Nelly Furtado
Biography
Nelly Furtado is a Canadian singer and songwriter who was born in Victoria, British Columbia, to Portuguese immigrant parents and began performing and writing songs as a child. She first recorded with hip hop and trip hop projects before her 2000 debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, brought her wide attention and earned a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for I'm Like a Bird. The folk-leaning Folklore followed in 2003, and Loose (2006), built with producer Timbaland, became her biggest seller and yielded the chart-topping singles Promiscuous and Maneater. Her Spanish-language album Mi Plan (2009) won a Latin Grammy, and later releases included The Spirit Indestructible (2012), The Ride (2017) on her own label, and 7 (2024). She has taken a minor screen role in A Date with Miss Fortune, and her honors include ten Juno Awards and a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.
47years old
Turns 48 on December 2in 22 days
- Born Victoria
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Nelly Kim Furtado (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 23 years2001 to 2024
Every film, newest first
- 2024The Greatest HitsIMDb rating 6.3
- 2016Madonna: Rebel Heart TourIMDb rating 7.8
- 2015A Date with Miss FortuneIMDb rating 5.3
- 2008Max PayneIMDb rating 5.3
- 2001Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary CelebrationIMDb rating 8.4
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Behind the award
Furtado took the Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album for Mi Plan. No other Portuguese-Canadian had won a Latin Grammy before her.
Big break
Furtado's break came at the 1997 Honey Jam talent show, where her performance caught the ear of The Philosopher Kings singer Gerald Eaton, who approached her to write with him.
A change of course
With Newkirk, Furtado started a trip hop duo called Nelstar. She thought the style was too segregated, did not show her personality or her vocal ability, and she left the group.
First role
Furtado's first single was "Party's Just Begun (Again)". It came out on the soundtrack album for the film Brokedown Palace, which was released in 1999.
Behind the camera
Furtado founded her own label, Nelstar, with Canadian independent label group Last Gang Labels, and its first signing was Fritz Helder & the Phantoms.
Languages
Furtado recorded parts of the song "Scared of You" in Portuguese, and "Onde Estás" is entirely in Portuguese, which reflects her Portuguese heritage.
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Worked with
Nelly Furtado made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Beau Bridges's page
Mark Wahlberg's page
Idris Elba's page
Marlon Brando's page
Elizabeth Taylor's page
Donal Logue's page
All films by John Moore
Ned BensonDirector, 1 film, 2024
All films by Ned Benson
Danny TullDirector, 1 film, 2016
All films by Danny Tull
Awards
Five awards and honors from 2001 to 2014, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grammy Awards | |||
| 2001 | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | I'm Like a Bird | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2014 | Commander of the Order of Prince Henry | Won | |
| 2010 | Canada's Walk of Fame | Honored | |
| 2010 | Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album | Mi plan | Won |
| 2007 | NRJ Music Award for International Revelation of the Year | Won | |
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