Nelly Furtado

Nelly Furtado is the daughter of ethnically Portuguese parents. Growing up, Nelly Furtado was musically gifted and began learning trombone and ukulele at the age of 9. She learned keyboards at age 11 and was composing her own songs by 13. In addition to supporting her musical ambitions, Nelly Furtado's parents instilled an ethic of hard work that has served her well. After graduating from high school, Furtado moved to Toronto to pursue her musical dreams.



rammy winning singer Nelly Furtado has been nominated for “Female Artist of the Year” which recognizes the artist’s complete body of work throughout 2007. Lil’ Wayne was just voted MTV ’s “Hottest MC in the Game” by the “MTV News’ Hip-Hop Brain Trust”, a group of MTV music experts who have passionately debated on controversial subjects like “The Greatest Hip-Hop Groups” and “The Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time.” Common’s latest album Finding Forever produced by Kanye West, hit #1 on the Billboard Albums charts. Finding Forever is Common’s first #1 album. T-Pain whose catchy single “Buy U a Drank” is nominated for new category “Monster Single of the Year” hit #1 on the Billboard charts with his latest album Epiphany. VMAs “Best New Artist” nominee Gym Class Heroes found themselves at the top of the charts with “Cupid’s Chokehold” off of their debut album As Cruel As School Children.