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'' in 2009. Her third album, ''

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, Jippu,

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and

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. During her career, Chisu has sold over 230,000

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records, which places her among the top 80 best-selling artists in Finland. In November 2012, Chisu was connected to a copyright controversy in Finland when a nine-year-old girl's home was raided by the police and had her laptop confiscated due to allegedly downloading Chisu songs. The controversy was named as Chisugate by media. It has been alleged that the files the little girl downloaded and later shared, were bogus files disguised as the Chisu album and therefore she did not share Chisu's music. In May 2025, Chisu's composition Ich Komme performed by

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Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

Warner corporation Chisu homepage - Finnish

Sony corporation website on Finnish popstars - Finnish

MySpace website - English
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Discography

Albums

Singles

See also

References

External links