Haloo Helsinki
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Helsinki, Finland |
| Genres | Pop |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | (2007–2012) EMI Finland (2012–present) Ratas Music Group |
| Website | www.haloohelsinki.fi |
| Members | Elli Haloo, voice and bass (Elisa Tiilikainen,) Jere Marttila, guitar, Leo Hakanen, guitar, Jukka Soldan, drums |
Haloo Helsinki! (English: Hello, Helsinki!) is a pop band from Finland, founded in 2006. They have released five studio albums, all of which have reached the top ten on the Finnish Albums Chart. From 2007 to 2012, the band were signed to EMI Finland and as their principal collaborators switched to a Sony sub-label, Ratas Music Group, the band followed suit. In 2013, Haloo Helsinki! became the first Finnish artist whose four consecutive singles ("Jos mun pokka pettää", "Huuda!", "Vapaus käteen jää", "Maailma on tehty meitä varten") have peaked at number one on the Chart of commercial Finnish radio stations.
Guitarist of the band, Leo Hakanen and Jere Marttila have known each other since they went to day care. They both grew up in the Suutarila neighbourhood in northern Helsinki. During the last years of comprehensive school they recruited drummer Jukka Soldan into their band, as they knew that he was the most skillful drummer of the school.
In autumn 2006, Hakanen and Marttila were looking for a new singer for their band. They contacted their future manager Peter Kokljuschkin, who found the singer-bassist Elli (a.k.a. Elisa Tiilikainen, b. 30 July 1990). Elli is from Kallio, but her family background is in Eastern Finland, on the shores of Lake Saimaa.
The first album Haloo Helsinki! was released in August 2008, and it rose to no. 6 in the Finnish album charts. The album stayed on the charts for seven weeks.
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