BIOGRAPHY (contd)

This album is often described as a melting pot of musical influences including hip hop, bossa nova, urban, Portuguese 'fado' and pop amongst others. Nelly herself particularly enjoys the way that bands like Cornershop mix Indian music with pop, and particularly wanted to incorporate Portuguese and Brazilian elements into her own songs. 'Whoa Nelly' has received worldwide critical acclaim, reaching No. 2 in the UK album charts. Her singles 'I'm Like A Bird' and 'Turn Off The Light' reached no. 5 and 4 respectively in the UK charts and Nelly has received many awards for her work including four Juno awards and the Top of the Pops award for best newcomer.

Nelly has achieved so much since the release of 'Whoa Nelly', she has opened for U2 and David Gray and was personally invited to sing at Elton John's post Oscar party, she sang for the Portuguese president at his request, duetted on a remix of 'Get Ur Freak On' with Missy Elliot and took part in Moby's Area One tour. She extensively toured during the promotion of 'Whoa Nelly' with her 'Burn In The Spotlight' tour and won several awards including a Grammy for 'I'm Like a Bird', she loves collaborating with other artists and has featured on songs with Paul Oakenfold, The Roots, Jurrasic 5, Timbaland/Ms Jade and Juanes. In Late November 2003 Nelly's long anticipated second album 'Folklore' was released and just prior to this a more precious production of Nelly's was born .... her baby daughter Nevis. In 'Folklore' we hear a different Nelly, more mature and with an even more astounding vocal range

Discography