Sanna Laura Voutilainen (born 17 May 1975 in
Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä () is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Central Finland. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Jyväskylä is approximately , while the Jyväskylä sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately ...
) is a
Finnish pop singer.
Career
Voutilainen's debut single was called "Muuttanut oot maailmain" but her breakthrough came with the 1993 single "Kerran" which reached the Top Ten of the Finnish charts in January 1994. Also in 1994 the singer's debut album ''Laura Voutilainen'' was released selling in excess of 120,000 units; Voutilainen was consequently honored as Finland's top female vocalist with the
Emma Award for 1994, an honor she again earned for the year 1996. Voutilainen has released a total of six albums and since 1999 she has hosted a
TV show
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of her own.
Voutilainen participated in the Finnish national preliminary round for
Eurovision 2002
The Eurovision Song Contest 2002 was the 47th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Tallinn, Estonia, following the country's victory at the with the song Everybody (Tanel Padar and Dave Benton song), "Everybody" by Tanel Pada ...
with the song "
Addicted to You". With 46 points awarded by the jury and 36% of the public vote "Addicted to You" easily won the right to represent
Finland at Eurovision 2002: despite heavy promotion - reportedly the most ever afforded a Finnish Eurovision entrant
Iltasanomat.fi: Laura Voutilaisen viisupuku on salaisuus
- and high expectations for its Eurovision placing, "Addicted to You" finished Eurovision 2002 in twentieth place out of a field of twenty-four and failed to reach the Finnish Top Ten, stalling at #11.
In 2007 Voutilainen made a bid to again represent Finland at Eurovision participating in Euroviisut 2007, the Finnish national preliminary for Eurovision 2007. Voutilainen was one of twelve contenders at Euroviisut 2007 each of whom sang two songs in the semi-finals with one of each contender's songs being advanced to the final: of Voutilainen's two semi-final numbers: "Kosketa Mua" and "Take a Chance", the last-named advanced to the Euroviisut 2007 final where it placed fourth.
Discography
Albums
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*''Laura Voutilainen'' (1994)
*''Kaksi karttaa'' (Two Maps) (1996)
*''Lumikuningatar'' (Snowqueen) (1997) - Christmas album
*''Etelän yössä'' (In the Southern Night) (1998)
*''Puolet sun auringosta'' (Half of Your Sun) (2001 / Eurovision edition 2002)
*''Päiväkirja'' (Diary) (2003)
*''Tässä hetkessä'' (In This Moment) (2005)
*''Lauran päiväkirja'' (Laura's Diary) (2006) - collection
*''Kosketa mua'' (Touch me) (2007)
*''Palaa'' (Come back) (2008)
*''Sydänjää'' (Heart Ice) (2009)
*''Suurimmat Hitit'' (Biggest Hits) (2010)
*''Ihmeitä'' (Wonders) (2011)
*''KokoNainen'' (Whole Woman) (2013)
*''Miks ei'' (2017)
*''Minun tähteni'' (2019)
EPs
*''Lauran joulu'' (2005)
Singles
*"Addicted to You" (2002)
*"Miks Ei" (2016)
Dubbing
See also
* List of best-selling music artists in Finland
These are the lists of the music artists that have the highest certified record sales in Finland (and/or sales explicitly confirmed by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland in their database). The lists consist of albums and singles (vinyl, CD, ...
References
External links
Official homepage of Laura Voutilainen
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1975 births
Living people
21st-century Finnish women singers
Finnish voice actresses
People from Jyväskylä
20th-century Finnish women singers
Eurovision Song Contest entrants