| A Grammy award winning Portuguese Canadian singer | | | | music and curiosity in different cultures. She is known |
| and song writer Nelly Furtado tasted her first success | | | | for experimenting with various sounds, instruments, |
| in 2000 with her debut album Whoa, Nelly!. The album | | | | languages, genres and vocal styles. Nelly holds a |
| featured the single "I'm like a bird" which brought her | | | | record of selling over 12 million albums till date. Her |
| the Grammy Award. After a short break in her | | | | songs enjoy the highest rankings in the U.S. Billboard |
| career while she had a baby girl 'Nevis', Furtado | | | | 200 (U.S.), Canada (CAN), Mexico (MEX), United |
| returned to fame with the release of 'Loose' in 2006. | | | | Kingdom (UK) and at many other countries. The |
| The album included the hit singles "promiscuous", | | | | biggest worlds music markets have sold million copies |
| "Maneater", "Say It Right", and "All Good Things | | | | of her albums including Germany (GER), Netherlands |
| (Come to an End)". Her second album in 2003 | | | | (NET), Ireland (IRE), Switzerland (SWI), Poland (POL) |
| "Folklore" did not gain a lot of popularity while in 2007 | | | | and Australia (AUS). |
| Nelly released her first Spanish Language album. | | | | Furtado's regularly released singles have enjoyed |
| Furtado listened heavily to mainstream R&B, hip | | | | highest chart positions in the United World Chart |
| hop, alternate rock, New Wave, alternative hip hop, | | | | (UWC), U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (U.S. Hot 100), Pop 100 |
| trip hop and world music since her teenage. She has | | | | (U.S. Pop 100), HOT Dance Club Play (U.S. Dance) and |
| been influenced by stars like Jeff Buckley, Caetano | | | | many other successful music markets throughout the |
| Veloso, Amalia Rodrigues, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, | | | | world. |
| Cornershop and many others. Furtado's multicultural | | | | Her acting career started in middle school while she |
| music has also been inspired by the city of her | | | | participated in school plays. She appeared as Ava |
| current residence, Toronto, which is aptly the most | | | | Brandt, as a master- thief and victim of domestic |
| multicultural city in the world. She grew up in Canada | | | | abuse on the episodes of "Some Buried Bones" on |
| and experienced the wide diversity of Toronto's | | | | CSI: NY. Her two songs "Maneater" and "All Good |
| cultural diversity. This exposure helped Nelly to | | | | Things (Come to an End)" were also featured in the |
| experiment with new genres of music. | | | | episode. |
| Furtado's comment about the varied taste on a | | | | Nelly has a whole bunch of Awards and nominations |
| Rolling Stone issue in 2006 says- | | | | under her belt. She is a winner of Radio Music |
| "I always know there's a new genre left to discover. | | | | Awards in the category 'Most Requested Song', |
| For me, it's like a metaphor for life. I feel like if you | | | | "Turn off the Light". In the Billboard Music Video |
| can get down with any style of music, you can get | | | | Awards "she won awards for the "Best Pop New |
| down with any style of person. So it's fun for me--I | | | | Artist Clip". IN the Juno Awards her list of winnings |
| get to expose my fans to different vibes and they, | | | | include categories from " Best New Solo Artist", |
| in turn, open their minds too. I'm always undergoing | | | | "Best Single", "Best Songwriter", "Best Pop Album" |
| mind-opening." | | | | and various others. Furtado has a lond list of songs |
| Furtado has an insatiable desire for wide- ranging | | | | that have been included in the chart topping lists. |