Robin Packalen

Robin in May 2014

Robin Packalen (born August 24, 1998 in Turku ), formerly known only as Robin , is a Finnish pop singer.

biography

Robin at 13 years old (2012)

At the age of ten, Packalen won the Finnish Staraskaba competition organized by Stara magazine. The following year he took part in the New Wave Song Contest in Moscow, which took place in front of a large television audience. Universal Music signed the up-and- coming singer and in the following years Robin published several videos on his YouTube channel, some of which reached six-figure hits. In 2011 the album Koodi was recorded with Finnish-language songs. The song Frontside Ollie was released in advance and was viewed about 3.5 million times on YouTube by the end of January 2012. It entered the Finnish charts at number 5 and reached number 1 in the second week . The song held the top position for a total of four weeks. The song went gold and the album, although not listed on the charts, sold more than 100,000 copies over time and went three times platinum.

This was followed in September by Puuttuva palanen , a single with rapper Brädi , who had just had a number one hit himself. Shortly afterwards, Robin's second album Chillaa was released. It rose to number 1 on the album charts and reached triple platinum status.

In 2013, Robin returned with the single Boom kah , which he recorded with rappers Mikael Gabriel and Uniikki . It was the pre-release for the album of the same name, which entered the Finnish charts at number two in October. In the same month he released the song Erilaiset , which was the official song for the Finnish Red Nose Day . When this became his second number one hit, the album also rose to the top of the chart and stayed there for seven weeks with interruptions. It was also awarded double platinum. When a remix album by Boom Kah called Boombox was released in March 2014 , it also reached number 1.

Robin's fourth studio album in four years was called 16, referring to his age . In autumn 2014 he was number 1 on the album charts for the fourth time and with the single Kesärenkaat he had his third number one hit, two more album songs reached the top 10.

In spring 2015 he had a number 3 hit with Kipinän hetki together with the rapper Elastinen . His next album Yhdessä in the autumn of the same year consisted almost exclusively of collaborations, with two songs even having other musicians named as the main interpreter. Despite two other top 10 singles, the album initially missed number 1. It was not until six months later, when a super deluxe version with a concert DVD and a new song was released, that Robin got his fifth number one. Album.

In 2017 Robin took part in Vain elämää , the Finnish version of Sing my song . He hit the charts with four cover versions: Rakkaus on lumivalkoinen by Olli Lindholm , Kymmenen kirosanaa by Irina Saari , Hollywood Hills by Sunrise Avenue and En mielestäin sua saa by Laura Voutilainen .

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		FI
2012	Koodi	FI- × 3 Triple platinum FI	First published: February 22nd, 2012 Sales: + 110,000
	Chillaa	FI1 × 3 Triple platinum (30 weeks)FI	First published: October 5, 2012 Sales: + 70,000
2013	Boom Kah	FI1 × 3 Triple platinum (34 weeks)FI	First published: October 4, 2013
2014	16	FI1 × 2 Double platinum (36 weeks)FI	First published: September 22, 2014
2015	Yhdessä	FI1 platinum (76 weeks)FI	First published: October 9, 2015 in the super deluxe version in 2016 in first place

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		FI
2015	16 - Stadium Deluxe	FI7 (19 weeks) FI	First published: March 20, 2015 Live version from 16

Remix albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		FI
2014	Boombox	FI1 (19 weeks) FI	First published: March 11, 2014 Remixed version of Boom Kah

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		FI
2017	Me tehtiin taä - 2012-2017	FI3 (45 weeks) FI	First published: October 27, 2017

Singles

As a solo artist

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		FI
2012	Frontside Ollie Koodi	FI1 gold (13 weeks)FI	First published: January 16, 2012
	Puuttuva palanen chillaa	FI4 (10 weeks) FI	First published: September 12, 2012 feat. Brädi
2013	Boom Kah Boom Kah	FI4 (10 weeks) FI	First published: August 30, 2013 feat. Mikael Gabriel & Uniikki
	Erilaiset Boom Kah	FI1 (7 weeks) FI	First published: October 16, 2013
2014	Kesärenkaat 16	FI1 (10 weeks) FI	First published: June 1, 2014
	Parasta just nyt 16	FI7 (5 weeks) FI	First published: August 12, 2014 feat. Nikke Ankara
	Kuvitellaan 16	FI18 (1 week) FI
2015	Sua varten 16	FI9 (1 week) FI	First published: February 14, 2015
	Kipinan hetki	FI3 (9 weeks) FI	First published: April 17th, 2015 feat. Elastins
	Yö kuuluu meille Yhdessä	FI9 (3 weeks) FI	First release: September 4th, 2015 feat. Santa Cruz, Nikke Ankara, Brädi & ​​Jussi 69
	Milloin nah sut uudestaan? Yhdessä	FI4 (2 weeks) FI	First release: October 5th, 2015 feat. Kasmir
2016	Miten eskimot suutelee? Yhdessä	FI14 (3 weeks) FI	First published: January 29, 2016 feat. Sanni
	Jotain aitoo	FI16 (1 week) FI	First published: November 4, 2016
2017	Hula hula	FI5 (17 weeks) FI	First published: March 23, 2017 feat. Nelli Matula
	Rakkaus on lumivalkoinen Vain Elämää - Kausi 6	FI3 (6 weeks) FI	First published: April 21, 2017 Original: Olli Lindholm
	Kymmenen kirosanaa Vain Elämää - Kausi 6	FI3 (6 weeks) FI	First published: May 11, 2017 Original: Irina Saari
	Hollywood Hills Vain Elämää - Kausi 6	FI18 (1 week) FI	First published: May 26, 2017 Original: Sunrise Avenue
	En mielestäin sua saa Vain Elämää - Kausi 6	FI20 (1 week) FI	First published: June 1, 2017 Original: Laura Voutilainen
	Me tehtiin taä Me tehtiin taä - 2012–2017	FI1 (9 weeks) FI	First published: August 23, 2017
2019	I'll be with you	FI3 (2 weeks) FI	First published: February 22nd, 2012 with Kovee & Joznez
2020	Benefits	FI15 (1 week) FI	First published: June 12, 2020

More singles

• 2012: Faija skitsoo
• 2012: Hiljainen tyttö
• 2012: Luupilla mun korvissa
• 2013: Haluan sun palaavan
• 2014: Onnelines
• 2014: Tilttaamaan
• 2014: Paperilennokki
• 2016: Salamatie ( feat.Softengine )
• 2017: Lentoon (Remix) ( feat.Tommy Lindgren)
• 2019: Suit That

As a guest musician

• 2015: Vahva (Elastinen feat. Robin)
• 2016: AAAA (Elastinen feat. Robin)

swell

1. ↑ Artist profile on rateyourmusic.com (accessed on February 29, 2012)
2. ↑ Kymmenvuotias Robin Packalen Staraskaban voittajaksi ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2013 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. , Stara, October 29, 2008 
3. ↑ Kuka ihmeen Robin? Hän on teini-idoli suomalaisen nettihitin taustalla , Stara, January 17, 2012
4. ↑ Frontside Ollie (video) , YouTube, accessed January 29, 2012
5. ↑ Nenäpäivä-kampanja käynnistyi Näyttävästi , Ylex, October 16, 2013
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart discography Finland
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Gold / platinum awards in Finland
8. ↑ Puuttuva palanen (Robin feat. Brädi) in the Finnish charts
9. ↑ Boom kah (Robin feat. Mikael Gabriel & Uniikki) in the Finnish charts
10. ↑ Parasta just nyt (Robin feat. Nikke Ankara) in the Finnish charts
11. ↑ Yö kuuluu meille (Robin feat. Santa Cruz, Nikke Ankara, Brädi & ​​Jussi 69) in the Finnish charts
12. ↑ Milloin Nään sut uudestaan? (Robin feat. Kasmir) in the Finnish charts
13. ↑ ^{a b} Miten eskimot suutelee? (Robin feat. Sanni) in the Finnish charts

Web links

Commons : Robin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• official homepage