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Songstress Nelly Furtado reveals that she took advice from her daughter Nevis, who turns 6 tomorrow, while working on her new Spanish album, Mi Plan.

The Maneater singer, who describes Nevis as being "pretty musical for her age," says, "I had English writer's block so I decided to make an album in Spanish. I played it to my daughter and she said to me, 'Mommy there are too many slow songs. You need more fast songs.' So mommy went back to the studio and put a couple more fast songs on the album."

Nelly recently returned to work after taking some time off following the huge success of her last album, Loose.

"I took two years off after Loose,"'she tells the Canadian Press. "The first year, I literally wore rubber boots and velour track pants and stayed at home and made chicken noodle soup for my daughter. And it was fun. I loved it. It was the first break I took in eight years of being a musician."

The 30-year-old singer says that she has plans for a Portuguese album as well... eventually.

"My mother's told me she doesn't think I'll be able to record a full length in Portuguese until I'm 40 because I haven't lived enough life, and Portuguese music is very deep," she explains.