Whoa, Nelly! was well received by critics for its eccentric, yet intriguing instrumentations as well as Furtado's vocals. It currently holds a score of 79 from Metacritic

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magazine called it "a delightful and refreshing antidote to the army of 'pop princesses

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' and rap-metal bands that had taken over popular music at the turn of the millennium." The sound of the album was strongly influenced by musicians who had traversed cultures and "the challenge of making heartfelt, emotional music that's upbeat and hopeful." Stephan Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave a positive review while commenting that "Furtado is a restless vocalist, skitting and scatting with abandon, spitting out rapid repetitions, bending notes, and frequently indulging in melisma

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s." and also stating that "Whoa, Nelly! unfolds as a rewarding, promising debut." Rolling Stone gave Whoa, Nelly! a positive review calling it a "wild-ass pop go-go, filled with songs that pursue adventure yet could still make the hit parades." As a result of critical acclaim, this album received 4 nominations at the 2002 Grammy ceremony. The album itself received a nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album, while Furtado herself was nominated for Best New Artist, as well as, Song of the Year and Best Pop Female Vocal Performance for "I'm Like a Bird", in which she received the latter.

Track listing

Asian deluxe edition bonus disc

1. "Hey, Man!" (video)
2. "...On the Radio" (video)
3. "Turn Off the Light" (Video)
4. "I'm Like a Bird" (video)
5. "I'm Like a Bird" (acoustic)
6. "I'm Like a Bird" (Nelly vs. Asha Remix)
7. "Turn Off the Light" (Yogie's Sunshine Reggae Mix)
8. "...On the Radio" (Dan the Automator Remix)

Special edition bonus disc

1. "I'm Like a Bird" (acoustic) – 3:59
2. "My Love Grows Deeper" (single version) – 4:54
3. "I Feel You" (featuring Esthero) – 4:11
4. "I'm Like a Bird" (Nelly vs. Asha Remix) – 5:38
5. "...On the Radio" (Dan the Automator Remix) – 4:35

Personnel

• Nelly Furtado – Lead and background vocals, acoustic guitar
• Field – guitar, bass, acoustic guitar, micro-synth guitar, pitched-up guitar, scratches, cheeky telecaster
• Track – tambourine, background vocals, human quica, shakers
• Kurt Bisquera – drums
• Lil' Jaz – scratches
• Johnny "The American" – electric guitar
• Bob Ludwig - Mastering
• Rick Waychesko – trumpet, fluglehorn
• Mike Elizondo – bass, electric and upright bass
• Victor Rebelo – percussion, berimbau and shakers
• Camara Kambon – piano
• James McCollum – guitar, swamp guitar
• Russ Miller – drums
• Allan Molnar – vibraphone
• Brad Haehnel – pepper shaker
• Roberto Occhipinti – bass
• Luis Orbegoso – congas and toms
• Joe "Public" Allen – trumpet
• Camara Kambon – piano
• Nuno Cristo – guitarra
• Alex Rebelo – rhythm guitar
• Daniel Stone – udu, shakers, woodblocks, triangle
• Martin Tillmann – cello

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	4
Austrian Albums Chart Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...	37
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...	20
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...	20
Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...	2
Danish Albums Chart Tracklisten Tracklisten is a Danish top 40 record chart that is presented every Thursday midnight at .The weekly Danish Singles Chart also known as Track Top-40 combines the 40 best selling tracks from legal music downloads and the sales of music singles on either CD or vinyl...	18
Dutch Albums Chart MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top...	10
Finnish Albums Chart	37
German Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	14
Italian Albums Chart Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy....	14
Mexican Albums Chart	12
New Zealand Albums Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	5
Norwegian Albums Chart VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by...	4
Swedish Albums Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	15
Swiss Albums Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...	6
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	2
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	24
Chart (2002)	Peak position
French Albums Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...	46

Certifications

Country	Certification	Sales/shipments
U.S. (RIAA Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States... )	3x Platinum	3,200,000
Europe (IFPI)	2× Platinum	2,000,000
UK (BPI British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies... )	2× Platinum	1,120,000
Canada (CRIA Canadian Recording Industry Association Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada... )	4× Platinum	480,000
Australia (ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... )	2x Platinum	140,000
Germany (IFPI)	Gold	150,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	Gold	100,000
France	Silver	60,000
New Zealand (RIANZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... )	3× Platinum	45,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	Platinum	40,000
Ireland (IRMA Irish Recorded Music Association Irish Recorded Music Association is the Irish record industry association. IRMA is a non-profit association set up to manage and control the music industry in the Republic of Ireland.-Goals and activities:... )	2× Platinum	30,000
Italy (FIMI Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy.... )	Gold	50,000
Brazil	Gold	100,000
Denmark (IFPI)	Gold	20,000
Netherlands (NVPI NVPI The NVPI is the Dutch tradeassociation of the entertainment industry... )	Gold	40,000
Sweden (IFPI)	Gold	30,000
Belgium	Gold	35,000
Norway (IFPI)	Gold	20,000
Portugal (IFPI)	Platinum	20,000
Israel	Gold	15,000
Chile	Gold	10,000
India (IMI Indian Music Industry The Indian Music Industry is a trust that represents the recording industry distributors in India. It was founded on February 28, 1936 as Indian Phonographic Industry ... )	Gold	10,000
Venezuela	Gold	10,000
China	Gold	7,500

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Edition
United States	October 24, 2000	DreamWorks Records DreamWorks Records DreamWorks Records was an American record label. Founded in 1996 by David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg as a subsidiary of DreamWorks SKG, the label operated until 2005 when it was shut down...	Standard edition
Canada		Universal Music Group Universal Music Group Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
United Kingdom	March 9, 2001
United States	May 20, 2008	Geffen Records Geffen Records Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...	Special edition
Canada	May 27, 2008	Universal Music Group
Germany	May 30, 2008