Nelly Furtado encourages songwriting to newcomers

 Nelly Furtado insists that upcoming artists should write their own songs if they want to make a positive impact in the music industry. The singer told Associated Press that many newcomers simply rely on platforms such as YouTube to be discovered instead of focusing on their own writing talent.

 She explained: "Write your own songs - even if you don't end up using it, it shows you what you want to say and you get in touch with what you want to say and who you are as an artist. I think nowadays everybody feels like they can become a star just because they're on YouTube, but that's not the only part of the equation. There's a lot of hard work that goes with it and if you don't have the chops to back it up, it's gonna to be more challenging later on."

 Furtado stated that, when she was starting in the music business, she had to fight with her label to be true to herself and trust her own instincts. She recalled her first video shoot for "I'm Like a Bird": "I fought to wear those shell-toe Adidas runners and [to wear] my hair back and those hoop [earrings] and the big jeans - I had to fight for all those things. You have to brand your image and wear what you want to wear and feel how you want to feel because people are seeing you for the first time."

 Interesting thoughts! How do you feel about Furtado's advice to younger artists?

Nelly Furtado releases new video

  Nelly Furtado is back with a greatest hits record and she has released a video for her brand new song, "The Night is Young". I'm still not feeling the song though and the video looks kinda cheap. After her excellent album "Loose" I believe Nelly can do so much better. Check out her new video above! Thoughts?

"The Best Of Nelly Furtado" comes in November with new single

Berlin. With songs like I'm Like A Bird, Say It Right and All Good Things (Come To An End) they conquered the hearts of fans around the world and arranged for her now 10-year career for a number of chart records. The image changes to the breathtaking sound with the Amazon-produced by Timbaland album Loose Nelly Furtado took to the top of the charts internationally and in the music history books. The track record she celebrates her first best-of album, on 12 November will be published. The album also shines with a brand new song Night Is Young and two new bonus tracks.
It is one of the most successful solo artists of the planet and has the last 10 years with each of her four studio albums another milestone delivered within. Now presents Nelly Furtado for the first time a musical retrospective of their work so far. The Queen chart and award-winning singer and songwriter (Grammy Award) published on 12 November The Best of Nelly Furtado, including the new single Night Is Young and two other new songs Girlfriend and stars.


are on the best-of album including its beginnings as the debut I'm Like A Bird from the first album Whoa, Nelly! both of which brought her the break and a Grammy Award. Also from the debut Turn Off The Light is the first song, which was Nelly Furtado with Timbaland for a remix to the studio - working together, they continue a few years later and both get into the music history books would ...

Of course, in their best-of must also the songs from the second album Folklore (2003) are not lacking, especially the official song for the soccer Euro 2004 in Portugal Forca and the song Powerless, Nelly's first Top 10 hit in Germany, also in the airplay charts great successes. Their most successful hits of the Nelly Furtado album - produced by Timbaland Loose (2007) - are represented on The Best Of Nelly Furtado.
Loose was sold in Germany over 1 million copies. The singles Maneater, Promiscuous, Say It Right and All The Good Things (Come To An End) dominated the sales and radio charts. Nelly Furtado conducted simultaneously for several weeks with Loose and the single All The Good Things (Come To An End) feat. Rea Garvey of the German single, album, airplay and download charts. In 2007 she was the most successful international artist and also the most played on German radio. She received the ECHO award for best international artist. A sold-out world tour followed, and finally published in 2009 Nelly Furtado her first album recorded entirely in Spanish Mi Plan. The single Manos Al Aire increased in this country directly to the 2nd place.

On The Best Of Nelly Furtado, the Canadian with Portuguese roots present but also a first preview of the next chapter: the three new songs - the Single Night Is Young and the bonus tracks Girlfriend and stars - should a perfect taste of the summer of 2011 appears fifth his studio album.