Alma (Finnish singer)
Alma-Sofia Miettinen (born January 17, 1996 in Kuopio ) is a Finnish musician , singer and songwriter from the electro-pop genre .
Life
She achieved her first notoriety in music through the Finnish offshoot of Pop Idol , and in 2013 she took fifth place. After the show she acted as a backing singer for the Finnish rapper Sini Sabotage. Alma signed her first recording deal with Universal Music in March 2016, and her first single, Karma , was released in June . With Felix Jaehn , she produced the song Bonfire in 2016 , which reached number three in the German charts for five weeks. The song was composed by Joe Walter, member of the German band Jennifer Rostock . On October 28, 2016, she released the Dye My Hair EP with two new songs. Her third single, Chasing Highs , was released on March 24th . Dye My Hair and Chasing Highs were both awarded gold in Germany with over 200,000 units sold, while Chasing Highs was also awarded gold in Great Britain . In June 2017 the single All Stars was released , which the DJ Martin Solveig recorded with her. Together with French Montana she recorded her single Phases , released in 2017 . The British singer Charli XCX recorded the song Out of My Head with her and the Swedish singer Tove Lo , which was released as a single from XCX's mixtape Pop2 .
On March 2nd, 2018 the mixtape Heavy Rules Mixtape was released with a total of six songs. Alma has sought support from the Danish singer-songwriter MØ ( Dance For Me ), the Swedish singer-songwriter Tove Styrke ( Good Vibes ) and Kiiara ( Chit Chat ), a singer and songwriter from the USA. Alma announced on March 3, 2018 that she would tour Europe and the United States. The tour kicked off April 23 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She made a guest contribution to a remix of Tove Los Song Bitches , which she recorded alongside Lo and Charli XCX with Icona Pop and Elliphant .
In 2019 her first studio album Have You Seen Her? released, previously the singles Cowboy and When I Die were released. She will also go on tour again in 2019 and come to Germany with it.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
|
 AT
|
 CH
|
 UK
|
 FI
|
|||
| 2020 | Have U Seen Her? PME |
- | - | - | - |
FI1 (... week) FI |
First published: May 15, 2020
|
Mix tapes
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
DE
|
AT
|
CH
|
UK
|
FI
|
|||
| 2018 | Heavy Rules Mixtape PME |
- | - | - | - |
FI9 (5 weeks) FI |
First published: March 2nd, 2018
|
EPs
| year | Title music label |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Dye My Hair PME • Polydor |
First published: October 28, 2016 |
| 2019 | Have U Seen Her? (Part 1) PME • Polydor |
First published: November 1st, 2019 |
| 2020 | Have U Seen Her? (Part 2) PME • Polydor |
First published: March 13, 2020 |
Singles
Singles as a lead singer
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
DE
|
AT
|
CH
|
UK
|
FI
|
|||
| 2016 | Karma Dye My Hair |
- | - | - | - |
FI5 (11 weeks) FI |
First published: June 3, 2016
|
| Dye My Hair Dye My Hair |
DE25th  (17 weeks)DE |
AT26 (10 weeks) AT |
- | - |
FI8 (5 weeks) FI |
First published: October 28, 2016
Sales: + 245,000 |
|
| 2017 | Chasing Highs single track |
DE17th (21 weeks)DE |
AT22 (17 weeks) AT |
CH43 (15 weeks) CH |
UK18th  (18 weeks)UK |
FI10 (5 weeks) FI |
First published: March 23, 2017
Sales: + 800,000 |
| Phases single track |
- | - |
CH97 (1 week) CH |
UK88 (3 weeks) UK |
FI14 (2 weeks) FI |
First published: September 22, 2017
with French Montana |
|
| 2018 | Cowboy single track |
- | - | - | - |
FI9 (2 weeks) FI |
First published: October 10, 2018
|
| 2019 | When I die single track |
- | - | - | - |
FI20 (1 week) FI |
First published: February 1, 2019
|
Singles as a guest musician
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
DE
|
AT
|
CH
|
UK
|
FI
|
||||
| 2016 |
Bonfire I |
DE3 (29 weeks)DE |
AT9 (23 weeks)AT |
CH39 (19 weeks) CH |
- |
FI14 (7 weeks) FI |
First publication: July 15, 2016
Felix Jaehn feat. Alma; Sales: + 415,000 |
|
| 2017 | All Stars single track |
DE33 (19 weeks)DE |
AT24 (15 weeks) AT |
CH94 (8 weeks) CH |
UK83 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 16, 2017
Martin Solveig feat. Alma; Sales: + 390,000 |
|
| Number one singles | DE-DE | AT-AT | CH-CH | UK-UK | FI-FI | |||
| Top 10 singles | DE1DE | AT1AT | CH-CH | UK-UK | FI4thFI | |||
| Singles in the charts | DE4thDE | AT4thAT | CH4thCH | UK3UK | FI7thFI | |||
more publishments
| year | Title album |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Muuta ku mä Lue mun huulilta |
First published: November 20, 2015 Sini Sabotage feat. Alma |
| 2017 | Don't You Feel It single track |
First published: May 11, 2017 Sub Focus feat. Alma |
| Out of My Head Pop 2 |
First published: December 8th, 2017 Charli XCX feat. Tove Lo & Alma |
|
| 2018 | Good Vibes Heavy Rules Mixtape |
First published: March 2nd, 2018 feat. Tove Styrke |
| Sanctify (Remix) Sanctify - Remixes |
First published: May 4th, 2018 Years & Years feat. Alma |
|
| Bitches Blue Lips |
First published: June 7, 2018 Tove Lo feat. Charli XCX, Icona Pop , Elliphant & Alma |
|
| Black Car (Acoustic) single track |
First published: June 15, 2018 Miriam Bryant feat. Alma |
|
| In Us I Believe What Is Love? |
First published: November 29, 2018 Clean Bandit feat. Alma |
|
| 2019 | Summer single track |
First published: February 15, 2019 |
| Starlight Moominvalley (OST) |
First published: February 15, 2019 | |
| Lonely Night single track |
First published: June 21, 2019 | |
| Bad as the Boys Sunshine Kitty |
First published: August 2, 2019 Tove Lo feat. Alma |
|
| How It's Done Charlie’s Angels (OST) |
First published: October 11, 2019 with Kash Doll, Kim Petras & Stefflon Don |
|
| Have U Seen Her? Have U Seen Her? |
First published: November 1st, 2019 | |
| Worst Behavior Have U Seen Her? |
First published: November 1st, 2019 with Tove Lo |
|
| Bad News Baby Have U Seen Her? |
First published: November 22, 2019 | |
| 2020 | Stay All Night Have U Seen Her? |
First published: March 13, 2020 |
| LA Money Have U Seen Her? |
First published: May 15, 2020 |
Awards for music sales
|
|
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |
 silver |
gold |
platinum
|
Sales | swell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
|||||
 Australia (ARIA)
|
- |
2 × gold2
|
platinum1
|
140,000 | aria.com.au |
 Belgium (BEA)
|
- |
gold1
|
- | 15,000 | ultratop.be |
 Brazil (PMB)
|
- | - |
platinum1
|
40,000 | pro-musicabr.org.br |
 Denmark (IFPI)
|
- |
gold1
|
- | 45,000 | ifpi.dk |
|
Germany (BVMI)
|
- |
3 × gold3
|
platinum1
|
1,000,000 | musikindustrie.de |
 France (SNEP)
|
- | - |
platinum1
|
150,000 | snepmusique.com |
 Italy (FIMI)
|
- |
gold1
|
- | 25,000 | fimi.it |
 Canada (MC)
|
- |
gold1
|
- | 40,000 | musiccanada.com |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
|
- |
gold1
|
- | 15,000 | nztop40.co.nz |
|
Austria (IFPI)
|
- |
gold1
|
- | 15,000 | ifpi.at |
 Poland (ZPAV)
|
- | - |
2 × platinum2
|
40,000 | bestsellery.zpav.pl |
|
United Kingdom (BPI)
|
2 × silver2
|
- |
platinum1
|
1,000,000 | bpi.co.uk |
| All in all |
2 × silver2
|
11 × gold11
|
7 × platinum7th
|
||
Individual evidence
- ↑ Koivu, Viivi. Artistilupaus Alma erottuu tyylillään ja rohkeudellaan: Aina kun olen ulkomailla, jengi on innoissaan In: gloria.fi, accessed on October 15, 2016. (Finnish)
- ↑ Idols-Alma solmi kansainvälisen levytyssopimuksen In: MTV.fi, accessed on October 15, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alma |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Miettinen, Alma-Sofia (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish pop singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1996 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kuopio , Finland |