SINGER

Nelly Furtado

1978 - Today

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Nelly Kim Furtado ( fər-TAH-doh; Portuguese: [fuɾˈtaðu]; born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She has sold over 45 million records, including 35 million in album sales worldwide, making her one of the most successful Canadian artists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nelly Furtado has received more than 8,362,698 page views. Her biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Nelly Furtado is the 698th most popular singer (down from 467th in 2019), the 172nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 136th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Canadian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 80

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Nelly Furtados by language

Over the past year Nelly Furtado has had the most page views in the with 1,516,765 views, followed by Spanish (180,212), and German (147,800). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Maithili (166.89%), Ido (121.93%), and Hindi (119.15%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Nelly Furtado ranks 698 out of 4,381Before her are Cesare Siepi, Jungkook, Ian Dury, Sumi Jo, Gohar Gasparyan, and Magda Olivero. After her are Al Jolson, Roza Eskenazi, Sertab Erener, Peret, Toše Proeski, and Tiffany Trump.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Nelly Furtado ranks 36Before her are Zoe Saldana, Kakha Kaladze, Josh Hartnett, Shunsuke Nakamura, Katherine Heigl, and Walter Samuel. After her are Stana Katic, Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco, Kumail Nanjiani, Daniel Van Buyten, Sandra Hüller, and Rio Ferdinand.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Nelly Furtado ranks 172 out of 1,622Before her are Joe Shuster (1914), Henry Czerny (1959), James Doohan (1920), Emily Carr (1871), Napoleon Sarony (1821), and Alfred Aho (1941). After her are Arthur Jeffrey Dempster (1886), Ian Hacking (1936), Anne Carson (1950), Viola Desmond (1914), Elisha Cuthbert (1982), and Stana Katic (1978).

Among SINGERS In Canada

Among singers born in Canada, Nelly Furtado ranks 10Before her are Paul Anka (1941), Mylène Farmer (1961), Denny Doherty (1940), Justin Bieber (1994), Shania Twain (1965), and Shawn Mendes (1998). After her are Alanis Morissette (1974), Michael Bublé (1975), Garou (1972), Jon Vickers (1926), Daniel Lavoie (1949), and Gordon Lightfoot (1938).