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wow, nelly looks amazing... welcome back to the charts!!

Albums Sales

Well, it is my first time registering on this amazing site but few months back I had added album certifications for Nelly Furtado and someone had removed it. I don't know why , I don't know who did it but please, it took me quite some time and I think her success with her sales is incredible, and I want others to see it aswell, so please I would appreciate it if it was left there. Thanks! User:Garry Sousa

I removed them, because I put them into the articles of the albums (Whoa, Nelly! and Folklore) as that's a more appropriate place. Also, they are unsourced, could you please add your sources to the album articles? --Fritz Saalfeld (Talk) 09:36, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Where do we type our sources? im new here lol... i got whoa nelly certifications on nelly's website and i estimated it at 7 million.....i had read many articles about whoa nelly saying it sold 6 to 7 million... i dont know if im allowed to do that.....for folklore i got info from billboard.com and sound recording canada...i also checked the german recording music industry....took me quite some time finding all this info..i did estimate the sales because the albums did obviously sell more than what it was certified example canada platinum is 100,000 well it sold alittle more than 100,000 ya know what i mean??....well if u dont want to add the sales its ok...Garry Souza

I think it's okay to add them (and it's great you compiled such a list - must have been quite some work looking for the figures), I just think the album's articles are a better place. Usually sources are added at the bottom (above External links) in a section called "References" in a bullet list. If you want you can just add the URLs where you got the info on the album's talk pages or right here, and I'll add it to the articles. --Fritz Saalfeld (Talk) 09:58, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Award for each certification/units was found on All countries RIA websites .......WHOA NELLY I got all awards on nellyfurtado.com

Australian RIA http://www.aria.com.au/ Canada RIA http://www.cria.ca/ Chile..Portugal..Mexico...Indonesia ....Venezuela dont have websites so i did my own research... Denmark RIA http://www.ifpi.dk/ France RIA http://www.disqueenfrance.com/ Germany RIA http://www.ifpi.de/ India RIA http://www.indianmi.org/ Ireland RIA http://www.irma.ie/ Italy RIA http://www.fimi.it/ Netherlands RIA http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/home.asp?pagnaam=homepage New Zealand RIA http://www.rianz.org.nz/ Norway RIA http://www.rianz.org.nz/ Singapore RIA http://www.rias.org.sg/ Sweden RIA http://www.ifpi.se/ Switzerland RIA http://www.ifpi-schweiz.ch/ UK RIA http://www.ifpi-schweiz.ch/ USA RIA http://www.riaa.com/

Folklore the album was certified in some of those countries so i dont need to retype it all again lol EXCEPT! just found out well i just searched in the AUSTRIAN RIA http://www.indianmi.org/ Folklore was certified Gold (15,000+units) and the rest on this website http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/sujets-subjects/arts-culture/sonore-sound/music_industry/4_e.cfm its alittle behind....THANK YOU! god this is soo complicated lol and you could extend the Worldwide sales on Folklore at 1.4 million...the albums sell alittle more than what its certified like i said above.Forgot to mention as for the EUROPEAN AWARD 1,000,000 units check on this site http://www.ifpi.org/site-content/platinum/plat2001.html Garry Sousa

These are all just general links to the RIA's main pages. Links to the actual pages where she is listed would be a lot more helpful. (e.g. http://www.ifpi.de/wirtschaft/gpergebnis.php?strAktion=suche&txtSuche=Nelly%20Furtado instead of just http://www.ifpi.de/) --Fritz Saalfeld (Talk) 16:40, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

well thats tonss of work!!! i did that long time ago...but you know it isnt my problem....if people really want to knowo then they shoudl search themselves on each site....

Sure, but according to Misplaced Pages's guidelines (see WP:CITE) articles should have proper refereces, so their accuracy is easier to verify, etc. --Fritz Saalfeld (Talk) 17:24, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

fine then forget how many units beside each country and just put the countries and the certification.....on nellyfurtado.com under NELLY awards/honors says it all!

Timeline

I removed the Timeline of noteworthy events in Nelly Furtado's career section because all the events where already in the Biography section, not related to her career (birth of her daughter), or it wasn't given why they are noteworthy anyway. --Fritz Saalfeld 11:24, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

Languages

I reworded the part where it said that she spoke English, Portuguese, Hindi, and Spanish to make it more accurate. Nelly Furtado does not speak all these languages (not Spanish at least), she has only learned lyrics to do duets with people like Juanes. See (in Spanish). I know she speaks Portuguese and English, but Im not sure about Hindi...See ya. User:Orgullomoore not signed in, if you think Im someone else you should definitely block me :-P

If she is listening to Nusrat Fateh ali Khan, he sung in Urdu, which is a more poetic and cultured form of Hindi.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 141.151.219.195 (talk • contribs) .

Whistle Register

When did she ever reach this? Ive never heard her sing high at all! 67.181.94.96 04:33, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Regional singles

I removed two of the regional singles (the Mexico-only "Trynna Finda Way" and the South Africa-only "Legend") as I couldn't find anything to verifiy that these have been released: None of the large fansites list these, and Google didn't find anything, either. I also removed the "Party's Just Begun" as it was just released as a promotional single. --Fritz Saalfeld (Talk) 17:16, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

"Legend"'s gotten credible airplay on Canadian radio, I'll just note for anyone interested. :) Samaritan 17:47, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

First name

Is it REALLY Nelly? I almost refuse to believe it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Triangle e (talk • contribs)

Yes, it is. She answers that question in this interview from 2000.

lovegrowsdeeper: is nelly short for noella? 
launch_nelly_furtado: No, just Nelly. Nelly Kim Furtado. I was named after a gymnast.

--Musicpvm 19:55, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Single Chart History

Nelly has had only 3 singles chart on the Hot 100... "I'm Like A Bird," "Turn Off the Light" and "Promiscuous." Camcallister 12:12, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I liked Nelly's early work: Im like a bird, Turn off the light and all the other ones. When that new song came out Promiscuos Girl, I was a bit disappointed with her because shes now buying into that main stream sexy-girl/sexysweaty song look. I liked her old stuff because it was differant and original now shes more popular,which is good and all, but its what i see everyday on Much Music and Mtv.Hope. 19:24, 10 June 2006 (UTC)hope.

Azorean-Portuguese

Why is it important that she is of Azorean-Portuguese descent? Shouldn't Portuguese be sufficient? If Azorean-Portuguese is acceptable, then wikipedia should specify that person "X" is "Albertan-Canadian" or a "Floridian-American".

Well, the Azores are a group of islands that are far from mainland Portugal. They have a different history/culture and are actually an autonomous region of the country, so I think it is important to mention. --Musicpvm 22:27, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

You could however write it in a different way. "Azorean-Portuguese" misleadingly suggests that she's of "mixed" ancestry, but as far as I know both her parents are Azoreans. How about "Portuguese (Azorean)"? FilipeS 22:11, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, that would work for me. --Musicpvm 22:14, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Promoted to GA

It is recommended to place the album information inside the Discography section and to have more up-to-date information on her personal, emotional and professional life in the biography section. Also, the Discography section is almost a duplicate of what the article talks about so it is IMHO not really necessary, especially the reviews in all those countries and the album charting since it could be mentioned in the text. It also lacks a section about her reception/acceptance into the musical scene. Lincher 00:17, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

This is a confusing comment. Discography/chart sections are standard for musicians and the main article doesn't repeat anything from it. There's really no need for any major changes. Crumbsucker 06:16, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Personal life

I don't think this should be a separate section in this article. The article should be chronological. In the rest of the Folklore section, Furtado's daughter and pregnancy is mentioned as an influence of the album, so the fact that she gave birth should be mentioned before that. The album headings are supposed to represent eras rather than just information about her albums; that is why they are under the "Biography" section. I will make some changes to the headings to make this more obvious. I also plan on adding more "personal life" information to the article after I find good sources. --Musicpvm 18:53, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

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