What is Nelly Furtado doing now, does she have a new album out and what is the singer’s net worth?
The Maneater hitmaker has just released a new album called Ride
NELLY Furtado is back on the music scene after taking a few years out to relax and focus on her family.
The Maneater hitmaker appeared on Loose Women today to discuss her new album, Ride, but sadly she also revealed she and her husband have split after nine years together.
We take a look at what the 38-year-old has been up to since the release of her last album, The Spirit Indestructible in 2012.
Who is Nelly Furtado?
Nelly Furtado is a singer songwriter born in Canada to Portuguese parents on December 2, 1978.
The 38-year-old rose to fame in 2000 thanks to tracks like I Am Like A Bird and Turn Off The Light.
She had massive success in 2006 with the release of her chart-topping album Loose which sold more than 12million copies worldwide and spawned four massive hit singles including Promiscuous, Maneater, Say It Right and All Good Things (Come to an End).
Nelly gave birth to her daughter Nevis on September 20, 2003 with her then-boyfriend Jasper Gahunia.
The couple split in 2005 but have remained close friends and continue to co-parent their daughter.
Nelly married sound engineer Demacio Castellon in 2008.
What has Nelly been up to?
Nelly revealed on Loose Women that she and her husband Demacio Castellon have split up after nine years together.
The mother-of-one stepped away from the limelight after struggling with the pressures of touring.
Nelly explains: “At the height of my career, it was super exciting – but I took too much on. A mother on the road trying to maintain a relationship; I cried on stage.”
She told the Loose Women panel, “I need to stay emotionally and physically well for my daughter.”
The hit-maker has taken a few years off since the release of her last album The Spirit Indestructible and moved away from music entirely to focus on her home life.
Speaking to , she said: "I became a mother at quite a young age, I was 25."
"When that [my music contract] ended I took a look at a bunch of stuff in my life, and had this urge to simplify it. I didn’t quit music, but I quit juggling."
The crooner, who boasts eight No 1 UK singles, added that she worked in Nevis's school library, helped out at her friend's record store and took classes in ceramics and playwriting during her time off.
She added: "Working at my daughter’s school library sorting books... All those things help me remember who I was.”
Speaking to GQ, Nelly said taking time out from the music world and fame "kind of saved me".
"I wanted to clean my own bathroom again and wash my own laundry again," she said.
"I really missed normal life. I wanted to make it as isolated as I possibly could. It really helped me, honestly. It sounds silly but it kind of saved me."
Does she have a new album out?
Yes, her new album Ride was released at the end of March.
Speaking about her latest record, Nelly hinted that she would be returning to her folk roots rather than her high-octane pop tracks.
She said: "This album is all realisations. I didn’t wanna be surrounded by bulls**t anymore; I want to demand truth from the people around me and from myself.
"It’s about dreams not always matching up to reality and coming out of the other side.”
Critics are viewing her new album as a "comeback" but Nelly told GQ she doesn't think of it that way.
She added: "I'm just heading in a different direction."
What is Nelly Furtado's net worth?
Nelly has sold more than 20 million albums and 20 million singles worldwide throughout her career.
She is believed to be worth between $25 million (£20 million) and $35 million (£28 million).
In 2007, she was paid $1million to perform at a private concert for Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi but she later gave the fee to charity.
