Jari Sillanpää

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Jari Sillanpää
Jari Sillanpää Vihreät Niityt Iskelmätapahtumassa.jpg
Background information
Born (1965-08-16) 16 August 1965 (age 59)
Ludvika, Sweden
Genres Schlager
Instruments Singing
Years active 1995–present
Labels MTV-Musiikki, Bridgehead, Suomen Mediamusiikki, Veijari-tuotanto
Website jarisillanpaa.com

Jari Sillanpää (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈjɑri ˈsilːɑnpæː]; born 16 August 1965) is a Sweden-Finnish singer. With over 820,000 records sold, he is the fifth-best-selling music artist and second-best-selling solo artist in Finland.[1]:{{{3}}}[2]:{{{3}}}[3]:{{{3}}}[4]:{{{3}}}[5]:{{{3}}}

Career

Sillanpää gained fame after winning the Seinäjoki Tangomarkkinat tango contest in 1995.[6]

Sillanpää's 1995 debut album Jari Sillanpää is the best-selling album of all time in Finland, with over 270,000 copies sold.[2]:{{{3}}}[4]:{{{3}}}

In 1998, Sillanpää was awarded the Male Soloist of the Year Emma award.[7]

Sillanpää represented Finland in Eurovision Song Contest 2004 and his song "Takes 2 to Tango" (which he wrote the lyrics for) received 51 points in the semi-final, taking the 14th place and not qualifying for the final. Sillanpää participated in the Finnish National Final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Kirkas kipinä", making it to the final show, but finishing out of the final three. Since 2006 Sillanpää has publicly identified himself as homosexual.[8]

Discography

Albums
  • Jari Sillanpää (1996)
  • Hyvää joulua (1996) – Christmas album
  • Auringonnousu (1997)
  • Varastetut helmet (1998)
  • Onnenetsijä (1999)
  • Maa on niin kaunis (2000) – Christmas album
  • Hän kertoo sen sävelin (2001)
  • Määränpää tuntematon (2003)
  • Albumi (2008)
  • Al Ritmo Latino (2008)
  • Kuin elokuvissa (2009)
  • Millainen laulu jää (2011)
  • Rakkaudella merkitty mies (2014)
Compilation albums
  • Kuninkaan kyyneleet (2000)
  • Parhaat (2005)
  • Kaikkien aikojen parhaat (2013)
Singles
  • "Bum bum bum" (1997)
  • "Valkeaa unelmaa" (1998)
  • "Lauluni" (1999)
  • "Kuuleeko Eero?" (1999)
  • "Lumilinna" (1999)
  • "Sininen & punainen" (2001)
  • "Takes 2 to Tango" (2004)
  • "Vierellesi kaipaan" (with Katri Helena) (2007)
  • "Liekeissä" (2012)

See also

References

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External links

Preceded by Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
2004
Succeeded by
Geir Rönning
with Why?

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