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Laura Närhi
Laura Närhi (born 19 January 1978) is a Finnish pop singer. The lead singer of Kemopetrol, she started a solo career and her debut solo album '' Suuri sydän'' was released in August 2010 and has sold over 30,000 copies in Finland. It peaked at number three on the Finnish Albums Chart. Discography Albums *2010 ''Suuri sydän'' *2012 ''Tuhlari'' *2020 ''Vastavoimat'' Singles *2002: "Kuutamolla (Se ei mee pois)" *2010: "Jää mun luo" *2010: "Tämä on totta" *2010: "Mä annan sut pois" ''I'll let you go'' *2011: "Kaksi irrallaan" ''Two Untethered'' *2012: "Hetken tie on kevyt" *2012: "Tuhlari" *2012: "Siskoni" ''My Sister'' (featuring Erin Erin is a personal name taken from the Hiberno-English word for Ireland, originating from the Irish word ''"Éirinn"''. "Éirinn" is the dative case of the Irish word for Ireland, "Éire", genitive "Éireann", the dative being used in preposi ...) *2017: "Olet mulle se" References External links * 21st-century F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilosaarirock
The Ilosaarirock Festival is an annual rock festival held on the second weekend of July in Joensuu, Eastern Finland. Founded in 1971, Ilosaarirock is the second-oldest rock festival in Finland still active, and one of the oldest in Europe. In 2007 the event had 21,000 daily visitors. The festival sold out in advance every year from 1998 to 2011. Ilosaarirock is an entity of events that in its entirety, with clubs and side-events, spans Friday to Sunday. The actual festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday. The festival site, called Laulurinne, stages performances on five separate stages with over 50 artists. Including all events, Ilosaarirock weekend hosts over 100 artists. Ilosaarirock is organized mainly by volunteers and is put together by over 1,500 volunteer workers. The Ilosaarirock festival’s graphic look is chosen through an open design contest every year. The Ilosaarirock festival is organised by Joensuu Pop Musicians' Association, which is a non-profit organisatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkkonummi
Kirkkonummi (; , , Sweden ) is a municipality in Finland, located in the southern coast of the country. Kirkkonummi is situated in the western part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Kirkkonummi is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. Kirkkonummi is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, which has approximately million inhabitants. Kirkkonummi is situated on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland and borders Espoo, Vihti, Siuntio and Ingå. The literal translation of the Finnish name "''Kirkkonummi''" into English is “church heath”; the Swedish name "''Kyrkslätt''" translates to “church plain". Kirkkonummi is a bilingual municipality with Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of Finnish speakers, Swedish speakers, and speakers of other languages. Geography The municipality is located just outside the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemopetrol
Kemopetrol is a Finnish band from Helsinki. The members of Kemopetrol are the vocalist Laura Närhi, the drummer Teemu Nordman, the guitarist Marko Soukka and the keyboardist Kalle Koivisto, who also writes the songs for Kemopetrol. Kemopetrol's original bassist, Kari Myöhänen, left the band in July 2003. He was replaced by Lauri Hämäläinen who in turn left in 2008. All Kemopetrol songs have English lyrics. The name of the band originates from a Czech ice hockey team named Chemopetrol Litvínov. History Marko Soukka and Kalle Koivisto founded Kemopetrol in November 1998, originally as an ambient music Ambient music is a genre of music that emphasizes Musical tone, tone and atmosphere over traditional Musical form, musical structure or rhythm. Often "peaceful" sounding and lacking Musical composition, composition, beat, and/or structured melod ... project. In December on the same year Koivisto met Laura Närhi at a party and later introduced her some songs he had w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Me Naiset
''Me Naiset'' () is a women's magazine published in Helsinki, Finland. It is one of the largest weekly women's magazines in the country and has been in circulation since 1952. History and profile ''Me Naiset'' was established in 1952. Its founder was Kaarlo Mantere, a Finnish publisher. Later it was sold to Viikkosanomat Oy. The owner of the magazine is Sanoma, and it is published by Sanoma Magazines on a weekly basis on Thursdays. The company acquired the magazine in 1957. In 1958 the magazine began to employ its own fashion models. ''Me Naiset'' was the only weekly women's magazine in Finland until 1963 when another weekly entitled ''Anna'' was started. The headquarters of ''Me Naiset'' is in Helsinki. Target audience of the magazine is women living in big cities and in Southern Finland. Its sister magazine is ''Me Naiset SPORT''. ''Me Naiset'' focuses on fashion, beauty and shopping. However, until the end of the 1990s the weekly mostly published articles on social and poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanoma
Sanoma Corporation (, , formerly SanomaWSOY) is Finland's largest media group and a European education publisher. The company has media business in Finland and an education business in twelve European countries, including Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Norway, Italy and Spain. Sanoma Corporation is headquartered in Helsinki. At the end of 2023, Sanoma net sales totalled €1.393 billion and the company had approximately 5,000 employees. Description The story of Sanoma began in 1889 with the establishment of the newspaper ''Päivälehti'' in Finland. SanomaWSOY was formed in 1999 with the merger of Sanoma Corporation, Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, WSOY (''Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö; Werner Söderström Corporation'') and Helsinki Media Company. The group reverted to the name Sanoma Corporation in October 2008. Sanoma operates in twelve European countries. Sanoma shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. The company consists of two divisions: * Sanoma Learning: educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland
Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland ry, or Musiikkituottajat for short (; formerly known as Suomen Ääni- ja kuvatallennetuottajat; ÄKT), IFPI Finland in English, is the umbrella organization of recording producers active in Finland, with 23 record labels as its members. Activity The aim of the association is "to improve the cultural-political situation and legal protections of record production, develop the distribution and production of recordings and music videos and participate in governing and overseeing the production rights". Musiikkituottajat is the Finnish representative of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). It is also one of the three member associations of Gramex.Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland ry (2010) Since 1994, Musiikkituottajat has been responsible for composing the official records c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland's Official List
The Official Finnish Charts (; ) are national record charts in Finland compiled and published by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. The name ''Suomen virallinen lista/Finlands officiella lista'' (lit. "the Official Finnish Chart"), which is singular in both Finnish and Swedish, is used generically to refer to both the albums and the singles chart, and the context (albums or songs) reveals which chart is meant. History The first charts were published in 1951. In January 1991, the Yle radio station Radiomafia started to compile the first weekly chart in Finland called ''Radiomafian lista'', which was broadcast on the radio every Sunday. Prior to that, all singles and album charts in Finland had been either monthly or biweekly published sales charts. ''Radiomafian lista'' became the official Finnish charts in January 1994 when they began a partnership with Suomen Ääni- ja kuvatallennetuottajat (ÄKT) (now known as Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland), the umbrella organizati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erin Anttila
Erin Helena Maureen Anttila (; born 2 July 1977), better known as simply Erin, is a Finnish singer who rose to fame with the pop group Nylon Beat. Early life Erin Anttila was born in Helsinki, Finland, and is of Irish and Finnish descent, with an Irish mother and Finnish father. When she was three years old, her family moved to Ireland, where she began primary school. She finished school in Finland when the family returned three years later. Career At seventeen, she formed Nylon Beat with Jonna Kosonen. They became famous after their appearance on ''" Kiitorata"'' (Launch Pad), a television programme presenting new Finnish solo artists and bands. The show was broadcast on MTV3, which was then Finland's most-watched commercial TV channel. Nylon Beat participated in the Finnish Eurovision Song Contest qualifying rounds in 1998 and in 2000. In 2004, Erin and former Nylon Beat guitarist Vesa Anttila, moved to Wicklow in Ireland for a year, and studied music. The couple married o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Finnish Women Singers
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Finnish Pop Singers
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