(born 16 September 1984) is a Finnish singer-songwriter.
Career
Wiskari was born in
Espoo
Espoo (, ; ) is a city in Finland. It is located to the west of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. Espoo is part of the Helsi ...
. Before his full-time musical career, Wiskari worked at the Finnish hardware store RTV. His was released in June 2011 by
Warner Music Finland
Warner Music Group (WMG) owns, has a joint share, or is associated with the record labels listed here.
Flagship labels
*Atlantic Records
*Elektra Records
*Parlophone Records
*Warner Records
Atlantic Music Group
* 1st & 15th Entertainment
* A ...
. The album was certified Platinum (20,000 copies) and reached the top of the Finnish
album chart.
His second album, ''Tappavan hiljainen rivarinpätkä'', was released in April 2013, and it reached number seven on the album chart.
Wiskari's third album, ''Sirpaleet'', was released in November 2014. It peaked at number six on the album chart. Its second single, "Sirpa", was criticized by a reviewer from the ''Rumba'' magazine, who claimed it was "plagiarizing" the Finnish band
Leevi and the Leavings
Leevi and the Leavings was a Finnish pop rock band, active from 1978 to 2003.
The band consisted of Gösta Sundqvist, Risto Paananen, Juha Karastie and Niklas Nylund. Sundqvist was the leader of the band, he composed and wrote all the band' ...
. However, this was meant more as a figure of speech rather than an accusation of actual
plagiarism
Plagiarism is the representation of another person's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own original work.From the 1995 ''Random House Dictionary of the English Language, Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary'': use or close ...
.
In November 2016, Wiskari released his fourth album titled ''IV''. The album peaked at number fourteen on its debut week.
In November 2018, Wiskari released the single "Suomen muotoisen pilven alla". The song peaked at number four on the singles chart and became the most played radio track of 2019 in Finland.
In April 2020, Wiskari released "Tässäkö tää oli?", a single featuring , which was formed by surviving members of the former Leevi and the Leavings. The song debuted at number six.
Wiskari has also appeared on several Finnish television programs, including ''The Voice Kids'', ''Tähdet, tähdet'', and ''
Vain elämää
is the Finnish version of '' The Best Singers'' series broadcast on Finnish Nelonen commercial television channel fashioned on the successful Dutch series ''De beste zangers van Nederland''. Each day, one artist would be chosen, and the remaini ...
''.
Discography
Albums
Singles
Filmography
References
External links
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1984 births
Living people
21st-century Finnish male singers
Finnish male film actors
Finnish male singer-songwriters
Finnish male voice actors
Finnish singer-songwriters
Musicians from Espoo