Nelly Furtado - A Brief Bio

Nelly Furtado is one of the most dynamic stars in pop music today. Since the release of her first album "Whoa, Nelly!" in 2000, she's consistently pushed the boundaries of music genres by incorporating influences from music around the world. Nelly Furtado songs have won a Grammy, six Juno awards and one MTV Europe Music Award.

Born in Canada in 1978, Furtado was inspired to sing and perform at an early age. She started singing at 4 and began writing her own lyrics at 12. Shortly before she graduated from secondary school, she began making contacts within the rap and hip hop community in Toronto. A solo performance at the 1997 Honey Jam in Toronto caught the attention of Gerald Eaton and Brian West, two members of the group The Philosopher Kings. The duo helped Furtado create a demo which led to a deal with DreamWorks records. Her first single appeared on the soundtrack album for the film Brokedown Palace.

Eaton and West helped Furtado produce her debut album "Whoa Nelly!" The album was released in October of 2000 to rave reviews. The hit single "I'm Like a Bird" eventually won Furtado her first Grammy award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Additional hits from the album were "Turn Off the Light" and "On the Radio (Remember the Days). The Nelly Furtado video for the former showcased her multicultural background.

The album was critically acclaimed for her unique musical style and fresh approach to pop music. Her cultural background gave the album a unique mix of genres and sounds. Furtado is of Portuguese descent and speaks Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi.

Her second album, "Folklore", was released in November of 2003 shortly after the birth of her daughter, Nevis. Due to poor promotion by the label, the album was less successful than her first album. The singles from the album were "Powerless (Say What You Want)" and "Try". The song "Forca" from the album was used as the official anthem of the 2004 European Football Championship. The song "Childhood Dreams" was dedicated to her daughter.

In 2006, Furtado's third and most successful album to date was released. "Loose" was primarily produced by the hip hop producer Timbaland which is evident in the album's hip hop and R&B sound. Although many of her old fans rejected Furtado's new direction, the album produced number one hits across the globe. The singles "Promiscuous", "Maneater", "Say It Right" and "All Good Things (Come to an End)" topped charts in many different countries due to Nelly Furtado videos and radio play.

In addition to singing, Furtado has recently added acting to her list of skills. She made her debut in the 2006 movie "Nobody's Hero" and had a role in 2008's "Max Payne" movie. She has also appeared on television in the shows CSI: New York and Roswell.

Even though many of the lyrics on her album "Loose" are sexually suggestive, Furtado has repeatedly rejected attempts by outside influences to oversexualize her image. She turned down $500,000 that was offered to her by Playboy to use Nelly Furtado pictures. She refuses to pose in sexy outfits for magazines, and was very upset when a men's magazine digitally removed portions of her outfit so it appeared more revealing.

Furtado plans to release her fourth album between May and August of 2009. She will be recording songs in English and Spanish for the new record. She will also be recording an entire album in Spanish and an additional album in Portuguese.

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Grammy Award Winner - Nelly Furtado

A Grammy award winning Portuguese Canadian singer and song writer Nelly Furtado tasted her first success in 2000 with her debut album Whoa, Nelly!. The album featured the single "I'm like a bird" which brought her the Grammy Award. After a short break in her career while she had a baby girl 'Nevis', Furtado returned to fame with the release of 'Loose' in 2006. The album included the hit singles "promiscuous", "Maneater", "Say It Right", and "All Good Things (Come to an End)". Her second album in 2003 "Folklore" did not gain a lot of popularity while in 2007 Nelly released her first Spanish Language album.

Furtado listened heavily to mainstream R&B, hip hop, alternate rock, New Wave, alternative hip hop, trip hop and world music since her teenage. She has been influenced by stars like Jeff Buckley, Caetano Veloso, Amalia Rodrigues, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Cornershop and many others. Furtado's multicultural music has also been inspired by the city of her current residence, Toronto, which is aptly the most multicultural city in the world. She grew up in Canada and experienced the wide diversity of Toronto's cultural diversity. This exposure helped Nelly to experiment with new genres of music.

Furtado's comment about the varied taste on a Rolling Stone issue in 2006 says-

"I always know there's a new genre left to discover. For me, it's like a metaphor for life. I feel like if you can get down with any style of music, you can get down with any style of person. So it's fun for me--I get to expose my fans to different vibes and they, in turn, open their minds too. I'm always undergoing mind-opening."

Furtado has an insatiable desire for wide- ranging music and curiosity in different cultures. She is known for experimenting with various sounds, instruments, languages, genres and vocal styles. Nelly holds a record of selling over 12 million albums till date. Her songs enjoy the highest rankings in the U.S. Billboard 200 (U.S.), Canada (CAN), Mexico (MEX), United Kingdom (UK) and at many other countries. The biggest worlds music markets have sold million copies of her albums including Germany (GER), Netherlands (NET), Ireland (IRE), Switzerland (SWI), Poland (POL) and Australia (AUS).

Furtado's regularly released singles have enjoyed highest chart positions in the United World Chart (UWC), U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (U.S. Hot 100), Pop 100 (U.S. Pop 100), HOT Dance Club Play (U.S. Dance) and many other successful music markets throughout the world.

Her acting career started in middle school while she participated in school plays. She appeared as Ava Brandt, as a master- thief and victim of domestic abuse on the episodes of "Some Buried Bones" on CSI: NY. Her two songs "Maneater" and "All Good Things (Come to an End)" were also featured in the episode.

Nelly has a whole bunch of Awards and nominations under her belt. She is a winner of Radio Music Awards in the category 'Most Requested Song', "Turn off the Light". In the Billboard Music Video Awards "she won awards for the "Best Pop New Artist Clip". IN the Juno Awards her list of winnings include categories from " Best New Solo Artist", "Best Single", "Best Songwriter", "Best Pop Album" and various others. Furtado has a lond list of songs that have been included in the chart topping lists.

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