Nelly Furtado was one of the biggest names in music in the early 2000s, and she has had a bit of a resurgence of late as younger folks rediscover her music.

It looks like those folks will have just the catalog to work from moving forward, though, because the 46-year-old singer announced Saturday that she is stepping away from performing.

“25 years ago today my first album Whoa, Nelly! was released,” she wrote on Instagram. “In the first slide I am 20 years old, about to play my first show as a professional artist at Lilith Fair. I went down to a store called ‘Original’ on Queen West in Toronto and shopped for that pink dress and some sparkly platform shoes to perform in. It was so meaningful and my artists self felt so actualized.

“25 years later, my music has reached a whole new ge

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