In preparation for her new album, Loose, NELLY FURTADO tried out collaborations with a who's who of producers, and she tried to create a music more of the body than the mind. A prime example of the latter is first single "PROMISCUOUS," a duet with Loose producer TIMBALAND, known far and wide for his groundbreaking work with, among others, MISSY ELLIOTT, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE and AALIYAH.

It stands to reason that gold and multiplatinum certifications (for 2003's Folklore and 2000's Whoa, Nelly!, respectively), a pair of Top 10 singles ("I'm Like a Bird" and "Turn Off the Light"), and a Grammy Award (for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance), to name just a few accomplishments, would afford a certain level of confidence. But nothing has inspired Furtado to throw caution to the wind more than motherhood. "Motherhood makes you fearless," she says. "The album is very youthful-sounding," Furtado continues, "and I think that's partly due to the presence of this two-year-old in my life. I was with her all day every day and then I'd go to the studio at night, and I think that translated into a playful energy I feel onstage but that hasn't really been heard on my records."

Starting with her longtime production team of Track & Field, she also knew she wanted to check out a variety of producers. "Working with new producers," she hazards, "is like trying on new clothes - you never know what you look good in until you try it on. And sometimes they will see something in you that neither you nor anyone else could see." So she traveled with her daughter from Toronto to London to work with NELLEE HOOPER; to Los Angeles to work with LESTER MENDEZ (who produced, "Te Busque," her moving duet with JUANES) and RICK NOWELS (co-writer and producer of the gorgeous ballad "In God's Hands"); and to Miami to work with PHARRELL WILLIAMS and SCOTT STORCH and finally, TIMBALAND.

Indeed, the raw, lighting-in-a-bottle spontaneity of the collaborative process is at the heart of Loose. "This record shows who I am in a jam-type environment, where I really feel the excitement of the creativity flowing," Furtado reveals. "It's who I am at my most artistic. I live for that, and I'm very grateful to be able to share it."

THE BEST OF NELLY FURTADO
ACCLAIMED SINGER-SONGWRITER'S FIRST RETROSPECTIVE, FEATURES ALL HER HITS PLUS FAN FAVORITES AND THREE NEW SONGS, INCLUDING "NIGHT IS YOUNG"

Multi-platinum-selling, Grammy-winning global superstar, actress, philanthropist and recent Canadian "Walk of Fame" inductee, Nelly Furtado, will celebrate her first 10 years of recording with her first greatest hits compilation, The Best Of Nelly Furtado (Geffen Records). The album features #1 Pop smashes, collaborations and three previously unreleased recordings and will be available in standard and double-disc deluxe editions.

Of the previously unreleased recordings, "Night Is Young," the album's first single, was coproduced by Salaam Remi (Nas, The Fugees, Amy Winehouse) and Staybent Krunk-ADelic, and co-written by Nelly Furtado. Producer Remi and Furtado also co-wrote "Girlfriend" while "Stars," was produced by Lester Mendez who co-wrote the track with Furtado.

The Best Of Nelly Furtado looks back at a simply sensational and genuinely global first decade for the acclaimed Canadian-born singer-songwriter of Portuguese heritage. She has won and/or been nominated for seven Grammy awards, has a BRIT Award win, and has been awarded numerous Junos (Canada's equivalent of the Grammy), including Album Of The Yearfor Loose as well as an MTV Europe Music Award. Furthermore, she has been nominated for a handful of Billboard Latin Music Awards and a Grammy for her groundbreaking 2009 album Mi Plan that further solidifies her vibrant and successful career as a dual language superstar.Embracing different cultures, musical styles and even languages, Nelly Furtado has helped define musical diversity for a new generation.

Nelly's eclectic 2000 double platinum debut Whoa, Nelly! which spawned "I'm Like A Bird" was followed by the gold 2003 Folklore, whose "Forca" became the official anthem of the 2004 European Cup Football Championship. 2006's double platinum, #1-debuting Loose spotlighted the platinum, Grammy-nominated "Promiscuous" along with the hits "Say It Right" and"Maneater." Loose has been certified platinum in 32 countries and sold nearly 10 million copies worldwide and won the 2007 Brit Award for the International Female Solo Artist. In 2009, Mi Plan>, her first album entirely in Spanish, made history when the single "Manos al Aire" soared to#1 on Billboard's "Hot Latin Songs" chart, marking it the highest debut of 2009 for Latin Pop album and the first time a North American artist had reached the top spot with a song originally written in Spanish. The album went on to be a #1 hit on Billboard's "Top Latin Album," as well as iTunes and Amazon Latin music charts. In 2010, Nelly joined producer Bob Ezrin and Young Artists For Haiti in singing K'NAAN's "Wavin' Flag" where all proceeds go to Free The Children,War Child Canada and World Vision Canada.

Furtado's highly anticipated fifth original album will be released in 2011.

After the huge success of her critically acclaimed album "Loose" which allowed her to be the number 1 artist in global sales in 2007, Nelly decides to do her musical dream of making her first full Spanish language album.

She had done many successful collaborations with artists all over the world in all different genres, but the collaborations with the Latin artists left her with this huge desire of expressing herself in this language, and that is how this new album was born.

"Mi Plan" (My plan) is Nelly's 4th studio album which reflects once again her artistry, diversity and the uniqueness of everything which she writes. The album, as all her albums, is written and co-produced by her in collaboration with top writers and producers, as well as young new talent she believes in. She doesn't feel this is a "Latin Album", she says that this is just her soul speaking in Spanish, as all her albums "just music for the world". Music is a universal language and in this album she has brought the world together, working with musicians, writers and producers from all over the globe.

The album is filled with fresh, enthusiastic, fun, freeing, unique, strong and passionate songs that reflect the great moment that Nelly is currently experiencing.

The first single of this album, "Manos al Aire" (Hands in the air or I surrender), is a mid-tempo song that brings you in faster than you can understand to what she is trying to tell her loved one. The tip of an iceberg that will outlive the barrier of language, culture and time!

Japanese edition of the alterna-pop singer/songwriter's beguiling and charmingly eccentric 2000 album debut. Includes the infectious first single 'I'm Like a Bird' and two bonus tracks, 'Onde Estas' and 'Party' (Choroni Mix). Standard jewelcase.

Japanese edition of the followup to her blockbuster 2000 debut album 'Whoa, Nelly!'. Folklore features 14 tracks including two bonus tracks, 'Powerless (Say What You Want)' (alternative acoustic mix) & 'Try' (acoustic version), plus enhanced material. Universal. 2003.

THE BEST OF NELLY FURTADO
ACCLAIMED SINGER-SONGWRITER'S FIRST RETROSPECTIVE, FEATURES ALL HER HITS PLUS FAN FAVORITES AND THREE NEW SONGS, INCLUDING "NIGHT IS YOUNG"

Multi-platinum-selling, Grammy-winning global superstar, actress, philanthropist and recent Canadian "Walk of Fame" inductee, Nelly Furtado, will celebrate her first 10 years of recording with her first greatest hits compilation, The Best Of Nelly Furtado (GeffenRecords). The album features #1 Pop smashes, collaborations and three previously unreleased recordings and will be available in standard and double-disc deluxe editions.

Of the previously unreleased recordings, "Night Is Young," the album's first single, was coproduced by Salaam Remi (Nas, The Fugees, Amy Winehouse) and Staybent Krunk-ADelic, and co-written by Nelly Furtado. Producer Remi and Furtado also co-wrote "Girlfriend" while "Stars," was produced by Lester Mendez who co-wrote the track with Furtado.

The Best Of Nelly Furtado looks back at a simply sensational and genuinely global first decade for the acclaimed Canadian-born singer-songwriter of Portuguese heritage. She has won and/or been nominated for seven Grammy awards, has a BRIT Award win, and has been awarded numerous Junos (Canada's equivalent of the Grammy), including Album Of The Yearfor Loose as well as an MTV Europe Music Award. Furthermore, she has been nominated for a handful of Billboard Latin Music Awards and a Grammy for her groundbreaking 2009 album Mi Plan that further solidifies her vibrant and successful career as a dual language superstar.Embracing different cultures, musical styles and even languages, Nelly Furtado has helped define musical diversity for a new generation.

Nelly's eclectic 2000 double platinum debut Whoa, Nelly! which spawned "I'm Like A Bird" was followed by the gold 2003 Folklore, whose "Forca" became the official anthem of the 2004 European Cup Football Championship. 2006's double platinum, #1-debuting Loose spotlighted the platinum, Grammy-nominated "Promiscuous" along with the hits "Say It Right" and"Maneater." Loose has been certified platinum in 32 countries and sold nearly 10 million copies worldwide and won the 2007 Brit Award for the International Female Solo Artist. In 2009, Mi Plan, her first album entirely in Spanish, made history when the single "Manos al Aire" soared to#1 on Billboard's "Hot Latin Songs" chart, marking it the highest debut of 2009 for Latin Pop album and the first time a North American artist had reached the top spot with a song originally written in Spanish. The album went on to be a #1 hit on Billboard's "Top Latin Album," as well as iTunes and Amazon Latin music charts. In 2010, Nelly joined producer Bob Ezrin and Young Artists For Haiti in singing K'NAAN's "Wavin' Flag" where all proceeds go to Free The Children,War Child Canada and World Vision Canada.

Furtado's highly anticipated fifth original album will be released in 2011.

Extremely limited International Tour Edition features exclusive artwork, a bonus track ('Somebody To Love') and a bonus CD featuring eight rarities and live tracks: 'Let My Hair Down', 'Undercover Runaway', 'Te Busque' (Spanish Version featuring Juanes), 'No Hay Igual' (featuring Calle 13), 'All Good Things (Come To An End)' (featuring Reamonn's Rea Garver) and live versions of 'Crazy', 'Maneater' and 'Promiscuous'. The Canadian singer-songwriter marks a stark change in direction away from the Folk-inflected Pop of her first two outings. On this release, she collaborates with Hip Hop/R&B producer Timbaland, and the result is a set of raw Electro-Funk, with Furtado laying down some of her most risqu‚ and explicit lyrics to date. Featuring guest vocals from Coldplay's Chris Martin, Latin American megastar Juanes and Timbaland himself. . Universal. 2007.

Mi Plan remixes is a collection of remixes showcasing versions of her latest Spanish hit singles "Manos Al Aire", "Bajo Otra Luz", "Mas", y "Fuerte". The selection of remixes features collaborations from their original versions with Top Latin artists Mala Rodriguez, Tony Dize, and Concha Buika. The remixes are creations from some of today's most prolific DJ/Producers/Remixers including Cajjmere Wray, Robbie Rivera, and Tiesto.

Japanese edition of the alterna-pop singer/songwriter's beguiling and charmingly eccentric 2000 album debut. Includes the infectious first single 'I'm Like a Bird' and two bonus tracks, 'Onde Estas' and 'Party' (Choroni Mix). Standard jewelcase.