| Born in the Canadian city of Victoria, British Columbia | | | | She gained fame in the year 2000 when her debut |
| on December 2nd, 1978, Nelly Kim Furtado is a singer, | | | | album âWhoa Nellyâ was released. |
| songwriter, record producer and instrumentalist. She | | | | Needless to say, the album was a stupendous hit and |
| also holds Portuguese citizenship. | | | | five million copies were sold by August 2006. |
| Her father is Antonio Jose Furtado and her mother is | | | | Nelly Furtado is known for experimenting with |
| Maria Manuela. They were born in Sao Miguel Island | | | | different instruments, genres, sounds, languages and |
| and immigrated to Canada in the late 1960âs. | | | | vocal styles. |
| Nelly Furtado was named after Nellie Kim, the Soviet | | | | In the year 2003, she gave birth to a daughter, |
| gymnast. | | | | Nevis. Her father is DJ Jasper Gahunia. |