Nelly Furtado

Drifting between dance clubs and pastoral introspection, Nelly Furtado combines a folkie sensitivity with a visceral pop sensibility. Initially, Furtado separated these two sides of her musical personality. Whoa, Nelly!, her 2001 debut, reveled in a neo-hippie multicultural aesthetic that crystallized on her breakthrough hits "Turn Off the Light" and "I'm Like a Bird." A few years later, Loose -- her biggest and most enduring commercial hit -- found Furtado collaborating with hip-hop producer Timbaland, resulting in such sexually-charged smashes as "Promiscuous" and "Maneater....