Tanel Padar

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Tanel Padar in 2006

Tanel Padar (* 27. October 1980 in Haljala , Estonian SSR ) is an Estonian singer and band member of The Sun . Together with this he is currently one of the most popular musicians of the pop genre in Estonia. In Germany, he could not achieve great fame.

Career

Chart positions
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Singles
Everybody (with Dave Benton & 2XL )
  DE 99 06/18/2001 (1 week)

With his victory in 1999 at the talent show Kaks takti ette , he made the leap into public attention. In 2001 he won the Estonian preliminary round for Estonia together with Dave Benton and the band 2XL and then the Eurovision Song Contest . In 2003 Padar founded the band The Sun , with which he became very popular. At the Estonian Music Prize 2006 Tanel Padar won 5 out of 15 possible prizes with The Sun , including the prize for the best album and the prize for the best band.

Private life

Tanel Padar played the clarinet and saxophone as a child and sang in church, children's and boys' choirs. He also danced in a folk dance group. Tanel Padar was married to the former model Katarina Kalda from 2003 to 2007 .

His sister Gerli is also a successful singer in Estonia, she entered the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest for Estonia.

Web links

Commons : Tanel Padar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE
personal data
SURNAME Padar, Tanel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian singer and band member of The Sun
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Haljala , Estonian SSR