The discography of Finnish

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singer

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 o ...

, consists of ten

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, six

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s, eight

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s, eleven

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s, one

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, fifty five

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s. Turunen is best known as the former lead vocalist of the Finnish symphonic metal band

Nightwish Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Neva ...

, which she founded with

Tuomas Holopainen Tuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen (born 25 December 1976) is a Finnish songwriter, record producer and musician, best known as one of the founders and the leader, keyboardist and songwriter of symphonic metal band Nightwish. He has stated that hi ...

and

Erno Vuorinen Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Neva ...

in 1996, being dismissed from the band on October 21, 2005. As part of Nightwish, Turunen released five albums between 1997 and 2005, as well as four

s, one

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albums, nine

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s and fifteen singles (for further information see

and Nightwish discography). Turunen started her solo career in 2006 when she released a Christmas album called ''

Henkäys ikuisuudesta ''Henkäys Ikuisuudesta'' (officially translated as: ''Breath From Heaven'') is the first solo album by Finnish singer Tarja Turunen, and focuses on the Christmas holiday season. On November 26, 2010, Nuclear Blast released a re-mastered version of ...

'' and toured Finland and Russia. In 2007, Turunen released her second solo album, ''

My Winter Storm ''My Winter Storm'' is the second solo album by Finnish singer Tarja Turunen, and the first to consist mainly of new and original songs specifically written by or for Turunen. The album was released by Universal Music on 19 November 2007 in Finla ...

'', and in 2010, she released her third album, ''

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'', Tarja had a cameo role in the Finnish film ''Yhtä Kyytiä'' (2011) before starting the

What Lies Beneath World Tour 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 o ...

, which lasted until April 8, 2012. A live DVD, recorded in Rosario during the ''

'', was released on August 24, 2012. Turunen released her third rock album, ''

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'', on August 30, 2013. Turunen released her first classical solo album ''

Ave Maria – En Plein Air ''Ave Maria'' is the first classical, and the fifth studio album released by the Finnish soprano Tarja Turunen. On the 22 July 2015, earMUSIC released a video announcing the existence of the album, following with a teaser trailer on 6 August. The ...

'' on September 11, 2015. In August 2016 she released ''

The Shadow Self ''The Shadow Self'' is the sixth studio album released by Finnish vocalist Tarja Turunen. The record was released on 5 August 2016. The record produced two singles. Background The songwriting started just after the release of ''Colours in the ...

'' with a prequel EP ''

The Brightest Void ''The Brightest Void'' is the third EP by Finnish rock and metal soprano vocalist Tarja Turunen. It serves as a prequel to the main album The Shadow Self. It was released on the 3 June 2016 and contains 9 tracks. Background This album came to ...

'' released on 3 June. Her latest album, '' In the Raw'', was released on 30 August 2019. On 2 December 2022, Tarja released her first compilation album, "Best of: Living the Dream" in many formats to celebrate her 15-year solo career. She later announced the beginning of the ''2023 Living the Dream Tour'' in support of the compilation album, starting in the

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. On 14 June 2023, Tarja announced her next live album, ''Rocking Heels: Live at Metal Church''. The new live album was released on 11 August 2023 by earMUSIC and is the first release of the live series "''Rocking Heels''". The album contains live recordings of her private performance which opened

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in 2016. The live album contains multiple metal covers, such as

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's " Numb" and

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's " The Unforgiven", as well as Tarja's own original music and a Nightwish cover. The first single "Numb" was released on 14 June 2023, and the second single "Alias" was released on 30 June 2023. The third single "The Unforgiven" was released on 28 July 2023. On 23 June 2023, Tarja and

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producer

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released their self-titled debut studio album under the moniker of Outlanders. On 1 November 2023, Tarja announced her third Christmas album,

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, which was released on 10 November 2023.

Studio albums

Rock/heavy metal albums

Classical albums

Christmas albums

Collaborative/electronic albums

Live albums

Video albums

Compilation albums

Box-sets

EPs

Singles

As lead artist

As a featured artist

Music videos

As lead artist

Other

Collaborations

With Nightwish

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Video albums

Demo albums

EPs

Box-sets

Official singles

Promotional singles

Music videos

References

External links

Tarja's official website
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