Nelly Furtado

Following her return to the stage, Furtado faced a wave of comments about her weight, age and appearance. She had previously advocated 'body neutrality' and notably used an outfit at Manchester Pride as a visible response to critics.

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Kernel Records sued Timbaland, Nelly Furtado and other parties, alleging that Do It used elements of Acidjazzed Evening without authorisation. The case went through several procedural stages.

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Furtado acknowledged receiving 1 M$ for a 45-minute private concert in 2007 before members of the Gaddafi family. During the 2011 Libyan uprising, payments to Western stars by the dictator's family became a major ethical controversy.

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With Loose and the singles Promiscuous/Maneater, Furtado adopted a more sexual aesthetic, generating extensive coverage of her transformation and allegations of commercial strategy or hypersexualisation.

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In an interview, Furtado responded positively to a question about attraction to women and spoke about experimentation and sexuality as a spectrum. Some media outlets and readers portrayed her remarks as an announcement of bisexuality.

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