Sara Siipola (born 24 March 1997) is a Finnish singer and songwriter. She signed a recording contract with

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in 2019 and released her first single "Rohkee sydän" in September 2019. Siipola rose to fourth place in

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's Läpimurto 2020 list. Siipola has released the singles "Rohkee sydän", "What I'm Doing Here", "You're Not Mine Anymore", "Thelma & Louise", "Kokonaan" and "Peto". Siipola is a guest artist on Aste's single "Kuka suojelee sua". Siipola released her debut album ''Kaunis kun itken'' on 26 March 2021. The genres of the album are soul and pop.

Early life

Siipola was born in

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in 1997. She was diagnosed with

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in 2017.

Career

In 2017, Siipola signed an artist contract with M-Eazy Music and a manager contract with Hannu Sormusen's Aspen Music. In 2019, she also signed a recording contract with Sony Music. Released in autumn 2019, the debut single "Rohkee såðin" went directly to the top 100 of the Spotify list and entered the playlists of YleX and Radio Suomen. The song was also heard as part of the advertising campaign of the Toisenlaiset teiniäidit program in the spring of 2020. "Brave heart" won the Radio Suomen Levylautakuna vote in October 2019. Siipola's second single "What Am I Doing Here" also made it onto YleX's playlist. The third single "Sä et oo no longer mulle se" rose to number 78 on the

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list and on Radio Suomen's playlist. In November 2020, Siipola performed at

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's Nenäpäivä concert. Sara Siipola competed in the seventh season of the Tähdet, tähdet program, which would be released in spring 2023 on Nelose. Siipola's single "Susta tulle tähti" reached number 47 on Finland's Official Singles List. Siipola participated in the Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2024, the Finnish selection for the

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, with the song "Paskana". "Paskana" reached the second place on the Singlelista and the 24th place on the Radiolista.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

References

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