SINGER

Tarja Turunen

1977 - Today

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Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born 17 August 1977), known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish heavy metal singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Nightwish. Turunen studied lyrical singing at Sibelius Academy and Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. She is a professional classical lied singer with a three-octave vocal range, and founded symphonic metal band Nightwish with Tuomas Holopainen and Emppu Vuorinen in 1996. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tarja Turunen has received more than 2,707,662 page views. Her biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Tarja Turunen is the 359th most popular singer (down from 321st in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Finland (down from 58th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Singer.

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  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Tarja Turunen ranks 359 out of 4,381. Before her are Susan Boyle, Dusty Springfield, Jon Anderson, Salomé, Linda Ronstadt, and Gal Costa. After her are Peng Liyuan, Mango, Toby Keith, David Byron, Cecilia Bartoli, and Shirley Bassey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Tarja Turunen ranks 29. Before her are Gianluca Zambrotta, Michael Fassbender, Mette Frederiksen, Mark van Bommel, Hidetoshi Nakata, and Brittany Murphy. After her are Robert Enke, Luca Toni, Kanye West, Sarah Wayne Callies, Antonio Di Natale, and Chris Martin.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Tarja Turunen ranks 61 out of 751. Before her are Fredrik Idestam (1838), Alexander Stubb (1968), Lasse Virén (1949), Wäinö Aaltonen (1894), Eino Leino (1878), and Bengt Holmström (1949). After her are Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (1757), Bernhard Crusell (1775), Väinö Linna (1920), Mika Kaurismäki (1955), Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928), and Kaija Saariaho (1952).

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Among SINGERS In Finland

Among singers born in Finland, Tarja Turunen ranks 1. After her are Ville Valo (1976), Lill Lindfors (1940), Aino Ackté (1876), Marion Rung (1945), Matti Salminen (1945), Katri Helena (1945), Lasse Mårtenson (1934), Timo Kotipelto (1969), Laila Kinnunen (1939), Olavi Virta (1915), and Kirka (1950).

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