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Trivia
Birth name: Nelly Kim Furtado
Date of birth: 2 December 1978
Place of birth: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Nickname: Nell
Height: 5' 1" (1.55 m)
Furtado started singing at age 4.
Played eight dates on "the village stage" at Lilith Fair.
Formed (and an ex-member of) trip-hop group Nelstar.
Learned to play trombone and ukulele at age nine, keyboards at age 11
and began composing at age 13.
Is Canadian of Portuguese decent.
Forca means "strength" in Portuguese.
Speaks Portuguese fluently.
Is fluent in Hindi.
Furtado worked as a maid with her mother, who was a housekeeper.
Voted one of the "Fun and Fearless Females" by Cosmopolitan
Magazine (2002.)
Furtado experiments with different vocal styles, languages, sounds,
genres and instruments.
Furtado is named after the Soviet gymnast, Nellie Kim.
One "Best Pop Vocal, Female" Grammy for her song "I'm
Like A Bird" (2002).
In eleventh grade, Furtado met Plains of Fascination and recorded her vocals to their 1996 album Join the Ranks on the track Waitin' 4 the Streets.
At the Honey Jam 1997, Furtado performed and Gerald Eaton was impressed with her performance and asked her to write music with him.
Daughter Nevis (named after the island on which she was conceived) born
on September 20, 2003, in Toronto to Nelly and then boyfriend Jasper
Gahunia (aka DJ Lil' Jaz).
Second album "Folklore" released. [Nov 25th 2003]
Furtado's latest single is Promiscuous featuring Timbaland.
Furtado landed a record deal with DreamWorks Records in 1999.
Parents are Maria Manuela Furtado and Antonio Jose Furtado. Has a
sister, Lisa Anne Furtado, and a brother, Michael Anthony Furtado.
Furtado shares the same birthday with Britney
Spears and Canadian actress Cassie Steele.
Her new single, "Forca", (in which she speaks both English and
Portuguese) is the offical theme of the Euro Cup (Soccer).
Furtado gave birth to her daughter, Nevis, on September 20, 2003 in
Toronto, Canada.
Nelly said that she didn't really enjoy working with Timberland, saying
that he got bored easily, and Nelly didn't feel like he was into it.
Though she is happy with the product.
Childhood Dreams from Loose is dedicated to her daughter.
Ranked #58 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The
World" (2002)
Perhaps as a nod to her diverse influences, she was invited to open for
U2 and perform on Moby's
Area: One Tour alongside the techno-rocker.
She also scored some awards for her work, including Canadian Juno Awards
for best new solo artist and best songwriter in 2001 and a Grammy in
2002 for best female pop performance ("Like A Bird.")
Furtado's daughter, Nevis, is named after a Caribbean island.
Graduated from Mount Douglas Secondary School in Victoria, B.C.
Was a heavy smoker during her teenage years.
Furtado will make her acting debut on a film, Nobody's Hero, to be
released in 2006. She plays an American Muslim who's the love interest
of a young soldier who has just returned from the Iraq War.
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