Johanna Kurkela

Johanna Kurkela
Background information
Born (1985-04-25) 25 April 1985 (age 39)
Lumijoki, Finland
GenresContemporary folk music
Years active2004–present
LabelsWarner Music Finland
Kaiku Recordings
Websitejohannakurkela.com

Johanna Kurkela (born 25 April 1985) is a Finnish singer.[1] Her first published work was a duet Tahdon tanssia kanssasi with Tomi Metsäketo in 2004. Kurkela released her first album Hetki hiljaa in 2005. She got a lot of publicity in the Finnish Preselection final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, presenting the song Olet uneni kaunein. Kurkela ended up sixth in the preselection final. A few weeks later she published her second album Marmoritaivas. She also contributed vocals to two tracks on Sonata Arctica's album The Days of Grays. Her 2010 album Hyvästi, Dolores Haze has sold over 20,000 copies.[2]

  1. ^ True, Chris. "Johanna Kurkela". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Johanna Kurkela" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2011.