Nelly Furtado

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Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist, who also holds Portuguese citizenship.<ref>http://www.lusomotores.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1179&Itemid=32</ref>

Furtado came to fame in 2000 with the release of her debut album Whoa, Nelly!, which featured her breakthrough Grammy Award-winning single "I'm like a Bird". After becoming a mother and releasing the less commercially successful Folklore (2003), she returned to prominence in 2006 with the release of Loose and its hit singles "Promiscuous", "Maneater", "Say It Right", "All Good Things (Come to an End)", and "Do It."

Furtado is known for experimenting with different instruments, sounds, genres, languages, and vocal styles. This diversity has been influenced by her wide-ranging musical taste and her interest in different cultures.<ref name=ym> Exclusive LAUNCH Artist Chat

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Sommaire 1 Biography 1.1 Ethnic background 1.2 Early years 1.3 2000–2002: Whoa, Nelly! and early success 1.4 2003–2005: Folklore 1.5 2006–present: Loose 2 Personal life 3 Influences 4 Acting career 5 Discography 5.1 Albums 5.2 DVDs 5.3 Tours 5.4 Number-one singles 6 Filmography 7 Awards 8 References 9 External links

Biography

Ethnic background

Nelly Furtado was born in the Canadian city of Victoria, British Columbia to Portuguese immigrants from the Azores, Maria Manuela and António José Furtado. Her parents were born in the São Miguel Island and immigrated to Canada in the late 1960s.<ref name=rsjan01>

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</ref> Furtado has a strong connection with Portugal. At age four she started performing, singing in Portuguese.<ref name=rsjan01> ENTREVISTA: NELLY FURTADO

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Early years

Nelly Furtado was named after Soviet gymnast Nellie Kim.<ref name=ym/> Raised in a Roman Catholic home, Furtado first sang at the age of four when she performed a duet with her mother at a church on Portugal Day. Although remaining unclear about her religious beliefs, she still affirms a belief in God, the Ten Commandments, and in avoiding the Seven Sins.<ref name=ym/><ref> Fly Girl

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.</ref> She began playing instruments at the age of nine, learning the trombone, ukulele and, in later years, the guitar and keyboards. At the age of twelve, she began writing songs,<ref name=ym/> and as a teenager, she performed in a Portuguese marching band.<ref name=rsjan01/> Furtado has acknowledged her family as the source of her strong work ethic; she spent eight summers working as a chambermaid with her mother, who was a housekeeper in Victoria.<ref name=amg> Nelly Furtado Biography

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The first musicians Furtado interacted with were underground rappers and DJs.<ref name=mtv>

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</ref> During a visit to Toronto the summer after eleventh grade, Furtado met Tallis Newkirk, member of the hip hop group Plains of Fascination. She contributed vocals to their 1996 album, Join the Ranks, on the track "Waitin' 4 the Streets".<ref name=nelstar> Nelstar* (Nelly Furtado) Biography

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</ref> After graduating from Mount Douglas Secondary School in 1996, she moved to Toronto. The following year, she formed Nelstar, a trip hop duo with Newkirk. Ultimately, Furtado felt the trip-hop style of the duo was "too segregated" and believed it did not represent her personality or allow her to showcase her vocal ability.<ref name=nelstar/> She left the group and planned to move back home.

Before moving, however, she performed at the 1997 Honey Jam, an "all-female urban" talent show.<ref name=nelstar/><ref name=honeyjam> Honey Jam Searches for Urban Women

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. </ref> Her performance attracted the attention of The Philosopher Kings singer Gerald Eaton (aka Jarvis Church), who then approached her to write with him. He and fellow Kings member Brian West helped Furtado produce a demo. She left Toronto, but returned again to record more material with Eaton and West. The material recorded during these sessions led to her 1999 record deal with DreamWorks Records.<ref name=mm/> Furtado's first single, "Party's Just Begun (Again)", was released that year on the Brokedown Palace: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.

2000–2002: Whoa, Nelly! and early success

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Furtado continued the collaboration with Eaton and West, who co-produced her debut album, Whoa, Nelly! which was released in October 2000.

Following the release of the album, Furtado headlined the Burn in the Spotlight Tour and also appeared on Moby's Area:One tour.

The album was an international success, supported by three international singles: "I'm like a Bird", "Turn off the Light", and "...On the Radio (Remember the Days)". It received four Grammy Award nominations in 2002, and her debut single won for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Furtado's work was also critically acclaimed for her innovative mixture of various genres and sounds. Slant Magazine called the album "a delightful and refreshing antidote to the army of 'pop princesses' and rap-metal bands that had taken over popular music at the turn of the millennium."<ref name=slant74>

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The sound of the album was strongly influenced by musicians who had traversed cultures and "the challenge of making heartfelt, emotional music that's upbeat and hopeful."<ref> Nelly Furtado Biography

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. Retrieved on 27 May 2006. </ref>. According to Maclean's magazine, Whoa, Nelly! had sold five million copies worldwide as of August 2006.<ref>Intini, John. "Nelly Furtado: 'I'm not Mother Teresa'". Maclean's. August 25, 2006. Retrieved September 18 2006.</ref>

The song "Scared of You" has portions of the song in Portuguese, while "Onde Estás" is entirely in Portuguese, reflecting Furtado's Portuguese heritage.

2003–2005: Folklore

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Modèle:Seealso Furtado's second album, Folklore, was released in November 2003. The final track on the album, "Childhood Dreams", was dedicated to her daughter, Nevis. The album includes the single "Força" (meaning "strength" or "carry on" in Portuguese), the official anthem of the 2004 European Football Championship. Furtado performed this song in Lisbon at the championship's final, in which the Portugal national team played.<ref name=rs35794>

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. Retrieved on 9 December , 2005 . </ref> Other singles included "Powerless (Say What You Want)" and the ballad "Try". The album was not as successful as her debut, partly due to the album's less "poppy" sound,<ref name=folklore>

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</ref> but also due to changes at DreamWorks Records. DreamWorks had just been sold to Universal Music Group. In 2005, DreamWorks Records, along with many of its artists including Furtado, were absorbed into Geffen Records.<ref name=blogcritics-20031112>

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2006–present: Loose

Modèle:Seealso Modèle:Sample box start variation 1 Modèle:Multi-listen start Modèle:Multi-listen item Modèle:Multi-listen item Modèle:Multi-listen item Modèle:Multi-listen end Modèle:Sample box end Furtado's third album was released in June 2006. She named it Loose after the spontaneous, creative decisions she made while creating the album.<ref name=rsfeb06> {{cite web |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9325140/nelly_furtado_brings_the_punkhop|title=Nelly Furtado ref name=blogcritics> James Robert

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Some have labeled her a "sellout" for seemingly abandoning her folk and rock roots in favour of hip hop and R&B, while others have criticized her for attempting to "sex up" her music and appearance to sell more records.<ref name=villagevoice-critic> Tom Breihan

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</ref> In this album, primarily produced by Timbaland, Furtado experiments with sounds from R&B, hip hop, and 1980s music.<ref name=umusic> Nelly Furtado :: Loose

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. Retrieved on 21 June , 2006 . </ref> She categorized the album's sound as punk-hop, described as "modern, poppy, spooky" and as having "a mysterious, after-midnight vibe... extremely visceral".<ref name=rsfeb06/> She attributed the youthful sound of the album to the presence of her two-year-old daughter.<ref name=umusic/> Four lead singles were released in different regions of the world: the Spanish reggaeton-influenced "No Hay Igual" (featuring Calle 13), the hip-hop "Promiscuous" (featuring Timbaland), for which she won a 2006 Billboard Music Award for Pop Single of the Year, the Latin "Te Busqué" (featuring Juanes), and the dark pop single "Maneater". Loose has become the most successful album of Furtado's career so far. It reached number one in several countries including the United States and Canada, and it included the hit singles "Promiscuous", "Maneater", "Te Busqué", "Say It Right", and "All Good Things (Come to an End)". The album received generally positive reviews from critics,<ref name=metacritic> Loose by Nelly Furtado

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.    Nelly Furtado, Loose 
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. Retrieved on 16 August , 2006 . </ref>Nonetheless, the album has fared well on the mainstream market, especially in Canada, where the album was certified 4x platinum in May 2007.<ref name=CRIA0507>CRIA Gold and Platinum Certifications. Canadian Recording Industry Association (May 2007). Retrieved on July 24, 2007.</ref> In 2007, Furtado and Justin Timberlake were featured on Timbaland's single "Give It to Me",<ref>

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</ref> which became her third number-one single in the U.S. and second in the UK. On February 16, 2007, Furtado embarked on the Get Loose Tour. She returned in March 2007 to her hometown of Victoria to perform a concert at the Save-On Foods Memorial Centre. In honour of her visit, local leaders officially proclaimed March 21, 2007, the first day of spring, as Nelly Furtado Day.<ref name=victoriapress> City of Victoria Press Release

.</ref> On April 1 2007, Furtado was a performer at and host of the 2007 Juno Awards in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She won all five awards for which she was nominated, including Album of the Year and Single of the Year. Furtado appeared on stage at the Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium in London on July 1, 2007, where she performed "Say It Right", "Maneater", and "I'm like a Bird". In 2007, Furtado, Timbaland and Justin Timberlake were featured on Lil Wayne's upcoming album Tha Carter III.<ref>Shaheem Reid, Jayson Rodriguez and Rahman Dukes. "Lil Wayne Plans His Own Leak", MTV.com : Mixtape Monday, June 11, 2007.</ref> Furtado also appeared in the video for Nickelback's "Rockstar". In September, 2007, MTV: Buzzworthy chose Furtado as the Artist of the Week, and gave an exclusive freestyle performance of "Going Away" with the Somalian-Canadian rapper K'naan.<ref>Nelly Furtado artist of the week MTV:Buzzworthy</ref> On September 9, 2007, Furtado performed at the MTV Video Music Awards awards with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake, where she sang "Do It" mixed with "The Way I Are", "LoveStoned" and "Give It to Me". In October 2007 Furtado was nominated for three MTV Europe Music Awards, and she won the "Album of the Year" award. After Furtado's success in her third album, Loose, she released her first live DVD under the name Loose the Concert which included her greatest hits of 2007 and 2006 as a live videos such as "Promiscuous", "Maneater", "Say It Right" and "All Good Things (Come to an End)"<ref>Loose the Concert Amazon.de The DVD: Track listing</ref> . Loose has been used to advertise the newly released iPod classic appearing in commercials and even on the box.

Personal life

On September 20, 2003 in Toronto, Furtado gave birth to a daughter, Nevis, whose father is DJ Jasper Gahunia. Furtado and Gahunia, who had been good friends for several years, remained together for four years until their breakup in 2005. Furtado told Blender magazine that they continue to be good friends and jointly share responsibility of raising Nevis.<ref name="blender">

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In June 2006, in an interview with Genre magazine, when asked if she had "ever felt an attraction to women", Furtado replied "Absolutely. Women are beautiful and sexy." <ref> Nelly on the Loose!

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. Retrieved on 11 August , 2006 . </ref> In November 2006, Furtado revealed that she once turned down US$500,000 to pose fully clothed in Playboy.<ref name=Spanish>

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In July 2007, it was reported that Furtado is engaged to Cuban sound engineer, Demacio "Demo" Castellon, who worked with her on Loose.<ref> Nelly Furtado Engaged to Sound Engineer Boyfriend=People Magazine

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Influences

During her teenage years, Furtado embraced many musical genres, listening heavily to mainstream R&B, hip hop, alternative hip hop, drum and bass, trip hop, world music (including Portuguese fado, Brazilian bossa nova, and Indian music), and a variety of others.<ref name=ym/> Her influences have included Jeff Buckley, Janet Jackson, Oasis, Caetano Veloso, Esthero, Amalia Rodrigues, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Cornershop, TLC, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Digable Planets, De La Soul, Radiohead, Madonna, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Verve, U2, Enya, and Beck.<ref name=ym/><ref name=mm/>

Furtado's music has also been influenced by her current residence, Toronto, which she calls "the most multicultural city in the entire world" and a place where she "can be any culture". Regarding Toronto's cultural diversity, she has said that she did not have to wait for the Internet revolution to learn about world music; she began listening to it at the age of five and continues to discover new genres. Modèle:Cquote

Acting career

Furtado began acting in school plays in middle school. She appeared on the episode "Some Buried Bones" of CSI: NY as Ava Brandt, a master-thief and victim of domestic abuse. She also guest starred on an episode of the day time soap opera One Life to Live, on which she performed some of her songs in a local club with Saukrates. Furtado participated in the hit Portuguese soap opera Floribella.

Discography

Main article: Nelly Furtado discography

[modifier] Albums 2000: Whoa, Nelly! 2003: Folklore 2006: Loose [modifier] DVDs 2007: Loose Mini DVD 2007: Loose the Concert

[modifier] Tours 2001: Burn in the Spotlight Tour 2004: Come as You Are Tour 2007: Get Loose Tour

Number-one singles

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Year	Single	Peak positions<ref>Nelly Furtado: Billboard Singles</ref><ref>UK Top 40 Hit Database</ref><ref>United World Chart</ref>
		World	U.S. Hot100	U.S. Pop100	U.S. Dance	UK	EUR	CAN	POL	AUS	SPA	SUI	NZ
2000	"I'm like a Bird"	7	9	—	—	5	3	1	3	2	—	17	2
2001	"Turn off the Light"	3	5	—	1	4	3	7	3	7	—	2	1
2006	"Promiscuous" (featuring Timbaland)	4	1	1	1	3	5	1	2	2	—	6	1
	"Maneater"	4	16	13	1	1	2	22	1	3	—	1	2
	"Te Busque"	—	—	—	—	—	52	—	—	—	1	79	—
	"Say It Right"	2	1	1	1	10	1	1	1	2	—	1	1
	"All Good Things (Come to an End)"	5	86	59	1	4	1	5	1	12	1	1	12
2007	"Give It to Me" (Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake)	3	1	1	—	1	1	1	1	16	—	6	2
	"Do It"	—	88	60	1	75	24	11	4	24	—	30	17
	Total number-one singles	—	3	3	6	2	3	4	4	—	2	3	3

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Genre	Notes
2001	Roswell	Herself	American Science fiction Television series<ref name=imdb>Nelly Furtado profile Internet Movie Database </ref>	Performed I'm like a Bird
2006	Floribella	Herself	Portuguese Soap Opera<ref>Nelly Furtado Guest Stars on 'Floribella' Soul Shine Magazine</ref>	Performed Maneater
2007	One Life to Live	Herself	American Soap Opera<ref name=imdb />	Preformed Say It Right and Promiscuous
2007	CSI: NY	Ava Brandt	American police procedural television series<ref name=imdb />	Played Ava a professional criminal accused of murder.
2007	Punk'd	Herself	American hidden camera practical joke television series<ref name=imdb />	A victim of a bomb scare

Awards

Only Nelly Furtado's main awards are listed here. For a full list of awards please see

Main article: List of Nelly Furtado awards

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result
2001	Grammy Awards	Best Female Pop Vocal Performance	"I'm like a Bird"	Won
		Song of the Year		Nominated
		Best Pop Vocal Album	Whoa, Nelly!	Nominated
		Best New Artist		Nominated
2007	Grammy Awards<ref>49th Grammay Awards show Grammy.com</ref>	Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals	"Promiscuous" (featuring Timbaland)	Nominated
	BRIT Awards	International Female Solo Artist		Won
	Juno Awards<ref>2007 Nominees Juno Awards</ref>	Juno Fan Choice Award		Won
		Single of the Year	"Promiscuous" (featuring Timbaland)	Won
		Album of the Year	Loose	Won
		Artist of the Year		Won
		Pop Album of the Year	Loose	Won
	MTV Europe Music Awards<ref>MTV EMA Nominees MTV.co.uk</ref>	Best Solo Artist		Nominated
		Most Addictive Track	"All Good Things (Come to an End)"	Nominated
		Album of the Year	Loose	Won
2008	Grammy Awards	Best Female Pop Vocal Performance	"Say It Right"	Nomination
		Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals	Give It To Me (ft. Nelly Furtado and Justin TImberlake)	Nomination

References

External links

• NellyFurtado.com official website
• NellyFurtadoMusic.co.uk official UK website
• Official fan forum
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