Nelly Furtado

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Nelly Furtado <tr style="text-align: center;"><td colspan="3">Image:Nelly Furtado Rock am Ring.jpg Nelly Furtado performing at Rock am Ring 2006 </td></tr>
Background information <tr><td>Birth name</td><td colspan="2">Nelly Kim Furtado</td></tr><tr><td>Born</td><td colspan="2">December 2 1978 (age 31) Victoria, British Columbia Canada</td></tr><tr><td>Origin</td><td colspan="2">Victoria, British Columbia, Canada</td></tr><tr><td>Genre(s)</td><td colspan="2">Pop, Trip hop, folk, R&B, hip hop, world</td></tr><tr><td>Occupation(s)</td><td colspan="2">Singer-songwriter, record producer, instrumentalist</td></tr><tr><td>Instrument(s)</td><td colspan="2">Vocals, guitar, keyboard, ukulele, trombone</td></tr><tr><td>Years active</td><td colspan="2">2000–present</td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right: 1em;">Label(s)</td><td colspan="2">DreamWorks (1999–2005) Mosley Music Group/Geffen (2005–present)</td></tr><tr><td>Website</td><td colspan="2">NellyFurtado.com</td></tr>

Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2 1978) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and record producer of Portuguese descent.

Furtado came to fame in 2000 with the release of her debut album Whoa, Nelly!, which featured the Grammy Award-winning single "I'm like a Bird" and "Turn off the Light". After giving birth to daughter Nevis and releasing the less commercially successful Folklore (2003), she returned to prominence in 2006 with the release of Loose and its hit singles, "Promiscuous" and "Maneater". She has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide.

Furtado is known for her musical eclecticism, continually experimenting with different instruments, sounds, genres, languages, and vocal styles. This diversity has been influenced by her wide-ranging musical taste and her interest in different cultures. <ref name=ym>Exclusive LAUNCH Artist Chat. Yahoo! Music. Retrieved on 28 May, 2006.</ref> <ref name=mm>Nelly Furtado Biography. MapleMusic. Retrieved on 27 May, 2006.</ref>

1 Biography
2 Acting career
3 Discography
4 Awards and nominations
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early years and influences

Furtado, a first-generation Portuguese Canadian was born as one of three children to Maria Manuela and António José Furtado, Portuguese parents from São Miguel Island in the Azores. She was named after Soviet gymnast Nellie Kim. <ref name=ym/>

Furtado's parents emigrated from Portugal to Canada in the late 1970s. <ref name=rsjan01> Furtado Goes Portuguese. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 27 May, 2006.</ref> She has stated that visiting her parents' birthplace, the Azores islands, as a child and experiencing its culture and learning the Portuguese language has made her an open-minded person. <ref name=ym/> This has strongly influenced her artistry as she has incorporated many cross-cultural sounds into her music. It is also evident in her multilingualism as she can speak English, Portuguese, Spanish and, to a lesser extent, Hindi. <ref name=ym/> Furtado has acknowledged her parents as the source of her strong work ethic; she spent eight summers working as a chambermaid with her mother, who was a housekeeper in Victoria. <ref name=amg> Nelly Furtado Biography. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 27 May, 2006.</ref> She has stated that coming from a working class background has shaped her identity in a positive way. <ref name=ym/>

Furtado first sang at the age of four when she performed a duet with her mother at church on Portugal Day. <ref name=ym/> She began playing instruments at the age of nine, learning the trombone, ukulele and, in later years, the guitar and keyboard. She began writing songs at the age of twelve <ref name=ym/> and, as a teenager, she played in a Portuguese marching band. <ref name=rsjan01/>

During these early years, Furtado embraced many musical genres, listening heavily to mainstream R&B, hip hop, alternative rock, alternative hip hop, trip hop, world music (including Portuguese fado, Brazilian bossa nova, and Indian music), and a variety of others. <ref name=ym/> <ref name=amg/> Her influences have included Jeff Buckley, Caetano Veloso, Amalia Rodrigues, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Cornershop, Mariah Carey, TLC, Mary J. Blige, Gwen Stefani, Britney Spears, Digable Planets, De La Soul, Radiohead, Oasis, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Verve, U2, and Beck. <ref name=ym/> <ref name=mm/> <ref name=amg/>

Furtado's music has also been influenced by her current residence, Toronto, which she calls "the most multicultural city in the entire world" and a place where she "can be any culture". <ref name=rsjun06> Why Is Nelly Furtado's New Album So Loud?. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 1 July, 2006.</ref> Growing up in Canada and experiencing Toronto's cultural diversity, she has said that she did not have to wait for the Internet revolution to learn about world music; she began listening to it at the age of fifteen and continues to discover new genres. In 2006, she commented about her diverse taste:

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The first musicians Furtado interacted with were underground rappers and DJs.<ref name=mtv>Shepherd, Julianne. How Nelly Furtado Got Her Ghetto Pass. MTV. Retrieved on 16 August, 2006.</ref> During a visit to Toronto, after the summer of eleventh grade, she met Tallis Newkirk, member of hip hop group Plains of Fascination and contributed vocals to their 1996 album Join the Ranks on the track "Waitin' 4 the Streets". <ref name=nelstar>Nelstar* (Nelly Furtado) Biography. Nelstar-Project.com. Retrieved on 9 December, 2005.</ref> She spent the rest of that summer in Portugal, opening her mind to native rock acts, and then returned to British Columbia. After graduating from Mount Douglas Secondary School in 1996, she moved to Toronto where she eventually formed the trip hop duo Nelstar in 1997 with Newkirk. The experience led her back to her hip hop influences and allowed her to become more comfortable with writing her own melodies and rhymes. <ref name=amg/> Although, "Like", one of the songs Nelstar recorded, received a VideoFACT grant to cover for the production of a music video, Furtado felt the trip-hop style of the duo was "too segregated" and believed it did not represent her personality or allow her to showcase her vocal ability. <ref name=nelstar/> She left the group and decided to move back home.

Before moving, she performed at the 1997 Honey Jam, a female, mostly-black talent show at Toronto nightclub Lee's Palace. She performed to a Digital Audio Tape in jeans and a t-shirt. <ref name=nelstar/> At the club, The Philosopher Kings singer Gerald Eaton (aka Jarvis Church) was impressed with her performance and approached her to write with him. Eaton and fellow Kings member Brian West, collectively known as Track and Field, helped Furtado produce a demo, but she already had plans to backpack through Europe and return home to take creative writing courses at Camosun College. She stayed in touch with Eaton and West who insisted that she return to Toronto to record more material. She eventually returned for two weeks; the material recorded during those sessions led to her record deal with DreamWorks Records in 1999. <ref name=mm/>

[edit] 2000–2002: Whoa, Nelly!

Furtado continued to collaborate with Eaton and West, who co-produced her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, which was released in October 2000. The album saw major success all over the globe supported by its four singles, "I'm like a Bird", "Turn off the Light", "...On the Radio (Remember the Days)" and "Hey, Man!". It received four Grammy nominations in 2002; her debut single won for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Furthermore, Furtado was critically acclaimed for her innovative mixture of various genres and sounds. Slant magazine called the album "a delightful and refreshing antidote to the army of 'pop princesses' and rap-metal bands that had taken over popular music at the turn of the millennium". <ref>Whoa, Nelly!. Slant. Retrieved on 28 May, 2006.</ref> The sound of the album was strongly influenced by musicians who had traversed cultures and "the challenge of making heartfelt, emotional music that's upbeat and hopeful". <ref name=mm/> Following the release of the album, Furtado headlined the Burn in the Spotlight tour and also appeared on Moby's Area:One tour.

[edit] 2003–2005: Folklore

Before the release of her sophomore album, Folklore, Furtado gave birth to her first child, daughter Nevis (purportedly named for the Caribbean island, Nevis, on which she was conceived - in actuality named for the Latin word "Nevi", confirmed by Nelly on Australia's Kyle and Jackie O radio show on the 7th of August, 2006), on September 20 2003 in Toronto; she had a home birth with midwives. She has said about motherhood, "It's actually pretty incredible. It's a lot more instinctual than I thought". <ref name=mom>Singer Nelly Furtado Loving Motherhood. Associated Press. Retrieved on 28 May, 2006.</ref>

Nevis's father is Furtado's then boyfriend, DJ/producer Jasper Gahunia aka Lil' Jaz. Furtado and Gahunia, who broke up in 2005, were together for four years and friends for several years before that. She has stated, "We're fully active co-parents and really close friends, so things are irie". <ref name=blender>Nelly Furtado: Free As A Bird. Blender. Retrieved on 1 July, 2006.</ref>

Nevis is ethnically a quarter Filipino, a quarter Indian, and half Portuguese. Furtado has chosen to raise her in Toronto due to the city's cultural diversity, open-mindedness, and grassroots political activism. <ref name=rsjun06/>

Furtado's second album, Folklore, was released in November 2003. The title was influenced by her parents immigration to Canada, "when I look at my old photo albums, I see pictures of their brand-new house, their shiny new car, their first experiences going to very North American-type places like Kmart. When you have that in your blood, you never really part with it—it becomes your own personal folklore." <ref name=interview>Interview: Nelly Furtado. Interview. Retrieved on 29 May, 2006.</ref> The album also displayed a diverse sound but with a more rock-oriented, acoustic approach. <ref name=amazon>Folklore. Amazon.com. Retrieved on 28 May, 2006.</ref> As she focused more on the songwriting rather "than on frenetically switching genres five times in one song",<ref name=interview/> BBC felt that it had "twice the originality" of her debut. <ref name=folklore>Folklore. BBC. Retrieved on 28 May, 2006.</ref> Furtado attributed the mellowness of the album to the fact that she was pregnant during most of its recording. <ref name=interview/> The final track on the album, "Childhood Dreams", is dedicated to her daughter.

The album includes the single "Força" (meaning "strength" or "carry on" in Portuguese), which was written as the official anthem of the 2004 European Football Championship. Furtado performed the song at the championship's final in Lisbon, Portugal in July 2004. <ref>Nelly Furtado Gets Her Kicks. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 9 December, 2005.</ref> Other singles included the ballad "Try" and "Powerless (Say What You Want)", in which she embraces her Portuguese heritage; the song deals with "the idea that you can still feel like a minority inside, even if you don't look like one on the outside". <ref name=interview/>

The album was not as successful as her debut, partly due to troubles at DreamWorks Records and the less poppy sound. <ref name=folklore/> It lacked promotion because DreamWorks was sold to Universal Music Group at the time of Folkore' s release. In 2005, DreamWorks Records was shut down, and many of its artists, including Furtado, were absorbed into Geffen Records. <ref>Universal Music Snags DreamWorks Records. Blogcritics.org. Retrieved on 29 May, 2006.</ref>

[edit] 2006–present: Loose

Image:Loose cover.jpg Furtado's third album, Loose, was released in June 2006. It was named partly after the spontaneous, creative decisions she faced while creating the album <ref name=rsfeb06> Nelly Furtado Brings the Punk-Hop. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 28 May, 2006.</ref> and also for the band TLC, who she said she admires for "taking back their sexuality, showing they were complete women." <ref name=usajuly06> Serious female singers harder to find on the charts. USA Today. Retrieved on 14 June, 2006.</ref> Four lead singles were released in different regions of the world: the Spanish reggaeton-influenced "No Hay Igual" (featuring Calle 13), the hip-hop "Promiscuous" (featuring Timbaland), the latin "Te Busqué" (featuring Juanes) and the dark-pop "Maneater". For the first time, Furtado worked with a variety of record producers and followed a more collaborative approach in creating the album. The album, mostly produced by Timbaland, showed her experimenting with a more R&B–hip hop sound and the "surreal, theatrical elements of '80s music". <ref name=umusic> Nelly Furtado :: Loose. umusic.ca. Retrieved on 21 June, 2006.</ref> She has categorized the album's sound as punk-hop, which she describes as "this modern, poppy, spooky music" and stated that "there's a mysterious, after-midnight vibe to [it] that's extremely visceral". <ref name=rsfeb06/> She attributed the youthful sound of the album to the presence of her two-year old daughter. <ref name=umusic/>

Furtado also wanted the album to sound more like her demo tapes which she prefers over her finished albums. She recalls, "The cool thing is we did the mixes as we went. The whole album is a board mix theoretically. We didn't bring in the fancy mixer at the end". <ref name=rsjun06/> During the album's creation, she listened to several electro and hard rock musicians including System of a Down and Death from Above 1979 who influenced the rock sounds present on the album and the "coughing, laughing, distorted bass lines" which were kept in the songs deliberately. <ref name=rsjun06/>

Loose became the most successful album of Furtado's career, reaching number-one in several countries including the United States and Canada and producing the hit singles, "Promiscuous" and "Maneater", which became the most successful songs of her career, reaching number-one in many countries. The album received generally positive reviews from critics,<ref name=metacritic>Loose by Nelly Furtado. Metacritic. Retrieved on 16 August, 2006.</ref> with some citing the "revitalising" effect of Timbaland on Furtado's music,<ref name=musicomh>Murphy, John. Nelly Furtado - Loose (Polydor). MusicOMH. Retrieved on 16 August, 2006.</ref><ref name=amgloose>Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Loose Review. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 16 August, 2006.</ref> and others calling it "slick, smart and surprising." <ref name=guardian>Lynskey, Dorian. Nelly Furtado, Loose. Guardian Unlimited Arts. Retrieved on 16 August, 2006.</ref>

In June 2006, in an interview with Genre magazine, when asked if she had "ever felt an attraction to women", Furtado replied "Absolutely. Women are beautiful and sexy." She also said the idea that everyone was inherently bisexual made sense to her and agreed with Kurt Cobain's statement that "everyone is gay" from Nirvana's "All Apologies". <ref>Nelly on the Loose!. Genre. Retrieved on 26 July, 2006.</ref> Some considered this an announcement of bisexuality <ref>Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever.. AfterEllen. Retrieved on 26 July, 2006.</ref>, but in August 2006, she confirmed that she was "straight, but very open-minded". She commented that she was slightly embarrassed by the quotes and stated, "I guess I was humouring the journalist a little and I was reading a book about Chinese medicine, and we went off on a tangent." <ref>Furtado red-faced over loose tongue. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved on 11 August, 2006.</ref>

In November 2006, Furtado announced that her world tour will begin in Canada on January 31 2007. The first date is in London, Ontario, and she will tour five continents. <ref>http://www.nellyfurtado.com/news/default.aspx?nid=9323</ref> Furtado and Justin Timberlake are featured on Timbaland's upcoming single "Give It to Me". <ref>Timbaland Nabs 50 Cent, Dr. Dre For LP, Starts Timberlake Gossip Frenzy. MTV News. Retrieved on 1 December, 2006.</ref>

[edit] Acting career

Furtado began acting in school plays in middle school. She formally began studying acting after she planned to appear in an Indian Hindi language film which never came to fruition. <ref name=rsjun06/> Acting courses taught her to "let go of [her] ego and feel really grounded"; this influenced the theme and creation of her third album Loose. She prepared for a role in a second film, the independent drama Nobody's Hero (2006), <ref> Nelly Furtado Signs on for Movie Role. andPOP. Retrieved on 31 May, 2006.</ref> but plans fell through as filming conflicted with the promotion of Loose. <ref name=rsjun06/>

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Year	Title	Chart positions <ref name=charts1>U.S., UK, and German charts positions: Charts-Surfer.de</ref> <ref name=charts2>Irish chart positions: ChartTrack.co.uk</ref> <ref name=charts3> Chart data: Mariah-Charts.com</ref>														WW sales	US sales
Year	Title	U.S.	CA	UK	AUS	GER	SWI	IRL	MEX	NL	SPN	PL	FRA	CHN	JPN	WW sales	US sales
2000	Whoa, Nelly!	24	2	2	4	14	6	6	8	12	—	27	58	37	40	5,500,000	2,600,000
2003	Folklore	38	18	11	82	4	13	—	4	7	—	52	—	—	—	2,000,000	500,000
2006	Loose	1	1	5	4	1	1	11	5	7	61	22	6	1	1	2,600,000+	890,000+

[edit] Singles

Year	Title	Album	Chart positions <ref name=charts1/> <ref name=charts2/> <ref name=charts3/> <ref>New Zealand chart positions: Charts.org.nz</ref> <ref>http://www.apcchart.com/</ref>
Year	Title	Album	U.S.	UK	CA	AUS	MEX	ARG	GER	IRL	NL	PHI	FRA	SPN	NZ	EUR	PL	RSA	CHN	JPN	ARC
2000	"I'm like a Bird"	Whoa, Nelly!	9	5	3	2	4	—	41	4	4	10	33	1	1	—	1	—	4	8	4
2001	"Turn off the Light"		5	4	40	7	2	—	31	5	7	7	46	8	1	—	3	—	—	—	3
2001	"...On the Radio (Remember the Days)"		—	18	14	53	3	—	67	22	7	16	—	—	5	—	7	—	14	27	19
2002	"Hey, Man!"		—	—	20	—	—	—	49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	"Powerless (Say What You Want)"	Folklore	—	13	6	37	18	1	8	36	5	18	—	23	16	23	16	—	27	37	18
2004	"Try"		—	15	9	61	1	1	31	—	10	20	—	4	—	25	11	—	34	40	—
	"Força"		—	40	76	—	12	1	9	—	3	—	—	12	—	22	6	—	15	—	—
	"Explode"		—	—	86	—	15	—	34	—	13	—	—	—	1	—	19	—	—	—	—
2005	"The Grass Is Green"~		—	—	—	—	—	—	65	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	"Promiscuous" (featuring Timbaland)	Loose	1	3*	1	2	13	—	6	5	9	1	15	—	1	3	1	1	1	1	1
	"No Hay Igual"~ (featuring Calle 13)		—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Maneater"		16*	1	5	3*	1	1	4	2	10	1	14	—	2	1	1	1	1	1	13
	"Say It Right"		25*	—	53*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4*	—	—	—	27*
	"All Good Things (Come to an End)"~		—	4*	—	—	—	—	—	13*	—	—	—	—	—	—	8*	12*	—	—	—
	"Te Busqué"~ (featuring Juanes)		—	—	—	—	20	17	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	1*	—	—	—	—
2007	"Showtime"<ref>"Watch!! Nelly On Tyra Show!!!". Official Nelly Furtado Fans Forum. November 1 2006. Retrieved November 16 2006.</ref>		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Notes

A dash [—] indicates that the song did not chart in the country.
An asterisk [*] indicates that the song is currently on the charts in the country.
A tilde [~} indicates that the song was released outside North America only.

[edit] Collaborations

"Waitin' 4 the Streets" on Plains of Fascination's Join the Ranks (1996)
"I Feel You" featuring Esthero on Furtado's "I'm like a Bird" single (2001)
"Turn off the Light" (remix) featuring Ms. Jade and Timbaland on Furtado's "Turn off the Light" single (2001)
"I'm like a Bird" (remix) with Digital Cutup Lounge featuring Asha Bhosle on Furtado's "...On the Radio (Remember the Days)" single (2001)
"What's Going On" on Artists Against AIDS' What's Going On (2001)
"Get Ur Freak On" (remix) with Missy Elliott on Lara Croft: Tomb Raider OST (2001)
"Instant Karma" (live) with Dave Stewart on Come Together – A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music DVD (2001)
"Thin Line" on Jurassic 5's Power in Numbers (2002)
"Fotografía" on Juanes' Un Día Normal (2002)
"Sacrifice" on The Roots' Phrenology (2002)
"Breath" on Swollen Members' Monsters in the Closet (2002)
"The Harder They Come" on Paul Oakenfold's Bunkka (2002)
"Trés Fly" on Tallisman's 80 Million Isms (2002)
"Fine Line" on Jarvis Church's Shake It Off (2002)
"Ching Ching" on Ms. Jade's Girl Interrupted (2002)
"Powerless (Say What You Want)" (Spanish version) featuring Juanes on Furtado's "Força" single (2004)
"Quando, Quando, Quando" on Michael Bublé's It's Time (2005)
"Friendamine" on Jelleestone's The Hood Is Here (2005)
"Maneater" (remix) featuring Lil' Wayne on Furtado's "Maneater" single (2006)
"Crowd Control" with Justin Timberlake (unreleased) (2006)
Wrote "Heaven Baby" on Brooke Hogan's Undiscovered (2006)
Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" with Charlotte Church on The Charlotte Church Show (2006)
"Give It to Me" with Justin Timberlake and Timbaland on Timbaland Presents Shock Value (2007)

[edit] Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result
2001	Radio Music Awards	Most Requested Song	"Turn off the Light"	Won
2001	Billboard Music Video Awards	Best Pop New Artist Clip	"I'm like a Bird"	Won
2001	Juno Awards <ref name=juno>Juno Archives / History. Juno Awards. Retrieved on 04 September, 2006.</ref>	Best New Solo Artist		Won
2001	Juno Awards	Best Single	"I'm like a Bird"	Won
2001	Juno Awards	Best Songwriter	"Turn off the Light", "I'm like a Bird", "...On the Radio (Remember the Days)"	Won
2001	Juno Awards	Best Producer	"I'm like a Bird", "Turn off the Light" (with Gerald Eaton and Brian West)	Won
2001	Juno Awards	Best Pop Album	Whoa, Nelly!	Nominated
2001	Juno Awards	Best Recording Engineer	"I'm like a Bird", "Turn off the Light" (awarded to Brian West and Brad Haehnel only)	Nominated
2001	West Coast Music Awards	Producer of the Year	Whoa, Nelly!	Won
2001	West Coast Music Awards	Best Pop/Dance Release	Whoa, Nelly!	Won
2001	West Coast Music Awards	Female Artist of the Year		Won
2001	West Coast Music Awards	Best Major Distribution Release	Whoa, Nelly!	Won
2001	My VH1 Awards	Welcome to the Big Time Award		Nominated
2002	American Music Awards	Favourite Artist, Pop/Rock		Nominated
2002	Much Music Video Awards		"...On the Radio (Remember the Days)"	Won
2002	Much Music Video Awards	Favourite Canadian Artist		Won
2002	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding New Artist		Nominated
2002	Canadian Radio Music Awards	Chart Topper Award		Won
2002	Grammy Awards	Best Female Pop Vocal Performance	"I'm like a Bird"	Won
2002	Grammy Awards	Song of the Year	"I'm like a Bird"	Nominated
2002	Grammy Awards	Best Pop Vocal Album	Whoa, Nelly!	Nominated
2002	Grammy Awards	Best New Artist		Nominated
2002	Juno Awards <ref name=juno/>	Best Artist		Nominated
2002	Juno Awards	Best Album	Whoa, Nelly!	Nominated
2002	ASCAP Awards	Pop Music Award	"I'm like a Bird"	Won
2004	Juno Awards <ref name=juno/>	Single of the Year	"Powerless (Say What You Want)"	Won
2004	Juno Awards	Artist of the Year		Nominated
2004	Juno Awards	Songwriter of the Year	"Saturdays", "Powerless (Say What You Want)", "Childhood Dreams"	Nominated
2004	Juno Awards	Album of the Year	Folklore	Nominated
2004	Juno Awards	Pop Album of the Year	Folklore	Nominated
2005	Juno Awards <ref name=juno/>	Jack Richardson Producer of the Year	"Try", "Explode" (with Track & Field)	Nominated
2006	Teen Choice Awards	Choice V Cast Music Artist		Won
2006	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Song of the Summer	"Promiscuous" (featuring Timbaland)	Won
2006	Teen Choice Awards	Music - Choice R&B/Hip Hop Track	"Promiscuous" (featuring Timbaland)	Won
2006	MTV Video Music Awards <ref>MTV Video Music Awards: Winners. BBC News. Retrieved on 04 September, 2006.</ref>	Best Pop Video	"Promiscuous" (featuring Timbaland)	Nominated
2006	MTV Video Music Awards	Best Female Video	"Promiscuous" (featuring Timbaland)	Nominated
2006	MTV Video Music Awards	Best Dance Video	"Promiscuous" (featuring Timbaland)	Nominated
2006	Los Premios MTV Latin America	Best International Pop Artist		Nominated
2006	MTV Europe Music Awards	Best Female	"Maneater"	Nominated
2006	MTV Europe Music Awards	Best Song	"Maneater"	Nominated
2006	MTV Europe Music Awards	Best Album	"Loose"	Nominated
2006	American Music Awards	Favorite Female Pop Artist		Nominated
2006	World Music Awards	Best Pop/Rock Artist	"Loose"	Won
2006	Billboard Music Awards<ref>http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/awards/index.jsp</ref>	Hot 100 Single of the Year	"Promsicuous"	Nomination
2006	Billboard Music Awards	Pop Single of the Year	"Promiscuous"	Nomination
2007	People's Choice Awards <ref>http://www.pcavote.com/vote/vote.jsp?group=music</ref>	Favorite Pop Song	"Promiscuous"	Nomination