Nelly Furtado, The Automatic and Gnarls Barkley also had re-entries with songs first released more than six months ago.

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The three- hour extravaganza included a cultural segment featuring many of Canada's best-known musical stars - Bryan Adams, Nelly Furtado and KD Lang.

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It describes John performing at a birthday party for Nazarbayev's son-in-law and says singer Nelly Furtado performed at a birthday bash for his daughter.

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