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Nelly Kim Furtado (pron. IPA: //; born December 2 1978) is a Luso-Canadian singer-songwriter.

Among her most successful songs are her debut single "I'm like a Bird", for which she won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 2002, "Turn off the Lights", which reached #1 on Billboards Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, and "Força", the official anthem of the 2004 European Football Championship.

Biography

Furtado was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada one of three children born to Portuguese-Azorean parents. She learned to play trombone and ukulele at the age of nine and keyboard at eleven. She began composing her own songs when she was thirteen.

After finishing high school, (Mt. Doug Secondary), Furtado moved to Toronto where she formed the trip hop duo Nelstar*' in 1997 with local musician Tallisman with whom she had already worked the previously summer, contributing vocals to the song "Waitin' 4 the Streets" on Join the Ranks, the 1996 album of his band Plains of Fascination. "Like", one of the songs Nelstar* recorded, received a VideoFACT grant to cover for the production of a music video, but Furtado felt the musical style of the Nelstar* recordings did not represent her personality and vocal talent, and the clip was never released.

Performing one night at Toronto nightclub Lee's Palace, Furtado met The Philosopher Kings singer Gerald Eaton
. Eaton became an important collaborator, co-producing Furtado's debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, when she signed with DreamWorks Records.

Her style, described by Toronto Sun writer Jane Stevenson as a cross between Macy Gray and Ivana Santilli
, incorporates pop, trip-hop, bossa nova, soul, R&B, hip hop and folk, and was a result of her urge to move beyond the kinds of music that have always emotionally moved her. She has mentioned Cornershop, Beck
and Finley Quaye as influences in her sound.

Prior to being signed, Furtado's music has been described as less colourful and associated more with indie bands such as Portishead and Radiohead. However, Furtado tired of this style.

On September 20 2003, Furtado gave birth to her first child, daughter Nevis. The father is her then boyfriend Jasper Gahunia (alias Lil' Jaz, Furtado's live DJ).

Furtado's second album, Folklore, was released on November 25 2003. The album includes the single "Força", which was written as the official anthem of the 2004 European Football Championship held in Portugal, and Furtado also performed it at the championship's final in Estádio da Luz, Lisbon on July 4, 2004.

She also was a guest presenter at the 2005 European Music Awards held in Lisbon, Portugal.

Furtado made her acting debut in the film Nobody's Hero, to be released sometime in 2006. Her third album, Loose, will be released on 23 May 2006, with the album's first single, "Promiscuous", featuring Timbaland, preceding it in March 2006. "No Hay Igual", a Spanish dance track, will also be released to radio and clubs at the same time, to create buzz. The album, mostly produced by Timbaland and his production partner Danjahandz, will include songs such as "Maneater", as well as "All Good Things", a collaboration with Coldplay's Chris Martin.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Other releases

  • "Party's Just Begun (Again)" (2000, 12" vinyl promo single)
  • AOL Sessions (2004, 4-track digital EP, exclusively available at iTunes)
  • "Fortress Bell" (Unreleased)
  • "Like" (Unreleased)
  • "Trippin'" (Unreleased)
  • "Rockstar" (Unreleased)

Collaborations

  • "Waitin' 4 the Streets" on Plains Of Fascination's Join the Ranks (1996)
  • "I Feel You" featuring Esthero
    on Nelly Furtado's "I'm Like A Bird" single (2001)
  • "Turn off the Light" (Remix) featuring Ms. Jade
    and Timbaland on Nelly Furtado's "Turn Off The Light" single (2001)
  • "What's Going On" on Artists Against AIDS' What's Going On (2001)
  • "Get Ur Freak On" (Remix) by Missy Elliott
    on Lara Croft: Tomb Raider O.S.T. (2001)
  • "Instant Karma" (Live) with Dave Stewart on Come Together - A Night For John Lennon's Words And Music DVD (2001)
  • "Thin Line" on Jurassic 5's Power In Numbers (2002)
  • "Fotografia" on Juanes
    ' Un Día Normal (2002)
  • "Sacrifice" on The Roots' Phrenology (2002)
  • "Breathe" on Swollen Members' Monsters In The Closet (2002)
  • "The Harder They Come" on Paul Oakenfold
    's Bunkka (2002)
  • "Trés Fly" on Tallisman's 80 Million Isms (2002)
  • "Fine Line" on Jarvis Church's Shake It Off (2002)
  • "Ching Ching" on Ms. Jade
    's Girl Interrupted (2002)
  • "Powerless (Say What You Want)" (Spanish version) featuring Juanes on Nelly Furtado's "Força" single (2004)
  • "Quando, Quando, Quando" on Michael Bublé's It's Time (2005)
  • "Friendamine" on Jelleestone's The Hood Is Here (2005)

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