The Best of Nelly Furtado

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's featured in and three new songs: "Night Is Young", "Stars" and "Girlfriend in the City". The album is available in Standard, Deluxe and Super Deluxe Editions. The album's track listing and artwork were revealed on 14 October 2010.[2]

The Best of Nelly Furtado
Greatest hits album by Nelly Furtado
Released	12 November 2010
Recorded	1999–2010
Studio	Various The Gymnasium Iguana Recording Rumblecone Studios The Orange Lounge (Toronto, Canada) The Gymnasium 4th Street Recording The Chill Building (Santa Monica, California) Track Record Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California) Can-Am Studios (Tarzana, California) Larrabee East La Casa Studios (Los Angeles, California) The Hit Factory Instrument Zoo (Miami, Florida) Metrophonic Studios State of the Ark Studios (London, England)
Length	70:33
Label	Geffen
Producer	Various Jim Beanz James Bryan Demo Castellon Julio Reyes Copello Danja Gerald Eaton Hans Ebert David Foster Nelly Furtado Humberto Gatica Kamal Gray Juanes StayBent Krunk-a-Delic Lil' Jaz Lester Mendez Rick Nowels D.J. Waakop Reijers-Fraaij Andy Rogers Salaamremi.com Gustavo Santaolalla Mark Taylor Tiesto Timbaland Track & Field Brian West
Nelly Furtado chronology
Mi Plan Remixes (2010) The Best of Nelly Furtado (2010) The Spirit Indestructible (2012)
Singles from The Best of Nelly Furtado
"Night Is Young" Released: 12 October 2010

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Slant Magazine	[6]
The New Zealand Herald	[7]

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."[6]

Scott Kara from The New Zealand Herald saw the release as being for the fans.[7]

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. The album failed to chart on any of the United States charts, however sold moderately in Canada peaking at 57.[9]

Track listing

The Best of Nelly Furtado – Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm Like a Bird"	Nelly Furtado	Gerald Eaton Brian West Furtado	4:04
2.	"Turn Off the Light"	Furtado	Eaton West Furtado	4:36
3.	"Shit on the Radio (Remember the Days)"	Furtado	Eaton West Furtado	3:55
4.	"Fotografía" (duet with Juanes)	Juanes	Juanes Gustavo Santaolalla	4:00
5.	"Powerless (Say What You Want)"	Furtado Eaton West Trevor Horn Anne Dudley Malcolm McLaren	Track & Field Furtado	3:54
6.	"Try"	Furtado West	Track & Field Furtado	4:38
7.	"Força"	Furtado Eaton West	Track & Field Furtado	3:41
8.	"Promiscuous" (featuring Timbaland)	Tim "Attitude" Clayton Tim Mosley Furtado Nate Hills	Timbaland Danja Jim Beanz^[a]	4:02
9.	"Maneater"	Furtado Mosley Hills Beanz	Timbaland Danja Beanz^[a]	4:18
10.	"Say It Right"	Furtado Mosley Hills	Timbaland Danja Beanz^[a]	3:43
11.	"All Good Things (Come to an End)"	Furtado Mosley Chris Martin Hills	Timbaland Danja Beanz^[a]	5:09
12.	"In God's Hands"	Furtado Rick Nowels	Nowels Furtado	4:12
13.	"Broken Strings" (featuring James Morrison)	Morrison Fraser T. Smith Nina Woodford	Mark Taylor	4:10
14.	"Girlfriend in the City"	Salaam Remi Furtado	Salaamremi.com	4:41
15.	"Night Is Young"	Remi Furtado Hernst Bellevue	Salaamremi.com StayBent Krunk-a-Delic	3:32
16.	"Stars"	Lester Mendez Furtado	Mendez	4:28
17.	"Manos al Aire"	Furtado James Bryan Alex Cuba	Bryan Furtado Demo Castellon^[b]	3:29
Total length:				70:33

The Best of Nelly Furtado – International edition (bonus track)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
18.	"Crazy" (Radio 1 Live Lounge Session)	Brian Burton Thomas Callaway Gianfranco Reverberi Gianpiero Reverberi	Andy Rogers	3:24
Total length:				73:57

The Best of Nelly Furtado – Spanish and Latin American edition (bonus track)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
18.	"Lo Bueno Siempre Tiene un Final"	Furtado Mosley Martin Hills Julio Reyes Copello	Timbaland Danja Copello^[a]	4:24
Total length:				74:57

The Best of Nelly Furtado – Deluxe edition (bonus CD)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Quando, Quando, Quando" (duet with Michael Bublé)	Tony Renis Alberto Testa Pat Boone	David Foster Humberto Gatica	4:44
2.	"Te Busque" (duet with Juanes)	Furtado Juanes Mendez	Mendez	3:39
3.	"Island of Wonder" (featuring Caetano Veloso)	Furtado Jasper Gahunia Simón Díaz	Lil' Jaz Furtado Track & Field^[c]	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)	Tijs Verwest D.J. Waakop Reijers-Fraaij Furtado Nowels	Tiësto Reijers-Fraaij^[b]	4:36
6.	"Sacrifice" (The Roots featuring Nelly Furtado)	Tariq Trotter Ahmir Thompson Kamal Gray Leonard Hubbard	Gray	4:44
7.	"In God's Hands" (featuring Keith Urban)	Furtado Nowels	Nowels Furtado	4:34
Total length:				31:31

The Best of Nelly Furtado – iTunes Store deluxe edition (bonus track)[10]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
8.	"Night Is Young" (Remix by FrankMusik "Montreal Mist Edit")	Remi Furtado Bellevue	Salaamremi.com Krunk-a-Delic	4:29
Total length:				36:00

The Best of Nelly Furtado – Amazon Music deluxe edition (bonus track)[11]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
8.	"Night Is Young" (Sketch Iz Dead Remix)	Remi Furtado Bellevue	Salaamremi.com Krunk-a-Delic	3:27
Total length:				34:58

The Best of Nelly Furtado – Super deluxe edition (bonus DVD)[12]

No.	Title	Director(s)	Length
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)	Bradley Clayford Furtado
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)	Gabriel Coss Israel Lugo
11.	"In God's Hands" (music video)	Jesse Dylan
12.	"No Hay Igual" (music video)	Lugo Coss
13.	"Wait for You" (music video)	Aaron A

Notes

• ^{^a} signifies a vocal producer
• ^{^b} signifies a co-producer
• ^{^c} signifies an additional producer

Charts

Chart (2010–2012)	Peak position
Austrian Albums Chart[13]	34
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[13]	56
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[13]	81
Czech Albums Chart[14]	40
Dutch Albums Chart[13]	90
German Albums Chart[15]	20
Greek Albums Chart[16]	14
Hungarian Albums Chart[17]	23
Italian Albums Chart[18]	37
Irish Albums Chart[19]	31
Polish Albums Chart[20]	20
Swiss Albums Chart[13]	29
UK Albums Chart[21]	53

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[22]	Gold	10,000^*
United Kingdom (BPI)[23]	Gold	100,000
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

List of release dates, showing country, record label and edition

Region	Date	Label	Edition
Germany[24]	12 November 2010	Geffen	Standard, Deluxe
Poland[25]		Universal Music
United States[26]	16 November 2010	Geffen
United Kingdom[27]	29 November 2010	Polydor

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