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Nelly ranked #26 in Maxim's 2007 Hot 100 List.
In July 2007, it was revealed Nelly and
Demacio 'Demo' Castellon were engaged, after Demo proposed to her
following her 'Loose tour.
Nelly is engaged to sound engineer Demacio
"Demo" Castellon, who worked on her hit 2006 album "Loose".
Furtado is currently working on a tour called
Loose through Europe and Canada.
Nelly turned down an offer of $64,000 to pose
nude for Playboy in 2006.
Nelly won the award for World's Best Pop/Rock
Artist at the 2006 World Music Awards.
Nelly plays the trombone.
Furtado was furious when a men's magazine
digitally removed her clothes in order for the singer to appear in
more revealing outfits. The singer insists that she would never pose
in the sexy outfits.
Nelly is currently desperate to raise funds
for environmental group the Land Conservancy by auctioning a
handmade patchwork quilt. While Nelly will work on the center
square, she is asking fans to make their own creations for the rest
of the project and as a reward for their donations to the craft, the
participants who make it into the final quilt will earn an
autographed picture of the singer.
Furtado's Promiscuous is the biggest song on
the charts of 2006, having a six week place at #1 on Billboard's Hot
100.
Nelly's song Promiscuous has been nominated
for three 2006 MTV VMAs: Best Female Video, Best Dance Video, and
Best Pop Video.
Nelly: Being a mother, I don't have time to go
to clubs. So I put fake club scenes in my videos to make it look
like I get out more.
Nelly wants to bring her toddler Nevis along
with her on tour because she believes her daughter will love the
experience.
Furtado started singing at age 4.
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.
Forca means "strength" in Portuguese.
Childhood Dreams from Folklore is dedicated to her daughter.
Furtado's daughter, Nevis, is named after a Caribbean island.
Furtado landed a record deal with DreamWorks Records in 1999.
At the Honey Jam 1997, Furtado performed and
Gerald Eaton was impressed with her performance and asked her to
write music with him.
Furtado formed Nelstar in 1997 with Newkirk.
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.
Furtado's influences include Amalia Rodrigues,
Beck, Caetano Veloso, Cornershop, De La Soul, Digable Planets, Jeff
Buckley, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Oasis,
Radiohead, The Smashing Pumpkins, TLC, U2 and The Verve.
Furtado worked as a maid with her mother, who was a housekeeper.
Furtado is able to speak Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi.
Furtado played in a Portuguese marching band as a teenager.
Furtado began writing songs at age 12.
Furtado won a Grammy Award for her debut single I'm Like a Bird.
Furtado has an interest in different cultures.
Furtado experiments with different vocal
styles, languages, sounds, genres and instruments.
Forca was the official anthem of the 2004
European Championship.
Furtado is named after the Soviet gymnast, Nellie Kim.
Furtado gave birth to her daughter, Nevis, on
September 20, 2003 in Toronto, Canada.
Furtado calls the genre of her third album "punk-hop".
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