Jani Wickholm (born 20 September 1977, in
Kerava
Kerava (; sv, Kervo) is a town and municipality within the Uusimaa region of Finland. The municipalities of Vantaa, Sipoo and Tuusula are adjacent to Kerava, which is part of the Helsinki metropolitan area.
The town has a population of () an ...
) is a Finnish pop/rock singer. He came in second place on the Finnish
MTV3
MTV3 ( fi, MTV Kolme, sv, MTV Tre) is a Finnish commercial television station. It had the biggest audience share of all Finnish TV channels until Yle TV1 (from Yle) took the lead. The letters MTV stand for Mainos-TV (literally "Advertisement ...
show ''
Finnish Idols'' in 2004 after
Hanna Pakarinen
Hanna Helena Pakarinen (born 17 April 1981) is a Finnish pop and pop-rock singer who rose to fame as the winner of the first series of the Finnish singing competition '' Idols'' in 2004. Since then she has represented Finland in the Eurovision S ...
. Both Wickholm and Pakarinen had previously worked as truck-drivers.
Wickholm's albums have been comparably successful to the albums of
Hanna Pakarinen
Hanna Helena Pakarinen (born 17 April 1981) is a Finnish pop and pop-rock singer who rose to fame as the winner of the first series of the Finnish singing competition '' Idols'' in 2004. Since then she has represented Finland in the Eurovision S ...
. His debut album ''Kaikki muuttuu'' (Everything changes) topped the Finnish album chart.
Wickholm's second album ''Alumiinitähdet'' (Aluminium stars) stayed on the chart for three weeks.
Wickholm lives in
Jämsä
Jämsä () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region, about southwest of Jyväskylä. The municipality has a population of (), which make it the second largest town of the Central Finland after Jyväskyl ...
in 2012.
Discography
Albums
* ''Kaikki muuttuu'' (Everything changes) (2004)
* ''Alumiinitähdet'' (Aluminium stars) (2005)
* ''Yhden lauseen mies'' (Man of one sentence) (2007)
* ''Ranta-ahon valot'' (2008)
* ''Jouluksi kotiin'' (2008)
* ''Aivan eri mies'' (2012)
Singles
* "Hukun (I'm drowning)" (2004)
* "Kaikki muuttuu (Everything changes)" (2004) (promo)
* "Siivet (Wings)" (2004) (promo)
* "Langennut sinuun (Fallen for you)" (2004) (promo)
* "Alumiinitähdet (Aluminium stars)" (2005) (promo)
* "Suomenneito (Maid of Finland)" (2005) (promo)
* "Kuu (The moon)" (2007) (promo)
* "Jukeboksin runoilija (Jukebox's poet)" (2007) (promo)
Music videos
* "Kaikki muuttuu"
* "Suomenneito"
References
External links
Official websiteJani Wickholm
1977 births
Living people
20th-century Finnish male singers
Idols (franchise) participants
People from Kerava
{{Finland-singer-stub