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Released | 12 November 2010 | |||
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The Best of Nelly Furtado is a greatest hits album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado. The album was first released on 12 November 2010. [1] The album includes all of Furtado's biggest hits, as well as songs she is featured in and three new songs: "Night Is Young", "Stars" and "Girlfriend in the City". It was released in standard, deluxe and super deluxe editions. The album's track listing and artwork were revealed on 14 October 2010. [2]
Talking about how she picked the new songs to be on the greatest hits Furtado said, "The way I picked the new songs for Best of Nelly Furtado was I was just coming off my Latin American tour for Mi Plan and two of my songs got leaked on the internet. Somebody in Eastern Europe or something leaked the songs on the internet. One song was "Night Is Young" and the other song was "Girlfriend In The City", but they were kind of horrible versions that weren’t even finished and not mixed. So I thought okay, a lot of my fans have heard these new songs anyway in their rough version, I might as well finish them and put them out properly on the greatest hits album. It kind of seemed like the natural choice. And then the third selection is "Stars", which is a song Lester Mendez and I wrote a couple years ago when we were doing the Loose sessions. It’s one of those songs that I think people who like Folklore will like, because it’s more intimate and slow." [3] The diss track "Give It to Me" was omitted from the album's track listing due to the negative lyrical content according to Furtado in an interview. [4]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
The New Zealand Herald | [6] |
Slant Magazine | [7] |
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album a four out of five star rating, noting the variety on the album and commended that "Not one of Nelly Furtado’s albums sounds like the one that came before", calling it an "admirable trait". [5] Slant Magazine called Furtado "one of pop music's most eclectic artists" and wrote that "the set also positions Furtado as one of the absolute finest singles artists of her generation." [7]
Scott Kara from The New Zealand Herald saw the release as being for the fans. [6]
On 26 August 2010 at the "Orange Warsaw Festival" in Poland, Furtado debuted two previously unreleased songs, "Night Is Young" and "Girlfriend in the City". [8]
The album charted only in European territories for solely one week, while lasting two in Switzerland, debuting at 100 and peaking at 29. [9] The album is certified gold in Poland and in the UK.[ citation needed ]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I'm Like a Bird" | Nelly Furtado |
| 4:04 |
2. | "Turn Off the Light" | Furtado |
| 4:36 |
3. | "...on the Radio (Remember the Days)" | Furtado |
| 3:55 |
4. | "Fotografía" (duet with Juanes) | Juanes |
| 4:00 |
5. | "Powerless (Say What You Want)" |
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| 3:54 |
6. | "Try" |
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| 4:38 |
7. | "Força" |
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| 3:41 |
8. | "Promiscuous" (featuring Timbaland) |
| 4:02 | |
9. | "Maneater" |
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| 4:18 |
10. | "Say It Right" |
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| 3:43 |
11. | "All Good Things (Come to an End)" |
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| 5:09 |
12. | "In God's Hands" |
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| 4:12 |
13. | "Broken Strings" (featuring James Morrison) |
| Mark Taylor | 4:10 |
14. | "Girlfriend in the City" |
| Salaamremi.com | 4:41 |
15. | "Night Is Young" |
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| 3:32 |
16. | "Stars" |
| Mendez | 4:28 |
17. | "Manos al Aire" |
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| 3:29 |
Total length: | 70:33 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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18. | "Crazy" (Radio 1 Live Lounge Session) | Andy Rogers | 3:24 | |
Total length: | 73:57 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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18. | "Lo Bueno Siempre Tiene un Final" |
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| 4:24 |
Total length: | 74:57 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Quando, Quando, Quando" (duet with Michael Bublé) |
| 4:44 | |
2. | "Te Busque" (duet with Juanes) |
| Mendez | 3:39 |
3. | "Island of Wonder" (featuring Caetano Veloso) |
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| 3:48 |
4. | "I'm Like a Bird" (Nelly vs Asha Remix) | Furtado | Hans Ebert | 5:26 |
5. | "Who Wants to Be Alone" (Tiësto featuring Nelly Furtado) |
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| 4:36 |
6. | "Sacrifice" (The Roots featuring Nelly Furtado) | Gray | 4:44 | |
7. | "In God's Hands" (featuring Keith Urban) |
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| 4:34 |
Total length: | 31:31 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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8. | "Night Is Young" (Remix by FrankMusik "Montreal Mist Edit") |
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| 4:29 |
Total length: | 36:00 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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8. | "Night Is Young" (Sketch Iz Dead Remix) |
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| 3:27 |
Total length: | 34:58 |
No. | Title | Director(s) | Length |
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1. | "I'm Like a Bird" (music video) | Francis Lawrence | |
2. | "Turn Off the Light" (music video) | Sophie Muller | |
3. | "Powerless (Say What You Want)" (music video) | Bryan Barber | |
4. | "Try" (music video) | Muller | |
5. | "Força" (music video) | Ulf Buddensiek | |
6. | "Explode" (music video) |
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7. | "Maneater" (music video) | Anthony Mandler | |
8. | "Promiscuous" (music video) | Little X | |
9. | "Say It Right" (music video) | Rankin and Chris | |
10. | "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (music video) | ||
11. | "In God's Hands" (music video) | Jesse Dylan | |
12. | "No Hay Igual" (music video) |
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13. | "Wait for You" (music video) | Aaron A |
Notes
Credits for unreleased songs are taken from The Best of Nelly Furtado liner notes. [13]
"Girlfriend in the City"
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| "Stars"
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Chart (2010–2012) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [14] | 34 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] | 55 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [16] | 81 |
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [17] | 40 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [18] | 90 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [19] | 20 |
Greek Albums (IFPI Greece) [20] | 14 |
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [21] | 23 |
Irish Albums (IRMA) [22] | 31 |
Italian Albums (FIMI) [23] | 37 |
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [24] | 20 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [25] | 29 |
UK Albums (OCC) [26] | 53 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Germany (BVMI) [27] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV) [28] | Gold | 10,000* |
United Kingdom (BPI) [29] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Label | Edition |
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Germany [30] | 12 November 2010 | Geffen | Standard, Deluxe |
Poland [31] | Universal Music | ||
United States [32] | 16 November 2010 | Geffen | |
United Kingdom [33] | 29 November 2010 | Polydor |
Whoa, Nelly! is the debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado. It was released in North America on October 24, 2000, by DreamWorks Records. Recording sessions for the album took place from 1999 to 2000. It peaked at number twenty-four on the US Billboard 200 chart, and opened to critical acclaim. It produced three international singles: "I'm Like a Bird", "Turn Off the Light" and "Shit on the Radio ". "Party's Just Begun (Again)" was a club-only single released exclusively in the US before the album's availability in stores, and it was included on the soundtrack of the 1999 film Brokedown Palace. When "Party's Just Begun (Again)" was released, Furtado's label was unsure about the genre in which to market her. They eventually remixed "Party's Just Begun (Again)" and included it on this album as "Party". The DreamWorks label released "Trynna Finda Way" as the fourth single in Latin America, and "Hey, Man!" as the fourth single in the UK and Germany. The album spent seventy-eight weeks on the Billboard 200. It hit double-platinum status in the US in January 2002.
Folklore is the second studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado. It was released on 5 November 2003 through DreamWorks Records. While the album did not match the success of her previous album in such markets as the United States and Australia, it did however become a success in several European countries. Folklore spawned five singles: "Powerless ", "Try", "Força", "Explode" and "The Grass Is Green". The album has sold 2 million copies worldwide.
Loose is the third studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado, released on 7 June 2006, by Geffen and Mosley Music Group. Following the release of Furtado's second album, Folklore (2003), through DreamWorks Records, it was announced that Universal Music Group would acquire DreamWorks Records, the latter was folded into the Interscope Geffen A&M umbrella label where Furtado would release any new music. Recording sessions for Loose took place from 2005 to 2006. Timbaland and his protégé Danja produced the bulk of the album, primarily a pop album which incorporates influences of dance, R&B, hip hop, latin pop, synth-pop, reggaeton, new wave, funk, and Middle Eastern music. Lyrically, it explores the theme of female sexuality and has been described as introspective.
"Maneater" is a song by Canadian singer Nelly Furtado from her third studio album, Loose (2006). The song was written by Furtado, Jim Beanz, and its producers Timbaland, Danja. It was released to mainstream radio in the United States in July 2006. The song's musical style and production were inspired by the Hall & Oates song of the same name and other music from the 1980s.
"Say It Right" is a song by Canadian singer Nelly Furtado from her third studio album, Loose (2006). It was written by Furtado, Tim "Timbaland" Mosley, and Nate "Danja" Hills, with Furtado crediting the Eurythmics' song "Here Comes the Rain Again" as her inspiration. The song was released as the third single from Loose on 31 October 2006 by Geffen Records and Mosley Music Group; in Europe, it was released as the fourth.
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"Give It to Me" is a song performed by American producer, songwriter and rapper Timbaland, released as the first single from his second studio album Shock Value (2007). The song features vocals by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado and American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake. All three artists co-wrote the song together with American rapper Attitude and American producer Danja, who produced the song with Timbaland. Mosley Music Group, in association with Blackground Records and Interscope Records, serviced the song to contemporary hit and rhythmic radios in the United States on February 6, 2007, and later to urban radios on March 10, 2007. "Give It to Me" is an electro song that embodies the sensibilities of club music. The song features the protagonists addressing their critics about their successes in the music industry.
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The Singles Collection is the second greatest hits album by American singer Britney Spears. It was released on November 10, 2009, through Jive Records to commemorate her ten-year anniversary since entering the music industry. The compilation was released in many different formats, including a one-disc edition, a CD+DVD edition and a box set, which contained twenty-nine singles, each packaged in its own slip case with original cover art. The CD+DVD edition, as well as the box set, contains a DVD with Spears's music videos. The album includes a new song, "3", produced by Max Martin and Shellback.
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