Chicks In Music: Nelly Furtado

She first hit the scene in 2001 with "I'm Like A Bird", and even won a Grammy for it. And even if her 2003 releases weren't so huge, she more than made up for it with the 2006 album Loose- which cranked out "Promiscuous", "Maneater", "Say It Right" and "All Good Things (Come To an End)".

So yeah, unless you've been living in a cave these past couple of years, then you must have heard of Nelly Furtado. She's pop all the way through- and I like it that she experiments with all kinds of sounds and genres.

Yeah so some people bring her down saying how she's sold out, got all sexed up, and abandoned her more folksy roots- I say, hey, with 8 million units in sales worldwide, who the frack cares? After all, she did manage to get it all- sales, downloads, massive airplay, endorsements, awards, and the public attention.

On a personal note, I have to admit that I wasn't a huge fan of Nelly Furtado before. Her collaboration with Timbaland on Loose was a brilliant move. I only started digging her with "Say It Right", really. "Promiscuous Girl" I dug a little later on.

In fact, here's a video of an unplugged Nelly Furtado performance of "Promiscuous Boy" which I saw a little more than a year ago. This was what made me appreciate her even more. Check it out.

So cool. Gotta appreciate her skills.

What I'm Listening To From Nelly Furtado Now:

"Say It Right" and "Promiscuous Girl" are still playing a lot on my iPod and my Creative Vision M. Also that Timbaland track which featured her and Justin Timberlake, "Give It To Me".

No word yet on a new album or a new single up for release, but you can always check out Nelly Furtado on her Wikipedia entry, on MySpace, or visit her official website here.

Cheers, everyone.


Chicks In Music is a regular feature on My Thoughts In Stereo. We pay tribute to the hottest ladies in the music industry- with updates, trivia, video clips and links to their websites and social media. Checking out your favorite females in rock, pop and R&B online has never been so gratifying- Chicks in Music!

So Much for Web Radio?

ASCAP scores another legal victory. The American Society of Composers, Artists and Performers, or ASCAP now stands to collect some US$100 million from Webcasters like Yahoo, AoL and Real Networks for streaming their music online.

ASCAP- the largest union of musicians and composers in the USA- has been hounding the online groups for paying them for the music streaming. The courts have now to award them said payment from 2002 to today.

Last year, webcasters were already ordered by courts to cough up cash to pay recording companies, so this development is really just bad news for anyone running an internet radio station.

Well at least those playing commercial music. I say it's time we check out the thousands of other great independent artists out there, and look into the more interesting podcasts.

What do you think?