15 Facts About Nelly Furtado

1. On September 27, 2011, Nelly Furtado announced during Free the Children's We Day Toronto, that she was giving CDN$1,000,000 to Free the Children's effort to build girls' schools in the Maasai region of Kenya.

2. In November 2006, Nelly Furtado revealed that she once turned down US$500,000 to pose fully clothed in Playboy.

3. On July 19, 2008, Nelly Furtado married sound engineer Demacio Castellon.

4. On September 20, 2003, Nelly Furtado gave birth to her daughter, Nevis Chetan.

5. On September 8, 2016, Nelly Furtado confirmed the title of the upcoming album, The Ride, which was released in March 2017.

6. In July 2016, Nelly Furtado released "Behind Your Back" exclusively on Spotify, describing the song as an "appetiser" for her next album.

7. In 2016, Nelly Furtado collaborated with Dev Hynes on the track "Hadron Collider".

8. On February 14, 2016, Nelly Furtado performed the Canadian national anthem at the 2016 NBA All-Star Game which was held in Toronto.

9. In 2016, Nelly Furtado appeared in a minor supporting role in the romantic comedy film A Date with Miss Fortune.

10. On July 2, 2013 Nelly Furtado performed a new track, the acoustic ballad "Mystery", from her upcoming studio album.

11. In late 2008, Nelly Furtado collaborated with James Morrison on a song called "Broken Strings" for his album Songs for You, Truths for Me.

12. The same year, Nelly Furtado provided her vocals to the Paul Oakenfold song "The Harder They Come" from the album Bunkka.

13. In 2002, Nelly Furtado appeared on the song "Thin Line", on underground hip hop group Jurassic 5's album Power in Numbers.

14. In 2017, Nelly Furtado released her sixth album, titled The Ride.

15. In 2012, Nelly Furtado released her fifth album, The Spirit Indestructible.