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"Yhden Enkelin Unelma"
Single by Tarja Turunen
Released1 December 2004
Genre Classical
Length13:10
Label Universal Music
Songwriter(s) Jean Sibelius, Zachris Topelius
Producer(s)Esa Nieminen
Tarja Turunen singles chronology
"Yhden Enkelin Unelma"
(2004)
" You Would Have Loved This"
(2006)

Yhden Enkelin Unelma ("One Angel's Dream") is a Christmas single by Finnish singer Tarja Turunen, released as Turunen's first solo project ever, when she was still part of the symphonic metal band Nightwish, back in December 2004; it was also released as an Extended Play in limited edition.

Right after the release it debuted at number 2, and ended 2004 after more three weeks at number 1; [1] it started 2005 as number 4, and reached number 1 again in December 2005, after spending 10 weeks on the official Finnish charts. [2] The single has reached Gold Disc status in Finland with more than 7 thousand copies sold. [3]

The single is sung entirely in the Finnish language, and Turunen promoted it with a mini tour holding concerts in Finland, Germany, Spain and Romania, in late 2005. [4]

Track listing

Standard edition

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."En etsi valtaa, loistoa" Jean Sibelius, Zachris Topelius3:30
2."Kun joulu on"Otto Kotilainen, Alpo Noponen3:36
3."En etsi valtaa, loistoa (live)"Jean Sibelius, Zachris Topelius3:32
4."Kun joulu on (live)"Otto Kotilainen, Alpo Noponen3:31

Pop edition

  • En etsi valtaa, loistoa
  • Kun joulu on

Acoustic edition

  • En etsi valtaa, loistoa (acoustic)
  • Kun joulu on (acoustic)

Personnel

Musicians

  • Tarja Turunen - Lead vocals
  • Heikki Pohto - flute
  • Esa Nieminen - piano
  • Juha Lanu - classic guitar
  • Heikki Hämäläinen, Outi Iljin, Veli-Matti Iljin e Seppo Rautasuo - Support orchestra

Main crew

  • Esa Nieminen - Orchestral arrangements
  • Tarja Turunen e Sirja Tiilikainen - Co-production
  • Jetro Vainio - mixing
  • Mika Jussila - mastering engineer
  • Toni Härkönen - photos

References

  1. ^ "Tarja- Yhden Enkelin Unelma on Finnish charts". Hung Medien & eMedia Jungen. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
  2. ^ "Tarja Turunen - Yhden Enkelin Unelma". αCharts.us. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
  3. ^ "Statistics: Tarja Turunen" (in Finnish). IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
  4. ^ "Tarja Turunen: Past events". Turunen's Official Website. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2008-09-14.

External links

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Yhden Enkelin Unelma"
Single by Tarja Turunen
Released1 December 2004
Genre Classical
Length13:10
Label Universal Music
Songwriter(s) Jean Sibelius, Zachris Topelius
Producer(s)Esa Nieminen
Tarja Turunen singles chronology
"Yhden Enkelin Unelma"
(2004)
" You Would Have Loved This"
(2006)

Yhden Enkelin Unelma ("One Angel's Dream") is a Christmas single by Finnish singer Tarja Turunen, released as Turunen's first solo project ever, when she was still part of the symphonic metal band Nightwish, back in December 2004; it was also released as an Extended Play in limited edition.

Right after the release it debuted at number 2, and ended 2004 after more three weeks at number 1; [1] it started 2005 as number 4, and reached number 1 again in December 2005, after spending 10 weeks on the official Finnish charts. [2] The single has reached Gold Disc status in Finland with more than 7 thousand copies sold. [3]

The single is sung entirely in the Finnish language, and Turunen promoted it with a mini tour holding concerts in Finland, Germany, Spain and Romania, in late 2005. [4]

Track listing

Standard edition

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."En etsi valtaa, loistoa" Jean Sibelius, Zachris Topelius3:30
2."Kun joulu on"Otto Kotilainen, Alpo Noponen3:36
3."En etsi valtaa, loistoa (live)"Jean Sibelius, Zachris Topelius3:32
4."Kun joulu on (live)"Otto Kotilainen, Alpo Noponen3:31

Pop edition

  • En etsi valtaa, loistoa
  • Kun joulu on

Acoustic edition

  • En etsi valtaa, loistoa (acoustic)
  • Kun joulu on (acoustic)

Personnel

Musicians

  • Tarja Turunen - Lead vocals
  • Heikki Pohto - flute
  • Esa Nieminen - piano
  • Juha Lanu - classic guitar
  • Heikki Hämäläinen, Outi Iljin, Veli-Matti Iljin e Seppo Rautasuo - Support orchestra

Main crew

  • Esa Nieminen - Orchestral arrangements
  • Tarja Turunen e Sirja Tiilikainen - Co-production
  • Jetro Vainio - mixing
  • Mika Jussila - mastering engineer
  • Toni Härkönen - photos

References

  1. ^ "Tarja- Yhden Enkelin Unelma on Finnish charts". Hung Medien & eMedia Jungen. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
  2. ^ "Tarja Turunen - Yhden Enkelin Unelma". αCharts.us. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
  3. ^ "Statistics: Tarja Turunen" (in Finnish). IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
  4. ^ "Tarja Turunen: Past events". Turunen's Official Website. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2008-09-14.

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