- Source of Wealth: Music
- Age: 41
- Birth Place: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Height: 5′ 2″ (1.58 m)
- Marital Status: Married (Demacio Castellon)
- Full Name: Nelly Kim Furtado
- Nationality: Canadian
- Date of Birth: December 2, 1978
- Ethnicity: Portuguese
- Occupation: Musician, Songwriter, Singer
- Children: 1 (Nevis Chetan)
Nelly Kim Furtado a songwriter, singer, actress and producer has a net worth estimated at $35 million. Born in 1978, Furtado spent her younger life in Victoria, British Columbia. She first gained popularity with her first album titled Whoa, Nelly!. The song “I am Like a Bird” won the Single of year award in the 2001 Juno Award and one Grammy Award in 2002 for Best overall Female Pop Vocal. This was followed by her next album Folklore that had the single Forca, which was the 2004 Europes football championship theme song.
Furtado’s next album was titled Loose and is renown as her biggest success. She is among a few singers whose all albums have gone either platinum or gold in different countries having released at least five albums. She has a record label known as Nelstar, which was formed in conjunction with Last Gang Labels an independent Canadian label group. Furtado has earned numerous awards through her work including 10 Juno awards, 2 Grammy awards and a star on the famous Canada’s walk of fame.