Whoa, Nelly! is the debut album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado, released by DreamWorks Records in North America on October 24 2000 (see 2000 in music).It peaked at number twenty-four on the U.S.
Billboard 200 chart, and opened to critical acclaim.
It produced three international singles: "I'm Like a Bird", "Turn off the Light" and "...On the Radio ".
"Party's Just Begun " was a club-only single released exclusively in the U.S.
before the album's availability in stores, and it was included on the soundtrack of the 1999 film Brokedown Palace.
When "Party's Just Begun " was released, Nelly's label was unsure about the genre in which to market her.
They eventually remixed "Party's Just Begun " and included it upon this album as "Party".
The DreamWorks label released "Trynna Finda Way" as the fourth single in Mexico and South America, a radio remix of "Hey, Man!" in the UK and Germany, and "Legend" in South Africa.
The album spent seventy-eight weeks on the Billboard 200.
It hit double-platinum status in the U.S.
in January of 2002.
After the release of the album, Furtado headlined the Burn in the Spotlight tour and appeared on Moby's Area:One tour.
According to Maclean's magazine, Whoa, Nelly! had sold seven million copies worldwide as of August 2006.
