The Best of Nelly Furtado
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Released | 12 November 2010 | |||
Recorded | 1999–2010 | |||
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Length | 70:33 | |||
Label | Geffen | |||
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Singles from The Best of Nelly Furtado | ||||
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The Best of Nelly Furtado is the first greatest hits album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado. The album was first released on 12 November 2010.[1] The album includes all of Furtado's biggest hits, as well as songs she is featured in and three new songs: "Night Is Young", "Stars" and "Girlfriend in the City". It was released in standard, deluxe and super deluxe editions. The album's track listing and artwork were revealed on 14 October 2010.[2]
Content[]
Talking about how she picked the new songs to be on the greatest hits Furtado said, "The way I picked the new songs for Best of Nelly Furtado was I was just coming off my Latin American tour for Mi Plan and two of my songs got leaked on the internet. Somebody in Eastern Europe or something leaked the songs on the internet. One song was "Night Is Young" and the other song was "Girlfriend In The City", but they were kind of horrible versions that weren’t even finished and not mixed. So I thought okay, a lot of my fans have heard these new songs anyway in their rough version, I might as well finish them and put them out properly on the greatest hits album. It kind of seemed like the natural choice. And then the third selection is "Stars", which is a song Lester Mendez and I wrote a couple years ago when we were doing the Loose sessions. It’s one of those songs that I think people who like Folklore will like, because it’s more intimate and slow."[3] The diss track "Give It to Me" was omitted from the album's track listing due to the negative lyrical content according to Furtado in an interview.[4]
Critical reception[]
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Source | Rating |
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album a four out of five star rating, noting the variety on the album and commended that "Not one of Nelly Furtado’s albums sounds like the one that came before", calling it an "admirable trait".[5] Slant Magazine called Furtado "one of pop music's most eclectic artists" and wrote that "the set also positions Furtado as one of the absolute finest singles artists of her generation."[7]
Scott Kara from The New Zealand Herald saw the release as being for the fans.[6]
Release and promotion[]
On 26 August 2010 at the "Orange Warsaw Festival" in Poland, Furtado debuted two previously unreleased songs, "Night Is Young" and "Girlfriend in the City".[8]
The album charted on the Austrian Albums Chart, Italian Albums Chart, German Albums Chart and UK Albums Chart for solely one week, while lasting two on the Swiss Albums Chart, debuting at 100 and peaking at 29.[9]
Track listing[]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I'm Like a Bird" | Nelly Furtado |
| 4:04 |
2. | "Turn Off the Light" | Furtado |
| 4:36 |
3. | "Shit on the Radio (Remember the Days)" | Furtado |
| 3:55 |
4. | "Fotografía" (duet with Juanes) | Juanes |
| 4:00 |
5. | "Powerless (Say What You Want)" |
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| 3:54 |
6. | "Try" |
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| 4:38 |
7. | "Força" |
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| 3:41 |
8. | "Promiscuous" (featuring Timbaland) |
| 4:02 | |
9. | "Maneater" |
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| 4:18 |
10. | "Say It Right" |
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| 3:43 |
11. | "All Good Things (Come to an End)" |
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| 5:09 |
12. | "In God's Hands" |
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| 4:12 |
13. | "Broken Strings" (featuring James Morrison) |
| Mark Taylor | 4:10 |
14. | "Girlfriend in the City" |
| Salaamremi.com | 4:41 |
15. | "Night Is Young" |
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| 3:32 |
16. | "Stars" |
| Mendez | 4:28 |
17. | "Manos al Aire" |
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| 3:29 |
Total length: | 70:33 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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18. | "Crazy" (Radio 1 Live Lounge Session) | Andy Rogers | 3:24 | |
Total length: | 73:57 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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18. | "Lo Bueno Siempre Tiene un Final" |
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| 4:24 |
Total length: | 74:57 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Quando, Quando, Quando" (duet with Michael Bublé) |
| 4:44 | |
2. | "Te Busque" (duet with Juanes) |
| Mendez | 3:39 |
3. | "Island of Wonder" (featuring Caetano Veloso) |
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| 3:48 |
4. | "I'm Like a Bird" (Nelly vs Asha Remix) | Furtado | Hans Ebert | 5:26 |
5. | "Who Wants to Be Alone" (Tiësto featuring Nelly Furtado) |
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| 4:36 |
6. | "Sacrifice" (The Roots featuring Nelly Furtado) | Gray | 4:44 | |
7. | "In God's Hands" (featuring Keith Urban) |
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| 4:34 |
Total length: | 31:31 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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8. | "Night Is Young" (Remix by FrankMusik "Montreal Mist Edit") |
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| 4:29 |
Total length: | 36:00 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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8. | "Night Is Young" (Sketch Iz Dead Remix) |
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| 3:27 |
Total length: | 34:58 |
No. | Title | Director(s) | Length |
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1. | "I'm Like a Bird" (music video) | Francis Lawrence | |
2. | "Turn Off the Light" (music video) | Sophie Muller | |
3. | "Powerless (Say What You Want)" (music video) | Bryan Barber | |
4. | "Try" (music video) | Muller | |
5. | "Força" (music video) | Ulf Buddensiek | |
6. | "Explode" (music video) |
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7. | "Maneater" (music video) | Anthony Mandler | |
8. | "Promiscuous" (music video) | Little X | |
9. | "Say It Right" (music video) | Rankin and Chris | |
10. | "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (music video) | ||
11. | "In God's Hands" (music video) | Jesse Dylan | |
12. | "No Hay Igual" (music video) |
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13. | "Wait for You" (music video) | Aaron A |
Notes
Charts[]
Chart (2010–2012) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13] | 34 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14] | 55 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15] | 81 |
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[16] | 40 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17] | 90 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18] | 20 |
Greek Albums (IFPI Greece)[19] | 14 |
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[20] | 23 |
Irish Albums (IRMA)[21] | 31 |
Italian Albums (FIMI)[22] | 37 |
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[23] | 20 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] | 29 |
UK Albums (OCC)[25] | 53 |
Certifications[]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Poland (ZPAV)[26] | Gold | 10,000* |
United Kingdom (BPI)[27] | Gold | 100,000![]() |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Release history[]
Region | Date | Label | Edition |
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Germany[28] | 12 November 2010 | Geffen | Standard, Deluxe |
Poland[29] | Universal Music | ||
United States[30] | 16 November 2010 | Geffen | |
United Kingdom[31] | 29 November 2010 | Polydor |
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- 2010 greatest hits albums
- Nelly Furtado albums
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