Nelly Furtado stormed the charts in 2006 with her multi-platinum album Loose, but she’s been relatively quiet since then. Now the Canadian singer is ready to conquer pop music once again with her long-awaited fourth English album.

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After hitting up “The Late Show with David Letterman” last month, K’naan linked up with fellow Canadian Nelly Furtado on Thursday’s “Ellen DeGeneres Show” to perform their triumphant collaboration “Is Anybody Out There?” off K’naan’s EP More Beautiful Than Silence.

The Somalian rapper’s third album Country, God or The Girl is due May 1 featuring Bono, Nas, and Keith Richards, while Nelly is readying T.S.I., the follow-up to her 2006 English-language album Loose, for the summer.

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K’naan and Nelly Furtado reach out a hand in the video for “Is Anybody Out There?” their uplifting collaboration off K’naan’s EP More Beautiful Than Silence. The Canadian stars shine a spotlight on anyone who’s ever felt alone in the dark Chris Robinson-directed clip.

“I was thrilled when he asked me to do it ’cause when he sent the song to me, I just loved it immediately,” said Nelly, who will release her new album T.S.I. this summer. “I just think it’s a very hopeful and sweet, pure song about emotions that everybody feels every day of their lives. We always want to feel like we’re a part of something and that we’re not alone.”

K’naan has set a May 1 release date for his next album Country, God or The Girl, which will feature collaborations with Bono, will.i.am, Nas, and Keith Richards.

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K’naan and Nelly Furtado give a voice to anyone who’s ever felt invisible in the video for their collaboration “Is Anybody Out There?” off K’naan’s EP More Beautiful Than Silence. The fellow Canadians bundled up while shooting the wintery video for the clip with director Chris Robinson.

“I was thrilled when he asked me to do it ’cause when he sent the song to me, I just loved it immediately,” said Nelly. “I just think it’s a very hopeful and sweet, pure song about emotions that everybody feels every day of their lives. We always want to feel like we’re a part of something and that we’re not alone.”

K’naan praised his collaborator. “Nelly brings an incredible amount of flavor,” he said. “A lot of singers are very much like other singers, but I don’t know anybody like Nelly.”

The full video will premiere later this week. Go behind the scenes below.

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K’naan joined forces with a bespectacled Nelly Furtado on Thursday’s “Late Show with David Letterman.” The fellow Canadians performed “Is Anybody Out There?,” their collaboration off K’naan’s EP More Beautiful Than Silence, for the first time live. Both artists have new projects on the way. K’naan’s third album Country, God or The Girl is set for release on May 1, while Nelly is readying T.S.I., the follow-up to her 2006 English-language album Loose, for the summer.

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K’naan reaches out a hand on “Is Anybody Out There?” the lead single off his 5-track EP More Beautiful Than Silence, available tomorrow on iTunes. The triumphant production, which features his fellow Canadian Nelly Furtado, serves as an anthem for anyone who’s ever felt invisible. “I don’t wanna be left in this war tonight/ Am I alone in this fight?/ Is anybody out there?” asks Nelly. Answer the call.

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K’naan united the globe with his World Cup anthem “Wavin’ Flag.” Now the Somali-Canadian musician is gearing up for the release of his EP More Beautiful Than Silence. The 5-track digital release will hit iTunes on January 24, with contributions from Nas (“Nothing to Lose”), Ryan Tedder (“Better”), and Nelly Furtado on the first single “Is Anybody Out There.” A full-length album will follow in the spring. See the tracklisting below.

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Before Christmas, Nelly Furtado shared some footage from her recording sessions with Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins. Now the singer hits the studio with Salaam Remi (Amy Winehouse, Nas) to record the follow-up to her multi-platinum English album Loose, due next summer. “It has a real classic sound to it, a sound that’s really authentic, super soulful,” says Nelly.

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