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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."
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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> www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5918613/furtado_goes_portuguese/|title=Furtado Goes Portuguese |work=Rolling Stone|//www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5918613/furtado_goes_portuguese/|title=Furtado Goes Portuguese |work=Rolling Stone| accessdate=27 May|accessyear=2006}} </ref> Furtado has a strong connection with Portugal. At age four she started performing, singing in Portuguese.<ref name=rsjan01>You must specify title = and url = when using {{cite web}}.
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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>You must specify title = and url = when using {{cite web}}.
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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> You must specify title = and url = when using {{cite web}}.
. All Music Guide
. Retrieved on 27 May , 2006 . </ref> She has stated that coming from a working class background has shaped her identity in a positive way.<ref name=ym/><ref>You must specify title = and url = when using {{cite web}}.
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The first musicians Furtado interacted with were underground rappers and DJs.<ref name=mtv> You must specify title = and url = when using {{cite web}}.
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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> You must specify title = and url = when using {{cite web}}.
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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.
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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> You must specify title = and url = when using {{cite web}}.
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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>You must specify title = and url = when using {{cite web}}.
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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> You must specify title = and url = when using {{cite web}}.
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2006–present: Loose
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.</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> .//www.victoria.ca/contentmanager/press/070312_pr.pdf | title = 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"> You must specify title = and url = when using {{cite web}}.
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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>You must specify title = and url = when using {{cite web}}.
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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>You must specify title = and url = when using {{cite web}}.
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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
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Number-one singles
| Year | Single
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| 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 |
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| 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
| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
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| 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
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| BRIT Awards | International Female Solo Artist | Won | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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
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