Laura Voutilainen

Laura Voutilainen (2008)

Laura Voutilainen (born May 17, 1975 in Jyväskylä ) is a Finnish pop singer who took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 .

Career

Laura Voutilainen released her debut single in 1993 with the title Muuttanut oot maailmain ("I changed the world"). Her breakthrough came in 1994 with the song Kerran . In 1994 as well as 1996 she received the Emma Award , the most important Finnish music prize, as "Singer of the Year" .

In 2002 she took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in Tallinn after winning the Finnish preliminary round in Tampere . With her song Addicted to You she came in 20th place out of 24 participants. In 2007 she was again represented with two songs in the Finnish preliminary round, but did not make the leap into the international competition with Take a Chance or with Kosketa mua performed in the local language .

Nevertheless, Voutilainen is still one of the most successful singers in her country. In the past 20 years, seven of their albums reached the top 10 of the charts. The most successful was her self-titled debut from 1994, which was awarded double platinum. With over 100,000 units sold, it is one of the 50 most successful albums of all time in Finland.

In 2016 and 2017, Voutilainen hit the Finnish singles charts for the first time since her Eurovision contribution. Both Miks ei and Mä en kestä reached the top 10. The first-mentioned song was covered in June 2017 by Nikke Ankara on Vain elämää , the Finnish edition of Sing mein Song , and its version came in at number 10 while she was participating the show released the album Miks ei , with which Voutilainen took third place in the album charts for the third time.

Discography

Laura Voutilainen at DBTL Festival, Turku , July 28th 2018

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		FI
1994	Laura Voutilainen	FI6th × 2 Double platinum (34 weeks)FI
1996	Kaksi karttaa	FI3 platinum (11 weeks)FI
1998	Etelän yössä	FI4th gold (8 weeks)FI
2001	Puolet sun auringosta	FI14 (8 weeks) FI
2003	Päiväkirja	FI24 (1 week) FI
2005	Tässä hetkessä	FI23 (2 weeks) FI
2006	Lauran päiväkirja	FI12 (9 weeks) FI
2007	Kosketa mua	FI6th gold (23 weeks)FI
2008	Palaa	FI3 (9 weeks) FI
2009	Sydänjää	FI13 (6 weeks) FI
2010	Suurimmat hitit	FI9 gold (7 weeks)FI
2011	Himeitä	FI20 (5 weeks) FI
2013	Coconains	FI23 (6 weeks) FI
2017	Miks egg	FI3 (22 weeks) FI
2019	Minun tähteni	FI6 (3 weeks) FI	with higher ground vocals

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		FI
2002	Addicted to you	FI11 (4 weeks) FI	20th place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002
2016	Miks egg	FI10 (5 weeks) FI
2017	Mä en kestä	FI6 (9 weeks) FI

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1. ↑ http://www.emmagaala.fi/fi/arkistovuosi/1994
2. ↑ http://www.emmagaala.fi/fi/arkistovuosi/1996
3. ↑ https://www.ifpi.fi/tutkimukset-ja-tilastot/kaikkien-aikojen-myydyimmat/
4. ↑ ^{a b} Laura Voutilainen in the Finnish charts (from 1995)
5. ↑ Laura Voutilainen : Gold / Platinum Awards

Web links

Commons : Laura Voutilainen  - collection of images

• Official website
• Laura Voutilainen at Discogs (English)
• Laura Voutilainen in the Internet Movie Database (English)