(CNN) -- 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.



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.  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.



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