Alex released his debut, Humo de Tabaco, in 2005. The album was a critical success and eventually won a Juno Award for Best World Music Album in 2006, a feat Cuba repeated with his sophomore album, Agua del Pozo, released in 2007. Alex Cuba (2009) included his first song in English and attracted international recognition, earning Cuba a Latin Grammy for Best New Artist. Around this time he also began to make a name for himself as a songwriter for other artists, most notably Nelly Furtado -- Cuba co-wrote half the songs on Furtado's first Spanish album, Mi Plan (2009), including the hit "Manos al Aire." His solo career continued with Ruido en el Sistema (2012) and Healer (2015), the latter of which found Cuba collaborating with other Canadian songwriters, such as Ron Sexsmith and David Myles. In 2017 he returned with Lo Único Constante, an album partially inspired by the Cuban filin genre. ~ Mariano Prunes, Rovi