Erin Helena Maureen Anttila (; born 2 July 1977), better known as simply Erin, is a Finnish singer who rose to fame with the pop group
Nylon Beat.
Early life
Erin Anttila was born in Helsinki, Finland, and is of Irish and
Finnish descent, with an Irish mother and Finnish father.
When she was three years old, her family moved to Ireland, where she began primary school. She finished school in Finland when the family returned three years later.
Career
At seventeen, she formed Nylon Beat with
Jonna Kosonen. They became famous after their appearance on ''"
Kiitorata"'' (Launch Pad), a television programme presenting new Finnish solo artists and bands. The show was broadcast on
MTV3
MTV3 (, ) is a Finnish commercial television channel owned and operated by the media company MTV Oy, originally launched on 13 August 1957 as a programming block, becoming its own channel on 1 January 1993. It had the biggest audience share ...
, which was then Finland's most-watched commercial TV channel. Nylon Beat participated in the Finnish
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster ...
qualifying rounds in 1998 and in 2000.
In 2004, Erin and former Nylon Beat guitarist Vesa Anttila, moved to
Wicklow
Wicklow ( ; , meaning 'church of the toothless one'; ) is the county town of County Wicklow in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located on the east of Ireland, south of Dublin. According to the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, it had ...
in Ireland for a year, and studied music. The couple married on 22 August 2005.
After returning to Finland in 2004, Erin started a solo career. In April 2008, she released her first solo single, "Sarah". Her debut album was originally scheduled for release in the autumn of 2008, but was delayed. After an abortive attempt to record the songs in English, the first
Finnish language
Finnish (endonym: or ) is a Finnic languages, Finnic language of the Uralic languages, Uralic language family, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland. Finnish is one of the two official langu ...
solo single, "Vanha nainen hunningolla" (lit. "An old woman gone wayward") was released on 31 January 2011. A full album, ''
Hunningolla'', was released on 25 May 2011.
Personal life
Anttila is Catholic.
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Discography
Albums
Singles
Featured in
References
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1977 births
Living people
Singers from Helsinki
21st-century Finnish women singers
20th-century Finnish women singers
Finnish people of Irish descent
Finnish Roman Catholics