Nelly Furtado Prepping New Album, Greatest Hits Compilation .

As Nelly Furtado prepares to follow the 1st ten of her recording career with the Nov. 15 issue of "The Better of Nelly Furtado," the Canadian songstress reports that she's "just over sort of halfway done" with her next studio album, tentatively titled "Lifestyle" and due out in 2011."I'm a small bit picky, so I'm sort of passing through all kinds of material," Furtado tells Billboard.com.

"There's new material I'm writing and old material that's. very safe and hasn't been re-approached. For me it's about sharing moments of my songs with fans, so whatever are the best moments will end up on the album, I guess."Furtado predicts the set will be "eclectic" and influenced by the wide-ranging approach of her double-platinum 2000 debut, "Whoa, Nelly!," as well as the song work she did on her 2009 Spanish album "Mi Plan." "I believe that from telling the Spanish album I've learned a new authority as a vocalist," Furtado explains. "And I suppose there's a little bit more of an alternative influence on this new album, kind of how my first album was definitely inspired and partially influenced by 'alternative' music. I've been listening to a lot of new music, everything from Janelle Monae, the xx, Florence and the Machine. It's definitely inspired by a lot of the new music that's coming out right now."Furtado has been recording primarily with Salaam Remi, who co-produced "Night is Young," the low one and one of 3 new tracks on "The Better of." as good as a "super poppy version" of "Crocodile Rock" with Elton John, for the soundtrack to the 2011 animated film "Gnomeo and Juliet." She's also "experimented" with reggae with Stupid Genius and has worked with Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos.The album will also be Furtado's first to have only English songs, she says. "I've never done that before," she says. "I'm concerned in hearing what that sounds like."The album is on hold right now, however, as Furtado focuses on "The Better of." The record will be released in a single-disc standard edition as good as a deluxe package that includes two CDs and a DVD; in gain to "Night is Young" it also includes the unreleased songs "Stars" and "Girl in the City," all of which were originally slated for the following album."I believe it's a fun thing to celebrate," says Furtado, who will look on the Latin Grammy Awards on Nov. 11 in Las Vegas and hopes to do a few shows to raise "The Better of." "I'm proud of the fact that ('Whoa, Nelly!') came out a good 10 years ago and you can even put it on and it sounds like something that's on the radio now; at the sentence we were but sort of making music we felt like listening to, which is what I've always done since."