The Best of Nelly Furtado is a greatest hits album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado. The album was first released on November 12, 2010. 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 October 14, 2010.
Background 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." 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.
Critical reception
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".Stephen Thomas Erlewine, [ The Best of Nelly Furtado > Review]. Allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 29, 2010. 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."(Posted: November 14, 2010) Jonathan Keefe, Nelly Furtado: The Best of Nelly Furtado | Music Review|Slant Magazine. slantmagazine.com. Retrieved November 29, 2010/
Scott Kara from The New Zealand Herald saw the release as being for the fans.
Promotion On August 26, 2010, at the "Orange Warsaw Festival" in Poland, Furtado debuted two previously unreleased songs, "Night Is Young" and "Girlfriend in the City".
Commercial performance The album charted only in European territories for solely one week, while lasting two in Switzerland, debuting at 100 and peaking at 29. The album is certified gold in Germany and Poland and Platinum in the UK.
Track listing
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Personnel Credits for unreleased songs are taken from The Best of Nelly Furtado liner notes.
"Girlfriend in the City" Nelly Furtado - lead vocals Salaam Remi - bass, guitar, drums, arrangement Vincent Henry - horns Mark "Spike" Stent - mixing Frank Socorro - recording Gleyder "GEE" Disla - recording The Czech Film Orchestra - strings Stephen Coleman - strings arrangement
"Night Is Young" Nelly Furtado - lead vocals Salaam Remi - drums StayBent Krunk-a-Delic - drums Robert Orton - mixing Frank Socorro - recording Gleyder "GEE" Disla - recording
"Stars" Nelly Furtado - lead vocals Ramon Stagnaro - acoustic guitar Joe Wohlmuth - engineering, mixing Joel Numa - additional engineering Lester Mendez - mixing
Charts + Chart performance for The Best of Nelly Furtado Chart (2010–2012) Peakposition Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)40 Greek Albums (IFPI Greece)14 Chart (2026) PeakpositionUK Album Downloads (OCC) 6UK Album Sales (OCC) 95
Certifications
Release history +List of release dates, showing country, record label and edition Region Date Label Edition Germany Amazon.de. Retrieved October 24, 2010. November 12, 2010 Geffen Standard, Deluxe Poland Universal Music United StatesBest of: Nelly Furtado: Amazon.com: Music Amazon.com. Retrieved October 22, 2010. November 16, 2010 Geffen United KingdomBest of: Nelly Furtado: Amazon.co.uk: Music Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved October 22, 2010. November 29, 2010 Polydor
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