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Nelly Furtado Biography

Nelly Kim Furtado ComIH (/fɜːrˈtɑːdoʊ/; born December 2, 1978) is a Portuguese-Canadian singer and songwriter. Furtado first gained fame with her debut album Whoa, Nelly! (2000), a critical and commercial success that spawned two top 10 singles; "I'm Like a Bird" and "Turn Off the Light". The first single won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. In 2003 she released her second album Folklore and was preceded by the lead single "Powerless (Say What You Want)". Furtado's third album Loose (2006) became her best selling album with 12 million copies sold worldwide. The album spawned four successful number one singles; "Promiscuous", "Maneater", "Say It Right" and "All Good Things (Come to an End)". She released her first Spanish language album Mi Plan in 2009 which won her a Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album. In 2012 Furtado released her fifth album The Spirit Indestructible. In 2017, Furtado released her sixth album titled The Ride.

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Art and life go together. I have to have a life filled with experiences to make art, and I have to have art around me to live well.

Art, Life, Live, Live Well, Together

I have a photograph of my grandfather driving a donkey cart barefoot.

Barefoot, Donkey, Driving, Grandfather, Photograph

Maneater -- make you work hard, make you spend hard, make you want all of her love.

Hard, Hard Work, Love, Maneater, Spend, Want

I say it's a girls' world.

Girl, Girls, Say, World

I'm always concerned about marketing or commercial philosophies. I can't feel good about having my name on a bottle of perfume that comes from a factory making perfume with all the same ingredients as every other perfume. I can't feel good about a factory overseas polluting the air for something with my name on it. I'm okay with music - because it's digital or a CD. My music is my emotion in a bottle. But how is a perfume supposed to reflect me? How is a sweatshirt supposed to represent me?

Air, Cds, Name, Okay, Overseas, Philosophy

I'm into cotton underwear. I don”t need cheetah print leather to make me feel sexy.

Cheetah, Make, Needs, Sexy, Underwear

I'm channelling my 14-year-old self. She's thinking about putting on her big hoop earrings and baggy pants and going to the mall downtown.

Baggy, Downtown, Pants, Self, Thinking, Years

Since our online libraries are so extensive, we think we can make all the right decisions about our personal health and well-being by pushing buttons. It's not intuitive anymore. That's the internet. Before the net, we would have gone to the community or our families to see what we should do. We often feel more isolated on our own little islands because of it.

Community, Extensive, Intuitive, Islands, Personal, Thinking

It was summertime and I was in The Azores, hanging around the small village my parents are from. I was looking out on this very rural setting, on a road going up a hill. There was an old man coming down the hill with a pitchfork on his shoulder. He was wearing gum boots, work pants - and a Coca-Cola T-shirt. I saw that and thought, That's my album!

Looking, Man, Men, Parent, Summertime

As an artist, comfort can be your worst enemy.

Artist, Comfort, Enemy, Worst, Worst Enemy

I can't understand marketing. I think it's because I never looked at what I do as a job. I've rebelled against that and I will continue to.

Against, Jobs, Marketing, Think, Thinking, Understand

I'm aware of - and embrace - my masculine energy. Sometimes I have too much yang.

Embrace, Energy, Masculine, Too Much, Yang

If we stepped away from so much of the victimhood talk, I think that would make a big change for the better. It does limit art. The conversation wouldn't just be one-sided.

Art, Doe, Make, Stepped, Thinking, Victimhood

Touring is a favorite part of what I do. I love connecting with the fans in that immediate way.

Connecting, Fans, Favorite, Part, Touring, Way

I definitely believe that we really need to stop putting things in masculine and feminine boxes and realize that men and women both contain masculine and feminine energy.

Believe, Boxes, Masculine And Feminine, Men, Things

When you follow your heart, you always win and it feels so good.

Feels, Follow Your Heart, Good, Heart, Win, Winning

I'd love to try and teach Donald Trump how to write a song. I'd love to put him in a room with another person - someone who's protesting him at the Women's March. I'd put the three of us in a room and all write a song together. If that can happen, it proves we can get over our differences.

Differences, Song, Teach, Trump, Writing

Music is one of the only inanimate things we have left. It can still be mystical, magical and awe-inspiring

Awe Inspiring, Left, Music, Music Is, Mystical, Things

All of the women in music business understand that. They're fighting in a misogynist world. That's why they wear some elements of their femininity and have to blend it in with masculinity. . . it's a kind of protection. Somebody like Madonna is strong but soft. You have to be that way in this business.

Elements, Fighting, Misogynist, Protection, Soft, Strong

If you're spreading light, you don't care where the sunshine goes.

Care, Light, Spreading, Sunshine

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