Nelly Furtado
Born
December 2, 1978 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Birth Name
Nelly Kim Furtado
Height
5' 2" (1.59 m)
Mini Bio
Nelly Kim Furtado was born on December 2, 1978 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada to Maria Manuela Furtado (née Neto), a motel cleaner & António José Furtado, a stonemason. She first gained fame with her trip hop inspired debut album, Whoa, Nelly! (2000), which was a critical and commercial success that spawned two top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, I'm Like a Bird and Turn Off the Light. The first of the two singles won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Furtado's introspective folk-heavy 2003 second album, Folklore, explored her Portuguese roots. Its singles received moderate success in Europe, but the album's underperformance compared to her debut was regarded as a sophomore slump.
Furtado's third album, Loose (2006), was a smash hit and became her best selling album with more than 12 million copies sold worldwide, also making it one of the best selling albums of the 2000s. Considered a radical image reinvention, Furtado continued to explore her Latin heritage while leaning heavier into hip hop. The album spawned four successful number one singles worldwide; Promiscuous, Maneater, Say It Right & All Good Things (Come to an End). Her Timbaland collaboration, Give It to Me (2007) in the same era also topped the charts in the US and overseas. Furtado's critically acclaimed duet with James Morrison, Broken Strings, also topped the charts in Europe in 2008.
She released her first Spanish language album, Mi Plan, in 2009, which won her a Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album. In 2012, Furtado released her nostalgia inspired fifth album The Spirit Indestructible. Furtado split with her management and went independent thereafter, releasing her indie-pop sixth album, The Ride (2017) under her own label, Nelstar Entertainment.
Furtado has sold over 40 million records worldwide, making her one of the most successful Canadian artists. She has won several awards throughout her career, including one Grammy Award from seven nominations, one Latin Grammy Award, ten Juno Awards, one BRIT Award, one Billboard Music Award, one MTV Europe Music Award, one World Music Award, and three Much Music Video Awards. Furtado has a star on Canada's Walk of Fame, and was awarded Commander of the Order of Prince Henry on February 28, 2014 in Toronto by AnÃbal Cavaco Silva, the then-President of Portugal.
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14th September 2009, 16:53
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[09/13/09] Nelly Furtado @ 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, New York - 8x
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[09/13/09] Nelly Furtado
@ 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, New York - 8x
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18th September 2009, 17:25
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Nelly Furtado - 2009 Damian Grass Photoshoot - x3
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19th September 2009, 06:06
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[09/17/09] Nelly Furtado @ 2009 ALMA Awards - x24
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19th September 2009, 14:32
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Nelly Furtado - Jeff Christensen Photoshoot 2009 - x8
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24th September 2009, 10:52
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Nelly Furtado - Mi Plan Promoshoot - 2x
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10th October 2009, 18:44
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[10/07/09] Nelly Furtado @ Elie Saab Pret a Porter show - x46
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11th October 2009, 16:16
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13th October 2009, 18:00
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Nelly Furtado - Mi Plan Promoshoot in Spain - 10x
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6th November 2009, 12:24
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27th November 2009, 17:24
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12th December 2009, 13:11
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