Cigarette Mom Rock
Strong FitLilith Fair Alum

Nelly Furtado

Before she went full Timbaland pop, she was a folk-trip-hop chameleon making breezy, genre-defying music. "I'm Like a Bird" was whimsical and wistful in equal measure -- peak early-2000s CMR energy.

What Genre Is Nelly Furtado?

Nelly Furtado is a strong fit artist of Cigarette Mom Rock — the gritty, emotional, female-led alternative rock of the 1990s and 2000s, and the feminine counterpart to Divorced Dad Rock. Nelly Furtado also performed at Lilith Fair, the all-female festival at the heart of the genre. Explore the full definition or the wider 90s female rock scene.

Key Albums

  • Whoa, Nelly!
  • Folklore
  • Loose

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I'm Like a Bird(Whoa, Nelly!, 2000)

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