Nelly Furtado

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nelly Furtado
Occupation	Pop Singer
Date Of Birth	Dec 2, 1978(1978-12-02)
Age	46
Birthplace	Victoria
Country	Canada
Birth City	British Columbia
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Nelly Furtado Biography

Nelly Furtado is one of the most popular and richest Pop Singer who was born on December 2, 1978 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Canadian singer-songwriter, who released two Top 10 singles in 2000, “I’m Like a Bird”, and “Turn Off the Light”. Other number-one singles include “Promiscuous,” Maneater, and “Say It Right.” She has been awarded multiple Grammy and Juno Awards.

She was featured in the 2002 She was featured on the 2002 Juanes song “Fotografía.” track “Fotografia.”

Nelly Kim Furtado ComIH (/f ɜːr ˈ t ɑː d oʊ / , Portuguese: [fuɾˈtaðu] ; born December 2, 1978) is a Portuguese-Canadian singer and songwriter. Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly! (2000), which was a critical and commercial success that spawned two top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, “I’m Like a Bird” and “Turn Off the Light”. The first of the two singles won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. In 2003, she released her second album, Folklore, which was preceded by the lead single, “Powerless (Say What You Want)”.

During a visit with her sister Lisa Anne in Toronto in mid-1995, Furtado met Tallis Newkirk, member of the hip hop group Plains of Fascination. She contributed vocals to their 1996 album, Join the Ranks, on the track “Waitin’ 4 the Streets”. After graduating from Mount Douglas Secondary School in 1996, she moved to Toronto to reside with her sister Lisa Anne. The following year, she formed Nelstar, a trip hop duo with Newkirk. Ultimately, Furtado felt the trip hop style of the duo was “too segregated”, and believed it did not represent her personality or allow her to showcase her vocal ability. She left the group and planned to move back home.

With her boyfriend Jasper Gahunia she had a daughter, Nevis. They were together from 2001 to 2005. From 2008 to 2016, she was married to Demacio Castellon.

Nelly Furtado Net Worth

Nelly Furtado is one of the richest Pop Singer from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nelly Furtado 's net worth $20 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

As a teenager, she was a member of a Portuguese marching band. Nelstar was her first band.

Her albums have been sold more than 50 million times around the world. Loose was her third album and became her most-sold album.

Furtado was born on December 2, 1978, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Her Portuguese parents, António José Furtado and Maria Manuela Furtado, were born on São Miguel Island in the Azores and had immigrated to Canada in the late 1960s. Nelly was named after Soviet gymnast Nellie Kim. Her siblings are Michael Anthony and Lisa Anne. They were raised Roman Catholic. At age four, she began performing and singing in Portuguese. Furtado’s first public performance was when she sang a duet with her mother at a church on Portugal Day. She began playing musical instruments at the age of nine, learning the trombone, ukulele and, in later years, the guitar and keyboards. At the age of 12, she began writing songs, and as a teenager, she performed in a Portuguese marching band. Furtado has acknowledged her family as the source of her strong work ethic; she spent eight summers working as a chambermaid with her mother, along with her brother and sister, who was a housekeeper in Victoria.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Nelly Furtado Dating?

According to our records, Nelly Furtado married to Demacio Castellon. As of December 1, 2023, Nelly Furtado’s is not dating anyone.

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On September 20, 2003, Furtado gave birth to her daughter, Nevis Chetan. The child’s father is Jasper Gahunia, Furtado’s boyfriend since 2001 and a close friend for several years. The couple broke up in 2005 but, according to Furtado, continue to be good friends and share joint responsibility of raising Nevis. On July 19, 2008, Furtado married sound engineer Demacio Castellon, with whom she had worked on Loose. In April 2017, during an appearance on the British daytime panel show Loose Women, Furtado announced she had separated from Castellon during the summer of 2016 and said she is now single.

Facts & Trivia

Nelly Ranked on the list of most popular Pop Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Nelly Furtado celebrates birthday on December 2 of every year.

In November 2006, Furtado revealed that she once turned down US$500,000 to pose fully clothed in Playboy.

Top Facts about Nelly Furtado

1. Nelly Furtado is a Canadian singer born in 1978.
2. She has sold over 40 million records worldwide.
3. Her debut album “Whoa, Nelly!” was released in 2000.
4. Furtado won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 2002.
5. She is of Portuguese descent and sings in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
6. Furtado has collaborated with artists such as Timbaland and Justin Timberlake.
7. Her hit songs include “I’m Like a Bird” and “Promiscuous.”
8. In addition to singing, she also plays multiple instruments including guitar and ukulele.
9. Furtado has been involved in various philanthropic efforts throughout her career.
10. She took a hiatus from music between 2012-2016 before releasing her sixth studio album “The Ride.”

Why did Nelly Furtado disappear?

Why did Nelly Furtado disappear? Nelly Furtado took a step back from music and the public spotlight after a nervous breakdown in 2006. “I had a nervous breakdown on stage,” she told the Daily Mail in 2017. “I was on the Loose tour [2007] and my daughter was with me — I was being a mum and a singer on the road.

What is Nelly Furtado doing these days?

In October 2020, she re-released her debut album Whoa, Nelly! with acoustic versions and remixes of original songs. She did the same with her album Loose in June this year. Furtado also occasionally posts photos on her Instagram Story, but her last one was taken in February 2021.

Where is Nelly Furtado net worth?

Net Worth: $40 Million
Date of Birth:| Dec 2, 1978 (43 years old)
Gender:| Female
Height:| 5 ft 2 in (1.575 m)
Profession:| Musician, Singer-songwriter, Actor, Record producer, Guitarist, Multi-instrumentalist, Television presenter

Is Nelly Furtado Latina?

Canadian singer/songwriter Nelly Furtado has embraced her Latin roots — and the Latino music market — with the release of her first Spanish language album, “Mi Plan.” Although raised in Victoria, British Columbia, her parents are of Portuguese descent and she has been speaking Spanish since the age of 14.

Did Nelly Furtado have a nervous breakdown?

As her fame and its accompanying pressures grew, Furtado suffered a breakdown in the most public way. “ I had a nervous breakdown on stage. I was on the Loose tour and my daughter was with me – I was being a mum and a singer on the road. I was exhausted,” she later revealed to the Mail on Sunday.