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Nelly Furtado
Victoria, British Columbia
Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actress. She has sold 20 million albums worldwide and more than 20 million singles around the world. Furtado first gained f…
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Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actress. She has sold 20 million albums worldwide and more than 20 million singles around the world. Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, which spawned two successful singles, "I'm Like a Bird" and "Turn Off the Light". "I'm Like A Bird" won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. In 2003, Furtado released Folklore, which produced three international singles— "Powerless (Say What You Want)", "Try" and "Força". Three years later she released Loose, a worldwide commercial success. The album spawned four number-one hits: "Promiscuous", "Maneater", "Say It Right" and "All Good Things (Come to an End)". After a three-year break, she released her first full-length Spanish album, Mi Plan, and Furtado received a Latin Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Album. In 2012, Furtado's fourth English-language studio album, The Spirit Indestructible, was released. Furtado's work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including 2 Grammy Awards, 10 Juno Awards, 3 MuchMusic Video Awards and a star on Canada's Walk of Fame. Furtado was awarded "Commander of the Order of Prince Henry" on February 28, 2014, in Toronto, by the President of the Portuguese Republic. Furtado's music has also been influenced by her current residence, Toronto, which she calls "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.
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2026
30 Questions
TV show Self - Guest
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2024
The Greatest Hits
Movie Nelly Furtado
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2022
The Sherri Shepherd Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2021
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV show Self - Panellist
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2021
Mariah Carey: Darling Diva
Movie Self
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2021
Canadian Hits at the BBC
Movie Self
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2020
Canada's Drag Race
TV show Self - Guest Judge
- 2017
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2017
The Defiant Ones
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2016
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
Movie Self - Unapologetic Bitch
- 2016
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2016
Contemporary Color
Movie
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2015
A Date with Miss Fortune
Movie Nelia
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self
- 2012
- 2010
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2010
Score: A Hockey Musical
Movie Claudette
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2009
Live from Studio Five
TV show Self
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2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV show Self - Guest
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2009
It's On with Alexa Chung
TV show
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2009
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
TV show Self - Musical Guest
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2009
MTV World Stage
TV show Self
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2008
Max Payne
Movie Christa Balder
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2008
90210
TV show Herself
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2007
Loose: The Concert
Movie Self
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2007
Anne Murray Friends and Legends
Movie Self
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2007
Nelly Furtado – Loose Mini DVD
Movie Singer
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2007
Concert for Diana
Movie Self
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2007
Pussycat Dolls Present
TV show
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2006
Schlag den Raab
TV show Self
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2006
David Tench Tonight
TV show
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2005
Sound Off with Matt Pinfield
TV show
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2005
The Tyra Banks Show
TV show
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2004
CSI: NY
TV show Ava Brandt
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2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TV show Self
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2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV show Self
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2003
Canadian Idol
TV show Self
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2003
Punk'd
TV show Self
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2003
VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown
TV show Self (archive footage)
- 2002
