Arttu-Pekka Aleksi Wiskari (born September 16, 1984) is a Finnish singer-songwriter. Wiskari has attended several Finnish television programs including The Voice Kids, Tähdet tähdet, and

Vain elämää ''Vain elämää'' is the Finnish version of '' The Best Singers'' series broadcast on Finnish Nelonen commercial television channel fashioned on the successful Dutch series ''De beste zangers van Nederland''. Each day, one artist would be chosen, ...

. Before full-time musical career, Wiskari has worked in Finnish hardware store RTV. Wiskari's eponymous debut album was released in June 2011 by

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. The album was certified Platinum (20,000 copies) and it reached the top of the Finnish

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. His second album, ''Tappavan hiljainen rivarinpätkä'', was released in April 2013, and it reached number 7 on the album chart. Wiskari's third album, ''Sirpaleet'', was released in November 2014. It peaked at number six on the album chart. Its second single, "Sirpa" was panned in review by critic of Rumba magazine, who claimed it was "plagiarizing" the Finnish band

Leevi and the Leavings Leevi and the Leavings was a Finnish rock band that operated from 1978 to 2003. The band consisted of Gösta Sundqvist, Risto Paananen, Juha Karastie and Niklas Nylund. Sundqvist was the leader of the band, he composed and wrote all the band's ...

. Though more as a figure of speech not actual

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. In November 2016, Wiskari released his fourth album titled ''IV''. The album peaked at number fourteen on its debut week. In November 2018, Wiskari released a single titled "Suomen muotoisen pilven alla". The song peaked at number four on the singles chart and became the most played radio track of 2019. In April 2020, Wiskari released "Tässäkö tää oli?", a single featuring Leavings-Orkesteri, which was formed by surviving members of the former

. The song debuted at number six.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Filmography

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* 1984 births Living people Finnish male singer-songwriters 21st-century Finnish male singers Finnish male film actors Finnish male voice actors People from Espoo {{Finland-singer-stub