Hello, my special friends and Nelly fans!!
As most of you already know, Nelly Furtado has got
3 nominations for the MTV Europe Music Awards (MTVEMAs) 2007! The categories she's up to are Best Solo, Best Album and Most Addictive Track!
MOST ADDICTIVE TRACK
Amy Winehouse – Rehab
Beyoncé and Shakira – Beautiful Liar
Mika – Grace Kelly
Nelly Furtado – All Good Things (Come To An End)
Rihanna ft Jay-Z – Umbrella
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Akon – Konvicted
Amy Winehouse – Back to Basics
Avril Lavigne – The Best Damn Thing
Linkin Park – Minutes to Midnight
Nelly Furtado – Loose
SOLO ARTIST OF 2007
Avril Lavigne
Christina Aguilera
Justin Timberlake
Mika
Nelly Furtado
Rihanna
Nelly Furtado so deserves these MTVEMAs! Nelly Furtado has been the number 1 artist for the last year in Europe, being Mika her strongest competition. Both artists totally dominated the european charts through 2007, giving no chance to others transitory albums that entered to top 10. "Loose", claimed as one of the BEST pop-albums of the millenium, sold around 4,2 million copies only in Europe so far (7,3 million copies worlwide) and it's the best selling album in Europe in 2007. The album went number 1 in the European Top Albums for 11 WEEKS!! Nelly Furtado has the number 1 single of the year worldwide so far with "Say it right". But it was with "
All good things (come to an end)" that Nelly
took Europe by storm. It was released before "say it right" in the old continent and it broke records in many european countries, incluind number of weeks at number 1 in the singles charts, download charts and itunes charts. Although this single had not this success in the other side of the Atlantic, it is about to become a classic in the european radios. Actually, this is so true that the song nominated for "most addictive track" is "All good things" and not "Say it right".
After "All good things (come to an end)", Nelly released "Say it right"...and the sales of "Loose" just went over the roof!! It has been an amazing year! Last week, "Loose" achieved the 3xPlatinum certification in the UK.
"LOOSE" - Sales Certifications (15th September)
5x Platinum
Canada CRIA 500,000 units
Russia 100,000 units
4x Platinum
Germany IFPI 800,000 units
Poland ZPAV 80,000 units
Switzerland IFPI 120,000 units
3x Platinum
UK BPI 900,000 units
Ireland IRMA 500,000 units
2x Platinum
Australia ARIA 140,000 units
Portugal AFP 40,000 units
Austria IFPI 60,000 units
U.S.A RIAA 1,960,244 units
New Zealand RIANZ 30,000 units
1x Platinum
France SNEP 200,000 units
Italy FIMI 80,000 units
Belgium IFPI 50,000 units
South Africa RISA 50,000 units
Denmark IFPI 30,000 units
Romania 20,000 units
Singapore RIAS 15,000 units
Hungary MAHASZ 6,000 units
India INDIANMI 20,000 units
Gold
Mexico AMPROFON 50,000 units
Spain PROMUSICAE 40,000 units
Sweden IFPI 30,000 units
Greece IFPI 10,000 units
Netherlands NVPI 35,000 units
Norway IFPI 15,000 units
Worldwide
Media Traffic 7,238,000 units
So, for all of these facts, Nelly Furtado should really win all the categories she's up to, because nobody got this open reaction in the european audience as Nelly Furtado did. And...she's european too, as she keeps her Portuguese nationality. Nelly will have MANY europeans fans voting for her, but we all gotta vote for her... like it is some kind of tribute to the cool and sweet artist she is and to the one of the best albums in this millenium!
Besides, the show will take place in GERMANY, where Nelly is a Goddess. The album entered the chart in Germany at number one, and it spent a record thirty-six weeks in the German top 10 albums. That's huge! So, I would say she'll be at home!!
Here, we all gotta vote for the 3 categories:
http://ema.mtv.co.uk/# (then go to VOTE NOW)
We'll bring Nelly to the top spot again! Right, folks?