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Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She has sold over 45 million records, including 35 million in album sales worldwide, making her one of the most successful Canadian artists. Critics have noted Furtado's musical versatility and experimentation with genres.
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Born 2 December 1978 · Q80424
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2026· 5 entries
Released the single "Torture of the Heart", in collaboration with fellow-Canadian duo Dvbbs
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Published video “Nelly Furtado, Boi-1Da, Canada Soccer - ELECTRIC CIRCUS (Official Music Video)”.
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HELLO! Magazine: Nelly Furtado makes unexpected return to the spotlight months after announcing retirement from music
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Furtado released "Electric Circus", a collaborative single with Boi-1da and Canada Soccer; the song debuted at number 35 on the Canada CHR/Top 40 chart
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2025· 15 entries
Yahoo: Nelly Furtado makes shocking decision about future of her career
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Published video “HAYLA x Nelly Furtado ‘FADED’ 14th November. We can’t wait for this drop! 🍁🤍 #newmusic”.
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Page Six: Nelly Furtado mocks body-shamers with pointed fashion statement
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Page Six: Nelly Furtado rocks ribbons and distressed denim for nostalgic Big Feastival performance
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Published video “Nelly Furtado Whistle Notes”.
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Published video “Manos al aire live 2025”.
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Published video “Adriatique, Notre Dame, Timbaland, Nelly Furtado - Give It To Me 2025 (Visualizer)”.
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Published video “"Doing Nothin'" with Don Diablo Out Now!”.
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Furtado collaborated with Don Diablo on the single "Doing Nothin'", which interpolates sections of her 2012 single "Parking Lot"
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Published video “Nelly Furtado, Sid Sriram - GOD (Visualizer)”.
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Published video “Nelly Furtado - MARRIAGE (Visualizer)”.
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Published video “✨“GOD” with Sid Sriram drops Friday, April 18th✨”.
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Published video “Fun fact: I directed this music video 💅🏼”.
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Published video “Nelly Furtado - Better Than Ever (Lyric Video)”.
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Published video “Nelly Furtado - Showstopper (Lyric Video)”.
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2024· 15 entries
Published video “Nelly Furtado, Gray Hawken - Better For Worse (Lyric Video)”.
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People: Nelly Furtado Says TikTok — and 'Gen Z’s Singing All the Words’ to Her Hits — Helped Her Appreciate Her Legacy (Exclusive)
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Yahoo: Nelly Furtado Was Diagnosed with ADHD After Welcoming Her Two Younger Kids: ‘Have to Give Yourself Grace’ (Exclusive)
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Published video “Nelly Furtado - Ready For Myself (Audio)”.
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Published video “Nelly Furtado, Blxckie - Crown (Audio)”.
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Published video “Nelly Furtado - Floodgate (Audio)”.
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Forbes: Nelly Furtado Returns With New Album ‘7’
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Released album “7”.
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The Guardian: Nelly Furtado: ‘Flames shot out of the speaker when I started making Maneater’
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The Guardian: Post your questions for Nelly Furtado
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Furtado released "Corazón" as a single, more than a year after singing it for the first time in Monterrey, Mexico
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Uproxx: Nelly Furtado Will Release Her First Album In Seven Years After Making ‘400-500 Pieces Of Music In Four Years’
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Furtado released the single, "Love Bites", featuring Swedish singer Tove Lo and British DJ SG Lewis
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New York Post: Nelly Furtado shows off her bloody injury after Coachella stage fall: ‘Eat your man… Not the stage’
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On streaming and digital download platforms
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2023· 4 entries
American Songwriter: News of Nelly Furtado Headlining Electric Forest Festival Has Social Media Feeling Nostalgic
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Released a new collaboration with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake titled "Keep Going Up", sixteen years after their previous release of "Give It to Me"
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Her first single release after five years
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In a May 2023 interview with Fault magazine, Furtado revealed she had recently been diagnosed with ADHD.
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2022· 1 entry
Five years after her last concert in Baloise Session in Basel, Switzerland, Furtado performed live at the Beyond The Valley Festival in Australia
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2018· 2 entries
Released ep “Sticks & Stones”.
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“Flames to dust, lovers to friends. Why do all good things come to an end? (ang.)”
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2017· 2 entries
Released album “The Ride”.
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The Guardian: Nelly Furtado: The Ride review – a hit-and-miss patchwork of trendy pop styles
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2016· 7 entries
With the release accompanied by a short teaser video of the album on YouTube
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Furtado confirmed the title of the upcoming album, The Ride, which was released in March 2017
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The Guardian: How Nelly Furtado's Loose created a blueprint for modern pop
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The Guardian: Nelly Furtado: 'YouTube pays more than nothing. That doesn't make it fair'
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Furtado performed the Canadian national anthem at the 2016 NBA All-Star Game, which was held in Toronto
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Furtado collaborated with Dev Hynes on the track "Hadron Collider"
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Furtado appeared in a minor supporting role in the romantic comedy film A Date with Miss Fortune
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Commander of the Order of Prince Henry (2014).
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2012· 5 entries
Released album “The Spirit Indestructible”.
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The Guardian: Nelly Furtado: The Spirit Indestructible – review
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Released ep “Big Hoops (Bigger the Better) (The Remixes Part 2)”.
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And was sent to North American radio stations on May 1, 2012
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Released ep “Parking Lot (The Remixes, Pt. 2)”.
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2011· 3 entries
Furtado announced during Free the Children's We Day, that she was donating CDN$1,000,000 to support Free the Children's effort to build girls' schools in the Maasai region of Kenya
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The Guardian: Nelly Furtado to donate $1m Gaddafi concert fee to charity
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“s We Day, that she was donating CDN$1,000,000 to support Free the Children”
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2010· 6 entries
Released album “The Best of Nelly Furtado”.
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Released ep “Hot-N-Fun (The Remixes)”.
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Awarded Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album for Mi plan (2010).
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Awarded Canada's Walk of Fame (2010).
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Furtado made a "VIP Pocket Show" in reality show program Big Brother Brasil 10 from Rede Globo, the country's leading channel
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Released album “Mi plan Remixes”.
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2009· 3 entries
Released album “Whoa, Nelly! + Folklore”.
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Estimated that her command of it was fifty to sixty percent
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Released album “Mi plan”.
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2008· 4 entries
Furtado married sound engineer Demacio Castellon, with whom she had worked on Loose
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Released ep “Promiscuous Hit Pac”.
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Sang with the Italian group Zero Assoluto the ballad "Win or Lose – Appena prima di partire", released in Italy, France and Germany and whose video was shot in Barcelona
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Released album “Greatest Hits”.
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2007· 15 entries
Released ep “Lost & Found: Nelly Furtado”.
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Released ep “Edición Limitada En Español”.
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Released album “Loose: The Concert”.
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The Guardian: Nelly Furtado keeps it unreal and scores a hit
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Where she performed "Say It Right", "Maneater", and "I'm Like a Bird"
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Awarded NRJ Music Award for International Revelation of the Year (2007).
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Released album “The Singles Collection”.
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Furtado was a performer and host of the 2007 Juno Awards in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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Released ep “Say It Right (e‐Remix EP)”.
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The Guardian: Nelly Furtado, MEN arena, Manchester
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Furtado embarked on the "Get Loose Tour"
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Furtado hosted a program about AIDS on MTV, which also featured guests Justin Timberlake and Alicia Keys
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Released ep “Best of the Remixes”.
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Released album “Pa' mi gente bonita”.
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Furtado and Justin Timberlake were featured on Timbaland's single "Give It to Me", which became her third number-one single in the U
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2006· 8 entries
Released ep “Live Session EP (iTunes Exclusive)”.
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Released ep “Live @ The Orange Lounge”.
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The Guardian: CD: Nelly Furtado, Loose
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Released album “Loose”.
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Released ep “No Hay Igual”.
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Released album “Ultimate Club Hits”.
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Released ep “Promiscuous + Maneater”.
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In a June 2006 interview with Genre magazine, when asked if she had "ever felt an attraction to women", Furtado replied, "Absolutely.
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2005· 1 entry
DreamWorks Records and many of its artists, including Furtado, were absorbed into Geffen Records
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2004· 2 entries
The Guardian: Nelly Furtado, Apollo, Manchester
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Released ep “AOL Sessions”.
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2003· 2 entries
Released album “Folklore”.
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Furtado won an International Achievement Award at the SOCAN Awards in Toronto for her song "Turn Off the Light"
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2002· 3 entries
And her debut single won for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
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Furtado appeared on the song "big line", on underground hip-hop group Jurassic 5's album Power in Numbers
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Furtado was the recipient of an International Achievement Award at the SOCAN Awards in Toronto for her song "I'm Like a Bird"
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for I'm Like a Bird (2001).
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2000· 2 entries
Released album “Whoa, Nelly!”.
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Released album “Live at Paradise Garage Lisbon”.
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1997· 1 entry
Performed at the Honey Jam talent show
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1996· 1 entry
Moved to Toronto to live with her sister
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1978· 1 entry
Born 1978-12-02.
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