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| image = Nelly Furtado at Radio Regenbogen Award 2017 (5).jpg
| caption = Furtado in 2017
| alt = Furtado, with short, dark hair, stands in front of German adverts wearing glittery clothing
| birth_name = Nelly Kim Furtado
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|12|2}}
| birth_place = [[Victoria, British Columbia]], Canada
| nationality = {{hlist|Canadian|Portuguese}}<ref>{{cite web | url= http://wiwibloggs.com/2016/08/20/portugal-nelly-furtado-might-consider-eurovision-manager/148871/ |title= Say It Right: Nelly Furtado 'Might Consider' Singing For Portugal At Eurovision, According To Manager |website= Eurovision News |date= August 20, 2016 |access-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Irene Irene| last= Blayer |url= http://www.rtp.pt/acores/comunidades/i-never-felt-like-i-was-only-portuguese-or-only-canadian-nelly-furtado_48353 |title="I never felt like I was only Portuguese, or only Canadian" Nelly Furtado |work=[[Rádio e Televisão de Portugal|RTP]] |date=October 12, 2015 |access-date=September 10, 2016 |archive-date=October 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006143100/http://www.rtp.pt/acores/comunidades/i-never-felt-like-i-was-only-portuguese-or-only-canadian-nelly-furtado_48353 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.dn.pt/politica/interior/cavaco-condecora-nelly-furtado-e-outros-lusocanadianos-3712386.html |title= Cavaco condecora Nelly Furtado e outros luso-canadianos|language=pt|last=Tecedeiro |first=Helena |work=Diário de Notícias |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415201503/https://www.dn.pt/politica/interior/cavaco-condecora-nelly-furtado-e-outros-lusocanadianos-3712386.html |archive-date=April 15, 2017|access-date=November 23, 2017|date=February 28, 2014}}</ref>
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* Singer
* songwriter
* actress
*record producer
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*guitarist}}
| years_active = 1996–present
| awards = [[List of awards and nominations received by Nelly Furtado|Full list]]
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| partner = Jasper Gahunia (2001–2005)
| spouse = {{Marriage|Demacio Castellon|2008|2016|reason=sep.}}<!--Do not add "divorce" until this has been confirmed as finalized, by a third-party reliable source. -->
| children = 13
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* [[Pop music|Pop]]
* [[worldbeat]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2002/03/17/Floridian/The_musical_future_is.shtml |title=Floridian: The musical future is now |work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |date=March 17, 2002|access-date=July 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020808160618/http://www.sptimes.com/2002/03/17/Floridian/The_musical_future_is.shtml|archive-date=August 8, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Charles Trainor Jr. |url=http://www.popmatters.com/article/111679-singer-songwriter-nelly-furtado-makes-a-smart-entry-into-the-latin-m/ |title=Singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado makes a smart entry into the Latin music market |website=PopMatters.com |access-date=September 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828200834/http://www.popmatters.com/article/111679-singer-songwriter-nelly-furtado-makes-a-smart-entry-into-the-latin-m/ |archive-date=August 28, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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* [[DreamWorks Records|DreamWorks]]
* [[Geffen Records|Geffen]]
* [[Mosley Music Group|Mosley]]
*[[:pt: Nelstar|Nelstar Entertainment]] (current)
* [[Universal Music Latin Entertainment|Universal Music Latin]]
* [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
*[[Eleven Seven]]
*[[Better Noise Music]]
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* [[Timbaland]]
* [[Juanes]]
* [[Justin Timberlake]]}}
| website = {{URL|nellyfurtado.com}}
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'''Nelly Kim Furtado''' {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Prince Henry|ComIH]]}} ({{IPAc-en|f|ɜːr|ˈ|t|ɑː|d|oʊ}}; {{IPA-pt|fuɾˈtaðu|lang}}; born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian<!-- Do not add Portuguese. Furtado doesn't have Portuguese citizenship, only Canadian. She was born, raised and is most notable in Canada, though she's described as being Canadian and Portuguese in nationality (see her talk page discussion, Talk:Nelly Furtado/Archive 5#Ethnicity, nationality, citizenship, redux and MOS:BIOLEAD).--> singer and songwriter.
 
'''Nelly Kim Furtado''' {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Prince Henry|ComIH]]}} ({{IPAc-en|f|ər|ˈ|t|ɑː|d|oʊ}} {{respell|fər|TAH|doh}}; {{IPA-pt|fuɾˈtaðu|lang}}; born December 2, 1978) is a <!--Do NOT add Portuguese.-->Canadian<!-- See MOS:BIOLEAD. She was born, raised and is most notable in Canada, though she's described as being Canadian and Portuguese in nationality (see her talk page discussion, Talk:Nelly Furtado/Archive 5#Ethnicity, nationality, citizenship, redux). If Furtado is a dual citizen of Canada and Portugal, please provide reliable sources which clearly state this. --> singer and songwriter. She has sold over 45 million records, including 35 million in album sales worldwide,<ref name="Sony Music Canada – The official Sony Music Canada website 2023 q970">{{cite web | title=NELLY FURTADO AND DOM DOLLA RELEASE EAT YOUR MAN – Sony Music Canada | website=Sony Music Canada – The official Sony Music Canada website | date=2023-06-02 | url=https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/20490 | access-date=2023-09-08}}</ref> making her one of the most successful Canadian artists. Critics have noted Furtado's musical versatility and experimentation with genres.<ref name="Los Angeles Times">{{cite news|last=Nichols|first=Natalie|title=Nelly Furtado Takes the Reins, Debuts With Talent, Versatility|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-aug-23-ca-8725-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 23, 2000|access-date=January 27, 2023}}</ref><ref name="The Observer">{{cite news|last=Kaplan|first=Ilana|title=The Best Songs You Missed Last Week: Ásgeir, Nelly Furtado, More|url=https://observer.com/2017/01/best-songs-you-missed-asgeir-nelly-furtado-more/|work=[[The Observer]]|date=January 30, 2017|access-date=January 27, 2023}}</ref><ref name="The Irish Times">{{cite news|last=Murphy|first=Lauren|title=Nelly Furtado: The Ride – breathlessly beat-driven tunes|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/nelly-furtado-the-ride-breathlessly-beat-driven-tunes-1.3023373|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=March 30, 2017|access-date=January 27, 2023}}</ref><ref name="BBC News">{{cite news|last=Lester|first=Paul|title=Nelly Furtado Mi Plan Review|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/gcrg/|work=[[BBC News]]|date=September 15, 2009|access-date=February 7, 2023}}</ref>
She first gained fame with her [[trip hop]]-inspired debut album, ''[[Whoa, Nelly!]]'' (2000), which was a critical and commercial success that spawned two top-10 singles on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], "[[I'm Like a Bird]]" and "[[Turn Off the Light]]". The first of the two singles won her a [[Grammy Award]] for [[Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]]. Furtado's introspective folk-heavy 2003 second album, ''[[Folklore (Nelly Furtado album)|Folklore]]'', explored her Portuguese roots. Its singles received moderate success in Europe, but the album's underperformance compared to her debut was regarded as a [[sophomore slump]].
 
SheFurtado first gained fame with her [[trip hop]]-inspired debut album, ''[[Whoa, Nelly!]]'' (2000), which was a critical and commercial success that spawned two top-10 singles on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], "[[I'm Like a Bird]]" and "[[Turn Off the Light]]". The first of the two singlesformer won her a [[Grammy Award]] for [[Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]]. Furtado's introspective folk-heavy 2003 second album, ''[[Folklore (Nelly Furtado album)|Folklore]]'', explored her Portuguese roots. Its singles received moderate success in Europe, but the album's underperformance compared to her debut was regarded as a [[sophomore slump]].
 
Furtado's third album, ''[[Loose (Nelly Furtado album)|Loose]]'' (2006), was a smash hit and became her best sellingbestselling album, with more than 1210 million copies sold worldwide, also making it one of the best sellingbestselling albums of the 2000s.<ref name="canadianencyclopedia"kuwaittimes.net-Aug2009>{{cite encyclopediaweb|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopediakuwaittimes.com/articlesnet/nelly-furtadoread_news.php?newsid=MTI3ODI3OTY2MQ== |title=NellySpanish album an unexpected 'Plan' for Furtado |encyclopediadate=TheAugust Canadian30, Encyclopedia2009 |yearwork=2012Kuwait Times |access-date=NovemberMay 710, 20142022|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309014540/http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MTI3ODI3OTY2MQ%3D%3D |archive-date=March 9, 2012}}</ref><ref Consideredname="billboard2">{{cite aweb|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XFZj6BL4zl8C&q=nelly+furtado+folklore+2+million+worldwide&pg=PA24|title=Five radicalRings imageTo reinvention,Rule FurtadoThem continuedAll|publisher= toBillboard|page=24|first=Jen|last=Qilson|date=August explore1, her2008|access-date=May Portuguese10, heritage2022}}</ref> whileConsidered leaninga heavierradical intoimage [[Hipreinvention, hop music|hip hop]]. Thethe album spawned four successful number-one singles worldwide;: "[[Promiscuous (song)|Promiscuous]]" (featuring [[Timbaland]]), "[[Maneater (Nelly Furtado song)|Maneater]]", "[[Say It Right]]", and "[[All Good Things (Come to an End)]]". Her 2007 feature on [[Timbaland]] collaboration's "[[Give It to Me (Timbaland song)|Give It to Me]]" (2007) in the same era also topped the charts in the US and overseas. Furtado's critically acclaimed duet with [[James Morrison (singer)|James Morrison]], "[[Broken Strings (song)|Broken Strings]]", also topped the charts in Europe in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|author=Fraser McAlpine |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/2008/12/james_morrison_ft_nelly_furtad.shtml |title=Chart Blog: James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado – 'Broken Strings' |publisher=BBC |date=December 2, 2008 |access-date=December 31, 2011}}</ref>
 
She released her first Spanish-language album, ''[[Mi Plan]]'', in 2009, which won her a [[Latin Grammy Award]] for [[Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album|Best Female Pop Vocal Album]]. In 2012, Furtado released her nostalgia-inspired fifth album ''[[The Spirit Indestructible]]''. Furtado split with her management and went independent thereafter, releasing her indie-pop sixth album, ''[[The Ride (Nelly Furtado album)|The Ride]]'', in 2017 under her own label [[:pt:Nelstar|Nelstar Entertainment]].
 
Furtado has sold over 40 million records worldwide, making her one of the most successful Canadian artists. She has won severalmany [[List of awards and nominations received by Nelly Furtado|awards]] throughout her career, including one [[Grammy Award]] from seven nominations, one [[Latin Grammy Award]], ten [[Juno Awards]], one [[BRIT Award]], one [[Billboard Music Award|''Billboard'' Music Award]], one [[MTV Europe Music Award]], one [[World Music Award]], and three [[Much Music Video Awards]]. Furtado has a star on [[Canada's Walk of Fame]], and was awarded [[Order of Prince Henry|Commander of the Order of Prince Henry]] on February 28, 2014 in Toronto, by [[Aníbal Cavaco Silva]], the then-[[President of Portugal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abola.pt/mundos/ver.aspx?id=463071|title=abola.pt|access-date=March 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511004718/http://www.abola.pt/mundos/ver.aspx?id=463071|archive-date=May 11, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ionline.pt/artigos/portugal/cavaco-condecora-personalidade-portuguesas-luso-canadiana-entre-quais-cantora-nelly|title=Cavaco condecora personalidade portuguesas e luso-canadiana, entre as quais a cantora Nelly Furtado|work=ionline|access-date=March 2, 2014|archive-date=September 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913151936/http://www.ionline.pt/artigos/portugal/cavaco-condecora-personalidade-portuguesas-luso-canadiana-entre-quais-cantora-nelly|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.correiodosacores.info/index.php/destaques/5338-cavaco-silva-condecora-nelly-furtado-com-a-comenda-da-ordem-do-infante-d-henrique|title=Cavaco Silva condecora Nelly Furtado com a comenda da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique|author=CA|work=correiodosacores.info|access-date=March 2, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.istoday/20140302100717/http://www.correiodosacores.info/index.php/destaques/5338-cavaco-silva-condecora-nelly-furtado-com-a-comenda-da-ordem-do-infante-d-henrique|archive-date=March 2, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
== Early life ==
Furtado was born on December 2, 1978, in [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], [[British Columbia]], Canada. Her [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] parents, António José Furtado and Maria Manuela Furtado, were born on [[São Miguel Island]] in the [[Azores]]<ref name="dmg">[http://www.dailymusicguide.com/Interviews/nelly_furtado_interview.aspx Nelly Furtado Interview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080525103401/http://www.dailymusicguide.com/Interviews/nelly_furtado_interview.aspx |date=May 25, 2008 }} at DailyMusicGuide.com</ref> and had immigrated to Canada in the late 1960s.<ref name="rsjan01">{{cite webmagazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5918613/furtado_goes_portuguese/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625045453/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5918613/furtado_goes_portuguese/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 25, 2007 |title= Furtado Goes Portuguese |workmagazine= [[Rolling Stone]] |access-date= May 27, 2006}}</ref> Nelly was named after [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] gymnast [[Nellie Kim]].<ref name="ym" /> Her elder siblings are Michael Anthony and Lisa Anne. They were raised [[Roman Catholic]].<ref name="ym" /><ref>{{cite webmagazine |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nellyfurtado/articles/story/5931858/fly_girl |title= Fly Girl |workmagazine= Rolling Stone |quote= ...raised their brood according to the traditions of their Roman Catholic faith. 'It was a big part of my life,' Furtado says about church. 'Very exciting and colorful. It was just so customary that I didn't really take the time to think about what everything meant, besides the basics. I still believe in the [[Ten Commandments]] and the [[seven deadly sins|Seven Sins]]. It keeps me on the straight and narrow, though I get jealous of people sometimes who can just let go and give in to sin.' |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100408220527/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nellyfurtado/articles/story/5931858/fly_girl |archive-date= April 8, 2010 |url-status= dead }}</ref> At age four, she began performing and singing in Portuguese.<ref name="dmg" /><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.netparque.pt/NPShowStory.asp?id=315351 |title= ENTREVISTA: NELLY FURTADO |work= netparque.pt |access-date= November 3, 2007 |url-status= dead |archive-url= http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20080314173807/http%3A//www.netparque.pt/NPShowStory.asp?id%3D315351 |archive-date= March 14, 2008 |df= mdy-all }}</ref> Furtado's first public performance was when she sang a duet with her mother at a church on [[Portugal Day]]. She began playing musical instruments at the age of nine, learning the [[trombone]], [[ukulele]] and, in later years, the guitar and keyboards. At the age of 12, she began writing songs,<ref name="ym" /> and as a teenager, she performed in a Portuguese [[marching band]].<ref name="rsjan01" /> Furtado has acknowledged her family as the source of her strong work ethic; she spent eight summers working as a chambermaid with her mother, along with her brother and sister, who was a housekeeper in Victoria.<ref name="amg">{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|AllMusic |class=artist artist| id= p451535/biography|pure_url=yes}} |title=Nelly Furtado Biography | website= Allmusic |access-date =May 27, 2006}}</ref>
 
== Career ==
=== 1996–1999: Career beginnings ===
DuringAfter agraduating visitfrom with[[Mount herDouglas sisterSecondary Lisa AnneSchool]] in 1996, she moved to [[Toronto]] into reside with her sister. There, she got a midfull-1995time job at an alarm company.<ref name="F2F"/> Later, Furtadoshe would metmeet Tallis Newkirk, member of the [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] group Plains of Fascination.<ref name="F2F">{{cite magazine|title=Face to face with Nelly Furtado: Canada's singing sensation|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Face+to+face+with+Nelly+Furtado%3A+Canada%27s+singing+sensation.-a030324445|date=September 22, 2001|magazine=[[KidsWorld]]|access-date=December 23, 2022|quote= When the year ended, I just hadn't really registered for college or anything, so I'm like, `I'm going to Toronto to do music.' I told my mom I'd be gone for four months. I was going to live with my aunt. But I actually stayed for a year. I got a full-time job working for this alarm company. I hooked up with Tallis [Newkirk] and formed the group Nelstar, which was a trip-hop band.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223113815/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Face+to+face+with+Nelly+Furtado%3A+Canada%27s+singing+sensation.-a030324445|archive-date=December 23, 2022}}</ref> She contributed vocals to their 1996 album, ''Join the Ranks'', on the track "Waitin' 4 the Streets".<ref name="nelstar">{{cite web|url=http://www.nelstar-project.com/about/nelstar|title=Nelstar* (Nelly Furtado) Biography|work=Nelstar-Project.com|access-date=December 9, 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060101212435/http://www.nelstar-project.com/about/nelstar/|archive-date=January 1, 2006}}</ref> After graduating from [[Mount Douglas Secondary School]] in 1996, she moved to Toronto to reside with her sister Lisa Anne. The following year, she formed Nelstar, a [[trip hop]] duo with Newkirk. Ultimately, Furtado felt the trip hop style of the duo was "too segregated", and believed it did not represent her personality or allow her to showcase her vocal ability.<ref name="nelstar" /> She left the group and planned to move back home.
 
In 1997, she performed at the Honey Jam talent show.<ref name="nelstar" /><ref name="honeyjam">{{cite web | url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/33869/honey-jam-searches-for-urban-women | title=Honey Jam Searches for Urban Women | work=[[Chart (magazine)|Chart]] | date=May 27, 2003 | access-date=September 16, 2009 | first=Stephanie | last=Forrest | url-status=deadusurped | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330041829/http://www.chartattack.com/news/33869/honey-jam-searches-for-urban-women | archive-date=March 30, 2010 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> Her performance attracted the attention of [[The Philosopher Kings]] singer [[Gerald Eaton]], who then approached her to write with him. He and fellow Kings member [[Brian West (musician)|Brian West]] helped Furtado produce a demo. She left Toronto, but returned again to record more material with Eaton and West. The material recorded during these sessions was shopped to record companies by her attorney [[Chris Taylor (Music Attorney)|Chris Taylor]] and led to her 1999 record deal with [[DreamWorks Records]], signed by A&R executive Beth Halper, partner of [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]] drummer and record producer [[Butch Vig]].<ref name="mm">{{cite web|url=http://www.maplemusic.com/artists/nfu/bio.asp|title=Nelly Furtado Biography|work=MapleMusic|access-date=May 27, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123100037/http://www.maplemusic.com/artists/nfu/bio.asp|archive-date=November 23, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Furtado's first single, "[[Party's Just Begun (Again)]]", was released that year on the [[Brokedown Palace: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|soundtrack album]] for ''[[Brokedown Palace]]'' (1999).
 
=== 2000–2005: ''Whoa, Nelly!'' and ''Folklore'' ===
Furtado continued the collaboration with Eaton and West, who co-produced her debut album, ''[[Whoa, Nelly!]]'', which was released in October 2000. The album was an international success, supported by three international singles: "[[I'm Like a Bird]]", "[[Turn Off the Light]]", and "[[...On the Radio (Remember the Days)]]". It received four Grammy nominations in 2002, and her debut single won for [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]]. Furtado's work was also critically acclaimed for her innovative mixture of various genres and sounds. ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' called the album "a delightful and refreshing antidote to the army of 'pop princesses' and rap-metal bands that had taken over popular music at the turn of the millennium".<ref name="slant74">{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=74|title=Whoa, Nelly!|work=Slant|access-date=May 28, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822200404/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=74 |archive-date=August 22, 2006}}</ref> The sound of the album was strongly influenced by musicians who had traversed cultures and "the challenge of making heartfelt, emotional music that's upbeat and hopeful".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.maplemusic.com/artists/nfu/bio.asp|title= Nelly FurtadoBio |work= MapleMusic |access-date= May 27, 2006 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111123100037/http://www.maplemusic.com/artists/nfu/bio.asp |archive-date= November 23, 2011 |url-status= dead}}</ref> According to ''Maclean's'' magazine, ''Whoa, Nelly!'' had sold six million copies worldwide as of August 2006.<ref>Intini, John. [http://www.macleans.ca/culture/music/article.jsp?content=20060828_132446_132446 "Nelly Furtado: 'I'm not Mother Teresa'"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004160847/http://www.macleans.ca/culture/music/article.jsp?content=20060828_132446_132446 |date=October 4, 2006 }}. ''[[Maclean's]]''. August 25, 2006. Retrieved September 18, 2006.</ref> Portions of the song "Scared of You" are in Portuguese, while "Onde Estás" is entirely in Portuguese, reflecting Furtado's Portuguese heritage.<ref name="rsjan01"/> Following the release of the album, Furtado headlined the "Burn in the Spotlight Tour" and also appeared on [[Moby]]'s ''[[Area Festival|Area:One]]'' tour.
 
In 2002, Furtado appeared on the song "Thin Line", on [[underground hip hop]] group [[Jurassic 5]]'s album ''[[Power in Numbers]]''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Zac Crain |url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/2002-11-07/music/the-thin-line&page=84 |title=Crain, Zac, "The Thin Line: Jurassic 5 knows the difference between hip-hop and rap", Dallas Observer, Nov. 7, 2002, accessed Sept. 15, 2009 |publisher=Dallasobserver.com |date=November 7, 2002 |access-date=December 5, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617075510/http://www.dallasobserver.com/2002-11-07/music/the-thin-line%26page%3D84/ |archive-date=June 17, 2011}}</ref> The same year, Furtado provided her vocals to the [[Paul Oakenfold]] song "The Harder They Come" from the album ''[[Bunkka]]''. She also had a collaboration with Colombian artist [[Juanes]] in the song "[[Fotografía]]" ("''Photograph"''), where she showed her diversity of yet another language, Spanish. Furtado was also featured in "Breath" from [[Swollen Members]]' ''[[Monsters in the Closet (Swollen Members album)|Monsters in the Closet]]'' release; the video for "Breath", directed by [[Spawn (comics)|Spawn]] creator [[Todd McFarlane]], won the 2003 Western Canadian Music Awards Outstanding Video and MuchVIBE Best Rap Video. In 2002, Furtado was the recipient of an International Achievement Award at the [[SOCAN]] Awards in Toronto for her song "I'm Like a Bird".<ref name="socan.ca">{{cite web |url=http://www.socan.ca/about/awards/2002-socan-awards |title=2002 SOCAN AWARDS &#124; SOCAN |website=Socan.ca |access-date=April 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202003902/https://www.socan.ca/about/awards/2002-socan-awards |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
Furtado's second album, ''[[Folklore (Nelly Furtado album)|Folklore]]'', was released in November 2003. One of the tracks on the album, "Childhood Dreams", was dedicated to her daughter, Nevis. The album includes the single "[[Força]]" (meaning "strength"/ "power" or "you can do it!" in Portuguese), the official anthem of the [[2004UEFA EuropeanEuro Football Championship2004]]. Furtado performed thisthe song in [[Lisbon]] atin the championship's[[UEFA Euro 2004 Final|final of the tournament]], in which [[Portugal national football team|Portugal's national team]] played.<ref name="rs35794">{{cite webmagazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/35794/articles/story/5937297|title=Nelly Furtado Gets Her Kicks|workmagazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=December 9, 2005}}{{Deaddead link|date=August 2019 2021|bot=InternetArchiveBot medic}}{{cbignore|fix-attemptedbot=yes medic}}</ref> The lead single released was "[[Powerless (Say What You Want)]]" and the second single was the ballad "[[Try (Nelly Furtado song)|Try]]". The album was not as successful as her debut, partly due to the album's less "poppy" sound,<ref name="folklore">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/urban/reviews/furtado_folklore.shtml|title=Folklore|work=BBC |access-date=May 28, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060524001435/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/urban/reviews/furtado_folklore.shtml <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = May 24, 2006}}</ref> as well as underpromotion from her label DreamWorks Records. DreamWorks had just been sold to [[Universal Music Group]] at the time of the album's release. Eventually in 2005, DreamWorks Records, along with many of its artists, including Furtado, were absorbed into [[Geffen Records]]. "Powerless (Say What You Want)" was later remixed into a Spanish version called "Abre Tu Corazón", featuring Juanes, who had previously worked with Furtado on his track "Fotografía". The two would collaborate again on "[[Te Busqué]]" ("''I Searched for You"''), a single from Furtado's 2006 album ''Loose''.<ref name="blogcritics-20031112">{{cite web|url=http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/11/12/122339.php |title=Universal Music Snags DreamWorks Records |work=Blogcritics.org |access-date=May 29, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050924072106/http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/11/12/122339.php |archive-date=September 24, 2005}}</ref> In 2003, Furtado won an International Achievement Award at the [[SOCAN]] Awards in Toronto for her song "Turn Off the Light".<ref name="socan.ca"/>
 
=== 2006–2008: ''Loose'' ===
[[File:Nelly Furtado - Manchester Arena 2007.png|thumb|upright|Nelly left|Furtado performing live at [[Manchester Arena]] onin February 16, 2007]]
Furtado's third album, named ''[[Loose (Nelly Furtado album)|Loose]]'', after the spontaneous, creative decisions she made while creating the album, was released in June 2006.<ref name="rsfeb06">{{cite webmagazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9325140/nelly_furtado_brings_the_punkhop|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060224014749/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9325140/nelly_furtado_brings_the_punkhop|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 24, 2006|title=Nelly Furtado Brings the Punk-Hop |workmagazine=Rolling Stone|author=Jolie Lash|date=February 16, 2006}}</ref><ref name="blogcritics">{{cite web|url=http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/04/072323.php |work=BlogCritics Magazine |title=CD Review: Nelly Furtado ''Loose'' |author=James Robert |date=July 4, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105014656/http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/04/072323.php |archive-date=January 5, 2008 }}</ref> In this album, primarily produced by [[Timbaland]], Furtado experiments with sounds from R&B, hip hop, and 1980s music.<ref name="umusic">{{cite web|url=http://umusic.ca/nellyfurtado/ |title=Nelly Furtado:: Loose |work=umusic.ca |access-date=June 21, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011131121/http://umusic.ca/nellyfurtado/ |archive-date=October 11, 2007 }}</ref> Furtado herself describes the album's sound as ''punk-hop'', described as "modern, poppy, spooky" and as having "a mysterious, after-midnight vibe... extremely visceral".<ref name="rsfeb06" /> She attributed the youthful sound of the album to the presence of her two-year-old daughter.<ref name="umusic" /> The album received generally positive reviews from critics,<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/furtadonelly/loose|title=Loose by Nelly Furtado|work=Metacritic|access-date=August 16, 2006|archive-date=June 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626111415/http://www.metacritic.com/music/loose|url-status=dead}}</ref> with some citing the "revitalising" effect of Timbaland on Furtado's music,<ref name="musicomh">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums5/nelly-furtado-2_0606.htm|title=Nelly Furtado – Loose (Polydor)|work=MusicOMH|last=Murphy|first=John|access-date=August 16, 2006|archive-date=June 21, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060621061810/http://www.musicomh.com/albums5/nelly-furtado-2_0606.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="amgloose">{{cite web|url={{AllmusicAllMusic|class=album|id=r838268/review|pure_url=yes}}|title=Loose Review|website=AllMusic|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|access-date=August 16, 2006}}</ref> and others calling it "slick, smart and surprising".<ref name="guardian">{{Citecite news|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1792851,00.html|title=Nelly Furtado, Loose|work=The Guardian |location=London Arts|last=Lynskey|first=Dorian |access-date=August 16, 2006 | date=June 9, 2006}}</ref>
 
''Loose'' has become the most successful album of Furtado's career so far, as it reached number one, not only in Canada and the United States, but also several countries worldwide. The album produced her first number-one hit in the United States, "[[Promiscuous (song)|Promiscuous]]", as well as her first number-one hit in the United Kingdom, "[[Maneater (Nelly Furtado song)|Maneater]]". The single "[[Say It Right]]" eventually became Furtado's most successful song worldwide, due to its huge success in Europe and in the United States, where it became her second number-one hit. "[[All Good Things (Come to an End)]]" became her most successful song in Europe, topping single charts in numerous countries there. On February 16, 2007, Furtado embarked on the "Get Loose Tour". She returned in March 2007 to her hometown of Victoria to perform a concert at the Save-On Foods Memorial Centre. In honour of her visit, local leaders officially proclaimed March 21, 2007, the first day of spring, as Nelly Furtado Day.<ref name="victoriapress">{{cite web|url=http://www.victoria.ca/contentmanager/press/070312_pr.pdf|title=City of Victoria Press Release|website=Victoria.ca|access-date=September 10, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928043844/http://www.victoria.ca/contentmanager/press/070312_pr.pdf|archive-date=September 28, 2007}}</ref> After the tour, she released her first live DVD/CD named ''[[Loose the Concert]]''.<ref>[https://www.amazon.de/dp/B000X12QDK Loose the Concert] ''Amazon.de'' The DVD: Track listing</ref> On April 1, 2007, Furtado was a performer and host of the [[Juno Awards of 2007|2007 Juno Awards]] in [[Saskatoon]], Saskatchewan. She won all five awards for which she was nominated, including Album of the Year and Single of the Year. She also appeared on stage at the [[Concert for Diana]] at [[Wembley Stadium]] in London on July 1, 2007, where she performed "Say It Right", "Maneater", and "I'm Like a Bird".
 
In 2007, Furtado and [[Justin Timberlake]] were featured on Timbaland's single "[[Give It to Me (Timbaland song)|Give It to Me]]",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1545914/20061115/timbaland.jhtml |title=Timbaland Nabs 50 Cent, Dr. Dre For LP, Starts Timberlake Gossip Frenzy | work=MTV News |access-date=December 1, 2006}}</ref> which became her third number-one single in the U.S. and second in the UK. In late 2008, Furtado collaborated with [[James Morrison (singer)|James Morrison]] on a song called "[[Broken Strings (song)|Broken Strings]]" for his album ''[[Songs for You, Truths for Me]]''. The single was released on December 8<ref>[http://www.billboard.com.tr/pages/haber.aspx?id=1908 Article] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114194906/http://www.billboard.com.tr/pages/haber.aspx?id=1908 |date=January 14, 2009 }} (in Turkish) at Turkey's Billboard</ref> and peaked at No. 2 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in early January. In 2008, she sang with the Italian group [[Zero Assoluto]] the ballad "[[Win or Lose (Zero Assoluto song)|Win or Lose – Appena prima di partire]]", released in Italy, France and Germany and whose video was shot in Barcelona. Furtado made a guest appearance on the song "[[Jump (Flo Rida song)|Jump]]" by [[Flo Rida]] from his album ''[[R.O.O.T.S.]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2009/02/23/nelly-furtado-jumps-on-flo-rida-track/#more-12491 |title=Nelly Furtado 'Jumps' on Flo Rida Track |website=[[Rap-Up]] |date=February 23, 2009 |access-date=July 29, 2010}}</ref> and also made a guest appearance on [[Divine Brown (singer)|Divine Brown]]'s ''[[The Love Chronicles|Love Chronicles]]'', co-writing and singing on the background of the song "Sunglasses". Furtado married Cuban sound engineer Demacio "Demo" Castellón, with whom she had worked on the ''Loose'' album, on July 19, 2008.<ref name="messer1">{{cite magazine | last=Messer | first=Lesley |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20233969,00.html |title= Nelly Furtado: I'm Married! |magazine=[[People (American magazine)|People]] |date=October 17, 2008 |access-date=February 1, 2011}}</ref><ref name="herndon2007">{{cite news| |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20044703,00.html |title=Nelly Furtado Engaged to Sound Engineer Boyfriend |last=Herndon |first=Jessica |date=July 5, 2007 |work=People People| access-date= February 1, 2011}}</ref>
 
=== 2009–2011: ''Mi Plan'' and ''The Best of Nelly Furtado'' ===
[[File:Nelly Furtado Mi Plan Tour Deutschland.jpg|thumb|upright|Nelly Furtado performing in [[Freiburg]] onin October 3, 2009.]]
Furtado's debut Spanish album, ''[[Mi Plan]]'' was released with the first single, "[[Manos Al Aire]]" ("Hands in the Air").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://perezhilton.com/tv/index.php?ptvid=44afbaf0dcc0c&category_id=newest&category_start=0&category_end=4 |title=A Message from Nelly Furtado – PerezTV |publisher=Perezhilton.com |access-date=July 29, 2010}}</ref> She had formed her own record label, Nelstar, in conjunction with Canadian independent label group Last Gang Labels. The first act signed to Nelstar is Fritz Helder & the Phantoms.<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090314/music_nm/us_furtado;_ylt=AsSdmoANbwYjVpu73W7OamlxFb8C Nelly Furtado Takes Indie Route to Launch Label] Yahoo News, March 14, 2009</ref> "Manos al Aire" was released on the new label.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=320767894&s=143441 |title=iTunes Store |publisher=Itunes.apple.com |access-date= July 29, 2010}}</ref> The second, third and fourth singles were "[[Más (Nelly Furtado song)|Más]]", "Mi Plan" and "[[Bajo Otra Luz]]" respectively. Furtado won the [[Latin Grammy]] Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album for ''Mi Plan''. She is the first [[Portuguese-Canadian]] to win a Latin Grammy award. ''Lifestyle'', her planned fourth English studio album, was not released during the summer of 2010 in favor a second leg of her Mi Plan Tour. To promote the tour in Brazil, on March 24, 2010, Furtado made a ''"VIP Pocket Show"'' in reality show program ''[[Big Brother Brasil 10]]'' from [[Rede Globo]], the country's leading channel. Furtado participated in the live DVD recording of the Brazilian singer [[Ivete Sangalo]] in [[Madison Square Garden]] on September 4, 2010.
 
Furtado released ''Mi Plan Remixes'' featuring 12 tracks of remixed hits from ''Mi Plan''. This album included the Original [[Spanglish]] Version of "Fuerte", her final release from ''Mi Plan''. Furtado made a guest appearance on Canadian singer [[k-os]]'s new album ''Yes!'', collaborating alongside Saukrates on the song "I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman", released in early July 2009. Nelly Furtado also made a guest appearance on [[Tiësto]]'s single "[[Who Wants to Be Alone]]"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/36120-sigur-ross-jonsi-bloc-partys-kele-okereke-on-new-tiesto-album/ |title=Sigur Rós's Jónsi, Bloc Party's Kele Okereke on New Tiësto Album |website=Pitchfork |date=August 4, 2009 |access-date=July 29, 2010}}</ref> on his new album ''[[Kaleidoscope (Tiësto album)|Kaleidoscope]]''. Furtado sang in a duet with [[Bryan Adams]] at the [[2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremonies of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games]]. The song was called "Bang the Drum" released on EMI album ''Sounds Of Vancouver 2010'' (a commemorative album). Furtado was featured in a new song by [[N.E.R.D.]] called "[[Hot-n-Fun]]". She also participated in the [[Young Artists for Haiti]] song, in which many Canadian artists came together and sang [[K'naan]]'s song "[[Wavin' Flag]]" to raise money for the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Furtado was honoured with a star on [[Canada's Walk of Fame]] in October 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2010/10/16/walk-fame-toronto.html |title=Mowat, Polley among 7 new Walk of Fame names |publisher= Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=October 17, 2010 |date= October 16, 2010}}</ref>
 
Furtado released her first greatest hits album titled ''[[The Best of Nelly Furtado]]'' on November 16, 2010. Three new songs were included on the greatest hits album, including "Night Is Young", "Girlfriend in the City", and the [[Lester Mendez]] produced track, left over from the ''Loose'' sessions, "Stars". The album's first single, "Night Is Young",<ref name="radio">[http://www.nellyfurtado.com/bestof-splash/ THE BEST OF NELLY FURTADO ALBUM OUT NOVEMBER 16TH] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006111146/http://www.nellyfurtado.com/bestof-splash/ |date=October 6, 2010 }} nellyfurtado.com Retrieved October 7, 2010</ref> was released on October 12, 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/night-is-young/id396981322?i=396981440&ign-mpt=uo%3D4| |title=Night Is Young – Single by Nelly Furtado (Australia) |work=[[iTunes Store|iTunes]] |access-date=October 17, 2010}}</ref> Furtado had previously sung two of the new songs: "Girlfriend in the City" and "[[Night Is Young]]" at her concert in Warsaw, Poland.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.onet.tv/muzyka,6,wszystkie,1,kanal.html#m=7426266,c=6 | title= Muzyka – Kanał | publisher= Onet.tv | access-date= December 5, 2010 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101206091846/http://www.onet.tv/muzyka,6,wszystkie,1,kanal.html#m=7426266,c=6 | archive-date= December 6, 2010 | df= mdy-all }}</ref>
Furtado came under fire after 2011 reports from the ''New York Times'' and a WikiLeaks document revealed she had accepted payment of one million dollars to perform for the family of Libyan ruler [[Muammar Gaddafi]]. Only after the story broke did she promise to donate to charity the CDN$1&nbsp;million she received for a 2007 concert,<ref name="vancouversun1">{{cite news | url=https://vancouversun.com/news/Victoria+Nelly+Furtado+donate+million+received+from+Gadhafi+concert/4361639/story.html | title=Victoria's Nelly Furtado to donate $1&nbsp;million she received from Gadhafi concert | access-date=February 28, 2011 | date=February 28, 2011 | work=Vancouver Sun | last=Woo | first=Andrea | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302124935/http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Victoria+Nelly+Furtado+donate+million+received+from+Gadhafi+concert/4361639/story.html | archive-date=March 2, 2011 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> which ended up going to [[Free the Children]].<ref name="WeDayDonate" /> Furtado publicly endorsed [[Green Party of Canada|Green Party]] leader [[Elizabeth May]] in [[Saanich-Gulf Islands]] during the [[2011 Canadian federal election|federal election in 2011]].<ref name="party1">{{cite news | url=http://www.elizabethmay.ca/i-believe/ | title=Look who's supporting Elizabeth May | access-date=April 1, 2011 | date=February 28, 2011 | publisher=Green Party of Canada | last=Party | first=Green | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501115153/http://www.elizabethmay.ca/i-believe | archive-date=May 1, 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Furtado was featured on one of the Game's [[The R.E.D. Album]] tracks, titled "Mamma Knows" (produced by The Neptunes).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/06/11/rap-up-tv-game-talks-second-single-nelly-furtado-collaboration/ |title=Rap-Up TV: Game Talks Second Single & Nelly Furtado Collaboration |publisher=Rap-Up.com |access-date=August 7, 2011 |archive-date=June 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614070009/http://www.rap-up.com/2011/06/11/rap-up-tv-game-talks-second-single-nelly-furtado-collaboration |url-status=dead}}</ref> For the Canadian film [[The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom]], Furtado lent her vocals for the [[Dolly Parton]] gospel cover "[[The Seeker (Dolly Parton song)|The Seeker]]" featured during the credits of the film.<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb name| id= 0299140 |name= Nelly Furtado}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://theyeardollypartonwasmymom.ca/?page_id=8 |title=Music |website=Theyeardollypartonwasmymom.ca |access-date=August 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831024957/http://theyeardollypartonwasmymom.ca/?page_id=8 |archive-date=August 31, 2011}}</ref>
 
=== 2012–2013: ''The Spirit Indestructible'' ===
[[File:Nelly Furtado 4, 2012.jpg|thumb|upright|Nelly Furtado during the [[Isle of MTV]] in Malta, June 2012]]
Furtado collaborated with recording artist [[Alex Cuba]] and K'naan again. The duet with K'naan, "[[Is Anybody Out There? (song)|Is Anybody Out There]]", was released as the first single from his [[extended play]] ''More Beautiful than Silence''.<ref>{{cite web| |url=http://knaanmusic.ning.com/ |title=The Official K'NAAN Website |publisher=Knaanmusic.ning.com |access-date=April 9, 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407125958/http://knaanmusic.ning.com/ |archive-date=April 7, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2012/01/24/knaan-nelly-furtado-is-anybody-out-there/ |title=New Song: K'naan Feat. Nelly Furtado, 'Is Anybody Out There' |publisher= Buzzworthy.mtv.com |date= January 24, 2012 |access-date=April 9, 2012}}</ref> The song topped the charts in New Zealand and was successful in European territories as well as her native Canada. It also charted on the [[Billboard Hot 100]]. ''[[The Spirit Indestructible]]'' was released in September 2012. Furtado previously proclaimed that the album was most like her 2000 debut ''[[Whoa, Nelly!]]'', but containing elements from [[urban contemporary|urban]], [[Alternative rock|alternative]], and [[reggae]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dobebo.com/nelly-furtado-recording-new-album |title=Nelly Furtado recording new album |website=dobebo.com |date=October 22, 2010 |access-date=August 7, 2011 }} {{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite webmagazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/473484/nelly-furtado-2011-album-preview |title=Nelly Furtado: 2011 Album Preview |workmagazine=Billboard |date=September 14, 2009 |access-date=August 7, 2011}}</ref> The influences for the album range from [[Janelle Monáe]], [[The xx]], to [[Florence + the Machine]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://perezhilton.com/2010-10-21-nelly-furtado-talks-about-her-new-album-lifestyle?relate= |title= Nelly Furtado Talks New Album! |website= PerezHilton.com |access-date= August 7, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101026063312/http://perezhilton.com/2010-10-21-nelly-furtado-talks-about-her-new-album-lifestyle?relate= |archive-date= October 26, 2010 |url-status= dead |df= mdy-all }}</ref> The album had input from producers such as [[The Neptunes]], [[Tiësto]], [[Timbaland]], [[Rick Nowels]], [[Ryan Tedder]] and [[Rodney Jerkins]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Bruce Scott |url=http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/nelly-furtado/lifestyle/40351/ |title=Album Review: Nelly Furtado – Lifestyle &#124; Prefix |publisher=Prefixmag.com |access-date=December 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321234753/http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/nelly-furtado/lifestyle/40351/ |archive-date=March 21, 2012}}</ref><ref name="billboard.com">{{cite webmagazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/photos/live/469290/nelly-furtado-performs-new-song-in-portugal-watch |title=Nelly Furtado Performs New Song in Portugal: Watch |workmagazine=Billboard |date= September 14, 2009 |access-date=August 7, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://popcrush.com/nelly-furtado-new-song-mystery/ |title= Nelly Furtado Performs New Song 'Mystery' in Portugal |publisher=PopCrush |date=February 23, 2011 |access-date=August 7, 2011}}</ref>
 
The first single from ''The Spirit Indestructible'', "[[Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)]]", was released digitally on April 17, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=517307236 |title=Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)- Nelly Furtado |publisher=[[iTunes]] |date=April 17, 2012 |access-date=April 22, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419194820/http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=517307236 |archive-date=April 19, 2012 }}</ref> and was sent to North American radio stations on May 1, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allaccess.com/top40-rhythmic/future-releases |title=Future Releases |publisher=allaccess.com |date=April 22, 2012 |access-date=April 22, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419131701/http://www.allaccess.com/top40-rhythmic/future-releases |archive-date=April 19, 2012 }}</ref> The song was commercially successful in the United Kingdom, Belgium and the Netherlands, but underperformed in other territories. The second single and [[Spirit Indestructible|title track]] performed well in Germany and Slovakia and charted in Japan, peaking at number 79 on the Hot 100.<ref>{{cite web| |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/japan-hot-100/2012-10-06|title=Japan Hot 100|publisher=Billboard|date=October 6, 2012|access-date=July 1, 2020}}</ref> Other singles, "[[Parking Lot (Nelly Furtado song)|Parking Lot]]" and "[[Waiting for the Night (song)|Waiting for the Night]]", charted in Canada and several European territories.
 
Furtado continued to collaborate with hip-hop producer [[Salaam Remi]], who previously worked on the 2010 single "[[Night Is Young]]", on "The Edge". The lyrics for the Salaam Remi produced track are reported to be influenced by the [[Tiger Woods]] cheating scandal, in which was originally referred to as "[[Elin Nordegren|Elin]]'s Song".<ref>{{cite web | url= http://theneptunes.org/nelly-furtado-working-with-the-neptunes-for-%E2%80%98lifestyle%E2%80%99-album-due-this-fall/ |title=Nelly Furtado Working with the Neptunes For 'Lifestyle' Album, Due This Fall |publisher=TheNeptunes.org |date=August 26, 2010 |access-date=August 7, 2011 |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812060124/http://theneptunes.org/nelly-furtado-working-with-the-neptunes-for-%E2%80%98lifestyle%E2%80%99-album-due-this-fall/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> Furtado promoted the album on her [[The Spirit Indestructible Tour]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nellyfurtado.com/news/default.aspx?nid=37579 | title=Nelly Furtado : News : NEW ALBUM : T.S.I [Part One] | website=nellyfurtado.com | access-date=December 23, 2011 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208151941/http://www.nellyfurtado.com/news/default.aspx?nid=37579 | archive-date=February 8, 2012 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
 
=== 2016–present2015–2019: Independence and ''The Ride'' ===
In February 2015, Furtado co-headlined Switzerlands [[Art on Ice]] tour with [[Tom Odell]].<ref name="NewinZurich - Your Guide To Living in Zurich 2014">{{cite web |title=Art On Ice 2015 Celebrating 20 Years |website=NewinZurich - Your Guide To Living in Zurich |date=2014-12-29 |url=https://newinzurich.com/2014/12/art-ice-2015-celebrating-20-years/ |df=mdy-all |access-date=2022-07-30}}</ref>
 
=== 2016–present: Independence and ''The Ride'' ===
In 2016, Furtado appeared in a minor supporting role in the romantic comedy film ''[[A Date with Miss Fortune]]''.<ref>[https://torontosun.com/2016/02/04/a-date-with-miss-fortune-review-indie-rom-com-a-safe-bet-for-night-out/wcm/3ec6df00-2074-428c-bf21-79b1dd69d0f3 "'A Date with Miss Fortune' review: Indie rom-com a safe bet for night out"]. ''[[Toronto Sun]]'', February 4, 2016.</ref>
 
On February 14, 2016, Furtado performed the [[O Canada|Canadian national anthem]] at the [[2016 NBA All-Star Game]] which was held in [[Toronto]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Yan |first=Holly |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/15/entertainment/nelly-furtado-national-anthem-nba-all-star-game/ |title=Nelly Furtado slammed for national anthem at NBA All-Star Game |website=CNN.com |date=February 15, 2016 |access-date= May 5, 2016}}</ref> (this was the second time Furtado had performed at the NBA All-Star Game, also having performed "O Canada" at the [[2004 NBA All-Star Game]]). That same month, she also began teasing new music via social media, suggesting that the album would have a connection to [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], where much of the album was recorded.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nellyfurtado.com |title=Nelly Furtado |website=NellyFurtado.com |access-date=May 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221195511/http://www.nellyfurtado.com/ |archive-date=February 21, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portalpopline.com.br/what-happens-in-dallas-nelly-furtado-divulga-possivel-titulo-de-novo-album/ |title="What Happens in Dallas": Nelly Furtado divulga possível título de novo álbum |website=Portalpopline.com.br |date=February 11, 2016 |access-date=May 5, 2016}}</ref> In 2016, Furtado collaborated with [[Dev Hynes]] on the track "Hadron Collider".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |title=You Can Finally Listen to That Nelly Furtado and Blood Orange Song |date=January 9, 2016 |magazine= [[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |url= http://www.spin.com/2016/01/nelly-furtado-blood-orange-hadron-collider/ |access-date=July 1, 2016}}</ref> The track appears on Hynes' album ''[[Freetown Sound]]''.
 
In July 2016, Furtado released "Behind Your Back" exclusively on [[Spotify]], describing the song as an "appetiser" for her next album.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Roth|first1=Madeline|title=Nelly Furtado drops 'Behind Your Back', an 'appetizer' for her new album | url= http://www.mtv.com/news/2904994/nelly-furtado-behind-your-back-new-song/ |access-date=September 13, 2016|publisher=MTV|date=July 13, 2016}}</ref> Following the release, in an interview with CBC Player, Furtado stated that her album is finished and she has recorded 16 songs with [[John Congleton]], but the album will contain 12.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2692029450/ |title=Nelly Furtado comes home to Victoria to sing for Syrian refugees |website=Cbc.ca |access-date=September 10, 2016}}</ref> On September 8, 2016, Furtado confirmed the title of the upcoming album, ''[[The Ride (Nelly Furtado album)|The Ride]]'', which was released in March 2017.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Cannon |first=Blair |title=Nelly Furtado on her musical evolution and working with Dev Hynes |date= September 8, 2016 |magazine=[[i-D]] |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/nelly-furtado-on-her-musical-evolution-and-working-with-dev-hynes |access-date=September 10, 2016 |archive-date=September 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910123659/http://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/nelly-furtado-on-her-musical-evolution-and-working-with-dev-hynes |url-status=dead}}</ref> During the interview she also confirmed a new track off the album titled "Islands of Me", which was released on streaming services on September 10, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McCormick|first1=Luke|title=Hear Nelly Furtado's "Islands of Me"|url=http://www.thefader.com/2016/09/09/nelly-furtados-islands-of-me|access-date=September 13, 2016 |work= The Fader|date=September 9, 2016}}</ref> The album's first released song "Pipe Dreams" was released to [[SoundCloud]] on November 8, 2016, with the release accompanied by a short teaser video of the album on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Kelsey |title=Listen To "Pipe Dreams" from Nelly Furtado's Forthcoming Album |url=http://www.thefader.com/2016/11/15/nelly-furtado-new-album-the-ride |access-date= December 25, 2016| |work= The Fader |date=November 15, 2016}}</ref> The cover song "Sticks & Stones" from her album was remixedre-made by Metro with newly recorded vocals by Furtado in May 2018.<ref>{{Citecite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/sticks-stones-ep/1387573680|title=Sticks & Stones – EP by Metro & Nelly Furtado|accessdatedate=May 25, 2018|access-date=April 6, 2021|via=music.apple.com}}</ref><ref>{{Citecite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZnWRnL0z_8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/xZnWRnL0z_8 |archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Metro, Nelly Furtado – Sticks & Stones (Official Video)|accessdateaccess-date=April 6, 2021 |df=mdy-all|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> It later reached number one on the ''Billboard'' [[Dance Club Songs]] chart.<ref>{{cite webmagazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/musicartist/nelly-furtado/chart-history/dance-club-play-songsdsi/|title=Nelly Furtado Chart History: Dance Club Songs|workmagazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=August 31, 2018}}</ref> The official remixes include [[StoneBridge (DJ)|StoneBridge]], Bimbo Jones, [[Manuel Riva]] & [[Cristian Poow]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sticks & Stones (Remixes)|website=[[Spotify]] |date=August 10, 2018 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0PJD79cp8OGZ5wcEyrPbmx |language=en |df=mdy-all |access-date=2021-06-24}}</ref>
 
=== 2020–present: Reissues and upcoming seventh studio album ===
[[File:Nelly Furtado at Beyond the Valley 2022.jpg|thumb|Furtado during [[Beyond The Valley]] on December 31, 2022]]
In October 2020, Furtado celebrated the 20th anniversary of her debut studio album, ''Whoa, Nelly!'' by releasing an expanded edition of 22 tracks to digital and streaming platforms.<ref name="Mamo 2020">{{cite magazine|last=Mamo|first=Heran|title=Nelly Furtado Celebrates 20th Anniversary of 'Whoa, Nelly!' Debut Album With Expanded Edition|magazine=Billboard|date=2020-10-20|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/nelly-furtado-whoa-nelly-20th-anniversary-expanded-edition-9469501/ |df=mdy-all|access-date=2022-04-29}}</ref>
 
In May 2021, Furtado collaborated with German duo Quarterhead on a remix of her song "[[All Good Things (Come to an End)]]".<ref name="uDiscover Music 2021">{{cite web|title=Nelly Furtado Recruits Quarterhead For 'All Good Things (Come To An End)' Remix|website=uDiscover Music|date=2021-05-28|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/nelly-furtado-quarterhead-all-good-things/ |df=mdy-all|access-date=2022-04-29}}</ref> In June 2021, Furtado celebrated the 15th anniversary of her third studio album ''Loose'' by releasing an expanded edition of 32 tracks to digital and streaming platforms.<ref name="Kaufman 2021">{{cite magazine|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|title=Nelly Furtado Releases Expanded Edition of 'Loose' to Celebrate Album's 15th Anniversary|magazine=Billboard|date=2021-06-04|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/nelly-furtado-loose-expanded-edition-remixes-bonus-tracks-9582688/ |df=mdy-all|access-date=2022-04-29}}</ref>
 
In July 2022, after a five-year performing hiatus, Furtado joined [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] on stage for the latter's October World Weekend concert in [[Toronto]], where they performed "Promiscuous" and "I'm Like a Bird".<ref>{{cite web |last=Aubrey |first=Elizabeth |date=2022-07-30 |title=Drake joins Nelly Furtado on stage for rendition of 'I'm Like A Bird' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/drake-joins-nelly-furtado-on-stage-for-rendition-of-im-like-a-bird-3280151 |df=mdy-all |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> Furtado also has reported being working on new music via her [[Instagram Stories|Instagram stories]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nelly Furtado Teases New Music - That Grape Juice |url=https://thatgrapejuice.net/2022/08/nelly-furtado-teases-new-music/ |df=mdy-all |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=thatgrapejuice.net}}</ref> She confirmed new music in May 2023 in an interview on ''Fault'' Magazine: "I have so much music. I've recorded a hundred songs in the last 18 months, and I'm so excited to bring people new music."<ref name="Magazine 2023">{{cite web |last=Magazine |first=FAULT |title=Nelly Furtado FAULT Magazine Covershoot and Interview |website=FAULT Magazine |date=2023-05-22 |url=https://fault-magazine.com/2023/05/nelly-furtado-fault-magazine-covershoot-and-interview/ |df=mdy-all |access-date=2023-05-22}}</ref> She also confirmed she recorded some collaborations with artists like Canadian singer-songwriter [[Charlotte Day Wilson]], Colombian band [[Bomba Estéreo]],<ref name="VogueInt" /> Colombian-Canadian singer-songwriter [[Lido Pimienta]].<ref name="Exclaim">{{cite web |last1=Slingerland |first1=Calum |title=Nelly Furtado Teases New Song with Lido Pimienta, Bomba Estéreo's Li Saumet |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/nelly_furtado_teases_new_song_with_lido_pimienta_bomba_estereos_li_saumet |website=Exclaim |access-date=8 September 2023}}</ref>
 
On December 31, 2022, five years after her last concert in [[Baloise Session]] in [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]], Furtado performed live at the [[Beyond The Valley Festival]] in [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Beyond The Valley 2022 day 4: ringing in the new year with Nelly Furtado and Kaytranada |url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/beyond-the-valley-2022-recap-day-4-nelly-furtado-kaytranada-3372803 |df=mdy-all |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=nme.com|date=January 2023}}</ref> Furtado continued performing live in 2023. While performing at [[Machaca Fest]] in [[Monterrey]], [[Nuevo León]], [[Mexico]] she performed a verse from a new song titled "Corazón".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vilchis |first1=Andrés |title=No se armó con Korn, pero sí con una genial Nelly Furtado en el Machaca 2023 |url=https://www.sopitas.com/musica/nelly-furtado-machaca-2023-resena-show-festival/ |website=Sopitas |date=June 25, 2023 |access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref>
 
She collaborated with Australian DJ and producer [[Dom Dolla]] on the song "[[Eat Your Man]]", that was released on June 2, 2023, her first single release after five years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://retropopmagazine.com/nelly-furtado-announces-comeback-single-eat-your-man-with-dom-dolla/|title=Nelly Furtado Announces Comeback Single |website=Retropop Magazine|date=May 26, 2023|access-date=June 2, 2023}}</ref>
 
On September 1, 2023, Furtado released a new collaboration with [[Timbaland]] and [[Justin Timberlake]] titled "[[Keep Going Up]]", sixteen years following their previous release of "[[Give It to Me (Timbaland song)|Give It to Me]]".<ref name="NellyTimboJT2023">{{cite web |title=Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado Tease Reunion In the Studio |url=https://www.tmz.com/2023/07/26/timbaland-justin-timberlake-nelly-furtado-give-it-to-me-reunion-studio/ |website=TMZ |access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Zemler |first=Emily |date=2023-09-01 |title=Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado Reunite With Timbaland on New Single 'Keep Going Up' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/justin-timberlake-nelly-furtado-timbaland-keep-going-up-single-1234816481/ |access-date=2023-09-02 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado Drop First New Song in 16 Years — Listen to 'Keep Going Up' |url=https://people.com/timbaland-justin-timberlake-nelly-furtado-drop-new-song-keep-going-up-7964701 |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> The song is expected to be included on Timbaland's upcoming extended play.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Espinoza |first=Joshua |title=Timbaland Reconnects With Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado on "Keep Going Up" |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/joshua-espinoza/timbaland-keep-going-up-justin-timberlake-nelly-furtado |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=Complex |language=en-us}}</ref>
 
On August 2023, Furtado reunited with [[Juanes]] to record a song called "[[Gala y Dalí]]", 22 years after recording together "Fotografía",<ref name="FurtadoJuanes2023">{{cite web |last1=Chacón Clavijo |first1=Judith |title=Regresa Juanes a México con nuevo álbum |url=https://asisucede.com.mx/regresa-juanes-a-mexico-con-nuevo-album/ |website=Así Sucede |date=August 21, 2023 |access-date=8 September 2023}}</ref>. The song was released on March 28, 2024 on streaming and digital download platforms.<ref name="GalaDalíSingle">{{cite web |title=Juanes y Nelly Furtado se reúnen luego de 22 años para estrenar nueva canción: “Gala y Dalí” |url=https://elcomercio.pe/luces/musica/juanes-y-nelly-furtado-hacen-dueto-y-estrena-tema-musical-gala-y-dali-juanes-nelly-furtado-gala-y-dali-fotografia-musica-luces-ultimas-noticia/ |publisher=elcomercio.pe |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref> According to Juanes, the song will be included on Furtado's upcoming seventh studio album.<ref name="FurtadoJuanes2023"/>
In July 2016, Furtado released "Behind Your Back" exclusively on [[Spotify]], describing the song as an "appetiser" for her next album.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Roth|first1=Madeline|title=Nelly Furtado drops 'Behind Your Back', an 'appetizer' for her new album| url= http://www.mtv.com/news/2904994/nelly-furtado-behind-your-back-new-song/|access-date=September 13, 2016|publisher=MTV|date=July 13, 2016}}</ref> Following the release, in an interview with CBC Player, Furtado stated that her album is finished and she has recorded 16 songs with [[John Congleton]], but the album will contain 12.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2692029450/ |title=Nelly Furtado comes home to Victoria to sing for Syrian refugees |website=Cbc.ca |access-date=September 10, 2016}}</ref> On September 8, 2016, Furtado confirmed the title of the upcoming album, ''[[The Ride (Nelly Furtado album)|The Ride]]'', which was released in March 2017.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Cannon |first=Blair |title=Nelly Furtado on her musical evolution and working with Dev Hynes |date= September 8, 2016 |magazine=[[i-D]] |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/nelly-furtado-on-her-musical-evolution-and-working-with-dev-hynes |access-date=September 10, 2016}}</ref> During the interview she also confirmed a new track off the album titled "Islands of Me", which was released on streaming services on September 10, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McCormick|first1=Luke|title=Hear Nelly Furtado's "Islands of Me"|url=http://www.thefader.com/2016/09/09/nelly-furtados-islands-of-me|access-date=September 13, 2016 |work= The Fader|date=September 9, 2016}}</ref> The album's first released song "Pipe Dreams" was released to [[SoundCloud]] on November 8, 2016 with the release accompanied by a short teaser video of the album on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Adams|first1=Kelsey|title=Listen To "Pipe Dreams" from Nelly Furtado's Forthcoming Album|url=http://www.thefader.com/2016/11/15/nelly-furtado-new-album-the-ride |access-date= December 25, 2016| work= The Fader|date=November 15, 2016}}</ref> The cover song "Sticks & Stones" from her album was remixed by Metro with newly recorded vocals by Furtado in May 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/sticks-stones-ep/1387573680|title=Sticks & Stones – EP by Metro & Nelly Furtado|accessdate=April 6, 2021|via=music.apple.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZnWRnL0z_8|title=Metro, Nelly Furtado – Sticks & Stones (Official Video)|accessdate=April 6, 2021|via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> It later reached number one on the ''Billboard'' [[Dance Club Songs]] chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/nelly-furtado/chart-history/dance-club-play-songs|title=Nelly Furtado Chart History: Dance Club Songs|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=August 31, 2018}}</ref>
 
As of March 2024, in an interview on ''Euphoria'' Magazine, Furtado revealed she recorded over 200 songs and the cover art for her upcoming seventh studio album will be shot during April 2024 and lead single would be released in May 2024. She also confirmed club bangers would be expected on her new material, as well as ballads. She also confirmed her new material is 10-20 percent Spanish.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Magnocavallo |first1=Fabio |title=Interview: Nelly Furtado Cover Story |url=https://www.euphoriazine.com/blog/2024/03/covers-nelly-furtado/ |website=Euphoria |access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref>
On June 25, 2019, ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]'' listed Furtado among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the [[2008 Universal Studios fire]].<ref name="Rosen2">{{cite web |last1=Rosen |first1=Jody |title=Here Are Hundreds More Artists Whose Tapes Were Destroyed in the UMG Fire |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/magazine/universal-music-fire-bands-list-umg.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=June 28, 2019 |date=June 25, 2019}}</ref>
 
== Other ventures ==
Furtado has gracedappeared on the cover of numerous international lifestyle and [[Fashion journalism|fashion magazines]], including Canada's ''[[Flare (magazine)|Flare]]'' and ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]''; Russia's ''[[Elle Girl]]''; Hungary's ''[[Shape (magazine)|Shape]]''; Portugal's ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]''; Germany's ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]''; and US' ''[[Teen People]],'', ''[[Vanidades]]'' and ''[[YM (magazine)|YM]]''. She has appeared on the cover of several international editions of ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'' (Turkey, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Serbia and Hungary).<ref>{{Citecite web|url=https://www.famousfix.com/topic/nelly-furtado/magazines|title=Nelly Furtado Magazine Cover Photos – List of magazine covers featuring Nelly Furtado – FamousFix|website=FamousFix.com|access-date=September 4, 2019}}</ref> She was voted one of the "Fun and Fearless Females" by ''Cosmopolitan'' in 2002. In October 2023, Furtado appeared in [[Kim Kardashian]]'s shapewear brand [[Skims]]' campaign alongside other celebrities, including [[Kim Cattrall]], [[Lana Condor]], [[Coco Jones]] and [[Hari Nef]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram post by Skims |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx5v607RP03/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Johnston |first=Rylee |date=2023-10-02 |title=Nelly Furtado & More Celebs Star in New SKIMS Campaign: Shop the Star-Studded Line |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/product-recommendations/nelly-furtado-skims-campaign-1235429576/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
== Personal life ==
OnIn September 20, 2003, Furtado gave birth to hera daughter, Neviswith Chetan.her Thethen child's father isboyfriend Jasper Gahunia,.<ref name="Grčar 2021 h590">{{cite web | urllast=Grčar http://www.listal.com/list/gave-birth-in-2003| first=Anja | title=GaveGigi birthHadid in& 20039 listCelebs Who Gave Birth At Home |publisher website=Listal.comTheThings | date=JuneFebruary 58, 20112021 | url=https://www.thethings.com/gigi-hadid-and-other-celebs-who-gave-birth-at-home/ | access-date= December 2716, 20122023}}</ref><ref Furtado'sname="Famashow"/> boyfriendThey sincedated 2001for andseveral ayears closeand friendwere forfriends several yearsprior. The couple broke up in 2005 but, though according to Furtado, continuein toa be2006 interview, goodremain friends and share joint responsibility of raising Nevistheir daughter.<ref name="blender">{{cite web|title=Nelly Furtado: Free As A Bird |work=Blender |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1968 |access-date=July 1, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930191626/http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1968 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref> On July 19, 2008, Furtado married sound engineer Demacio Castellon, with whom she had worked on ''Loose''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Messer |first=Lesley |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20233969,00.html |title=Nelly Furtado: I'm Married! – Weddings, Nelly Furtado |magazine=People.com |date=October 17, 2008 |access-date=December 27, 2012}}</ref> In April 2017, during an appearance on the British daytime panel show ''[[Loose Women]]'', Furtado announced she had separated from Castellon during the summer of 2016 and said she is now single.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Schnurr|first1=Samantha|title=Nelly Furtado Secretly Split From Demacio Castellon|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/843040/nelly-furtado-secretly-split-from-demacio-castellon-after-8-years-of-marriage|access-date=April 12, 2017|work=[[E! Online]]|publisher=[[NBCUniversal]]|date=April 12, 2017|location=United States}}"I am single now," she declared during a chat with the women. "Someone here needs to update my Wikipedia—it's not helping my dating life!"</ref><ref>Khoo, Isabelle, [http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/04/12/nelly-furtado-divorce_n_15967406.html Nelly Furtado Splits From Husband After 8 Years Of Marriage], [[Huffington Post]], April 12, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017.</ref> In December 2021, Furtado revealed on her [[Instagram]] account that she has two more children,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://selfie.iol.pt/amp/internacional/nacional/afastada-desde-2017-nelly-furtado-esta-de-volta-com-noticia-surpreendente|title = Afastada desde 2017, Nelly Furtado está de volta com notícia surpreendente &#124; SELFIE}}</ref><ref name="Famashow">{{cite web|url=https://amp.famashow.pt/famosos/2021-12-14-Afastada-dos-holofotes-Nelly-Furtado-revela-que-teve-dois-filhos-c05df6e9|title=Afastada dos holofotes, Nelly Furtado revela que teve dois filhos|access-date=December 14, 2021|archive-date=December 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214235309/https://amp.famashow.pt/famosos/2021-12-14-Afastada-dos-holofotes-Nelly-Furtado-revela-que-teve-dois-filhos-c05df6e9|url-status=dead}}</ref> the oldest being a girl and the youngest being a boy, as she revealed in July 2023 during an interview with [[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] where she also revealed she is single again.<ref name="VogueInt">{{cite web |last1=Allaire |first1=Christian |title=Whoa, Nelly! Nelly Furtado Is Back—And Better Than Ever |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/nelly-furtado-new-music-comeback |website=vogue.com |date=July 6, 2023 |publisher=Vogue |access-date=August 1, 2023}}</ref> The father of her second and third children is the rapper Hodgy.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-sg/entertainment/news/nelly-furtado-where-has-she-been-all-these-years/ss-BB1hxJ9z#image=25</ref>
 
In a June 2006 interview with ''[[Genre (magazine)|Genre]]'' magazine, when asked if she had "ever felt an attraction to women", Furtado replied, "Absolutely. Women are beautiful and sexy".<ref name="genremagazine2006">{{cite web |title=Nelly on the Loose! |work= Genre |url= http://www.genremagazine.com/2006/6-1/magazine/content/nelly.cfm | access-date= July 26, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060615065601/http://www.genremagazine.com/2006/6-1/magazine/content/nelly.cfm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = June 15, 2006}}</ref> Some considered this an announcement of [[bisexuality]],<ref name="afterellen2006">{{cite web|url=http://afterellen.com/column/2006/7/21.html |title=Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever |work=AfterEllen |access-date=July 26, 2006 |url-status= dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019042213/http://www.afterellen.com/column/2006/7/21.html |archive-date= October 19, 2006 }}</ref> but, in August 2006, she stated that she was "straight, but very open-minded".<ref name= "autogenerated2006">{{cite news |url= http://www.smh.com.au/news/stay-in-touch/redfaced-over-loose-tongue/2006/08/09/1154802957929.html| |title=Furtado red-faced over loose tongue |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=August 11, 2006 |date=August 10, 2006}}</ref>
 
In November 2006, Furtado revealed that she once turned down US$500,000 to pose fully clothed in ''[[Playboy]]''.<ref name= "autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/21112006/nelly_furtados_playboy_offer |title=Nelly Furtado's Playboy Offer |website= MTV.co.uk |date=November 21, 2006 |access-date=December 5, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100330141403/http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/nelly-furtado/news/39556-nelly-furtados-playboy-offer |archive-date= March 30, 2010}}</ref> Furtado can speak fifty to sixty percent of the [[Spanish language]].<ref name="Johnson Times 2009">{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Reed |last2=Times |first2=Los Angeles |title=Nelly Furtado's latin plan |website=Gulfnews – Gulf News |date=2009-10-05 |url=https://gulfnews.com/general/nelly-furtados-latin-plan-1.541564 |df=mdy-all |access-date=2022-08-27}}</ref>
 
InAs anof AprilMarch 2017, interviewFurtado withhas ''[[DIYstated (magazine)|DIY]]'' magazine, Furtado revealedthat she hadresides purchasedin anToronto apartment inand [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite webnews|last=Stevenson|first=Jane|title=LifeNelly isFurtado apicks rollercoaster:her Nellyfave FurtadoToronto hotspots|url=https://diymagtorontosun.com/2017/0403/2713/nelly-furtado-thepicks-rideher-2017fave-interviewtoronto-hotspots|date=AprilMarch 2713, 2017|access-date=December 6, 2020|websitenewspaper=[[DIYToronto (magazine)|DIYSun]]|quote=Along with her weekend dwelling in New York City, former west coaster Nelly Furtado has called Toronto home for a while.}}</ref> AsIn ofan MarchApril 2017 interview with ''[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]'' magazine, Furtado hasrevealed statedshe thathad shepurchased residesan apartment in New York City and Toronto.<ref>{{cite news|last=Stevenson|first=Janeweb|title=NellyLife Furtadois picksa herrollercoaster: faveNelly Toronto hotspotsFurtado|url=https://torontosundiymag.com/2017/0304/1327/nelly-furtado-picksthe-herride-fave2017-toronto-hotspotsinterview|date=MarchApril 1327, 2017|access-date=December 6, 2020|website=[[TorontoDIY Sun(magazine)|DIY]]|quote=Along with her weekend dwelling in New York City, former west coaster Nelly Furtado has called Toronto home for a while.}}</ref>
 
In May 2023, during an interview with ''Fault'' magazine, Furtado revealed she had recently been diagnosed with [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]].<ref name="Magazine 2023" />
 
== Philanthropy ==
[[File:Nelly Furtado 2010.jpg|thumb|upright|Furtado at her [[Canada's Walk of Fame]] induction ceremony onin October 17, 2010]]
Furtado hosted a program about AIDS on MTV, which also featured guests [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[Alicia Keys]].<ref name="World AIDS Day | MTV UK">{{cite web |title=World AIDS Day | url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/30112007/388280/world_aids_day |website= MTV.co.uk |date=November 30, 2007 |access-date=December 5, 2010 |archive-date=August 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804133044/http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/30112007/388280/world_aids_day |url-status=dead}}</ref> On September 27, 2011, Furtado announced during [[Free the Children]]'s [[We Day]] Toronto, that she was giving CDN$1,000,000 to Free the Children's effort to build girls' schools in the [[Maasai people|Maasai]] region of Kenya.<ref name="WeDayDonate">{{cite news |title= Toronto News: At We Day, Nelly Furtado promises $1M of Gadhafi's money to Free the Children |first=Josh Josh|last= Tapper |url= https://www.thestar.com/news/article/1060307--at-we-day-nelly-furtado-promises-1m-of-gadhafi-s-money-to-free-the-children?bn=1 |work=Toronto Star |date= September 27, 2011 |access-date= September 27, 2011}}</ref>
 
Furtado is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism.<ref>{{Citecite web |url=http://artistsagainstracism.org/artists/ |title=Artists – Artists Against Racism|website=artistsagainstracism.org |language=en-US |access-date=June 18, 2018}}</ref>
 
== Artistry ==
Furtado possesses a [[mezzo-soprano]] voice.<ref name="bustle">{{cite news | url = https://www.bustle.com/articles/195377-nelly-furtados-pipe-dreams-is-one-more-reason-to-be-stoked-for-her-upcoming-album | title = Nelly Furtado's "Pipe Dreams" Is One More Reason To Be Stoked For Her Upcoming Album| |work=[[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle]]| |date=November 15, 2016| |access-date=March 15, 2018| |first=Kristie| |last=Rohwedder}}</ref><ref name="slant">{{cite news | url = https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/anjulie-anjulie | title = Anjulie: Anjulie Review| |work=[[Slant Magazine|Slant]]| |date=July 26, 2009 | access-date=June 21, 2018 | first=Sal | last=Cinquemani}}</ref> Kristie Rohwedder of ''[[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle Magazine]]'' characterizes it as "soaring"<ref name="bustle"/> while Sal Cinquemani of ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' calls it "nasally".<ref name="slant"/> During her childhood and youth, Furtado embraced many musical genres, listening heavily to mainstream [[Rock music|rock]], [[contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[hip hop music|hip hop]], [[alternative hip hop]], [[drum and bass]], [[trip hop]], [[world music]] (including Portuguese [[fado]], Brazilian [[bossa nova]] and [[Music of India|Indian music]]), and a variety of others.<ref name="ym">{{cite web | url= http://music.yahoo.com/read/interview/12058557 |title=Exclusive LAUNCH Artist Chat |work=Yahoo! Music |access-date=May 28, 2006 |url-status= dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061217112152/http://music.yahoo.com/read/interview/12058557 |archive-date= December 17, 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://laurenceourac.com/you-shouldnt-turn-off-that-light-for-nelly-furtado/ |title=You shouldn't turn off that light for Nelly Furtado |last=Intalan |first=Paul |date=2014 |work=Laurence Ourac |access-date=July 29, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811091704/http://laurenceourac.com/you-shouldnt-turn-off-that-light-for-nelly-furtado/ |archive-date=August 11, 2016}}</ref> Her biggest influence when growing up was [[Ani DiFranco]],; she explained that "[w]hen I was a teenager, I wanted to be Ani DiFranco. I never wanted to be part of corporate music."<ref>{{cite news | url= http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article719882.ece | location=London |work=The Times | title=Whoa here she comes again | date=May 21, 2006 | first=Oliver | last=Kay}}</ref> She cites diverse influences, including [[Madonna]], [[Mariah Carey]],<ref>{{cite webmagazine |title=The Juice Is 'Loose' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58093/the-juice-is-loose |websitemagazine=Billboard |access-date=August 17, 2018 |date=June 18, 2006}}</ref> [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], [[The Police]], [[Eurythmics]], [[Talking Heads]], [[De La Soul]], [[TLC (group)|TLC]], [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]], [[Amália Rodrigues]], [[Caetano Veloso]], [[Juanes]], [[Jeff Buckley]], [[Esthero]], [[Björk]], [[Cornershop (band)|Cornershop]], [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], [[Radiohead]], [[The Smashing Pumpkins]], [[U2]] and [[Beck]].<ref name="ym" /><ref name="mm" /><ref name="madonna">{{cite web|url=http://www.universalmusic.at/pop/contributor/338213/biography/Nelly+Furtado|title=NELLY FURTADO – Loose -''The Story''|publisher=[[Universal Music]]|access-date=October 21, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003050822/http://www.universalmusic.at/pop/contributor/338213/biography/Nelly+Furtado|archive-date=October 3, 2015}}</ref> Furtado's music has also been influenced by her current residence, Toronto, which she called "the most multicultural city in the entire world" and a place where she "can be any culture". Regarding Toronto's cultural diversity, she has said that she did not have to wait for the Internet revolution to learn about world music; she began listening to it at the age of five and continues to discover new genres.
 
Furtado's work has also inspired the likes of [[Lorde]],<ref>{{cite web| url= https://etcanada.com/news/234553/lordes-melodrama-inspired-by-drake-nelly-furtado-and-more/|title=Lorde's 'Melodrama' Inspired By Drake, Nelly Furtado And More|website=[[ET Canada]]|last=Ogweng|first=Sylvia|date=June 19, 2017|access-date=May 2, 2021|archive-date=October 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025034040/https://etcanada.com/news/234553/lordes-melodrama-inspired-by-drake-nelly-furtado-and-more/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Slayyyter]],<ref>{{cite web| |url=https://muumuse.com/2019/02/slayyyter-mine-interview.html/|title=Slayyyter Wants to Be the Next Main Pop Girl|website=MuuMuse|last=Stern |first=Bradley|date=February 14, 2019|access-date=May 2, 2021}}</ref> [[Dua Lipa]],<ref>{{cite web| |url= http://www.thefader.com/2015/12/09/dua-lipa-gen-f-interview |title=Meet Dua Lipa, A Restless Spirit With A Mighty Big Voice|website=[[The Fader]] |last=Weber|first=Lindsey|date=December 9, 2015|access-date=May 2, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= https://nation.com.pk/20-Sep-2018/dua-inspired-by-nelly-furtado|title=Dua inspired by Nelly Furtado|work=[[The Nation (Pakistan)|The Nation]]|date=September 20, 2018|access-date=May 2, 2021}}</ref> [[Bridgit Mendler]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/hot1055fm/hot-1055-chats-with-bridgit-mendler|title=HOT 105.5 Chats with Bridgit Mendler|work=Hot 105, 5 FM by CKQK-FM|access-date=March 31, 2013|date=June 20, 2009}}</ref> and [[Gia Woods]].<ref>{{cite web|magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/9402724/gia-woods-nelly-furtado-career-advice|title=Ask A Gay Icon: Gia Woods Gets Career Advice from Nelly Furtado|workmagazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Feeney|first=Nolan|date=June 23, 2020|access-date=May 2, 2021}}</ref>
 
== Discography ==
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'''Headlining'''
 
* [[Burn in the Spotlight Tour]] (2001–022001–2002)
* Come as You Are Tour (2004)
* [[Get Loose Tour]] (2007–082007–2008)
* [[Mi Plan Tour]] (2010)
* [[The Spirit Indestructible Tour]] (2013)
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'''Co-headlining'''
* [[Area Festival]] (2001)
* [[Art on Ice]] (2015)
 
'''Opening act'''
* [[Elevation Tour]] (2001)
* [[Musicology Live 2004ever]] (2004)<ref name="Errett 2016 j824">{{cite web | last=Errett | first=Joshua | title=Prince loved Toronto and these 5 Toronto women | website=CBC | date=April 22, 2016 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.3547314 | access-date=January 27, 2024}}</ref>
 
== Filmography ==
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|+Nelly Furtado filmography
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Role
!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
!scope="col"| Performance or role
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| 2001
|scope="row"| ''[[Roswell (TV series)|Roswell]]''
| rowspan="3"|Herself
| Episode: "Baby, It's You"
| American science fiction television series<ref name="imdb" />
| Performed "[[I'm Like a Bird]]"
|-
| 2006
|scope="row"| ''[[Floribella]]''
| Portuguese soap3 operaepisodes<ref>[http://www.soulshine.ca/news/newsarticle.php?nid=3902 Nelly Furtado Guest Stars on 'Floribella'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200439/http://www.soulshine.ca/news/newsarticle.php?nid=3902 |date=March 3, 2016 }} ''Soul Shine Magazine''</ref>
| Performed "[[Maneater (Nelly Furtado song)|Maneater]]"
|-
|rowspan=3| 2007
|scope="row"| ''[[One Life to Live]]''
| Episode: "Episode #1.9875"
| American soap opera<ref name="imdb" />
| Performed "[[Say It Right]]" and "[[Promiscuous (song)|Promiscuous]]"
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[CSI: NY]]''
| Ava Brandt
| Episode: "[[CSI: NY (season 3)|Some Buried Bones]]"
| American [[police procedural]] television series<ref name="imdb" />
| Played Ava, a professional criminal accused of murder.
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[Punk'd]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "Episode #8.1"
| American [[hidden camera]] [[practical joke]] television series<ref name="imdb" />
| A victim of a bomb scare
|-
| 2008
|scope="row"| ''[[Max Payne (film)|Max Payne]]''
| Christa Balder
| Video game adaptation<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2008/10/ablack-vacuum-cleaner-max-payne-is-dark-and-sucks/|title=A black vacuum cleaner: Max Payne is dark, and sucks|first=Michael|last=Thompson|website=[[Ars Technica]]|date=October 20, 2008|access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref>
| The wife of [[Max Payne (character)|Max Payne]]'s slain ex-partner
|-
|rowspan=2|2010
|scope="row"| ''[[Big Brother Brasil 10]]''
| Herself
| Brazilian reality show
| Live performance<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globo.com/BBB10/Noticias/0,,MUL1543766-17402,00-NELLY+FURTADO+SE+DESPEDE+DOS+BROTHERS.html|title=Nelly Furtado se despede dos brothers|publisher=[[Grupo Globo|Globo.com]]|date=March 24, 2010|access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[Score: A Hockey Musical]]''
|Claudette
|An Ardent Hockey Fan
|Canadian film
|
|-
| 2012
|scope="row"|''[[90210 (TV series)|90210]]''
|Herself
|Episode: "Hate 2 Love"
|American television series
|Performed "[[Parking Lot (Nelly Furtado song)|Parking Lot]]"
|-
|2015
|scope="row"|''[[A Date with Miss Fortune]]''
|Nelia
|Canadian film<ref name="imdb" />
|
|-
|2016
|''[[Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour]]''
|Herself / Unapologetic Bitch
|[[Documentary film]]
|
|-
|2020
|''Bread Barbershop''
|Macaron
|Episode: "Macaron's Holiday/Macaron"
|Singing voice
|-
|2024
|''[[Canada's Drag Race]]''
|Herself
|Episode: "Grand Finale"
|Guest Judge
|}
 
== Awards and nominations ==
==See also==
* [[List of awards and nominations received by Nelly Furtado]]
 
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