Nelly Furtado Biography

Nelly Kim furtado was born on 2^nd December 1978 in Victoria which is under British Columbia in Canada. She has Portuguese parents and she is very famous Canadian singer, songwriter, actress and record producer. Approximately her 40 million records have been sold worldwide till now.

In Nelly Furtado biography, it must be noted that she has been singing for a long time. After her eleventh grade, she visited her sister in Toronto and met with a member of hip hop music band named Tallis Newkrik and she sung for their new 1996 album Join the ranks and the song “Waitin' 4 the Streets”. She sung for the group late on too but then she realized that it was not the perfect type in which she can show her ability so she left the group soon. After that in 1997, she performed for honey jam talent show where she was attracted by Gerald Eaton. She contacted her to write for him and she agreed. Later on with the help of him she recorded her first single “Party's just Begun (again)” in 1999.

Nelly Furtado biography includes her first album with Eaton and West Named “Whoa, Nelly!” which was released in October 2000. It was a success internationally. The famous songs were “I am like a bird”, “Turn off the light” and “Shit on the radio”. For this album she was nominated for Gammy in 2002 and also won best female pop vocal performance. Her 2^nd album named “Folklore” was released in 2003. This Fanzee album includes the song “Forca” which was the official song for the European Football Championship 2004.

The most interesting thing in Nelly Furtado biography is her 3^rd album “Loose”. It was released on june 2006. The most important part is that it was produced by Timbaland. The songs of this album like “Promiscuous”, “Maneater” and “Say it right” became Nelly the famous singer worldwide.

Her latest album is “Mi Plan” which was released in 2009 and now she is working for her new album expected to launch in 2012 named “Life Style”.

Another thing worth noticing in Nelly Furtado biography is her works for the humanity. She took part in AIDS awareness campaign concert on world AIDS day in 2006 along with Enrique Iglesias and Snoop Dogg. This was held in South Africa and hosted by BET, MTV and Nike.

She can speak Portuguese fluently and her genres of interest are Pop, Folk, R&B and Latin pop. These are also included in Nelly Furtado biography.