Johanna Kurkela
Johanna Kurkela | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 25 April 1985 Lumijoki, Finland |
| Genres | Contemporary folk music |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Warner Music Finland Kaiku Recordings |
| Website | johannakurkela |
Johanna Kurkela (born 25 April 1985) is a Finnish singer. 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. Her 2010 album Hyvästi, Dolores Haze has sold over 20,000 copies.