Talk:Nelly Furtado

Plagiarism

Why was this Plagiarism article removed ? If you read at Furtado producer responsible of theft ? you clearly see that there is a reason to post it.

• Look at the Timbaland article, or 2007 Timbaland plagiarism controversy. While I do think the controversy could be mentioned in this article as well, it wasn't actually Nelly who did it. (Nevertheless, it's really hilarious that Furtado means "stolen".) Muad 13:47, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I think too that Furtados article should say something about the controversy, and something about that too, that it means "stolen" [1].Solarius 14:23, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

to be more accurate, I would say that the controversy is important to mention, because it is definetly related to Furtado. Solarius 14:27, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

singles chart position

quit changing nellys promiscuous canadian chart position! shes at number 5 hasnt reached #1 yet! http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/BDS_1.html

Um, that is the "The Hits Charts (Airplay) : Top 100 singles". You are not looking at the correct chart. Nelly is currently #2 on the Canadian singles chart [2]. She was #1 a few weeks ago. Look at the singles chronology in the Promiscuous (song) article. --Musicpvm 00:14, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

yes number 1 in sales but not in airplay....

To the person who changed the Canadian singles chart, can you show me a reference, because I don't believe those numbersÔ 20:04, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

NELLY FURTADO

quit changing the damn article! I want it like that i think its FINE! leave it alone!!!!!

Albums Sales

Well, it is my first time registering on this amazing site but few months back I had added album certifications for Nelly Furtado and someone had removed it. I don't know why , I don't know who did it but please, it took me quite some time and I think her success with her sales is incredible, and I want others to see it aswell, so please I would appreciate it if it was left there. Thanks! User:Garry Sousa

I removed them, because I put them into the articles of the albums (Whoa, Nelly! and Folklore) as that's a more appropriate place. Also, they are unsourced, could you please add your sources to the album articles? --Fritz Saalfeld (Talk) 09:36, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Where do we type our sources? im new here lol... i got whoa nelly certifications on nelly's website and i estimated it at 7 million.....i had read many articles about whoa nelly saying it sold 6 to 7 million... i dont know if im allowed to do that.....for folklore i got info from billboard.com and sound recording canada...i also checked the german recording music industry....took me quite some time finding all this info..i did estimate the sales because the albums did obviously sell more than what it was certified example canada platinum is 100,000 well it sold alittle more than 100,000 ya know what i mean??....well if u dont want to add the sales its ok...Garry Souza

I think it's okay to add them (and it's great you compiled such a list - must have been quite some work looking for the figures), I just think the album's articles are a better place. Usually sources are added at the bottom (above External links) in a section called "References" in a bullet list. If you want you can just add the URLs where you got the info on the album's talk pages or right here, and I'll add it to the articles. --Fritz Saalfeld (Talk) 09:58, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Award for each certification/units was found on All countries RIA websites .......WHOA NELLY I got all awards on nellyfurtado.com

Australian RIA http://www.aria.com.au/ Canada RIA http://www.cria.ca/ Chile..Portugal..Mexico...Indonesia ....Venezuela dont have websites so i did my own research... Denmark RIA http://www.ifpi.dk/ France RIA http://www.disqueenfrance.com/ Germany RIA http://www.ifpi.de/ India RIA http://www.indianmi.org/ Ireland RIA http://www.irma.ie/ Italy RIA http://www.fimi.it/ Netherlands RIA http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/home.asp?pagnaam=homepage New Zealand RIA http://www.rianz.org.nz/ Norway RIA http://www.rianz.org.nz/ Singapore RIA http://www.rias.org.sg/ Sweden RIA http://www.ifpi.se/ Switzerland RIA http://www.ifpi-schweiz.ch/ UK RIA http://www.ifpi-schweiz.ch/ USA RIA http://www.riaa.com/

Folklore the album was certified in some of those countries so i dont need to retype it all again lol EXCEPT! just found out well i just searched in the AUSTRIAN RIA http://www.indianmi.org/ Folklore was certified Gold (15,000+units) and the rest on this website http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/sujets-subjects/arts-culture/sonore-sound/music_industry/4_e.cfm its alittle behind....THANK YOU! god this is soo complicated lol and you could extend the Worldwide sales on Folklore at 1.4 million...the albums sell alittle more than what its certified like i said above.Forgot to mention as for the EUROPEAN AWARD 1,000,000 units check on this site http://www.ifpi.org/site-content/platinum/plat2001.html Garry Sousa

These are all just general links to the RIA's main pages. Links to the actual pages where she is listed would be a lot more helpful. (e.g. http://www.ifpi.de/wirtschaft/gpergebnis.php?strAktion=suche&txtSuche=Nelly%20Furtado instead of just http://www.ifpi.de/) --Fritz Saalfeld (Talk) 16:40, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

well thats tonss of work!!! i did that long time ago...but you know it isnt my problem....if people really want to knowo then they shoudl search themselves on each site....

Sure, but according to Wikipedia's guidelines (see WP:CITE) articles should have proper refereces, so their accuracy is easier to verify, etc. --Fritz Saalfeld (Talk) 17:24, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

fine then forget how many units beside each country and just put the countries and the certification.....on nellyfurtado.com under NELLY awards/honors says it all!

Timeline

I removed the Timeline of noteworthy events in Nelly Furtado's career section because all the events where already in the Biography section, not related to her career (birth of her daughter), or it wasn't given why they are noteworthy anyway. --Fritz Saalfeld 11:24, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

Languages

I reworded the part where it said that she spoke English, Portuguese, Hindi, and Spanish to make it more accurate. Nelly Furtado does not speak all these languages (not Spanish at least), she has only learned lyrics to do duets with people like Juanes. See [3] (in Spanish). I know she speaks Portuguese and English, but Im not sure about Hindi...See ya. User:Orgullomoore not signed in, if you think Im someone else you should definitely block me :-P

If she is listening to Nusrat Fateh ali Khan, he sung in Urdu, which is a more poetic and cultured form of Hindi.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 141.151.219.195 (talk • contribs) .

Sorry, but Urdu is a completely different language! Its not a different 'form' of Hindi. There are influences of many languages that gave birth to Urdu, including Hindi, Arabic, Persian, Latin, English and a few more, with Hindi being the biggest influence. Apermal 22:01, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Whistle Register

When did she ever reach this? Ive never heard her sing high at all! 67.181.94.96 04:33, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Regional singles

I removed two of the regional singles (the Mexico-only "Trynna Finda Way" and the South Africa-only "Legend") as I couldn't find anything to verifiy that these have been released: None of the large fansites list these, and Google didn't find anything, either. I also removed the "Party's Just Begun" as it was just released as a promotional single. --Fritz Saalfeld (Talk) 17:16, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

"Legend"'s gotten credible airplay on Canadian radio, I'll just note for anyone interested. :) Samaritan 17:47, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

First name

Is it REALLY Nelly? I almost refuse to believe it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Triangle e (talk • contribs)

Yes, it is. She answers that question in this interview from 2000.

lovegrowsdeeper: is nelly short for noella? 
launch_nelly_furtado: No, just Nelly. Nelly Kim Furtado. I was named after a gymnast.

--Musicpvm 19:55, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Single Chart History

Nelly has had only 3 singles chart on the Hot 100... "I'm Like A Bird," "Turn Off the Light" and "Promiscuous." Camcallister 12:12, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Azorean-Portuguese

Why is it important that she is of Azorean-Portuguese descent? Shouldn't Portuguese be sufficient? If Azorean-Portuguese is acceptable, then wikipedia should specify that person "X" is "Albertan-Canadian" or a "Floridian-American".

Well, the Azores are a group of islands that are far from mainland Portugal. They have a different history/culture and are actually an autonomous region of the country, so I think it is important to mention. --Musicpvm 22:27, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

You could however write it in a different way. "Azorean-Portuguese" misleadingly suggests that she's of "mixed" ancestry, but as far as I know both her parents are Azoreans. How about "Portuguese (Azorean)"? FilipeS 22:11, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, that would work for me. --Musicpvm 22:14, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

different history and culture?! since when?! --Pedro 15:05, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Promoted to GA

It is recommended to place the album information inside the Discography section and to have more up-to-date information on her personal, emotional and professional life in the biography section. Also, the Discography section is almost a duplicate of what the article talks about so it is IMHO not really necessary, especially the reviews in all those countries and the album charting since it could be mentioned in the text. It also lacks a section about her reception/acceptance into the musical scene. Lincher 00:17, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

This is a confusing comment. Discography/chart sections are standard for musicians and the main article doesn't repeat anything from it. There's really no need for any major changes. Crumbsucker 06:16, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Personal life

I don't think this should be a separate section in this article. The article should be chronological. In the rest of the Folklore section, Furtado's daughter and pregnancy is mentioned as an influence of the album, so the fact that she gave birth should be mentioned before that. The album headings are supposed to represent eras rather than just information about her albums; that is why they are under the "Biography" section. I will make some changes to the headings to make this more obvious. I also plan on adding more "personal life" information to the article after I find good sources. --Musicpvm 18:53, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Is it true she just had a baby? When was she ever pregnant? lol Le Anh-Huy 08:55, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Why Loose is called Loose

Right now the article says it was for the creative decisions going into it, but you'd have to be fooling yourself to not think there's a sexual aspect to the name, right? The Rolling Stone article only says that it was "in part" the creativity aspect. There's a USA Today article out now that says The title of Furtado's new CD was inspired by the trio TLC, whose members would adorn their clothes with condoms. "They were taking back their sexuality, showing they were complete women," Furtado says. "There was such a freshness to artists like them, or Mary J. Blige, who has such a strong voice and image. I miss that." I'm not a great editor yet but I'd be willing to try to insert this information into the article if no one else feels up to it

USA Today article: http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2006-07-13-female-singers_x.htm

Portuguese-Canadian

I don't now why "people" are always removing the Portuguese-Canadian thing. So by that perspective the Carmen Miranda article should only have Portuguese in the lead. Everyone sees Carmen as a Brazilian… I bet that if Nelly was a criminal she would be "exported" and in the article we would have just Portuguese, and the Canadian constantly being removed, but she's famous… people can retrieve info from her interview to today's Jornal de Noticias: [[4]]--Pedro 10:15, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Nobody is trying to deny that she is of Portuguese heritage. Why would we when the article goes on to say how much her Portuguese roots have influenced her life and music? But usual Wikipedia style for biographies is to just include nationality and not ethnicity in the intro. Even for people like Martin Luther King, Jr., it does not say African American in the first sentence of his article; it says American. --musicpvm 17:23, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

• Martin Luther King was an American, saying another thing is a little racist even if he was Black (I believe, I don't know his life), Nelly Furtado is not exactly Canadian, as both of her parents are Portuguese and she sees herself as Portuguese, also Canadian I think as she was born in there and lived in there.

from the interview:

Neste álbum, explora sons latinos. É comercialmente mais rentável do que o folclore?

Não, apeteceu-me, simplesmente. Estava no ambiente de Miami e o passo seguinte foi cantar em espanhol. Tenho amigos , como o Juanes, que me encorajaram. Adoro cantar em espanhol. E em português. Por isso chamei Nevis à minha filha. Senti que podia exprimir-me em espanhol e, ainda assim, sentir-me portuguesa.

I dated a so called born "Canadian" of a real Canadian father (Anglo-saxon) and Portuguese mother, but was always saying to me: "I'm Portuguese, not Canadian". I'm not saying that her case is similar, but first generation is not the same as people living there for some generations. I know black people, that as nothing to do with Africa. Besides there's no country known as Africa.---Pedro 18:11, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Furtado is Canadian. That is her nationality. See WP:MOSBIO. "Nationality (In the normal case this will mean the country of which the person is a citizen or national, or was a citizen when the person became notable.)" Nationality and ethnicity are two very different things. --musicpvm 18:31, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

If you are born and raised in Canada, you are Canadian. it doesn't matter what your ethnicity is. The purpose of the lead sentence is to give nationality, not ethnicity. The difference between Nelly and Carmen Miranda is that Carmen was born in one country and raised in another. Pages of most other Canadians and Americans don't give ethnicity in the lead sentence, altho it seems to done occasionally when the subject of an article is not a WASPy enough. Nelly's bio section goes into full details about her cultural background anyway. Crumbsucker 03:23, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

• Please be intellectually fair. The problem of Carmen Miranda is that a "lie" told many times become a fact. As she was not born in Brazil and didn't have Brazilian nationality, only Portuguese by her own will. There's in fact another Portuguese-Brazilian famous in Brazil and Portugal in the same situation. But we all know Carmen is the Brazilian icon and lived there most of her life, thus Portuguese-Brazilian seems very appropriate. Now back to Nelly… Today I just met a friend from work, that I don't usually see, but I've remember her case is like Nelly's, as she was born in Germany and lived there most of her life, and her parents were both Portuguese, and I've asked her about nationality issues (I remembered this talk), she said that surely she had Portuguese nationality after she was born and at the age of 18, following the German law (an EU country, Portuguese are EU citizens, and have special rights), she had to choose. In Portugal also, just because the birthplace is Portugal doesn't mean you are Portuguese, in fact, that was a big issue for Africans from former colonies. And these, due to shared history now (2006 onwards) can have many benefits. As for Canada, I don't know the Canadian Law, but she is Portuguese both nationally and ethnically so Saying she’s Canadian, is very odd, and most don't recognized her like that, not only in Portugal but worldwide, because she shows that to people. And wikipedia policies are for general cases, not for particular cases like Nelly or Carmen Miranda! Portuguese is not part of her history is part of her daily life, and there are several articles about her music, that always has "Canadian", "Canadian", and "Canadian"… how's that? For me that's POV at best or cultural differentiation as the Americas were built by many people, but we all know that's not the hole truth as both Canada and the USA are still by definition Anglo-Saxon countries. ---Pedro 19:07, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Furtado was born and raised in Canada. She refers to herself has Canadian. Most media sources refer to her as Canadian. Case closed. You're grasping at straws. Crumbsucker 10:46, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

the idea is to indicate in a sentence the significant cultural elements in her 'formation' - these are both Canadian and Portugese (along with all the others she has picked up). What is the big deal? The Mike Myers article mentions his British heritage - because it influenced his comedy -he is probably able to get a British passport by descent - but is still Canadian[User:Pliny|Pliny]] 14:17, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Furtado's article adequetely goes into her cultural heritage, but her nationally is Canadian, even if you don't think she is. Crumbsucker 14:52, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

you who? Pliny 22:07, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

• • I'm not saying that she isn't! I'm saying that she is Portuguese-Canadian. And you are always removing that from the article. --Pedro 23:43, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

translating in her interview:

(JN) Neste álbum, explora sons latinos. É comercialmente mais rentável do que o folclore?

(Nelly) Não, apeteceu-me, simplesmente. Estava no ambiente de Miami e o passo seguinte foi cantar em espanhol. Tenho amigos , como o Juanes, que me encorajaram. Adoro cantar em espanhol. E em português. Por isso chamei Nevis à minha filha. Senti que podia exprimir-me em espanhol e, ainda assim, sentir-me portuguesa.

translation:

(newspaper)In this album, you explore Latin sounds. Is it commercially more profitable than folklore?

(Nelly)No, I just wanted. I was in the Miami "environment" and the next step was to sing in Spanish. I've friends, such as Juanes, who encouraged me. I love to sing in Spanish. And in Portuguese. That's why I named my daughter Nevis. I felt that I could express myself in Spanish and, yet, felling myself as Portuguese.

• The one who is grasping at straws is you, Crumbsucker.---Pedro 10:22, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Just a question

I heard somewhere that she was like the spokesperson for HIV testing... is this true?

Nelly Furtado and her Attractions

Ms Furtado gave an interview (about sexuality) which probably received more coverage than anything else she has done. Truth of statements is adequacy to their object. An article is untrue as far as it does not adequately reflect its object. It would be untrue not to include something about the interview - so people should not edit it out without good reason. Pliny 22:13, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Nelly speaks on breastfeeding: AOL blog feature

I guess Nelly Furtado doesn't keep any secrets, such on her publicized views on breastfeeding. Please take a look in the recent AOL blog interview and see if it's appropriate or informative to add on the article. 207.200.116.203 09:55, 29 August 2006 (UTC) [[5]]

Personal life section

Someone is insisting remove Personal life section much more detailed about her son and the father. I ask for consider the nature and relevance of the information before call other contributors simply "vandals".

First of all, Nevis is her daughter, not her son. Second, the Folklore section of the article goes into detail about the birth of her daughter and Nevis' father so the "Personal life" section is not only factually incorrect but also redundant. --musicpvm 20:18, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Personal life is more detailed information, said about who is the father people that read Wikipedia maybe want to know this. And this is information afterall.

Have you even read the Folklore section of the article? It goes into MUCH more detail about her daughter and ex-boyfriend than your one-sentence "Personal life" section does. --musicpvm 16:49, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

WON AND NOMINATED FOR JUNO AWARDS IN 2004

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_Awards_of_2004 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jw21 (talk • contribs)

Thanks, I've added them to the table. --musicpvm 01:37, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Style and NPOV?

Does it seem to anybody else that at the moment this article reads more like page from a fawning fan site than a serious encyclopedia page? Or is it just me? It seems to employ a lot of loaded language, using terms like "artistry" to refer to the subject's work, instead of simply letting the facts speak for themselves. It also only seems to feature the most glowing reviews. What about stinkers, like this one: [6] Surely that would make for a more balanced article? Pathlessdesert 13:28, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Portuguese Canadian

After I removed it I noticed the discussion over this. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies), which says ethnicity should not be mentioned in the header of the article. If Furtado has Portuguese citizenship, then I supposed she would be Portuguese by nationality and not just ethnicity, though there's no evidence that she is of Portuguese nationality. Mad Jack 23:18, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Nelly Furtado Already Stated That She Is Latina Several Times

I removed the category Canadian blue-eyed soul singers . Furtado is a Latina Canadian Portuguese woman and is embraced as a Latina in the community. She has stated she is Latina several times and should be respected. She also wrote the song 'Powerless' a few years ago in which her lyrics cite how some magazines choose to erase her ethnicity by making her seem white when she in fact takes great pride in her ethnicity. Only Caucasians are categorized under the blue-eyed soul umbrella, not people of color. Personally, I see no reason for a blue-eyed soul category. If a person of color does rock music or heavy metal no one uses terms like dark-eyed metal or rock. A musician is a musian regardless of the genre of music they choose to do. Someone has already added Furtado to the Canadian rhythm and blues singers category. That is much more repectful to her as an artist and person who takes pride in her family heritage.

A couple of links of examples of Furtado talking about being Latina:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xakILb0XD6g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYXQnJCvog4 Tari 09:30, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Nelly's Parents Emigrated from The Azores

Reference of the island in which her parents emigrated from is at the following website> http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/thismorning/sites/a&e/furtado_010301.html

The CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) interview with Nelly is in audio form as well as in print at the aforementioned website. Wik999 11:04, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

^^In reference to the above website: I cited it because it states nothing more than the truth as spoken from Furtado's mouth.Wik999 15:03, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Hot 100 Single of the Year

Did Nelly actually win this award at the Billboard Music Awards? I thought she only won Pop Single of the Year. Thanks Ô 21:26, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Singles

Hi, I'm new.

I was looking at the singles and they look really messy and not very believable. I don't really think that I'm Like a Bird only reached 33 on the Canadian charts. And right now it's all over the place. Am I just blind or does it look really...wrong?

--Jarrod1987 19:29, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey! I completly agree with you on this one. I don't believe at all that Nelly's Grammy award winning single I'm Like a Bird reached number 33 on Canadian charts. She was born in Canada and you'd think that her debut single would do well in her own country. Maybe the person who wrote #33 on the Canadian Charts can step forward and tell us where they're getting they're information from because it doesn't seem right. As well, if you look at her popular singles, like Turn Off the Light and Maneater, you would think that she would do a lot better on the Canadian charts...Makes you think? Ô 01:12, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Date of birth

It says on the top of the page that her date of birth was in 1978, whilst on the bottom it says 1979. Which is the correct date? DavidJJJ 20:56, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Good eye..She was actually born in 1978 Ô 21:28, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Morrano?

The name "Furtado" is a name common among "Portuguese" Jews. For example, Abraham Furtado (1756-1817), a member of the "Portuguese" Jewish community in France. He was elected president of the "Assembly of Notables"; later he served as secretary of the Parisian Sanhedrin. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 06:46, 23 December 2006 (UTC).

But the forced conversions happened during the Inquisition and after that, it's to be expected that many generations later some of this Jews actually became Catholics. Portuguese last names that mean things are usually Jewish, specially the wood names (Pereira, Oliveira, Nogueira), animals, flowers or just adjectives, like Furtado. Many people in Brazil I know has one of these traditional Jewish last names and only learn in school they have some connection to Jewish people. 201.25.200.86 06:33, 8 January 2007 (UTC)Radek

Style Change

Shouldn't the article mention that many old school fans are feeling slightly betrayed by her sudden change of style in her third album? Many people are saying she "sold herself" for best sales and left all her originality behind to make a more mainstream album. 201.24.96.73 08:02, 6 January 2007 (UTC)Radek

Hmm.. I was thinking that as well. Maybe we can put up a "Controversy" or "Criticism" section. But I personally don't think she's a sell-out. She seems to be enjoying what she's doing now more than ever. I think she's just experimenting different styles. I mean now she's coming out with an all-Spanish album. Who'd ever thought? Ô 18:12, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't really agree with the criticisms, but since they have been pretty loud ones, I guess it'd be important to mention something. All-Spanish? Shit, I, as a Brazilian, was expecting an all-Portuguese one and she did say once it was one of her ambitions. Oh, well. 201.25.200.86 06:28, 8 January 2007 (UTC)Radek

Furtado means "stolen"

The Babel Fish translation website confirms that furtado does, indeed, mean stolen in Portuguese. The article currently implies that this was a fabrication: "On a faux-interview on MADtv, she stated that her last name means "stolen" in Portuguese." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.69.216.101 (talk) 18:38, 15 January 2007 (UTC).

Singles chronology

Why does Nelly's single chronology look the way it is. It's sloppy to me and needs to be a straight chronicle. It's hard going back and forth to the next single release. It doesn't matter what country it was released in. Charmed36 02:02, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Why the controversy section was removed

Just to answer any future questions and clear up any confusion, the plagiarism section was removed because only Timbaland was accused of plagiarism. It's very important to be accurate in biographies of living people. Even though it was in one of her songs, no accusations were leveled at her so the situation does not need mention here. It is mentioned at Loose (album), at Do It, at Timbaland, and it has its own article at 2007 Timbaland plagiarism controversy. That is plenty.

Also, keep in mind that this "controversy" only seems significant now because it's happening now. We don't have entire articles about the numerous times Led Zeppelin was sued for plagiarism and copyright violations. We don't have an entire article about George Harrison being sued by The Chiffons. We don't even have an article about The Verve being sued by the Rolling Stones, and that wasn't all that long ago. This thing really isn't all that important or unique, and it's been given more than enough attention on Wikipedia. Considering how vital it is not to smear living people or even imply wrongdoing without cause, it's best to leave the mentions of plagiarism off this biography. Kafziel ^Talk 14:31, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Clean-up

This article needs a really good edit. It has no narrative flow and the language needs tightning up. Any volunteers?? Paul75 23:30, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Nelly Says She Does NOT Speak Hindi

She says she only knows a few words and it's often misquoted. She also sang at a huge New Year's Eve event in Mumbai (Bombay) in Dec. 2006 where she did sing a couple songs in Hindi. But that's all she knows. Here's the link: [7]. Could someone please update? KaitlynBelle 11:55, 30 January 2007 (UTC)