Johanna Kurkela

Johanna Kurkela
Background information
Born (1985-04-25) 25 April 1985
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. 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.