Song:I'm Like A Bird
Album:The Best Of Nelly Furtado
Fame is so fleeting in the music business and listener attention spans are so short that a musician needs to be able to adjust musical style very quickly. When Nelly Furtado first emerged with I'm Like A Bird in 2000, it had this 60s retro hippie vibe. When that seemed to fade, she reinvented herself as a dance music diva complete with previously untapped sex appeal. She even tapped into the Latin music market in 2009. She was born Dec. 2, 1978 in Victoria, BC to Portuguese immigrant parents. She grew up singing in church and began writing songs at age 12. While visiting her sister in Toronto in 1996, she met Tallis Newkirk of the hip hop group Plains Of Fascination. She moved to Toronto and formed Nelstar with him. It didn't work out and she was going to move back home. But she was spotted performing at a talent show by Philosopher Kings singer Gerald Eaton. The resulting demos led to a contract with DreamWorks Records and her debut CD Whoa, Nelly! was produced by Furtado with Eaton and partner Brian West. They call themselves Track & Field. I'm Like A Bird reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Whoa, Nelly! reached #24 on the Billboard Hot 200 and was certified 3XPlatinum. The follow up Turn Off The Light did even better. Nelly's second CD Folklore did not do as well partially because it was more mellow than Whoa, Nelly! but also DreamWorks was having problems and was sold to Universal. Nelly is now on Geffen Records. For her 2006 CD Loose, Nelly went in a more hip hop direction with producer Timbaland and emphasize sex appeal not previously seen. This makeover was very successful and Nelly says it's the kind of music she enjoys anyway. Her 2009 Latin music CD Mi Plan is her latest CD though she should have a new CD coming in the summer of 2012. She is still working with Timbaland so you can expect it to be a continuation of Loose. Geffen released The Best of Nelly Furtado last year. I would expect her next CD to do very well. Here's the video for I'm Like A Bird by Nelly Furtado.
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