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Two decades ago,
Nelly Furtado
(42) seemed to be
on top of the world.
The Portuguese-Canadian singer presented
her first album
in October 2000 and in a matter of months she became a star.
In fact, in 2001, she managed to break into the Billboard Hot 100
chart
with two singles,
Turn off the Light
and
On the Radio,
and her immeasurable talent led to her being nominated for a
Grammy
four times
.
Then his fame seemed unstoppable.
Nelly gave concerts in Europe, America and Asia and some of her songs, such as
Promiscuous
or
Maneater
, came to sell almost
three million
of copies.
However, as one of his hits says, all good things come to an end and in 2017 Furtado's career was completely broken.
Nelly disappeared.
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Since she was little, Nelly Kim Furtado was
a child prodigy: she
began to sing at the age of four, she already played instruments at the age of nine, and as a teenager she began to write
her own songs.
Although her professional career did not begin until 1996, when she met a member of the group Plains Of Fascination who invited her to participate in his album
Join The Ranks
.
Thus, when he turned 18, Furtado decided to
move from Victoria to Toronto
and subsequently formed a
rap duo
called Nelstar.
But, shortly after walking, she realized that the urban genre limited her too much and she wanted to show her full potential.
Something that she achieved the following year, when, thanks to
a talent show, she
caught the attention of singer Gerald Eaton, who helped her record her first demo and her first album.
Unexpectedly,
Whoa, Nelly!
it turned out to be a success.
His first single
I'm Like a Bird
reached number one
in countries like Italy, Belgium and Germany, and critics claimed that Furtado's spirit "refreshed pop."
Above all, because in those years few spoke of
their foreign roots.
"I want to be able to empower people who don't know much about their culture. I grew up without seeing my ethnicity reflected in Hollywood, so I was glad when J.Lo spoke about his Latino roots. I care about that topic, because it is a lot of what that I am, "Nelly told
The Guardian
in 2001
about the importance of celebrating the origin of
her Azorean parents.
On the other hand,
Furtado's
humility and simplicity
surprised the experts a lot.
In less than two years, Nelly had been elevated to the category of pop-star.
However, she hadn't taken on the
air of a diva.
And even, at some point, she was
"disgusted"
because some wanted to "glamorize her career."
"I love making music, but
the music industry is superficial.
What I wanted was to
write songs for a
living. I walked into this with a naive love of music, thinking everything would be playing wonderful festivals. But
what that I was aiming for was quite different from what I ended up getting.
I found it quite annoying and it's a part of the business that made me want to quit, "he told
The Independent
18 years ago.
Despite this, the Canadian fought against the dark side of fame and in 2003 released her album
Folklore
, to later become the queen of the dance floors with
Loose,
the album that included great hits such as
All Good Things
and
Say It Right
.
At that time Nelly was one of the artists who
reported the most money to her record company.
In fact, in 2007 it was reported that
Loose
had sold 6.1 million records globally, prompting its
representatives
to try to expand its fame.
The strategy?
Let Nelly record an album with Spain and Latin America in mind.
In that way,
Mi plan was
born
,
a production that sold like hot cakes, but that
did not make Furtado happy either,
who only thought about
retiring to raise his daughter Nevis, the
result of his relationship with his ex-partner, Jasper Gahunia.
"After Loose,
I lost all sense of who I was as an artist
and so I took a step to the side. I wanted to be home taking care of my daughter, instead of raising her on the road. I was exhausted after the
Loose
tour
and I I realized that I
had to separate myself from that business relationship, "he
told
Macleans
in 2017. And he did.
Nelly began to dedicate more time to her little girl and also to her husband,
the Cuban Demo Castellón,
whom she married in 2008. Even so, in 2012, she
tried to return
to the radio with her album
The Spirit Indestructuible
.
But it did not get good results.
Nor is his latest production,
The Ride,
released in 2017, which marks the end of his career.
Yes, the end, because four years ago Furtado has not been seen again in any awards ceremony or in concerts or on television.
In one of her last public appearances Furtado announced that she had been divorced and that, in a way, she needed to invest her time in herself.
Also, in some interviews, he claimed to have had a panic attack, in addition to stating that he wanted to "go back to being a normal person."
But hardly anyone imagined that he would not appear in front of the cameras again.
However, all would not be lost.
Because the interpreter returned to the networks in 2020 and from time to time shows activity.
And despite the fact that no photograph is current and few know what Furtado looks like in 2021, his interest in Instagram has led one to think that he might be back, even in 2040 and to celebrate four decades of his famous Whoa, Nelly!
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