Nelly Furtado releases new English single
Nelly Furtado, whose parents are both Portuguese, speaks English, French, Spanish and of course Portuguese. She too plays ukulele, trombone, guitar and piano.
Back in 1999 those who watched Claire Danes’ film Brokedown Palace, heard the first glimpse of Nelly before her first album Whoa, Nelly! was released the following year. “I’m Like a Bird”, her official first single, became her staple track reaching #1 in Canada and #9 in the US, and winning her the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance, making Furtado the first recipient of such Grammy for a first single since Mariah Carey did so a decade prior for “Vision Of Love”.
Through the coming years she released her second album Folklore, and made an impact in the Latin Charts when she recorded duets with Colombian emerging artist Juanes. Out of this collaboration came two singles “Te Busque” and “Fotografia”. The latter single reached #1 hit on the Latin Charts in the US.
Even though she had planted herself as an international success, it wasn’t until her Timbaland-produced third album Loose in 2006 that she had a #1 album. Since then, alongside Timbaland, she has amassed three #1 songs, spawning nine weeks on top: “Promiscuous”, “Say It Right” and “Give It Up To Me”.
In 2009 Nelly took a risk in releasing her first Spanish-only album, Mi Plan, which hit the top 10 in at least ten countries, top forty in an additional seven and hit #1 on the Latin Album Charts in the US. In it she worked with Latin giants Juan Luis Guerra, Julieta Venegas, rapper Mala Rodriguez and Josh Groban.
Expect all of her singles and collaborations to be included in the deluxe version of her The Best of Nelly Furtado greatest hits album which hits stores the same day as P!nk’s, November 16th.
The album includes three new tracks “Stars”, “Girlfriend in The Sky” and “Night is Young”, the lead single off the album.
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