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Saukrates
Saukrates
Canadian rapper
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Swollen Members
Swollen Members
Canadian hip hop group
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Kinnie Starr
Kinnie Starr
Canadian recording artist
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Melanie Fiona
Melanie Fiona
Canadian R&B artist
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Kreesha Turner
Kreesha Turner
Canadian singer
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Timbaland
Timbaland
American musician, record producer, rapper, DJ, and record executive
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Nelly
Nelly
American rapper, singer, and songwriter
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Ciara
Ciara
American singer
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Down with Webster
Down with Webster
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Classified
Classified
Canadian rapper and producer
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Jully Black
Jully Black
Canadian musician and actress
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Trina
Trina
American rapper, record producer, songwriter and model from Florida
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Emm Gryner
Emm Gryner
Canadian musician
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Raghav
Raghav
Canadian singer
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K’naan Warsame
K’naan Warsame
Somali-Canadian musician
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Fefe Dobson
Fefe Dobson
Canadian singer-songwriter
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Esthero
Esthero
Canadian singer
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Fergie
Fergie
American singer
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Jurassic 5
Jurassic 5
band
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Josh
Josh
band
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Anne Murray
Anne Murray
Canadian singer
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k-os
k-os
Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer
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X-Quisite
X-Quisite
Canadian R&B girl group
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Tamia
Tamia
Canadian musician and singer
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Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress from New York
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Jim Jonsin
Jim Jonsin
American record producer
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Lights
Lights
Canadian electropop musician
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Ashanti
Ashanti
American singer, songwriter, actress and dancer
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Keri Hilson
Keri Hilson
American singer, songwriter and actress from Georgia
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Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu
American neo-soul singer
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Deborah Cox
Deborah Cox
Canadian R&B singer-songwriter and actress
Intro
Canadian singer and songwriter
Awards Received
Commander of the Order of Prince Henry
Canada's Walk of Fame
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album
Nominated For
Grammy Award for Best New Artist
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Nelly Kim Furtado ComIH (/fɜːrˈtɑːdoʊ/; Portuguese: [fuɾˈtaðu]; born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian singer and songwriter.

She first gained fame with her trip hop-inspired 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. Furtado's introspective folk-heavy 2003 second album, Folklore, explored her Portuguese roots. Its singles received moderate success in Europe, but the album's underperformance compared to her debut was regarded as a sophomore slump.

Furtado's third album, Loose (2006), was a smash hit and became her best selling album with more than 12 million copies sold worldwide, also making it one of the best selling albums of the 2000s. Considered a radical image reinvention, Furtado continued to explore her Portuguese heritage while leaning heavier into hip hop. The album spawned four successful number-one singles worldwide; "Promiscuous", "Maneater", "Say It Right", and "All Good Things (Come to an End)". Her Timbaland collaboration "Give It to Me" (2007) in the same era also topped the charts in the US and overseas. Furtado's critically acclaimed duet with James Morrison, "Broken Strings", also topped the charts in Europe in 2008.

She released her first Spanish-language album, Mi Plan, in 2009, which won her a Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album. In 2012, Furtado released her nostalgia-inspired fifth album The Spirit Indestructible. Furtado split with her management and went independent thereafter, releasing her indie-pop sixth album, The Ride, in 2017 under her own label Nelstar Entertainment.

Furtado has sold over 40 million records worldwide, making her one of the most successful Canadian artists. She has won several awards throughout her career, including one Grammy Award from seven nominations, one Latin Grammy Award, ten Juno Awards, one BRIT Award, one Billboard Music Award, one MTV Europe Music Award, one World Music Award, and three Much Music Video Awards. Furtado has a star on Canada's Walk of Fame, and was awarded Commander of the Order of Prince Henry on February 28, 2014 in Toronto by Aníbal Cavaco Silva, the then-President of Portugal.