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Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actress. She has sold 20 million albums worldwide and more than 20 million singles around the world. Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, which spawned two successful singles, "I'm Like a Bird" and "Turn Off the Light". "I'm Like A Bird" won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. In 2003, Furtado released Folklore, which produced three international singles— "Powerless (Say What You Want)", "Try" and "Força". Three years later she released Loose, a worldwide commercial success. The album spawned four number-one hits: "Promiscuous", "Maneater", "Say It Right" and "All Good Things (Come to an End)". After a three-year break, she released her first full-length Spanish album, Mi Plan, and Furtado received a Latin Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Album. In 2012, Furtado's fourth English-language studio album, The Spirit Indestructible, was released. Furtado's work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including 2 Grammy Awards, 10 Juno Awards, 3 MuchMusic Video Awards and a star on Canada's Walk of Fame. Furtado was awarded "Commander of the Order of Prince Henry" on February 28, 2014, in Toronto, by the President of the Portuguese Republic. Furtado's music has also been influenced by her current residence, Toronto, which she calls "the most multicultural city in the entire world" and a place where she "can be any culture". Regarding Toronto's cultural diversity, she has said that she did not have to wait for the Internet revolution to learn about world music; she began listening to it at the age of five and continues to discover new genres.
In the aftermath of the Manhattaning, with a number of synchronized explosions happening in coastal areas of Southeast Asia, there were a series of catastrophic tsunamis and earthquakes that left hundreds of thousands homeless and injured, in addition to the millions who died. There was a great number of refugees in the wake of the Manhattaning from dozens of countries. Many countries stepped up to offer their cities as safe harbors for these refugees. Canada was recognized as a great example of this charitable level of humanity, but Australia was another. One of Australia's biggest beneficiaries of this influx of refugees was Townsville in the state of Queensland. Already a major shipping hub for business in Southeast Asia, Townsville's population steadily increased every year from 1988 onward. With the influx of population and charitable resources donated to help the city handle the refugee migration, the city's industry flourished and by 2004 it was of Australia's primary population centers as well as a hub for commercial, industry, cultural, and academic interests.
