Nelly Furtado

[berrywoman]

Ok before I get yelled at for not searching... I DID!! And the only thread was from 2003.. so I made a new one! :P

I'm listening to her new album Loose via MSN Music.... (I never knew you could listen to an entire album like that thru there.. ) but anyhoo... its pretty good. I am enjoying Keane's album more over her's, but its a good feel good album.


any one else?

[playflocold]

yeah i also think they did it well...
her style changed but it's still nelly
it's a good alternation to all my other stuff i share on music, i really like the songs "say it right" "promiscuous" "showtime" "wait for you" and "all good thing's"

[berrywoman]

Te Busque is good too...

i think she's always had this style in her.. some of it comes thru on Whoa, Nelly... but, I am sure she'll get some 'slack' for being a bit more poppy.

I'm diggin it though.. Timbaland is the man!! lol I also read that when Coldplay played Tampa- Nelly and Timba were in the audience.. and thats when Chris dedicated 'Don't Panic' to Timabaland!! lol

[Innocent_Joy]

Hmm... I saw her live at a festival I went to about a month ago and she really couldn't sing... it was pathetic...
I quite like her songs usually, so I wanted to see her, but I didn't see the whole performance because it was really bad... No more Nelly for me :\

[badlydrawngirl]

Good stuff to dance about to. Liking Maneater at the mo!

[blackchickintheback]

OH i LOOOVE maneater! and glow is really good too!

[RICK8]

Ewwwww no thank you!!!!

[Shiver129]

narr, i dont like maneater, she sounds....... well........constapated :confused: :thinking: :\

my sis likes it though..........but then again she likes ne*yo. enough said. lmao!!

[Space Cadet]

I really don't know what to think of her. Try and Forca are two of my favorite songs. As far as pop princesses go, she was always my favorite (and she's Canadian too :cool: ) but I really don't like where's she's gone. I suppose it's well done, but the whole skanky flirt thing when she used to be so joyously ecclectic... it kind of cheapens her. :(

[mysongislove1915]

Her new stuff is pretty good, but she has changed quite a bit...

[felicote]

completely agree with Erin. I really liked I'm like a bird and turn off the lights but she has changed for the worse in my opinion

[Sweet One]

I don't like seeing her dance. I don't think she can dance too well. She should really stop.

But she's pretty. :)

[AlexTHFC]

I love Nelly Furtado lol. But I think I prefer her old songs to the new ones! Come on, I'm Like A Bird is a freakin' classic!!


http://www.myspace.com/alexgladwin

[Sweet One]

I find that her new stuff is much more....generic pop. There's nothing really special going on...or nothing that sets her apart from the rest of the pop ladies out there. I mean, sure, her originality didn't always equate into huge sales, but it was an admirable quality. Her new song Promiscuous is a throwback to Britney Spears' "Slave 4 U"...the beat is kinda similar and it's the first thing i thought of when i heard it.

And also, I don't know if anyone has seen recent interviews with her but she seems to have lost all her humbleness and gained some sort of uppity arrogance. Maybe that's just me. But I noticed it several times watching some of her interviews.

[*Ali*]

i am SO addicted to promiscuous, i love the vid as well! very good song to dance to.

maneater was the first single released here so we're just getting promiscuous now, and if these 2 songs are anything to go by then her album should be very good!

[bobantang]

I love her new style.

Does she have connection with Chris Martin?
I heard that she wanted to have cooperation with him.

[mc_squared]

I think she's sold out and is now doing stuff that doesn't suit her. She isn't a "pop-rock chick"!!

[yellow_fever]

I like her song Promiscuous Girl & obviously All Good Things, but it's funny how I told a friend to just listen to the beat of Promiscuous and she'll like it...and yeah, she actually liked it...(she's more into heavier things, so this was a shocker)

[*Ali*]

I love her new style.

Does she have connection with Chris Martin?
I heard that she wanted to have cooperation with him.


they recorded a song together but he didn't like the end result so he doesn't appear on her album.

[busybeeburns]

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5211046,00.jpg

CAMERON ADAMS talks with Nelly Furtado about her Coldplay mate Chris Martin.

Your last album, Folklore, kind of disappeared after your debut Whoa Nelly was a massive hit. What do you learn from that?

I learnt you can't take anything for granted. In the beginning I had all these opportunities, like winning a Grammy, opening for U2, playing Saturday Night Live, doing photo shoots for Vanity Fair . . . I just thought everybody had that kind of luck first time out. Now I see it was beginner's luck. With Folklore people weren't ready, it's a mixture of luck and fate and trends. It was such an intimate and personal album it was a stepping stone for me. I wanted to show people I wasn't just this cartoon character from the I'm Like a Bird video. I guess I'm a little bit guilty of being that selfish artist who uses their albums to work through things.

It's a cult favourite, Folklore.

It's the fan favourite. The people who like that album really, really like it. Whoa Nelly was like the big loud girl at the party who was in everyone's face. Folklore is the dark serious girl on the couch who wants to have a serious discussion with you in the corner. Loose is the whole party.

Loose is a change in direction.

It sounds weird, but it's almost like I was born again as a female with the birth of my daughter (Nevis). I feel like I'm claiming my femininity more on this album.

You've got a more sexy image now.

I've definitely changed that way. Before my closet was 90 per cent sneakers and 10 per cent fancy shoes, now it's all high heels and one pair of gym runners. When I had a baby my body changed . . . as an artist you have to challenge your fans, show them you're evolving. People are attracted to change, to vulnerability.

You did a duet with Chris Martin on Loose's All Good Things, then his voice was removed. What happened there?

That version is on the internet somewhere. It wasn't a traditional duet. Chris really wanted to come in and meet (producer) Tim(baland). Tim didn't want to make it a duet so he sampled his voice and it weaved in and out. It was so beautiful, it was actually quite groundbreaking the way he infused his vocal in it. It's still really good without the vocal, but at the last minute his label said "No, we can't do that" because his vocal was a little more raw than it sounds on a Coldplay record. It was unfortunate, maybe we can put it on a B-side album. I want to do a B-side album next year, there was a lot of stuff left over from Loose.

So it was a mutual love-in between Chris and Timbaland?

Oh yeah. Timbaland was jamming (Coldplay's) X&Y like mad. All Timbaland would talk about was Coldplay. He was like "That guy's the truth". He would play the CD and sing all the lyrics. Coincidentally I bumped into Chris backstage at the MTV Awards in Miami. We used to be friends when we were doing our first albums in England. He said "You're working with Timbaland, that's amazing, can I come by? I'd love to see how he works." I said "Tim would love to meet you, you don't understand . . ."

When you say you used to be friends with Chris, is it true you were once 'special friends'?

No! Everyone thinks that's true, but no, we were just friends.

So how did Chris and Tim's meeting go?

Chris was kind of humble and shy and nervous. Timbaland was the same. They were like schoolkids. I had to be the one to say "Tim, turn your keyboard on. Chris here's your guitar, sit down, get on with it." I don't think they would have made music otherwise. Once we got going it was like Chris had this inner James Brown he had to exorcise.

Hang on: Chris Martin funky?

Hey, at one point Chris was doing his own rendition of Jay-Z's Dirt Off Your Shoulders. It was brilliant!

When HiT spoke to him Chris was coy about the rumours he's doing something solo with Timbaland.

I think he might do a solo project in the future. It'd be great. Actually Timbaland and I are talking about doing a Gorillaz/Gnarls Barkley-style band collaborative effort. We found it quite freeing in the studio, it was really liberating to not have the pressure of being a solo artist. In the music business you get so busy promoting, but when you let yourself make music magical things happen.

You said Timbaland is like 'ET on the boards'. Are you saying he's an extra-terrestrial?

It seems like he beams in a sound from outer space. It's really interesting to watch. He really becomes the rhythm when he makes beats.

You recorded a song, Crowd Control, with Justin Timberlake that hasn't ended up on either of your albums.

He might put it out as a B-side or something. He's very funny and really talented. I didn't really understand how talented he is until I worked with him. He's full of ideas and concepts.

And he's in your Maneater video.

We invited him to shake his booty in the video. He was nervous, he was like "I'm the odd person out."

So let's talk more about this band you and Timbaland are thinking about. How serious is it?

We're even fooling around with band names, like the Awake. We were inspired by Eurythmics and Blondie. It'll be like the UNKLE project. When I was in the studio with Chris and Tim I felt I was watching something great happening. To tap into that intense energy is the reason I make music. You can't pay for those moments.

So you wouldn't front the band?

I'd be one of the singers, plus maybe Justin, Chris, Missy (Elliott) . . . it'd be neat if it was a real collective.

Between your contacts and Timbaland's contacts . . .

I think it'd be amazing. The idea is to shut off our Blackberrys and work for two weeks straight and call the album In Two Weeks. We'll see.

Loose (Universal) out now.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20070238-5006024,00.html

[bellynelly]

Carn't stand her, she is sh*t.

[AlexTHFC]

She's hot end of story! lol.

[busybeeburns]

http://www.sootoday.com/uploads/content/NellyFurtado.jpg

International superstar Nelly Furtado returns to Canadian Idol to perform live on season finale, Sunday, Sept. 17 on CTV

Furtado joins Melissa O'Neil in the 90-minute end-of-season celebration

Toronto, ON (September 7, 2006) – She's heating up the charts around the world after kicking off the Canadian Idol Top 10 phase earlier this season.

Now, she returns to perform live on the Canadian Idol stage for the first time.

CTV announced today that international superstar Nelly Furtado has been secured to perform on the supersized, 90-minute season finale of Canadian Idol, airing live on Sunday, September 17 at 7 p.m. ET.

Furtado will perform the Canadian television debut of her latest hit Maneater, which reached No. 1 in the U.K.

Since her first appearance on Canadian Idol in July, Furtado's double-platinum album Loose returned to the No. 1 spot on Nielsen's SoundScan charts.

After performing an acoustic version of her hit single Promiscuous on Canadian Idol, the track remained the No. 1 single in Canada for seven weeks running while occupying the No. 1 spot in the U.S. for eight weeks.

In addition to gracing the covers of numerous international magazines over the past few months, the Universal Music recording artist won three Teen Choice Awards and was nominated in three categories at the 2006 MTV Music Video Awards.

Furtado is in the midst of a whirlwind promotional tour that will take her to Japan, Australia, London, New York City, Mexico and back home to Toronto.

"Nelly Furtado is an artist who represents the truly eclectic nature of Canadian music," said Susanne Boyce, CTV president of programming and chair of the CTV Media Group. "Her diverse musical background is a direct reflection of her Canadian heritage. She's a great choice to help us celebrate the end of another stellar season."

"Fans instantly responded to Nelly's exclusive acoustic version of Promiscuous which she taped for Canadian Idol," said Executive Producer John Brunton. "We can't wait to see what she has in store for us next in what's shaping up to be one of the most exciting season finales we've ever had."

As previously announced, Furtado will join the reigning Canadian Idol champ Melissa O'Neil, who will also perform live before passing on the Idol crown.

Additional details surrounding Canadian Idol's season finale will be announced soon.

Furtado and O’Neil join a long line-up of special guests who have performed live on Canadian Idol this season, including Tony Bennett, Rex Goudie, Martina McBride, Chantal Kreviazuk, Roger Hodgson, Dennis DeYoung and Cyndi Lauper.

Nelly Furtado returned with a sexy bang this summer when her long-awaited third album Loose debuted at No. 1 in both Canada and the United States.

Released on June 20, Loose has sold more than 250,000 copies in Canada.

This album marks the first time Nelly Furtado has debuted in the No. 1 spot on Nielsen's SoundScan chart.

Recorded for the most part at Miami's Hit Factory with hip-hop producer extraordinaire Timbaland (Missy Elliott, Justin Timberlake), Loose features 12 new tracks that sees Nelly co-writing for the first time.

Co-writers on Loose include producer Timbaland, Nate Hills, Juanes & Lester Mendez, Rick Nowels and Coldplay’s Chris Martin.

Canadian Idol was created by Simon Fuller and is produced in association with CTV by Insight Productions.

http://www.sootoday.com/content/arts/details.asp?c=15208

[AlexTHFC]

her eyes are perfect! haha

[StarsKay]

i have always liked her style and her voice, but the latest album did disappoint me immensely.

woah, nelly! was a great album, she brought something unique to the music scene.
folklore well not too sure where that went. it sort of came in and out and didn't stand out for me.
loose i definitely had mixed feeling about. mostly negative to start with but ive adjusted, a little.


then:
http://www.tbj.no/videofilm/cd/bilder/Nelly%20Furtado.jpg
now:
http://www.justjared.com/images/2006/04/nelly-furtado-loose-download.jpg

anyone see the difference? i'm all for change, i really am, but i don't like the shift her music and look has taken.

when loose came out i bought it straight away thinking her urban/indie/pop sound would dominate the tracks, but there is hardly anything like i'm like a bird or turn off the light quiality. at the start i was extremely disappointed and thought she'd become all pop-starish and fame struck, making videos that are a dime a dozen. how many videos of half-naked people dancing in clubs are we going to see? seriously. she has come a long way since laying on the grass and riding bicycles.

on the bright side, i have listened to loose more frequently and like some of the tracks esp showtime, say it right, all good thing (come to an end) ft chris martin but the album version is ok, and wait for you. however i still vote for the woah, nelly! style over her currently style anyday.

[blackchickintheback]

I like her new album a lot!
True, it's not like her old stuff, but to tell you the truth her music used to annoy me a little. ( I still loved it, it was just overplayed and worn out.)

[Faust]

It's a very good album... :-D
liked a lot "In God's hands" "What I wanted" and "All good things"

[AlexTHFC]

I want to marry her!

[MrLick]

I like her new song man eater.

[blackchickintheback]

^ me too!
oh, and AlexTHFC, I'd go gay for her! :wink3: Anytime, Nelly, anytime....

Anyway, excuse my perversions, I just bought her first album today. I was going to buy Coldplay's special edition of X&Y (it looked so SHINY and NEW) But I decided to go with Nell F. In the car I was like:"This was probably a mistake" but it wasn't! I'm very happy! I think she may be one of my new favorites....

[AlexTHFC]

^ me too!
oh, and AlexTHFC, I'd go gay for her! :wink3: Anytime, Nelly, anytime....

Anyway, excuse my perversions, I just bought her first album today. I was going to buy Coldplay's special edition of X&Y (it looked so SHINY and NEW) But I decided to go with Nell F. In the car I was like:"This was probably a mistake" but it wasn't! I'm very happy! I think she may be one of my new favorites....

Hahaha, if I was a girl then I would too! lol

[reg]

I like her new song 'promiscuous':D

[doritji]

'explode','try' and sh*t on the radio are one of the best non- coldplay songs i've ever heard !!:cool:

[Faust]

I heard her new singles are going to be "Say it right" and then "Showtime"

Great because those are awesome songs... :)

[Mee]

I like Nelly, esc. her new song.

[Oenona]

I love Try so much. Its lyrics are really exceptional.
I can't stop listening to it time and time again!

[SniperShot]

She is one hot MILF!!! i like the song maneater

[busybeeburns]

GRAMMY Award-winning songbird Nelly Furtado flies into the MEN Arena on Friday, February 16.

Kicking off her Get Loose UK tour in Manchester, Furtado will work through her early chart hits I'm Like a Bird and Turn off the Light through to the UK No 1 singles Promiscuous and Maneater as well as her latest single smash hit, All Good Things, co-written by Coldplay's Chris Martin.

Singer-songwriter Furtado burst onto the scene in 2000 with her critically acclaimed debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, establishing herself as an innovative and unique artist.

Having sold over five million copies worldwide, her third album, Loose, followed the same success rocketing to the No 1 spot in six countries with over three million albums sold to date. The album, mostly produced by Timbaland, shows Nelly experimenting with a more R'n'B, hip-hop sound.

Having picked up a gong at every major award ceremony this year, including an MTV VMA, American Music Awards and a World Music Award, Nelly Furtado has remerged as Canada's greatest pop singer.

* Tickets, priced £23.50, are available from the box office on 0870 190 8000

http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/entertainment/newsandreviews/tm_headline=songbird-gets-loose-at-men-&method=full&objectid=18398620&siteid=50020-name_page.html

[berrywoman]

I have her latest tune "Say It Right" as my ringtone.... :)

[blackchickintheback]

SHIT
I totally forgot about her when I bought a ringtone today. I bought YYY.
Still love her though. Still will go gay for her! lol.

I didn't like Say It Right until it became a single.

Am I the only one who doesn't like her second album??? It's so...blah. Her first album stayed in rotation on my iPod for at least a month!

[berrywoman]

^ admit I don't own it 'Loose' but i guess thats the reason!! lol I wasn't about to pay for it if I was only 'feelin' like 3 songs on there..... the rest was like.. 'eh'.... the first album still gets rotated on my iPod!! Its such a diverse album... no 2 tracks sound alike on that.... this one is just 'eh'....

[StarsKay]

whoa, nelly! is by far her best album the 2nd one was ? and this one, to be honest at first i was so disappointed. i thought she lost her uniqueness and became all hollywood-ish, but after buying it (mainly because of all good things co-written by chris martin etc) and listening to the tracks, it's not half bad. in fact, it's pretty good in general. i gave it a 2 before, but now it's up to a 7.
from folklore, try and childhood dreams (is that it?) are definitely nice songs!

[busybeeburns]

http://www.rwdmag.com/images/articles/preview/rwd17010703205812270900.jpg

AEG Live bring Grammy winning and multi platinum selling singer Nelly Furtado to the UK

February 2007 will see the return of pop sensation Nelly Furtado to the UK.

On the back of her hugely successful album Loose, Nelly will be performing five gigs as part of her 'Get Loose' World Tour.

Tickets are available through the 24-Hour hotline: 0871 230 4422 or online @ www.aeglive.co.uk

Kicking off her UK tour on the 16th February at the Manchester MEN, fans across the country will be on their feet as Nelly works through chart hits, ‘I’m Like a Bird’, ‘Turn off the Light’ through to the UK no. 1 singles Promiscuous, Maneater and her latest single All Good Things co-written by Coldplay’s Chris Martin.

February 2007
16 Manchester MEN
17 Glasgow Clyde Auditorium
20 Birmingham NEC
21 London Hammersmith Apollo

Singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado burst on to the scene in 2000 with her critically acclaimed debut album Whoa Nelly, establishing herself as an innovative and unique artist. Having sold over 5 million copies worldwide, her third album Loose followed the same success, rocketing to No. 1 in six countries with over 3 million sold to date. The album, mostly produced by Timbaland, showed Nelly experimenting with a more R&B, hip hop sound. Having picked up a gong at every major award ceremony last year including a MTV VMA, American Music Awards and a World Music Award, Nelly Furtado has remerged as Canada’s greatest pop singer.

Don’t miss your chance to watch Nelly Furtado perform her most popular club anthems live!

http://www.rwdmag.com/articles/fullstory.php?&sid=&id=3185

[ég-elska-Thom]

I always liked her but rather listened to them because my father always would. He still does. I just saw an interview on youtube with her, she sounded really stupid...

[Larry]

Yesterday I watched Nelly Furtado's "Say It Right" at "Wetten, dass..?" before going out and I kinda liked it! I have to admit... she's hot! :wink3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZND2SpKq7PM

[busybeeburns]

The pop sensation kicks off her national tour on Nelly Furtado Day

Doubters who thought Nelly Furtado's music couldn't sustain the stratospheric success of her smash debut are keeping quiet at the moment. They might even be changing their tune.

She is soaring high again this year, following a record-setting 2006 for the Victoria native.

Acting roles on prime-time television. Halftime performances at championship football games. Major artistic awards, including her fifth Grammy Award nomination. The offer to host the Juno Awards in Saskatoon on April 1. Even a rarefied acknowledgment by her hometown, which proclaimed earlier this week that March 21 - the start of her first national tour in three years -is officially Nelly Furtado Day in Victoria.

All of this would mean nothing, of course, if she didn't have a list of artistic achievements to back up the hubbub.

She most certainly has those. After almost a year on the U.S. sales charts, Furtado's third album, Loose, sits tight at No. 7, with worldwide sales past the two-million mark. The Timbaland-produced effort has earned platinum or gold sales certifications in more than 25 countries, including Canada, where it has sold more than 400,000 copies.

The album's third smash single, Say It Right, holds the No. 10 position on the Billboard Hot 100, with a fourth song - All Good Things (Come To An End), co-written by Chris Martin of Coldplay - prepped to follow suit in the coming weeks. That will have to wait: The video for Say It Right moved this week into the Top 20 at MTV.

Furtado doesn't appear to be motivated, or all that impressed, by her statistical achievements. But she admits the success of Loose is a vindication of sorts, particularly after the lack of attention paid to her underrated sophomore outing from 2003, Folklore.

"This album has been so liberating - it's been a lifesaver, in a way," Furtado, 28, said in an interview prior to the upcoming Get Loose tour.

Furtado's focus

"All of a sudden I can see myself doing this for an entire lifetime. If you asked me five years ago, I would have told you the music business was OK, but maybe I'll end up doing something else. Now I have a hope, even if it's only my mother in the audience, that this career will be my mainstay."

She was an unknown in 2000 when Dreamworks (a record label founded by Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and former Disney chief Jeffrey Katzenberg) released Whoa, Nelly!, her debut.

Furtado, it's worth noting, had yet to celebrate her 22nd birthday at the time of its release. But that didn't stop the boo birds.

The singer, many whispered, was another big-business creation whose Portuguese heritage and folksy image were key selling points.

When the song I'm Like a Bird took flight, later topping the charts worldwide, the jeers grew even louder - unfairly so. The long arm of Dreamworks was a big help early on; her first print interview was in Vanity Fair magazine, and her debut TV performance was on Saturday Night Live. But Furtado was definitely feeling the heat.

"I really wasn't used to the showbiz thing at all," she said. "I had only played maybe 10 live performances in my entire life - including musical theatre performances in high school - before signing a record deal."

Over time, it was obvious she was more than a studio creation. She could sing to the heavens, yes - but Furtado could also write, produce and play guitar. Three years later, she tried to do and say it all on Folklore (where she sang, "I'm not a one-trick pony, for you I will not dance, and for you I will not prance"), but fans literally weren't buying it. It topped out at No. 38 on the U.S. sales charts.

Many believe her radical change in direction on Loose, both visually and sonically, was a direct response to Folklore's lukewarm reception.

She had to learn to ignore such talk, even when it came from her beloved Portuguese community. Everybody grows up at some point, Furtado said, and with that comes thicker skin and more self-confidence.

Let Loose

"It's a thing you have to get over as an adult, I think. I've just got to live my life. I finally let go and really stopped worrying so much about what everybody thinks about my music, and went with what really feels right for me."

Her three-year-old daughter, Nevis, played a substantial role in Furtado's coming-out-party. If anything, the need to lead by example, for her daughter's sake, is what prompted Furtado to adopt her new try-anything mindset.

"There's a real liberation that comes with that," she said. "When you finally let go and say, 'You know what? I've just got to be myself.' The only way you can truly be inspiring is when you just be yourself, whatever that entails, even if it that leads you down roads that some people kind of furrow their eyebrows at. You've got to stick your neck out sometimes."

http://www.hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=17639&sc=95

[Larry]

Nelly Furtado - Say it right (live @ Rock am Ring 2006)

I especially like the guitar at the end...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Hlw76xR5c

[busybeeburns]

http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/media.canada.com/01135ebc-53cc-4d7b-8172-cbc446f9b580/nelly_09.jpg

Superstar with Island roots proves her staying power at rarefied heights of pop

Doubters who thought Nelly Furtado's music couldn't sustain the stratospheric success of her smash debut are keeping quiet at the moment.

They might even be changing their tune.

She is soaring high again this year, following a record-setting 2006 for the Victoria native.

Acting roles on prime-time television. Half-time performances at championship football games. Major artistic awards, including her fifth Grammy Award nomination. The offer to host the Juno Awards in Saskatoon on April 1. Even a rarefied acknowledgment by her hometown, which proclaimed earlier this week that March 21-- the start of her first national tour in three years -- is officially Nelly Furtado Day in Victoria.

All of this would mean nothing, of course, if she didn't have a list of artistic achievements to back up the hubbub.

She most certainly has those. After almost a year on the U.S. sales charts, Furtado's third album, Loose, sits tight at No. 7, with worldwide sales past the two-million mark. The Timbaland-produced effort has earned platinum or gold sales certifications in more than 25 countries, including Canada, where it has sold more than 400,000 copies.

The album's third smash single, Say It Right, holds the No. 10 position on the Billboard Hot 100, with a fourth song -- All Good Things (Come To An End), co-written by Chris Martin of Coldplay -- prepped to follow suit in the coming weeks. That will have to wait: The video for Say It Right moved this week into the Top 20 at MTV.

Furtado doesn't appear to be motivated, or all that impressed, by her statistical achievements. But she admits the success of Loose is a vindication of sorts, particularly after the lack of attention paid to her underrated sophomore outing from 2003, Folklore.

"This album has been so liberating -- it's been a lifesaver, in a way," Furtado, 28, told the Times Colonist, in one of the few interviews she gave prior to the upcoming Get Loose tour.

"All of a sudden I can see myself doing this for an entire lifetime. If you asked me five years ago, I would have told you the music business was OK, but maybe I'll end up doing something else. Now I have a hope, even if it's only my mother in the audience, that this career will be my mainstay."

She was an unknown in 2000 when Dreamworks (a record label founded by Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and former Disney chief Jeffrey Katzenberg) released Whoa, Nelly!, her debut.

Furtado, it's worth noting, had yet to celebrate her 22nd birthday at the time of its release. But that didn't stop the boo birds. The singer, many whispered, was another big-business creation whose Portuguese heritage and folksy image were key selling points.

When the song I'm Like a Bird took flight, later topping the charts worldwide, the jeers grew even louder -- unfairly so. The long arm of Dreamworks was a big help early on; her first print interview was in Vanity Fair magazine, and her debut TV performance was on Saturday Night Live. But Furtado was definitely feeling the heat.

"I really wasn't used to the showbiz thing at all," she said. "I had only played maybe 10 live performances in my entire life -- including musical theatre performances in high school -- before signing a record deal."

Over time, it was obvious she was more than a studio creation. She could sing to the heavens, yes -- but Furtado could also write, produce and play guitar. Three years later, she tried to do and say it all on Folklore (where she sang, "I'm not a one-trick pony, for you I will not dance, and for you I will not prance") but fans literally weren't buying it. It topped out at No. 38 on the U.S. sales charts.

Many believe her radical change in direction on Loose, both visually and sonically, was a direct response to Folklore's lukewarm reception.

She had to learn to ignore such talk, even when it came from her beloved Portuguese community. Everybody grows up at some point, Furtado said, and with that comes thicker skin and more self-confidence. "It's a thing you have to get over as an adult, I think. I've just got to live my life. I finally let go and really stopped worrying so much about what everybody thinks about my music, and went with what really feels right for me."

Her three-year-old daughter, Nevis, played a substantial role in Furtado's coming-out-party. If anything, the need to lead by example, for her daughter's sake, is what prompted Furtado to adopt her new try-anything mindset.

"There's a real liberation that comes with that," she said. "When you finally let go and say, 'You know what? I've just got to be myself.' The only way you can truly be inspiring is when you just be yourself, whatever that entails, even if it that leads you down roads that some people kind of furrow their eyebrows at. You've got to stick your neck out sometimes."

In late June, she laid everything on the line with Loose, and came up aces. The record debuted at No. 1 on both the U.S. and Canadian sales charts, earning Furtado her best single-week sales total and her first No. 1 on the U.S. charts.

"It's all about choices, like in any career. You get all these options thrown at you, and in the beginning of my career my answer was to say no to everything so I don't make a mistake. That's what I did in the beginning, but now I'm a bit more mature.

"What's the worst thing that can happen? Let me try this and see how it feels. I never thought I would be dancing in videos and doing choreography, but the moment I started it felt like, 'Oh my God! It's a whole new career!' Life is not that serious after all. I don't have to win 10 Nobel Peace Prizes. I can kind of have fun in what I do."

http://www.canada.com

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Los Angeles,CA. (Top40 Charts/ Geffen Records) - If she didn't look so gorgeous in it, Nelly Furtado's brand-new video, "All Good Things (Come to An End)" would probably be the ultimate buzz kill.

The fourth single to stem from her platinum- selling album Loose was co-written by Coldplay's Chris Martin, who knows a thing or two about writing sad songs. And Nelly's understated Earth mother appearance (she is a mom, after all) in the video, while still sexier than her original pigtails-and-overalls hippie chick look, pairs perfectly with the track's emotional overtones and the haunting, reflective refrain.

While her recent public persona has been more erotic than ethereal, directing duo Israel Lugo and Gabriel Coss employ a sobering style to match the breakup ballad's somber tone.

Watch as a more pure, pensive Nelly Furtado reveals yet another flawless facet of her femininity in her latest video.

http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=31483

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Nelly Furtado has an explanation for why her third album, “Loose,” explodes with electric, bodily energy. It’s not just because she left her native Canada for the tropical metropolis of Miami to get busy with recording, or merely that sparks flew - literally - when she hooked up with super-producer Timothy “Timbaland” Mosley.

It’s also because two years after her daughter Nevis’ birth, she weaned her.

“I think I started recording this album the same month I stopped nursing my daughter,” Furtado says over the phone from the green room of “The Tonight Show,” where she recently performed. “Maybe I did feel liberated. I finally went, `Oh my body’s finally mine again - yippee!’ You have a lot to write about, too. That’s why the album’s ... like an emotional whirlwind.”

With its provocative hit club singles “Promiscuous” and “Maneater,” Furtado, 29, is the iconic “hot mom.” The CD’s free-spirited vibe is also shaped by the fact she separated from her daughter’s father, DJ Jasper Gahunia, before writing and recording. On “Loose,” she frolics in pleasure and freedom.

“Breakups are liberating, in a way, but then also motherhood’s liberating,” Furtado says.

Of course, this is easier for a woman who can afford a nanny and amicably splits custody with her ex to say than for the average working single mom. But the singer and songwriter says she relishes the relative challenges of parenting.

“I had a great schedule: I’d go to the beach till about 8 p.m. with my daughter, then I’d go to the studio till 4 a.m., then I’d sleep for about three hours. I went through this weird phase where I was sleep-deprived. Most of the times it’s funny, thank goodness.”

Furtado got her groove back in Miami, so it’s fitting the descendant of Portuguese immigrants is kicking off her “Loose” tour at there this week.

“Miami is a very alive city. I love the people, I love the Latin heritage, especially the fact that there are so many second- and third-generation families. It creates a really unique culture and society that doesn’t exist elsewhere,” she says. “It feels like its own country, its own nation. I felt comfortable in my skin because I am Hispanic.”

Furtado grew up in British Columbia. Her parents immigrated from the Azores Islands. At home she spoke Portuguese and English. “Loose” includes two songs in Spanish, a language she learned at 14: “No Hay Igual” is a reggaeton number, “Te Busque” she sings with Juanes (it’s a follow-up to their `03 duet “Fotografia"). On her second album, “Folklore,” she sang with legendary Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso. Furtado also recorded a song for the new “Bajofondo Tango Club” album. She’s talked about recording an entire Latin CD but says she’s waiting until she has more time.

“Singing in Portuguese or Spanish, I feel a little more in touch with my soul, a little more honest in my delivery,” she says.

Furtado began playing music at 9 and writing songs a few years later. After high school, she moved to Toronto, where she formed the trip-hop duo Nelstar. She left that and began working with producers Tr and Field. Her 2000 debut, “Whoa, Nelly!,” featured folky pop songs, including the huge Grammy-winning hit “I’m Like a Bird.”

For “Folklore,” Furtado got more experimental. Although it includes “Forca,” the official song of the `04 European Football Championship, the album sold poorly. The artist knew she wanted to try a different tack with her third recording.

“I wanted an iconic pop album that was a little more simplified and streamlined,” she says. “I had that vision for myself, I really wanted to see if I could do that. Almost like a personal challenge: `I wonder if people could like me if I didn’t layer the song with 10 different instruments.’”

She hooked up with some of the biggest producers in the biz, including Pharrell and Scott Storch. But it wasn’t until she went into Hit Factory/Criterion studio with Timbaland that something clicked - in fact, exploded.

“I saw Tim and it was like seeing an old friend, cause we hadn’t seen each other in five years. The first beat he put up caused the speaker to catch fire, because the rubber burned.”

They communed not only over their love of hip-hop, but also over vintage new wave and electro, like Blondie and the Eurythmics. Both were also listening to modern alternative artists. Coldplay’s Chris Martin joined them in the studio after 2005’s VMAs and co-wrote the song “All Good Things.”

“Tim has the same voracious appetite for music that I do. He doesn’t discriminate. He’ll use a jingle from a popcorn commercial if it sounded good. I like that innocence, because there’s a lot of pretension with any art form - you find pretension and you find purity. Timbaland’s all purity. He’s not jaded and he doesn’t have any laws that govern him. Kind of like an outlaw.”

Not surprisingly, some of Furtado’s more serious-minded fans have bristled at the pop grooves of “Loose.” The performer defends her taste: “We don’t value dance music in the same way, because it’s so basic: Oh, this music makes me dance. I think that’s why some really good electronic music is not taken seriously.”

She also says “Loose’s” success has freed her creatively. “It’s going to get really exciting for me in the future in terms of exploring other stuff. Under the pop umbrella, I think I’ve proven a lot with the third CD, and now I feel even more liberated as an artist. I can truly satisfy my whims.”

“Loose” came out last summer, but Furtado is just now promoting it with stateside shows. She says she’s been focusing on TV appearances and touring elsewhere; thanks in part to Furtado’s multilingualism, she’s a star in numerous countries.

Miami inspired Furtado so much, she’s using South Beach as a setting for her stage show: “There are white linen palm trees.” With dancers and costume changes, it’s her biggest production yet, but she still wants to emphasize the music. Unlike so many other pop divas who love dance music, Furtado is also an instrumentalist. She can play guitar, keyboards, trombone and ukulele.

“The tone of this show is fun and energy. I’ve become more confident, I don’t try to over-achieve onstage anymore. I don’t have as much to prove. I realize people come to see the songs performed. That’s what I’m going to try to do.”

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/news/article/41800/nelly-furtado-is-no-one-trick-pony/

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Nelly Furtado has an explanation for why her third album, "Loose," explodes with electric, bodily energy.

It's not just because she left her native Canada for the tropical metropolis of Miami to get busy with recording, or merely that sparks flew - literally - when she hooked up with super-producer Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley.

It's also because two years after her daughter Nevis' birth, she weaned her.

"I think I started recording this album the same month I stopped nursing my daughter," Furtado says over the phone from the green room of "The Tonight Show," where she recently performed. "Maybe I did feel liberated. I finally went, 'Oh my body's finally mine again - yippee!"'

With its provocative hit club singles "Promiscuous" and "Maneater," Furtado, 29, is the iconic "hot mom." The CD's free-spirited vibe is also shaped by the fact she separated from her daughter's father, DJ Jasper Gahunia, before writing and recording. On "Loose," she frolics in pleasure and freedom.

"Break-ups are liberating, in a way, but then also motherhood's liberating," Furtado says.

Of course, this is easier for a woman who can afford a nanny and amicably splits custody with her ex than for the average working single mom. But the singer and songwriter says she relishes the relative challenges of parenting.

"I had a great schedule: I'd go to the beach till about 8 p.m. with my daughter, then I'd go to the studio till 4 a.m., then I'd sleep for about three hours," she recalls. "I went through this weird phase where I was sleep-deprived. Most of the times it's funny, thank goodness."

Furtado got her groove back in Miami, so it's fitting the descendant of Portuguese immigrants is kicking off her "Loose" tour there this week.

"Miami is a very alive city," she says. "I love the people, I love the Latin heritage, especially the fact that there are so many second- and third-generation families. It creates a really unique culture and society that doesn't exist elsewhere."

Furtado grew up in British Columbia. Her parents immigrated from the Azores Islands. At home, she spoke Portuguese and English.

"Loose" includes two songs in Spanish, a language she learned at 14: "No Hay Igual" is a reggaeton number, "Te Busque" she sings with Juanes (it's a follow-up to their '03 duet "Fotografia"). On her second album, "Folklore," she sang with legendary Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso. Furtado also recorded a song for the new Bajofondo Tango Club album.

She's talked about recording an entire Latin CD but says she's waiting until she has more time.

"Singing in Portuguese or Spanish, I feel a little more in touch with my soul, a little more honest in my delivery," she says.

Furtado began playing music at 9 and writing songs a few years later. After high school, she moved to Toronto, where she formed the trip-hop duo Nelstar. She left and began working with producers Tr and Field.

Her 2000 debut, "Whoa, Nelly!," featured folky pop songs, including the huge Grammy-winning hit "I'm Like a Bird." For "Folklore," Furtado got more experimental. Although it includes "Forca," the official song of the '04 European Football Championship, the album sold poorly. The artist knew she wanted to try a different tack with her third recording.

"I wanted an iconic pop album that was a little more simplified and streamlined," she says. "I had that vision for myself, I really wanted to see if I could do that."

She hooked up with some of the biggest producers, including Pharrell and Scott Storch. But it wasn't until she went into Hit Factory/Criterion studio with Timbaland that something clicked - in fact, exploded.

"I saw Tim and it was like seeing an old friend, cause we hadn't seen each other in five years." she says. "The first beat he put up caused the speaker to catch fire, because the rubber burned."

They communed not only over their love of hip-hop, but also over vintage new wave and electro, like Blondie and the Eurythmics. Both listened to modern alternative artists. Coldplay's Chris Martin joined them in the studio after 2005's Video Music Awards and co-wrote the song "All Good Things."

"Tim has the same voracious appetite for music that I do," Furtado says. "He doesn't discriminate. He'll use a jingle from a popcorn commercial if it sounded good. I like that innocence, because there's a lot of pretension with any art form - you find pretension and you find purity."

Not surprisingly, some of Furtado's more serious-minded fans have bristled at the pop grooves of "Loose."

The performer defends her taste: "We don't value dance music in the same way, because it's so basic: 'Oh, this music makes me dance.' I think that's why some really good electronic music is not taken seriously."

She also says "Loose's" success has freed her creatively. "It's going to get really exciting for me in the future in terms of exploring other stuff. Under the pop umbrella, I think I've proven a lot with the third CD, and now I feel even more liberated as an artist. I can truly satisfy my whims."

"Loose" came out last summer, but Furtado is just now promoting it with stateside shows. She says she's been focusing on TV appearances and touring elsewhere; thanks in part to Furtado's multilingualism, she's a star in numerous countries.

Miami inspired Furtado so much, she's using South Beach as a setting for her stage show: "There are white linen palm trees." With dancers and costume changes, it's her biggest production yet, but she still wants to emphasize the music. Unlike so many other pop divas who love dance music, Furtado is also an instrumentalist. She can play guitar, keyboards, trombone and ukulele.

"I've become more confident, I don't try to overachieve onstage anymore. I don't have as much to prove. I realize people come to see the songs performed.

"That's what I'm going to try to do."

http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_6023239

[Pallavi]

wow!! all nelly songs especially i am like a bird i like it...so much...

and her new album's nice and also her duet with Chris too...

well she recently given a concert in Mumbai india for New year eve of 2007:)

[ariadnasquire]

She has just released an album in spanish, called "Mi Plan"

[whoa.elder]

She has just released an album in spanish, called "Mi Plan"Yeah and have you listened it? honestly i didn't like as much as her 3 lasts albums... then i've concluded that maybe in each album is getting worst, i mean for me the best was Whoa Nelly! then Folklore and Loose, but Mi Plan it's not good enough :( hope Nelly does a better work next

[ariadnasquire]

well for it be in spanish is OK done could be better, but well at least she has tried it, cause other so called latin singer have not tried yet. :\

and yes the others ones are better.