WASHINGTON — Singer Nelly Furtado announced she would be stepping away from performing for a while.

The "Promiscuous" singer penned a letter to her fans on Friday, celebrating the 25th anniversary of her first album "Woah, Nelly!." She accompanied the message with a throwback photo of herself from 25 years ago and a video of her waving to her fans from the stage at a show in Berlin.

"I have decided to step away from performance for the foreseeable future and pursue some other creative and personal endeavours that I feel would better suit this next phase of my life," "I have enjoyed my career immensely , and I still love writing music as I have always seen it as a hobby I was lucky enough to make into a career . I’ll identify as a songwriter forever."

"I’m grateful for all the years of f

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