a full Spanish album.
Nelly, winner of four Grammy Awards and platinum albums in over 30 countries world wide with her previous production, Loose, has once again demonstrated her ability to collaborate lyrically and as a producer with other artists in order to accomplish a fresh and passionate feel all with her trademark sound as found in MI PLAN.
After thewWorld wide success of first single “Manos Al Aire”, which topped radio charts around the world, including Germany, Italy, Spain, Colombia, Chile, Central and Latin America and Mexico, and held the #1 spot on radio in the United States and Puerto Rico for 4 consecutive weeks, Nelly has paved the way for her new single, MÁS. MÁS hits radio today in the United States and Puerto Rico and can already be found for digital purchase.
NELLY FURTADO Presenta “MAS”, Segundo Sencillo De Mi Plan, Su Nuevo Álbum completamente en Español.
Mi Plan Se lanzo el 15 de Septiembre convirtiéndose en el debut mas alto en ventas para un disco POP Latino en el 2009 MÁS es una un tema que ilustra perfectamente la dinámica de una relación en donde el amor empieza a morir y esa necesidad de sentir, vivir y que te amen MÁS.
Después del gran éxito mundial de “Manos Al Aire”, Nelly Furtado llega con su segundo sencillo “MAS” del aclamado Mi Plan, su primer disco completamente en español el cual tuvo el debut más alto en ventas en el 2009 dentro del chart POP LATINO publicado por la revista Billboard. Mi Plan, es el cuarto álbum de estudio en la carrera de la reconocida cantante, compositora y productora canadiense-portuguesa Nelly Furtado en donde ella logro cumplir su sueño de hacer un disco completamente en español.
Nelly, quien ha sido ganadora de cuatro premios GRAMMY y discos de Platino en más de 30 países a nivel mundial con su anterior producción discografica, Loose muestra nuevamente con Mi Plan sus habilidades para trabajar con otros artistas, tanto compositora como productora, logrando un sonido fresco, apasionado y con un sello propio.
Y después del éxito mundial de su primer sencillo, “Manos al Aire”, el cual logro la posición #1 de radio en Estados Unidos y Puerto Rico por 4 semanas consecutivas, y llegar a la cima de los listados de radio en Alemania, Italia, España, Colombia, Chile, todo Centro y Latino América y México, Nelly abre camino para presentar su segundo sencillo, “MAS.” MAS sale a radio hoy en Estados Unidos y Puerto Rico y ya esta disponible en formato digital.
Premios 40 principales
Nelly Furtado está nominada a Mejor Artista Internacional en Lengua Española y Mejor Canción Internacional en Lengua Española con "Manos Al Aire".
Son 2 nominaciones que tiene la cantante portuguesa-canadiense en los Premios 40 principales 09 en el apartado internacional en lengua española. El evento será el próximo 11 de diciembre en el Palacio de los Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid.
El ganador de cada categoría se escogerá de la siguiente manera
el proceso de votación será con un recuento semanal, durante 7 semanas, cada sábado se organizarán los artistas según el número de votos recibidos durante la semana.
El ganador será el artista que acumule mayor número de semanas como ganador
Sólo puedes votar máximo 10 veces con tu registro.
para más información visita
http://www.los40.com/articulo/noticias/REGLAMENTO-IV-EDICION-PREMIOS-PRINCIPALES-ANO-2009/l40actn01/20091009l40l40not_6/Tes
Nelly Furtado it's nominated to Mejor Artista Internacional en Lengua Española and Mejor Canción Internacional en Lengua Española with "Manos Al Aire".
The Portuguese-Canadian singer have 2 nominations for the 40 Principales 09 Awards in the Internacional en Lengua Española category.
the event will be the next december 11 on the Palacio de los Deportes on Madrid.
The winner of each category will choose by this way, the vote process will be with a weekly recount, for 7 weeks, every saturday the artist will organize themselves according to the number of votes received during the week.
The winer will be the artist who accumiulates major winning number of weeks. you only can vote maximum 10 times with your registry.
Cassette
In this video Nelly received a great surprise from an Italian fan during her promo tour of Mi Plan in Europe, he gave her the first CD Nelly did in an unopened cassette. She felt so exited, because she didn´t even know that cassette existed. Do you think you can send us any kind of things that represent her and her music in any way, things like old cds, cassettes, posters, photos or any kind of memory or souvenir that are more speciall than this one??? These things will be posted in Nelly’s official web site! So lets start sending!!!
Nelly Furtado quiere pasarse a la interpretación
Nelly Furtado acaba de publicar su cuarto disco de estudio, 'Mi plan', durante cuya presentación, ha concedido una entrevista a la publicación alemana 'Frau im Spiegel'.
Furtado ha reconocido que uno de los sueños que todavía no ha cumplido es protagonizar y producir una película, ya sea de cine o de televisión. "Sería capaz, si hace falta, de vestirme de gallina y cacarear", ha confesado la artista, quien se considera "una persona visual".
La intérprete de 'Turn Off The Light' ha explicado que cada vez se siente más cerca de su origen portugués y que le encanta "sumirse a gusto en sentimientos melancólicos", aunque eso sí, "sobre todo cuando los curo con vino tinto y flan de huevo".
Actualmente, Furtado comparte su vida con el técnico de sonido cubano Damacio Castellón y describe su amor como "una lucha permanente para ver quien es más fuerte y quien es más débil", en la que se descubre que "aquellos a los que mas amas son los que más te pueden irritar". Además, la cantante —que tiene una hija de seis años fruto de su anterior matrimonio con Jasper Gahunia— no descarta ampliar algún día su familia. Sus parientes de Portugal "tienen todos seis o siete niños". "Con sólo una hija me siento como una extraterrestre".
Nelly Furtado nos cuenta todo sobre su nuevo álbum
Nelly Furtado está envuelta en la promoción de su nuevo disco en español, Mi Plan. Para ello, la artista convocó el pasado lunes en Madrid a representantes de diversos medios de comunicación, entre los que se encontraba Los40.com. Manejándose bastante bien en nuestro idioma, Nelly pasó a desvelarnos los entresijos de su nuevo álbum.
Al preguntarle por la inspiración para este álbum, la cantante respondió: "Después de mucho tiempo estando contínuamente de gira, decidí tomarme dos años de descanso. El primero lo dediqué a pasar tiempo con mi marido y mi hijo, disfrutando de las pequeñas cosas y recuperando la conexión conmigo misma. Y luego empecé a trabajar en este disco, que es como un diario íntimo con ritmo".
Nelly nos habló también de su pasión por el pop latino y la intensidad emocional que le transmite, que ha sido una de las principales razones que le han llevado a atreverse con un álbum en español: "Cuando grabé con Juanes Fotografía, en 2002, descubrí la magia del idioma español, y profundizé en su relación con mi lengua materna, el portugués. Luego escribí un tema para Jennifer López y, desde ese momento, me planteé el reto de escribir un disco íntegramente en español. Ahora me siento una artista más global, más libre, es como si hubiera empezado de nuevo."
A la hora de enfrentar las letras, Nelly se apoyó en su colaborador Alex Cuba, pero también contó con la ayuda de su marido, el cubano Demacio Castellón: "Practiqué mucho con él, esforzándome por hablar en español durante los momentos más íntimos. Para mí ha sido un logro poder expresar mis sentimientos en este idioma". La cantante recalcó también la importancia que han tenido sus "invitados especiales" a la hora de dotar al disco de un auténtico sabor latino: "Quería que fuese un álbum muy auténtico, y por eso quise rodearme de músicos españoles y latinos a los que admirase".
Entre estos, encontramos figuras de la talla de Juan Luis Guerra, Alejandro Fernández, Concha Buika, y, en el tema Bajo otra luz, con Julieta Venegas y La Mala Rodríguez: "Para mí fué como un sueño trabajar con La Mala, ella es eléctrica, heavy y muy inteligente. Recuerdo que se plantó delante del micro nada más llegar al estudio. En cuanto a Julieta, siempre he sido muy fan de ella, la conocí cuando estaba grabando mi primer disco. Ella escribió Bajo otra luz, y anoche me dijo que recordaba la grabación de este tema como si hubiera sido un ritual de tres brujas.
Fue una experiencia muy poderosa. " Nelly aseguró también que no teme decepcionar con este disco a su público de habla inglesa, ya que espera que sus fans hagan el esfuerzo de abrirse a nuevas lenguas, al igual que hacen los oyentes de lengua hispana: "No quiero excluir a nadie, todos están invitados a la fiesta". Por último, la cantante habló de sus planes de futuro: "Por el momento, quiero centrarme en presentar este disco al mundo, en cantarlo en directo.
Por otro lado, compuse y grabé algunas canciones en inglés con Timbaland durante esta primavera, es muy probable que acaben en mi próximo álbum. Y quién sabe, cuando sea más mayor y haya acumulado más experiencia, tal vez me atreva a grabar un disco de fados portugueses."
Nelly Furtado: "En español se canta con más pasión"
La cantante se pasa al idioma castellano en su cuarto disco. Lo ha presentado en Madrid y ha charlado con Qué.es sobre sus secretos. Nelly Furtado: "En español se canta con más pasión" La artista canadiense Nelly Furtado posa para Efe durante la presentación de su nuevo trabajo, "Mi Plan", de carácter marcadamente latino. Nelly Furtado tiene un plan, y ha decidido contárselo al mundo en castellano. "Descubrí la magia del español gracias a Juanes, cuando grabamos el tema 'Fotografía' en 2002", cuenta Nelly Furtado a Qué!.
"Eso en el terreno profesional. En el personal, resulta que mi marido es latinoamericano, de Cuba, y con él hablo en español". "Sobre todo me comunico con mi marido en español en los momentos más íntimos y románticos. Me resulta más fácil expresar mis emociones en español".
Esta mezcla de emociones y sensaciones ha dado como resultado 'Mi plan', su cuarto disco grabado por entero en nuestro idioma. "No quiero que sea un disco excluyente, quiero invitar a todo el mundo a esta fiesta". "Me he dado cuenta", confiesa Nelly Furtado, "que incluso a aquellas personas a las que no les gusta mucho la música, tienen al menos un CD en casa. Y ese CD está en español. Así que ha llegado el momento de que mi público se adapte a este idioma. Si es tan bello y tan funcional, por algo será".
Un disco que ya está a la venta y que contiene exitazos como 'Manos al aire'. "No me preocupan las ventas. Para eso está mi manager, para que le den a él los dolores de cabeza, no a mí", ríe Nelly. Sencilla, divertida y con unos enormes ojos azules, la cantante de 'Loose' confesó: "Para mí, el verdadero éxito no reside en las listas de ventas, sino en mi propia libertad, en ir abriendo puertas". ¿Y para cuando un disco en portugués, su lengua natal? "Para cuando tenga más experiencia vivida. Es lo que me dijo mi madre, que aún no estoy lista para cantar en portugués. Me falta vida".
De momento, a Nelly, lo que le sobra es energía. "Quiero presentar mi disco en directo y defenderlo allá donde sea necesario". Ese es 'su plan'. Fuente Gente.es Miguel R. López
Celebs unleash their wild sides for Alzheimer’s charity
Lady Gaga, Brandon Flowers and Nelly Furtado have all posed with stuffed elephant toys to raise money for a charity working with Alzheimer’s patients. Stars like Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Garner and Sienna Miller have also joined the cause and helped The Elephant Project, in collecting more funds for the Alzheimer’s Association.
The celebs have also autographed Elephant Project cards, which are being auctioned on eBay.com, reports the Daily Express.
The 34 celebrity auctions are open for bidding until October 13.
