The Best of Nelly Furtado

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The Best of Nelly Furtado
Original standard version cover. Deluxe version has the same image but the color cover is pink-purple filter than white.
Greatest hits album by
Nelly Furtado
Released12 November 2010
Recorded1999–2010
Studio
  • 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)
Length70:33
Language
  • English
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
LabelGeffen
Producer
Nelly Furtado chronology
Mi Plan Remixes
(2010) 		The Best of Nelly Furtado
(2010) 		The Spirit Indestructible
(2012)
Singles from The Best of Nelly Furtado
  1. "Night Is Young"
    Released: 12 October 2010

The Best of Nelly Furtado is a 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[edit]

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[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
The New Zealand Herald[6]
Slant Magazine[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."[7]

Scott Kara from The New Zealand Herald saw the release as being for the fans.[6]

Promotion[edit]

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]

Commercial performance[edit]

The album charted only in European territories for solely one week, while lasting two in Switzerland, debuting at 100 and peaking at 29.[9] The album is certified gold in Poland and in the UK.[citation needed]

Track listing[edit]

The Best of Nelly Furtado – Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I'm Like a Bird"Nelly Furtado
4:04
2."Turn Off the Light"Furtado
  • Eaton
  • West
  • Furtado
4:36
3."...on the Radio (Remember the Days)"Furtado
  • Eaton
  • West
  • Furtado
3:55
4."Fotografía" (duet with Juanes)Juanes
4:00
5."Powerless (Say What You Want)"
  • 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)
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)"
  • Timbaland
  • Danja
  • Beanz[a]
5:09
12."In God's Hands"
  • Nowels
  • Furtado
4:12
13."Broken Strings" (featuring James Morrison)
Mark Taylor4:10
14."Girlfriend in the City"
Salaamremi.com4:41
15."Night Is Young"
3:32
16."Stars"
Mendez4:28
17."Manos al Aire"
  • Bryan
  • Furtado
  • Demo Castellon[b]
3:29
Total length:70:33
The Best of Nelly Furtado – International edition (bonus track)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
18."Crazy" (Radio 1 Live Lounge Session)
Andy Rogers3:24
Total length:73:57
The Best of Nelly Furtado – Spanish and Latin American edition (bonus track)
No.TitleWriter(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.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Quando, Quando, Quando" (duet with Michael Bublé)
  • Tony Renis
  • Alberto Testa
  • Pat Boone
4:44
2."Te Busque" (duet with Juanes)
  • Furtado
  • Juanes
  • Mendez
Mendez3:39
3."Island of Wonder" (featuring Caetano Veloso)
  • Lil' Jaz
  • Furtado
  • Track & Field[c]
3:48
4."I'm Like a Bird" (Nelly vs Asha Remix)FurtadoHans Ebert5:26
5."Who Wants to Be Alone" (Tiësto featuring Nelly Furtado)
  • Tiësto
  • Reijers-Fraaij[b]
4:36
6."Sacrifice" (The Roots featuring Nelly Furtado)
Gray4:44
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.TitleWriter(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.TitleWriter(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.TitleDirector(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 Cayford
  • 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)
 
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

Personnel[edit]

Credits for unreleased songs are taken from The Best of Nelly Furtado liner notes.[13]

Charts[edit]

Chart performance for The Best of Nelly Furtado
Chart (2010–2012) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[14] 34
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 55
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16] 81
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[17] 40
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[18] 90
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] 20
Greek Albums (IFPI Greece)[20] 14
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[21] 23
Irish Albums (IRMA)[22] 31
Italian Albums (FIMI)[23] 37
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[24] 20
Scottish Albums (OCC)[25] 66
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26] 29
UK Albums (OCC)[27] 53

Certifications[edit]

Certifications for The Best of Nelly Furtado
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[28] Gold 100,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[29] Gold 10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[30] Gold 100,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history[edit]

List of release dates, showing country, record label and edition
Region Date Label Edition
Germany[31] 12 November 2010 Geffen Standard, Deluxe
Poland[32] Universal Music
United States[33] 16 November 2010 Geffen
United Kingdom[34] 29 November 2010 Polydor

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