Jari Sillanpää
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| Background information | |
| Born |
16 August 1965 Ludvika, Sweden |
| Genres | Schlager |
| Instruments | Singing |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | MTV-Musiikki, Bridgehead, Suomen Mediamusiikki, Veijari-tuotanto |
| Website | jarisillanpaa |
Jari Veikko Sillanpää (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈjɑri ˈsilːɑnpæː]; born 16 August 1965) is a Sweden-Finnish singer. With over 820,000 records sold, he is the fifth-best-selling music artist and second-best-selling solo artist in Finland.
Sillanpää gained fame after winning the Seinäjoki Tangomarkkinat tango contest in 1995.
Sillanpää's 1995 debut album Jari Sillanpää is the best-selling album of all time in Finland, with over 270,000 copies sold.
In 1998, Sillanpää was awarded the Male Soloist of the Year Emma award.
Sillanpää represented Finland in Eurovision Song Contest 2004 and his song "Takes 2 to Tango" (which he wrote the lyrics for) received 51 points in the semi-final, taking the 14th place and not qualifying for the final. Sillanpää participated in the Finnish National Final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Kirkas kipinä", making it to the final show, but finishing out of the final three. Since 2006 Sillanpää has publicly identified himself as homosexual.
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