Christel Martina Roosberg (née Sundberg; born 3 January 1982), known by her stage name Chisu (), is a
Finnish
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pop artist, songwriter, and producer. She wrote her first single, "
Mun koti ei oo täällä", to the soundtrack of the 2007 film ''
Sooloilua''. The song was a hit in Finland in early 2008, peaking at number one on both the
Singles Chart and the Downloads Chart and spending seven and nine weeks atop, respectively. She released her second album ''
Vapaa ja yksin
''Vapaa ja yksin'' ( en, Free and Alone) is the second studio album by Finnish pop singer-songwriter Chisu. It was released by Warner Music in Finland on September 23, 2009, and it peaked at number one on the Finnish Albums Chart. To da ...
'' in 2009. Her third album, ''
Kun valaistun
''Kun valaistun'' (''When I Become Enlightened'') is the third studio album by Finnish pop singer-songwriter Chisu. It was released by Warner Music in Finland on 5 October 2011 and it debuted at number one on the Finnish Albums Chart.
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'', was released in 2011 through Warner Music Finland. Another version of the album, ''Kun valaistun 2.0'', was released in 2012. Her fourth album, ''Polaris'', was released in 2015.
Chisu, who was born in
Helsinki
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, has written songs for
Antti Tuisku
Antti Tuisku (born 27 February 1984) is a Finnish pop singer. He finished third in the 2003 '' Idols'' talent show, the Finnish version of ''Pop Idol''. Tuisku has sold over 300,000 records during his career in Finland.
In 2016, Tuisku won the ...
,
Tarja Turunen
Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born 17 August 1977), known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish heavy metal singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Nightwish. She is a soprano with a three and a half oct ...
,
,
Kristiina Brask and
Kristiina Wheeler. During her career, Chisu has sold over 230,000
certified
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records, which places her among the top 80 best-selling artists in Finland.
In November 2012, Chisu was connected to a copyright controversy in Finland when a nine-year-old girl's home was raided by the police and had her laptop confiscated due to allegedly downloading Chisu songs. The controversy was named as
Chisugate by media.
It has been alleged that the files the little girl downloaded and later shared, were bogus files disguised as the Chisu album and therefore she did not share Chisu's music.
Discography
Albums
Singles
See also
*
List of best-selling music artists in Finland
These are the lists of the music artists that have the highest certified record sales in Finland (and/or sales explicitly confirmed by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland in their database). The lists consist of albums and singles (vinyl, CD, ...
References
External links
Warner corporation Chisu homepage - Finnish
Sony corporation website on Finnish popstars - Finnish
MySpace website - English
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1982 births
Living people
21st-century Finnish women singers
Singers from Helsinki
Warner Music Group artists
Finnish pop singers