Kari Tapio

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Kari Tapio (born November 22, 1945 in Suonenjoki , † December 7, 2010 in Espoo ; real name Kari Tapani Jalkanen ) was a Finnish pop singer and for several decades one of the most famous singers in his home country.

Life

In the 1960s, Kari Tapio performed in Pieksämäki, where he later lived, with the local music groups "ER Quartet" and "Jami & the Noisemakers", and in 1966 he began to take singing lessons from Ture Ara .

After his first single "Tuuli kääntyköön" / "Niskavuoren nuorimmainen" (1972), Kari Tapio appeared in Ilkka "Danny" Lipsanen's show, where he initially only watched one snake used in the show. His main job was as a typesetter in a printing company.

In 1976 Kari Tapio finally had his breakthrough with the single "Laula kanssain" ("Sing with me"), followed by "Viisitoista kesää" ("Fifteen Summers") and "Kaipuu" ("Desire"). In the following years there were “Olen Suomalainen” (“I am Finnish”), a cover of the hit L'Italiano by Toto Cutugno , “Myrskyn jälkeen” (“After the storm”), “En pyydä paljon” (“I don't expect much ”) and most recently“ Paalupaikka ”(“ First Place ”) his most successful songs.

In 1999 he received an Emma , the Finnish equivalent of the Grammy, for the first time for best male artist and was also awarded the Honorary Emma in the same year. In 2003 he was awarded the Iskelmä Finlandia Prize. In 2004 he received another Emma for the album Toiset on luotuja kulkemaan for the best album of the year and in 2005 another award for best male artist followed.

Many of Kari Tapio's songs are influenced by country music . He has also written Finnish versions of some of the songs by Johnny Cash , Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson .

Kari Tapio was one of the candidates in the Finnish preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, where he appeared with the song "Valaise yö". However, he only reached second place behind the Teräsbetoni group , which then competed for Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade .

On the evening of December 6, 2010, Tapio took part in the traditional reception in the Presidential Palace on the occasion of the Finnish national holiday. It was not until the evening of December 7th that he went home in a taxi and died of a heart attack at around 6.30 p.m. while driving.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		FI
1996	Myrskyn Jälkeen	FI23 × 2 Double platinum (11 weeks)FI
1997	Meren kuisketta	FI9 platinum (8 weeks)FI
1998	Sinut tulen aina muistamaan	FI7th gold (5 weeks)FI
1999	Valoon päin	FI5 gold (9 weeks)FI
	Kaikki parhaat	FI2 platinum (30 weeks)FI
2000	Bella Capri	FI6 (9 weeks) FI
2001	Konserttilavalla	FI30th gold (3 weeks)FI
	Joulun Tarina	FI21st gold (5 weeks)FI
2002	Kaikkien aikojen parhaat - 40 Klassikkoa	FI17th platinum (14 weeks)FI
2003	Juna kulkee	FI4th platinum (15 weeks)FI
2004	Toiset on luotuja kulkemaan	FI5 platinum (11 weeks)FI
2005	Paalupaikka	FI5 platinum (9 weeks)FI
2006	Lauluja rakkaudesta	FI13 (10 weeks) FI
2007	Kuin taivaisiin	FI1 platinum (21 weeks)FI
2008	Kaksi maailmaa	FI2 gold (12 weeks)FI
	Kaikkien aikojen parhaat vol. 2	FI6th gold (26 weeks)FI
2009	Viimeiseen pisaraan	FI3 (10 weeks) FI
2010	Vieras paratiisissa	FI1 (24 weeks) FI
	Sinivalkoinen äani	FI26 (2 weeks) FI
2011	Laulaja 1945-2010	FI1 × 2 Double platinum (53 weeks)FI
	Valaise yö - Lauluja elämää suuremmasta	FI17 (13 weeks) FI
	Olen suomalainen - 44 Huippuhetkeä 1972–1992	FI13 (8 weeks) FI
2013	Sinivalkoinen äani	FI27 (7 weeks) FI
	Sinivalkoinen ääni - Muistokonserttipainos	FI47 (1 week) FI
2015	Sydämeni lyö	FI3 (15 weeks) FI

More albums

• Aikapommi (1974) (with Erkki Liikanen)
• Nostalgiaa (1976)
• Klabbi (1976)
• Kaipuu (1977)
• Kari Tapio (1979)
• Jää vierellein (1981)
• Olen suomalainen (1983, FI:gold)
• Ovi elämään (1984)
• Osa Minusta (1986)
• Elämän viulut (1987)
• Tää kaipuu (1988)
• Aikaan Taysikuun (1990)
• Yön Tuuli Vain (1992)
• Sinitaikaa (1993, FI:gold)
• Laulaja (1994, FI:gold)
• Joulun tarina (2001)

Compilations

• 28 suosituinta levytystä (1987)
• Toivotut (1992)
• Viisitoista kesää (1995)
• 20 suosikkia - Olen suomalainen (1995)
• 20 suosikkia - Luoksesi Tukholmaan (1997, FI:gold)
• Parhaat (1997, FI:platinum)
• 20 suosikkia - Kulkurin kyyneleet (2001)
• 20 suosikkia - Sanoit liian paljon (2001)
• Nostalgia (2005)
• Lauluja rakkaudesta (2006)

literature

• Vexi Salmi : Kari Tapio, olen suomalainen . WSOY, 2002, ISBN 978-951-031597-2 .

swell

1. ↑ Kari Tapio kuoli ( Finnish ) In: Iltalehti.fi . Kustannusosakeyhtiö Iltalehti. December 7, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
2. ↑ Emma-palkintoja 1999 ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2008 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. 
3. ↑ YLE : Iskelmä-Finlandia Kakkosella
4. ↑ Emma-palkintoja 2004 ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2008 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. 
5. ↑ Emma-palkintoja 2005 ( Memento of the original from July 8, 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. 
6. ^ Ilta-Sanomat: Kari Tapio on kuollut
7. ↑ Helsingin Sanomat: Kari Tapio on kuollut
8. ^ Chart discography Finland
9. ↑ Awards for Music Sales FI

Web links

Commons : Kari Tapio  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Kari Tapio in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Discography at yle.fi