In the year 2003 Nelly Furtado gave birth to her daughter Nevis, The father of Navis is Dj Jasper Gahunia, who had been a very close friend to Nelly Furtado for four years, the couple broke up in the year 2005 but decided to stay very close friends and share responsibility in raising their daughter Nevis. Nelly Furtado turned down $500,000 to pause nude in the Playboy magazine. she also annouced that she is straight but very open minded after Genre magazine rated her to be bisexual.

The third album that Nelly Furtado released was named Loose, in this album she changed her style of music from folk rock to hip hop and R&B, some people labeled her as a sellout as she is trying to add some sex appeal into the music that she is making, but never the less the album Loose is the most successful album that she has released till this moment, the released many number one singles including “Promiscuous”, “Maneater”, “Say it Right”, amd “All Good Things(Come to an End)”. The album reached number 1 in many countries including the United States and Canada, also go amazing reviews. alot of the hip-hop stars joined her in making the album like Timbaland and Justin Timberlake.

 The second album that Nelly Furtado released was named Folklore, and was released in the late 2003. The album’s release was dedicated to Nelly Furtado’s daughter Nevis, the lead single that she released was Forca which was the official anthem for the european league in soccer in the year 2004. other singles that were released from the album were Powerless(Say What You Want), and Try. the album was not as successful as the first album that she had released, she went down in the ratings but she said that the album had so much meaning for her and she was not aiming for any commercial success when she released it. At the same time the album was released, DreamWorks Records were sold to Universal Music Group, so many of the artists moved on to join Geffen Records in the year 2005.

 Nelly Furtado didnt stop working with Eaton and West. In the year 2000 she released her first debut album Whoa, Nelly. The album was a success all around the world, she released 3 singles from the album which made it to number 1 on the Billboard 100, the singles were “I’m like a Bird”, “Turn off the Light”, and “…On the Radio. In the year 2002 the album recieved 4 Grammy Award nominations, her singles also won her Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Nelly Furtado’s style and mixing between various genres was critically acclaimed for her innovation. The album was a great hit and had sold over five million copies world wide.

Nelly Furtado was raised in a Roman Catholic home, she was named after a Soviet Gymnast Nellie Kim, when Nelly Furtado started singing she still was at the age of 4, also at that age she performed with her mother at the church that they usually used to go to in celebration of the Portugal Day. When Nelly Furtado started playing insturments she still was at the age of 9, her religous beliefs are still not very clear but she believes that there is a God and ten commandments that the human being should follow, also that we as humans should avoid the seven deadly sins. Aside from playing the instruments from a very young age Nelly Furtado also wrote her own songs when she still was at the age of 12, also as a teenager she started performing with a live marching band. Nelly Furtado is very dedicated when it comes to her doing what she likes to do , this was acknowledged and the reason for this is how her family taught her the work ethics that she goes by these days, she spent eight summers beside her mother working as a chambermaid. her mother at that time was a housekeeper in Victoria. So Nelly Furtado was shaped positively because of her working class background.

When Nelly Furtado started interacting with other musicians it was the underground rappers and DJs that she first interacted with, when she still was in the eleventh grade she met a member from the hip-hop group Plains of Fascination(Tallis Newkirk). After their meeting Nelly Furtado decided that she should join the group in making a new record , so she contributed with vocals on “Join the Ranks” album, the album was released in the year 1996, the track that Furtado was featured in was called “Waiting 4 the Streets”. In that same year Nelly Furtado graduated from the secondary school and travelled to Toronto so she could continue with her career, so after arriving there she joined Newkirk in the forming of Nelstar, a Trip Hop duo that consists of Nelly Furtado and Tallis Newkirk. After working for a short period of time Nelly Furtado believed that trip hop didn’t represent who Furtado was and what she believed in, so she left the group and planned to move back home.

Before Nelly Furtado moved back to her hometown she performed at the Honey Jam in the year 1997 which is a talent show for only females, her performance was excellent and attracted the attention of many people including Gerald Eaton AKA jarvis Church, he belonged to The Philosepher Kings, so he and another member of the kings “Brian West” helped Nelly Furtado produce a demo that she can present to record companies. After this she moved back to Toronto, and the materials that she worked for lead to a record deal with DreamWorks Records.

Nelly Furtado was born on the 2nd of December 1978, her full name is Nelly Kim Furtado. She is a Candadian singer, record producer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, aside from her Canadian citizenship she also hold the Portuguese one.

When Nelly Furtado started getting famous it was in the year 2000 when she released her first studio album”Whoa, Nelly!”and the song that paved the way of her staredom was the #1 hit song across the world “I’m Like a Bird”. then in the year 2003 she released her second studi album(Folklore), which did not get as much commercial success as the first album did. this album was released after she got a baby and returned to her premises. The third album that Nelly Furtado recorded was a great hit, the album was named Loose and it contained many hit singles including “Promiscuous”, “Maneater”, “Say it Right”, and “All Good Things (Come to an End)”.

Nelly Furtado is known that she likes to diversify when it comes to music and how the music sounds, so she plays alot of different Genres, Languages, Instruments, and Vocal Styles, this diversity in music for Nelly Furtado is influenced by her moving alot to different cultures.
Nelly Furtado is a Portugues immigrant who is grew up and lived in Canada, her parents Antonio Jose Furtado and Maria Manuela, both of her parents were born in Sao Miguel Islands, and they left to Canada on immigration in the early 1960’s.