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Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado is a well-known Canadian singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and record producer. She was born in Victoria, British Columbia on 2nd December 1978. She was the daughter of Portuguese immigrants from the Azores, António José Furtado and Maria Manuela. At the age of four Furtado first sang a duet with her mother at a church on Portugal Day.
She started playing instruments at an age of nine. Initially she practiced with trombone and ukulele. Later on, she mastered the guitar and keyboard and by 12 she had started writing songs. She also performed for Portuguese marching band in her teens.
She recognizes her family as her source of strict work ethic – she worked as a housemaid with her mother for eight summers. Having a working class was merit all through her professional career.
In one of her visits to Toronto, Furtado met Tallis Newkirk (Crazy Cheese) a member of hip-hop group. In 1996, she sung in their album Join the Ranks on the track "Waitin' 4 the Streets". Ultimately, she joined Newkirk to form Nelstar, a trip hop duo. One of her performances in Honey Jam an "all-female urban" talent show impressed singer Gerald Eaton (aka Jarvis Church). He approached her to write for him. However, she left the group soon to showcase her vocal potential.
In 2000, her debut album Whoa, Nelly! co-produced by Eaton and West was released. The album was an international hit with three international singles "Turn off the Light", "...On the Radio (Remember the Days)" and "I'm like a Bird", the later single won her the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance of the year.
On September 20, 2003, Furtado became a mother giving birth to her daughter Nevis whose father is DJ Jasper Gahunia. They both were good friends for several years and remained together until their separation in 2005.
Later in the year her second album Folklore was released, however it was less successful commercially. The title of which was influenced by her parents' immigration to Canada. It was Furtado's third album Loose that brought her back to prominence. Since then she has continued her good performances.
Recently, Furtado performed and at the same time hosted Juno Awards 2007 in Saskatoon, where she won five awards for all her nominations, which included "Single of the Year" and "Album of the Year".
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