Jari Sillanpää

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

Jari Veikko 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][2][3][4][5]

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][4]

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
Compilation albums
Singles

See also

References

  1. "Jari Sillanpää" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  2. 1 2 "Kaikkien aikojen myydyimmät kotimaiset albumit" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  3. "Kaikkien aikojen myydyimmät kotimaiset singlet" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  4. 1 2 "Kaikkien aikojen myydyimmät ulkomaiset albumit" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  5. "Kaikkien aikojen myydyimmät ulkomaiset singlet" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  6. "Tangokuninkaalliset". Seinäjoen Tangomarkkinat Oy. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  7. "Emma-palkinnon voittajat". Musiikkituottajat ry. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  8. "Jari Sillanpää: Moni sai homoudelleen hyväksynnän kauttani". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 2009-09-02. Retrieved 2013-08-12.

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Preceded by
Laura
with Addicted to You
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
2004
Succeeded by
Geir Rönning
with Why?
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