Ari Koivunen
Ari Mikael Koivunen (born June 7, 1984 in Kouvola ) is a Finnish singer who won the third season of Idols , a Finnish version of the talent show Pop Idol , in 2007 . Koivunen has been the singer of the Finnish metal band Amoral since 2008 .
Career
Ari Koivunen, also known in Finland as "Iso A" (capital A), grew up in Lahti , where he worked as a waiter, DJ and karaoke organizer in a bar after graduating from school . Before Idols , he had competed in other singing competitions. He won the Finnish Karaoke Championships in 2005 and came third at the Karaoke World Championships in the same year after Iyad Sfeir (Lebanon) and Danny Cummins (Ireland).
He secured his place in the final shows of Idols with the presentation of Billy Joel's Piano Man , which earned 86% of the audience's votes. From then on, he was particularly noticeable for the fact that he concentrated on songs from the metal and hard rock areas. This earned him some criticism from the jury during the final broadcasts. Nevertheless, he made it to the last final show, which took place on April 6, 2007 in Helsingin Jäähalli . On this show he presented Full Moon by Sonata Arctica , a song that he had already sung in the first preliminary round, then the Soundgarden hit Black Hole Sun selected by the jury and finally Still Loving You by the Scorpions . With this selection of songs he was able to prevail against Anna Abreu with 57% of the audience votes . He then performed the song On the Top of the World , composed especially for the show winner .
His win at Idols earned him € 30,000 and a record deal with Sony BMG . Nino Laurenne ( Thunderstone guitarist) and Pasi Heikkilä ( 45 Degree Woman bassist) produced his first album, to which some well-known Finnish metal musicians also contributed songs. a. Marco Hietala ( Our Beast ), Timo Tolkki ( Angels Are Calling ), Tony Kakko ( Losing My Insanity ) and Teräsbetoni singer Jarkko Ahola ( Stay True ). Hear My Call , which was released as the first single on May 11, 2007, was written by the two producers and the track Fuel for the Fire , which gave the album its name , was written by Janne Joutsenniemi (ex- Stone , Suburban Tribe ). On May 21, 2007 the album was released for download sales and was finally officially released on May 30, 2007. The album entered the Finnish album charts at number 1 during its first week on the market, a position it was able to maintain for twelve weeks. On June 7th - a week after its release - it had already reached platinum status with over 40,000 copies sold , followed by the second platinum record in October of the same year for 69,149 albums sold at that time. After 22 weeks, the album was no longer in the top 40 of the Finnish album charts at the beginning of November, but after the release of a special edition with live DVD on November 22nd, it returned several times in the following weeks, most recently at the end of January 2008 6th
Ari Koivunen was named Best Newcomer at the Finnish Metal Awards on February 15, 2008. At the Emma Awards he was nominated in the categories of “Best Male Artist”, “Best Debut Album” and for the Audience Award “Best Finnish Artist”, but did not receive any of the awards.
At the beginning of March 2008, Ari Koivunen began working with Nino Laurenne on his second album, Becoming , which was released on June 11th and entered the Finnish album charts at number one that same week. After a week it reached gold status with 15,000 units sold. The song Give Me a Reason , which was released as a single shortly before and which was written by Laurenne, made it to number three in the single charts.
On November 25th, 2008 it was announced that Koivunen is the new singer of the metal band Amoral . in May 2009, the band's first album Show Your Colors was released in collaboration with Koivunen. In 2011 the band released the second album "Beneath" and in 2014 the third "Fallen Leaves & Dead Sparrows" with Ari. The last album "In Sequence" with Amoral and Ari Koivunen was released in 2016. Then the band decided to split up after a last tour in 2016/2017.
tape
Ari Koivunen
- Ari Koivunen (vocals; since 2007)
- Erkka Korhonen (guitar; since 2007)
- Erkki Silvennoinen (bass; since 2007)
- Vili Ollila (keyboards; since 2007)
Koivunen is supported during his performances by a live band, which consists of the following people. The musicians were also involved in the composition and recording of the second album, Becoming .
- Ari Koivunen (vocals; since 2008)
- Ben Varon (guitar)
- Masi Hukari (guitar)
- Pekka Johansson (bass)
- Juhana Karlsson (drums)
- Niko Kalliojärvi (vocals & guitar; until 2008, since 2015)
Discography
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Albums
- 2007: Ari Koivunen Fuel for the Fire (Sony BMG)
- 2008: Ari Koivunen Becoming (Sony BMG)
- 2009: Amoral Show Your Colors (Spinefarm)
- 2011: Amoral Beneath (Imperial Cassette)
- 2014: Amoral Fallen Leaves & Dead Sparrows (Imperial Cassette)
- 2016: Amoral In Sequence
Singles
- 2007: Single of the Idols Winner - On the Top of the World (Sony BMG)
- 2007: Fuel for the Fire- Hear My Call (Sony BMG)
- 2007: Fuel for the Fire - Fuel for the Fire (Sony BMG)
- 2007: Fuel for the Fire - Angels Are Calling (Sony BMG, acoustic version)
- 2008: Becoming - Give Me a Reason (Sony BMG)
- 2008: Becoming - Tears Keep Falling (Sony BMG)
- 2009: Show Your Colors - Year Of The Suckerpunch (Spinefarm)
- 2009: Show Your Colors - Gave Up Easy (Spinefarm)
- 2011: Beneath - Same Difference (Imperial Cassette)
- 2011: Beneath - Silhouette (Imperial Cassette)
- 2013: Raskasta Joulua - Tulkoon joulu (Spinefarm)
- 2013: Fallen Leaves & Dead Sparrows - If Not Here, Where? (Imperial Cassette)
- 2014: Fallen Leaves & Dead Sparrows - No Familiar Faces (Imperial Cassette)
Idols appearances
| Preliminary rounds | song | Original interpreter |
| 1st preliminary round | Full moon | Sonata Arctica |
| Silta yli synkän virran | Kirka | |
| 2nd preliminary round | Pop musiikkia | Nelja Baritonia |
| Bed of Roses | Bon Jovi | |
| Another day in paradise | Phil Collins | |
| Semifinals | Piano Man | Billy Joel |
| Final shows | date | song | Original interpreter |
| 1st final show | March 1, 2007 | Perfect Strangers | Deep Purple |
| 2nd final show | March 8, 2007 | The Evil That Men Do | Iron Maiden |
| 3rd final show | March 15, 2007 | Here I Go Again | Whitesnake |
| 4th final show | March 22, 2007 | Rock and roll | Led Zeppelin |
| Hunting high and low | Stratovarius | ||
| 5th final show | March 29, 2007 | You break my heart | Broadcast |
| Sielut iskee tulta | Kilpi | ||
| 6th final show | April 6, 2007 | Full moon | Sonata Arctica |
| Black Hole Sun | Soundgarden | ||
| Still loving you | Scorpions | ||
| On the top of the world | Idols 2007 |
literature
- Pauliina Tuomola: Ari Koivunen: karaokebaareista hevilavoille . WSOY, 2007, ISBN 951-0-33528-2 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Ari Koivunen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ari Koivunen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ari Koivunen on MySpace
- Amoral Official
- Amoral Youtube Official
- Interview with Amoral April 9, 2014
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- ↑ KWC 2005 Results ( Memento of the original dated May 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Idols: Hevillä ei hävitä
- ↑ Idols: Ari on Idols-voittaja 2007
- ↑ yle.fi: Chart data ( memento of the original from October 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Blabbermouth.net: Finnish Heavy Metal 'Idol' ARI KOIVUNEN Receives Platinum Award For 'Fuel For The Fire' - July 4, 2007 ( Memento of the original from October 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and still Not checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ arikoivunen.fi: Ari Koivunen ylivoimaisesti listaykköseksi! , 07/06/2007 ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Ari Koivunen in the Finnish hit parade
- ↑ Blabbermouth: NIGHTWISH, MOKOMA, ARI KOIVUNEN Honored At FINNISH METAL AWARDS - Feb. 16, 2008 ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed March 9, 2008)
- ↑ yle.fi: The Winners ( Memento from December 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Finnish, accessed March 9, 2008)
- ↑ Blabbermouth: ARI KOIVUNEN Begins Recording Sophomore Album - Mar. 4, 2008 ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed March 9, 2008)
- ↑ November 25, 2008 - Ari Koivunen joins Amoral ( Memento of the original from August 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: FI
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Koivunen, Ari |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Koivunen, Ari Mikael (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish rock singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kouvola |