No matter what people say about Floor now, how great she is. Nightwish wouldn't be nowhere near to their popularity if it wasn't for Tarja's beatuful angelic voice. She was the face of Nightwish and forever most iconic.
Everyone knows this. Only delusional NW fangirls claim otherwise. They wouldn't have sold two records without her. They wouldn't have gotten a record deal at all, period.
~3 years old, Tarja performed "Enkeli taivaan" (Finnish "From Heaven Above to Earth I Come") at the Kitee Church Hall. ~3-6 years old, Tarja started taking vocal lessons via the church choir, and started learning how to play the Piano. ~8-18 years old, she was bullied at Comprehensive School for her vocal talent. Plamen Dimov, her Vocal Teacher (and Tuomas's Music Teacher) organized projects outside school to help prevent this. - Kirsti Nortia-Holopainen (her first Piano Teacher and Tuomas's Mother), "Tarja was in a school that had some very musical people. Even then she got to perform a lot. I think she sang in every school function there was." - Plamen Dimov, "If you gave Tarja just one note, she immediately got it. With the others, you'd have to practice three, four, five times". ~15 years old, she had her first major appearance as a soloist at a church concert in front of a thousand listeners. ~16 years old, Tarja attended the Senior Secondary School of Art and Music in Savonlinna. ~18 years old, Tarja moved to Kuopio, Finland to study at Sibelius Academy. ~20 years old, Tarja became Tuomas's muse and he created Nightwish's music to revolve around her voice. She became Founding Member, Lead Singer and Frontwoman of what would be the World's greatest Symphonic Metal band when she was still a baby. ~20 years old, Nightwish released their first album, Angels Fall First. It went Platinum in Finland. Nightwish started touring Finland. - "The Carpenter" was Nightwish's fist Music Video. - Tarja performed at the Savonlinna Opera Festival for the first time later this same year. She performed Wagner and Verdi. ~21 years old, Nightwish released Oceanborn. Tarja inspired Floor Jansen (After Forever) and Simone Simons (Epica) to start classical singing lessons because it sounded *that good*. Tarja also inspired Xandria, Delain, Kamelot (male vocals), Visions of Atlantis, MaYan, Therion (they got an actual Opera Singer - Lori Lewis), Serenity, Katra, and others to start employing 'Operatic' vocals (when they weren't doing it before). Tarja wasn't the first singer to use Classical lead vocals in a Metal band, but she was the most talented, most successful, and it's Main Pioneer. She led, others followed. - Oceanborn went double Platinum in Finland. - Loudwire ranked Oceanborn as the #10 greatest Power Metal album of all time. - "Sacrament of Wilderness" ranked #1 on the Finnish singles chart, and received Gold. - "Walking in The Air (cover)" ranked #1 on the Finnish singles chart, and received Gold. - "Sleeping Sun" ranked #2 on the Finnish singles chart, and broke into Germany at #34 on the German singles chart; received Gold. Nightwish started touring Continental Europe due to it's success. - Oceanborn has sold 88,000+ copies Worldwide, and was the first Nightwish album to sell in the United States (2001). ~21 years old, Tarja debuted at the Finnish National Opera as the Solo-Singer for Waltari's Rock Ballet "Evankeliumi". All performances were sold out. ~23 years old, Nightwish released Wishmaster. Nightwish finally embarked on it's first Worldwide tour, from 2000-2001, traveling to South America and Mexico. - Wishmaster went double Platinum in Finland. - Wishmaster trended #1 in Finland, #66 in France, and #21 in Germany. - "Deep Silent Complete" ranked #3 on the Finnish singles chart. - Wishmaster contained "Sleepwalker", which was used to compete in the Finnish Eurovision song contest (tryouts). - Metalhammer ranked Wishmaster as the #18 greatest Power Metal band of all time. - Nightwish recorded and released it's first Live Concert DVD, titled "From Wishes to Eternity", recorded in Tampere, Finland. ~24-26 years old, Tarja enrolled at Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe to further train for Classical Singing. Specializing in Solo Art Song (Lied). ~25 years old, Nightwish released Century Child. With the newly acquired Marko Hietala, Tuomas unwittingly created one of the greatest Male-Female duos of all time. - Century Child ranked #1 in Finland and went triple Platinum. - Century Child ranked #15 in Austria, #32 in France, #5 in Germany, #41 in The Netherlands, #19 in Norway, #39 in Sweden, and #50 in Switzerland. - "Everdream" ranked #1 on the Finnish singles chart and went Platinum. - "Bless the Child" ranked #1 on the Finnish singles chart and went Platinum; ranked #63 in Germany, and #55 in The Netherlands. - Nightwish embarked on a 1.5 year long tour, After Forever was one of their opening acts. ~26 years old, was invited with her Husband to join (then) Finnish President Tarja Halonen to celebrate Finnish Independence Day at the Presidential Palace. ~27 years old, Nightwish released their (still) all-time, best selling, critically acclaimed album Once. Officially cementing Nightwish as the most successful and best selling band in Finland, from Finland, and the greatest Symphonic Metal band in the World. - Once sold #1 in Finland, #4 in Austria, #9 in France, #1 in Germany, #1 in Greece, #5 in Hungary, #11 in The Netherlands, #1 in Norway, #16, in Poland, #1 in Slovakia, #30 in Belgium (Flanders), #42 in Belgium (Wallonia) #3 in Sweden, #4 in Switzerland, and #102 in The United Kingdom. - Once ranked #1 in Europe's Top 100 Albums. - Once went triple Platinum in Finland, triple Gold in Germany, and Gold in Austria, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. - Once ranked #8 on the UK Rock chart. - Once ranked #42 on the United States "Billboard's Top Heatseekers" chart. - Once has sold more than 2,300,000+ copies Worldwide. - "Nemo" alone ranked #1 on the Finnish singles chart, #8 Slovenian singles chart, #12 on the Austrian singles chart, #64 on the French singles chart, #6 on the German singles chart, #1 on the Hungarian singles chart, #64 on the Dutch singles chart, #12 on the Swedish singles chart, and #14 on the Swiss chart. - "Nemo" went Platinum in Finland. - "Nemo" was featured on the soundtrack of the 2005 American Horror film, The Cave. - "Nemo" was featured on America's official Music Television channel (MTV) several times. - "Nemo (music video)" Tarja debuted her iconic Red Coat. She'd wear it for Live performances of "Nemo" and "Ghost Love Score" during Nightwish's "Once Upon a Tour". - The music video for "Nemo" (bootlegged) had 50 million views in 2016, before Nightwish's official TH-cam channel copyrighted it, and the video taken down, and uploaded it on their own channel. - "Planet Hell" was the opening song for The San Antonio Spurs (American basketball) in 2005. - "Wish I Had An Angel" ranked #1 on the Finnish singles chart, #47 on the Austrian singles chart, #36 on the German singles chart, #3 on the Hungarian singles chart, #60 on the British singles chart, #65 on the Dutch Megacharts, #20 on the Spanish singles chart, #11 on the Swedish singles chart, and #40 on the Swiss singles chart. - "Wish I Had An Angel" went Gold in Finland. - "Kuolema tekee taiteilijan (Death Makes An Artist)" ranked #1 in Finland and #3 in Hungary. - "The Siren" ranked #3 in on the Finnish singles chart, #14 on the Belgian (Wallonia) Ultratop, #15 on the Danish singles chart, #51 on the German singles chart, #1 in the Hungarian singles chart, #30 on the Swedish singles chart, and #59 on the Swiss singles chart. - "Sleeping Sun" was re-released with a Music Video, and Tarja with a lighter, brighter vocal tone than the 1999 single version. Tarja debuted her Valkyrie White dress, and she used this dress when singing "Sleeping Sun" live on the Worldwide tour to promote Once (titled "Once Upon a Tour"). - Tarja experimented with a more contemporary, mellow vocal technique for the first time. ~28 years old, performed Live with Nightwish for the Opening Ceremony of World Championships of Athletics (2005), in Helsinki. ~28 years old, Hartwall Areena sold out for the first time for Nightwish's home concert on October 21st, 2005. And that's just what she did for/during Nightwish.
This goes to show anyone who thinks musicians, especially vocalists are "lucky because they were born with talent" how wrong they are. Huge difference between 1993 and the 2000's. You can tell how much she had to work. So yeah, in my opinion talent is the way lazy people describe hard-working people's work. It doesn't take talent to master a craft, it takes work and practice.
Some of it has to do with like genetics of the brain when it comes to singing. Aside from tone deaf people, I think that there's a sort of "pseudo-tone-deaf" as well. That said, when it comes to getting especially _famous_ at singing it's more about being rich or getting lucky unfortunately.
You do realize that a talent is by definition something one is born with, right? Just because she was better in her 20s than when she was a teenager doesn't mean she wasn't talented to begin with. Her voice was already abnormally mature in her early 20s, that comes from talent.
but the talent is in the musicality. so to get the talent out you must train. but you can already hear it in your head: and then you train to make it sound like in your head. That is why seeing young musicians is so cute: you can see them feel it in their head. And now years later we hear what they heard all the time. The vibe is already there
Absolutely. I hate when people tell me that I'm talented with a "gOd GiVeN tAlEnt". No bitch! I literally went to music school for 5 years and afterwards I studied singing until masters degree. It's not talent, it's hard work. At my first year of music school I wasn't able to hit any key and I thought there will be no chance for me to become a god singer. Well I was wrong. Now I'm teaching people to sing and a lot of people who come to me to the first singing lesson think they'll never be able to sing but they're just unused to it, not untalented. Talent comes with work and not the other way around. People who are god in bodybuilding, painting, football or what ever are also not born with the ability for it, they were just more interested for that than others and exercise more in this way. It's the very same thing with singing. It's all about exercising to become talented. Period.
Let's face it ! Zach Ansley Analyzes Tarja Turunen Time 12.00 VIBRATO !! th-cam.com/video/63z_qZ5bV5c/w-d-xo.html ´´Her frequency of vibrato is unacceptable¨ ! Is Floor Jansen perfect ? No !
@@wearehere8925 Well, they are different, and they are both great singers. Floor has a giant vocal range and can sing almost every style of music, while Tarja has perfected singing in a specific field and type of music. Personally I think Floor fits Nightwish better though, as their songs got much more versatile with her.
@Big Bill O'Reilly Really? Who are you to tell me who I can listen to? What are you going to do, huh? Cry? Tell your mommy? I am listening to the 'Once' album right now, and you can't do anything about it... Tarja is a great singer, as well as Floor. You are just a little fanboy and I find it it quite amusing that you think you can tell people they "are not allowed to listen to Tarja" and expect to be taken seriously.
@Big Bill O'Reilly "You must not listen to her" literally means "you are not allowed to listen to her". Also, where are my comments ignorant? This made up rivalry between Tarja and Floor is so useless and annoying, as they are both great singers... Just enjoy the music and stop whining.
@Big Bill O'Reilly Tarja's future is easy to predict!At the age of 55, Tarja will sound and maybe also look like this classically trained singer! th-cam.com/video/jxn99P133Pw/w-d-xo.html
The 1993-1995 years are simply amazing....she sounds so different! Floor Jansen is fantastic in Nightwish--a lot of people hold her on a higher pedestal than Tarja as a Nightwish singer, but for me, I came of age listening to Tarja and there's such a gorgeous richness in her voice that works SO well with Nightwish songs. I'm glad she continues to be so successful as a solo artist.
@diascrive I wouldn't be too sure with that. We might see what the future holds, but Floor is an incredibly great artist, on a way too short leash right now in terms of new written songs.
a long time ago i entered a gothic club called ,,shadow" during playing the unknown over the hills and far away and after 5 seconds of listening i felt in love to tarja and nightwish and i became a fan.
What a fantastic footage. But, man, those 20 years passed like nothing. I still have the original feelings like the symphonic metal is something new ... and it´s over 20 years already ... damn.
What's crazy is that her album last year (2019) called "In the Raw" was her masterpiece and her best work yet . Just an amazing album. She is in her 40s now and her voice has lost nothing, only improved, in my opinion.
I love her so much. But I really wish she would straighten our her vowel transitions. She sounds like a goat or a cow. I don't mean that in an insulting way. I am not musically educated so I don't know the proper terms. I am just saying she does this excessive overpronounciation of vowels that hurt my ears. Drown is "druOOOOOWwn-ah" or lies is "Lih-EYEEEEs." This is lessened in the album versions of these songs
The MASSIVE change between 1997 and 1998, between age 20 and 21 the age at which she filmed Sleeping Sun. That was a conscious choice and a vital one. She couldn't have delivered Sleeping sun aged 20. Incredible.
She is Queen of Kitee, Opera and Symphonic Metal! 👑❤ She is also best Nightwish singer ever! 🤘 I miss Tarja era, but also I'm glad she has incredible and versatile solo career. ❤🤘 Also I'm glad my another favourite singer Floor Jansen is in Nightwish. ❤🤘
Nemo, deep silent complete, sleepwalker, swanheart, walking in the air, dead boy's poem, two for tragedy, astral romance, ever dream, she is my sin, come cover me, sleeping sun, wish I had an angel, Ghost love score, Dark chest of wonders - these songs are the best songs ever!!!!!
It's shameful that I, old Tarjaholic, know so little about her solo work. That have to change. I was a big Nightwish fan 1998-2005. Then Tarja was fired, and I abandoned them all for years. Now I've been back with NW since Floor came in, and listened to some Tarja's music also, but I still have very little knowlegdement of her solo work. She is glorious. Music is not 100% for my taste, but I will have to give it better chance.
Her solo work is definitely worth checking, but you know... after hearing all those biggest NW songs with her... they leave a little bit of - how to say - not 100% fulfilling experience. Like Tuomas was using her voice better than she can on her own :) I'll say her time in NW was her brightest period.
Tarja is like a Cathedral & wine - getting more talented & beautiful with age! In thi video we can also see Plamen Dimov - Tarja's first music teacher who is a Bulgarian who moved to Kitee, Finland a long time ago ;) Tarja has trained so much her voice and nowadays, her voice sounds more powerful and has a bigger range. What is more important is that Tarja still sings from her whole soul and this can be felt by any person - her voice is like velvet, touches you so softly, fill you with love & inspiration to fight for your dreams! Tarja's an example of how we all should enjoy life and live our dreams!
This may sound a bit controversial, don't grill me yet :) I'd say that Tuomas from NW was better composer for Tarja than Tarja herself. I mean, songs created by him with Tarja's voice in mind have reached iconic status, and not without a reason. He was using her voice like an instrument, with deep knowledge how to make it most epic. Tarja's solo work, well, it is all good but there is a certain element that is missing. Maybe he was pushing her to her limits (and maybe further) and got the job done perfectly. Just my two cents.
@Big Bill O'Reilly If you doubt I own those, how do you think I've came to this conclusion? By reading Wikipedia? I don't need to prove you anything, but I DO own almost all her solo albums including First Act and Sibelius Hall DVDs. Also seen her live few times, the best show I think was with Mike Terrana (Beauty and the beat, cool wordplay BTW) that I went to another country to see. Now, what's your story, bro? :)
@Big Bill O'Reilly Why the heck are you instructing me what to do? You some kind of oracle or what? :) No, thank you, I will not sell any Tarja album even if you don't like it. Yes, Nightwish suits me better, and still I can enjoy Tarja solo, just with other qualities. No, BatB is not my favourite work of hers, I just said it was the best show I've seen because of energy and fun they showed on stage. Actually as an album it's rather weak (maybe because it was rather designed as a live show).
The evolution of her voice is amazing. You can tell that she has never ended her training and she only continues to grow her talent. I wish she would produce an album that will highlight her traditional training beyond the album of her singing multiple versions of Ave Maria. She has a great talent and I'd love to hear her sing more opera.
Really interesting to watch all the growth as an artist and as a person. I would have chosen other performances in some spots but very well done. Truly a legend this lady is.
I love Tarja and Nightwish, but to be honest it's Jukka that I'm listening to them in the first place. So thank you Jukka Nevalainen for introducing the folks
tarja siempre ha sido tan tan hermosa, es increible como una mujer a traves de los años puede seguir seindo el amor platonico de una persona en este caso de mi persona!!!
О Тарья Турунен! Ты жизнь и музыка в волшебном твоем голосе! Благодарность той земле и стране что родила тебя,воспитала,дала образование,заметила твой дар и талант и предъявила миру - без всяких пушек и ракет показала свое величие и красоту! Спасибо что ты есть.
Tarja has always been my favorite nightwish singer... First of all she was the one who started it with them the first singer... Second I just think she fits the best. Of course floor is an awesome singer, and Annette...but I'm sorry my loyalty is remains with Tarja
@WhoDarestheMAN gamer Yes. He looked back then quite geeky and different with lighter and short hair but it's him. Here, I hope the link works: weheartnightwish.tumblr.com/post/129902470808
Amazing video :) Good job :) the first one got me like :O I've never seen this '93 video before. Although, I think you should add some more of the live performances throughout years 2013-2017, because I think she sounds a bit more different now. She uses this dark, deep new kind of a voice.
WOW what an EPIC Legendary journey!!! Thank You for sharing this!!! Ghost Love Score is still my Favourite Track to this day even with Floor Singing it. But Over the Hills and far away has to be the highlight of this video for me as it is the first Nightwish Track I heard, which got me hooked.
Tarja's nightwish covers are often better than the originals, not just because she's improved her voice but also because in some instances she's actually improved the songs as well. If you do such a compilation here's a few you should think about including. Passion and the Opera from the "warm up" concerts This is a song they never seemed to play live and she's taken it to a new level compared to the album version. The Siren from either summerbreeze 2009 or hamburg This song they did play but again her version is better than the original. Max Liljia's Cello and Kevin Chown's more melodic voice, imo improves the song greatly. Also this is certainly one of the old songs that ONLY Tarja can really do justice. White night fantasy Again this is a song they never played on tour. However, Tarja did cover it at least once in her solo career. Angels Fall First i don't know if you can find a good video of this or not, but I think she did cover it a few times. I've seen video from what appears to be her beauty and the beat tour. However, in it she makes a mistake and misses or forgets the first line of the song. She recovers flawlessly though and renders the song as only she can. Anyway, I just think this is one of the most touching nightwish songs and one that was most suited to Tarja and her vocal style than any of the other vocalists. Lastly. Her Everdream, Tutankhamun, Slaying the dreamer medley I would include this song not specifically because of her renditions of the individual songs but because I think it's a brilliant idea to make a medley of these 3 songs. i think it has deeper meaning and significance. It's a message about human emotions and how fickle they can be in some people and go from one extreme to another and about how "love' especially unrequited love can turn to hate. I would also include the "toast", beforehand, in which she raises her "imaginary glass to the past" in the video. I think it has significance and meaning.
It doesn't need to be the same. I love both Tarja and Floor, and Nightwish is doing great with Floor too. Enjoy Tarja's Nightwish years, don't let it prevent enjoying Floor's.
No matter what people say about Floor now, how great she is.
Nightwish wouldn't be nowhere near to their popularity if it wasn't for Tarja's beatuful angelic voice.
She was the face of Nightwish and forever most iconic.
Everyone knows this. Only delusional NW fangirls claim otherwise.
They wouldn't have sold two records without her. They wouldn't have gotten a record deal at all, period.
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Who knew that little girl in 1993 would become the international superstar she is today?
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~3 years old, Tarja performed "Enkeli taivaan" (Finnish "From Heaven Above to Earth I Come") at the Kitee Church Hall.
~3-6 years old, Tarja started taking vocal lessons via the church choir, and started learning how to play the Piano.
~8-18 years old, she was bullied at Comprehensive School for her vocal talent. Plamen Dimov, her Vocal Teacher (and Tuomas's Music Teacher) organized projects outside school to help prevent this.
- Kirsti Nortia-Holopainen (her first Piano Teacher and Tuomas's Mother), "Tarja was in a school that had some very musical people. Even then she got to perform a lot. I think she sang in every school function there was."
- Plamen Dimov, "If you gave Tarja just one note, she immediately got it. With the others, you'd have to practice three, four, five times".
~15 years old, she had her first major appearance as a soloist at a church concert in front of a thousand listeners.
~16 years old, Tarja attended the Senior Secondary School of Art and Music in Savonlinna.
~18 years old, Tarja moved to Kuopio, Finland to study at Sibelius Academy.
~20 years old, Tarja became Tuomas's muse and he created Nightwish's music to revolve around her voice. She became Founding Member, Lead Singer and Frontwoman of what would be the World's greatest Symphonic Metal band when she was still a baby.
~20 years old, Nightwish released their first album, Angels Fall First. It went Platinum in Finland. Nightwish started touring Finland.
- "The Carpenter" was Nightwish's fist Music Video.
- Tarja performed at the Savonlinna Opera Festival for the first time later this same year. She performed Wagner and Verdi.
~21 years old, Nightwish released Oceanborn. Tarja inspired Floor Jansen (After Forever) and Simone Simons (Epica) to start classical singing lessons because it sounded *that good*. Tarja also inspired Xandria, Delain, Kamelot (male vocals), Visions of Atlantis, MaYan, Therion (they got an actual Opera Singer - Lori Lewis), Serenity, Katra, and others to start employing 'Operatic' vocals (when they weren't doing it before). Tarja wasn't the first singer to use Classical lead vocals in a Metal band, but she was the most talented, most successful, and it's Main Pioneer. She led, others followed.
- Oceanborn went double Platinum in Finland.
- Loudwire ranked Oceanborn as the #10 greatest Power Metal album of all time.
- "Sacrament of Wilderness" ranked #1 on the Finnish singles chart, and received Gold.
- "Walking in The Air (cover)" ranked #1 on the Finnish singles chart, and received Gold.
- "Sleeping Sun" ranked #2 on the Finnish singles chart, and broke into Germany at #34 on the German singles chart; received Gold. Nightwish started touring Continental Europe due to it's success.
- Oceanborn has sold 88,000+ copies Worldwide, and was the first Nightwish album to sell in the United States (2001).
~21 years old, Tarja debuted at the Finnish National Opera as the Solo-Singer for Waltari's Rock Ballet "Evankeliumi". All performances were sold out.
~23 years old, Nightwish released Wishmaster. Nightwish finally embarked on it's first Worldwide tour, from 2000-2001, traveling to South America and Mexico.
- Wishmaster went double Platinum in Finland.
- Wishmaster trended #1 in Finland, #66 in France, and #21 in Germany.
- "Deep Silent Complete" ranked #3 on the Finnish singles chart.
- Wishmaster contained "Sleepwalker", which was used to compete in the Finnish Eurovision song contest (tryouts).
- Metalhammer ranked Wishmaster as the #18 greatest Power Metal band of all time.
- Nightwish recorded and released it's first Live Concert DVD, titled "From Wishes to Eternity", recorded in Tampere, Finland.
~24-26 years old, Tarja enrolled at Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe to further train for Classical Singing. Specializing in Solo Art Song (Lied).
~25 years old, Nightwish released Century Child. With the newly acquired Marko Hietala, Tuomas unwittingly created one of the greatest Male-Female duos of all time.
- Century Child ranked #1 in Finland and went triple Platinum.
- Century Child ranked #15 in Austria, #32 in France, #5 in Germany, #41 in The Netherlands, #19 in Norway, #39 in Sweden, and #50 in Switzerland.
- "Everdream" ranked #1 on the Finnish singles chart and went Platinum.
- "Bless the Child" ranked #1 on the Finnish singles chart and went Platinum; ranked #63 in Germany, and #55 in The Netherlands.
- Nightwish embarked on a 1.5 year long tour, After Forever was one of their opening acts.
~26 years old, was invited with her Husband to join (then) Finnish President Tarja Halonen to celebrate Finnish Independence Day at the Presidential Palace.
~27 years old, Nightwish released their (still) all-time, best selling, critically acclaimed album Once. Officially cementing Nightwish as the most successful and best selling band in Finland, from Finland, and the greatest Symphonic Metal band in the World.
- Once sold #1 in Finland, #4 in Austria, #9 in France, #1 in Germany, #1 in Greece, #5 in Hungary, #11 in The Netherlands, #1 in Norway, #16, in Poland, #1 in Slovakia, #30 in Belgium (Flanders), #42 in Belgium (Wallonia) #3 in Sweden, #4 in Switzerland, and #102 in The United Kingdom.
- Once ranked #1 in Europe's Top 100 Albums.
- Once went triple Platinum in Finland, triple Gold in Germany, and Gold in Austria, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.
- Once ranked #8 on the UK Rock chart.
- Once ranked #42 on the United States "Billboard's Top Heatseekers" chart.
- Once has sold more than 2,300,000+ copies Worldwide.
- "Nemo" alone ranked #1 on the Finnish singles chart, #8 Slovenian singles chart, #12 on the Austrian singles chart, #64 on the French singles chart, #6 on the German singles chart, #1 on the Hungarian singles chart, #64 on the Dutch singles chart, #12 on the Swedish singles chart, and #14 on the Swiss chart.
- "Nemo" went Platinum in Finland.
- "Nemo" was featured on the soundtrack of the 2005 American Horror film, The Cave.
- "Nemo" was featured on America's official Music Television channel (MTV) several times.
- "Nemo (music video)" Tarja debuted her iconic Red Coat. She'd wear it for Live performances of "Nemo" and "Ghost Love Score" during Nightwish's "Once Upon a Tour".
- The music video for "Nemo" (bootlegged) had 50 million views in 2016, before Nightwish's official TH-cam channel copyrighted it, and the video taken down, and uploaded it on their own channel.
- "Planet Hell" was the opening song for The San Antonio Spurs (American basketball) in 2005.
- "Wish I Had An Angel" ranked #1 on the Finnish singles chart, #47 on the Austrian singles chart, #36 on the German singles chart, #3 on the Hungarian singles chart, #60 on the British singles chart, #65 on the Dutch Megacharts, #20 on the Spanish singles chart, #11 on the Swedish singles chart, and #40 on the Swiss singles chart.
- "Wish I Had An Angel" went Gold in Finland.
- "Kuolema tekee taiteilijan (Death Makes An Artist)" ranked #1 in Finland and #3 in Hungary.
- "The Siren" ranked #3 in on the Finnish singles chart, #14 on the Belgian (Wallonia) Ultratop, #15 on the Danish singles chart, #51 on the German singles chart, #1 in the Hungarian singles chart, #30 on the Swedish singles chart, and #59 on the Swiss singles chart.
- "Sleeping Sun" was re-released with a Music Video, and Tarja with a lighter, brighter vocal tone than the 1999 single version. Tarja debuted her Valkyrie White dress, and she used this dress when singing "Sleeping Sun" live on the Worldwide tour to promote Once (titled "Once Upon a Tour").
- Tarja experimented with a more contemporary, mellow vocal technique for the first time.
~28 years old, performed Live with Nightwish for the Opening Ceremony of World Championships of Athletics (2005), in Helsinki.
~28 years old, Hartwall Areena sold out for the first time for Nightwish's home concert on October 21st, 2005.
And that's just what she did for/during Nightwish.
Best comment ever.❤
No matter what everyone says, Sleeping Sun will always be Tarja's song!
It's just Tarja in 4-5 minutes! AWESOME!
Sorry. What is the song she's sang after the carpenter
@@nightwishisthegreatestband6355 Sacrament of Wilderness
Yeah...Sleeping Sun and Nemo...only with Tarja!
Yes for sure, only her can sing
Hahaha rather every song in nightwish with tarja was hers
can't get over how beautiful Tarja is in "the Carpenter" video. She looks like she's straight from a 19th century portrait
She still does! 😆
She is allways beautiful
This goes to show anyone who thinks musicians, especially vocalists are "lucky because they were born with talent" how wrong they are. Huge difference between 1993 and the 2000's. You can tell how much she had to work. So yeah, in my opinion talent is the way lazy people describe hard-working people's work. It doesn't take talent to master a craft, it takes work and practice.
Well, talent helps progress faster. There realy is a difference. But talent is nothing without sweat and hard work.
Some of it has to do with like genetics of the brain when it comes to singing. Aside from tone deaf people, I think that there's a sort of "pseudo-tone-deaf" as well.
That said, when it comes to getting especially _famous_ at singing it's more about being rich or getting lucky unfortunately.
You do realize that a talent is by definition something one is born with, right? Just because she was better in her 20s than when she was a teenager doesn't mean she wasn't talented to begin with. Her voice was already abnormally mature in her early 20s, that comes from talent.
but the talent is in the musicality. so to get the talent out you must train. but you can already hear it in your head: and then you train to make it sound like in your head. That is why seeing young musicians is so cute: you can see them feel it in their head. And now years later we hear what they heard all the time. The vibe is already there
Absolutely. I hate when people tell me that I'm talented with a "gOd GiVeN tAlEnt". No bitch! I literally went to music school for 5 years and afterwards I studied singing until masters degree. It's not talent, it's hard work. At my first year of music school I wasn't able to hit any key and I thought there will be no chance for me to become a god singer. Well I was wrong. Now I'm teaching people to sing and a lot of people who come to me to the first singing lesson think they'll never be able to sing but they're just unused to it, not untalented. Talent comes with work and not the other way around.
People who are god in bodybuilding, painting, football or what ever are also not born with the ability for it, they were just more interested for that than others and exercise more in this way. It's the very same thing with singing. It's all about exercising to become talented. Period.
This video tells us that you have to start from somewhere to get somewhere. Tarja did it. And very well.
From Wishes to Eternity (2001) I've watched the DVD so many times that I know every movement they make 😂
That is GREAT !
Same
She is probably one of the best singers ever, let's get this straight
Let's face it !
Zach Ansley Analyzes Tarja Turunen Time 12.00 VIBRATO !!
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´´Her frequency of vibrato is unacceptable¨ !
Is Floor Jansen perfect ? No !
@@wearehere8925 Well, they are different, and they are both great singers. Floor has a giant vocal range and can sing almost every style of music, while Tarja has perfected singing in a specific field and type of music. Personally I think Floor fits Nightwish better though, as their songs got much more versatile with her.
@Big Bill O'Reilly Really? Who are you to tell me who I can listen to? What are you going to do, huh? Cry? Tell your mommy? I am listening to the 'Once' album right now, and you can't do anything about it... Tarja is a great singer, as well as Floor. You are just a little fanboy and I find it it quite amusing that you think you can tell people they "are not allowed to listen to Tarja" and expect to be taken seriously.
@Big Bill O'Reilly "You must not listen to her" literally means "you are not allowed to listen to her". Also, where are my comments ignorant? This made up rivalry between Tarja and Floor is so useless and annoying, as they are both great singers... Just enjoy the music and stop whining.
@Big Bill O'Reilly Tarja's future is easy to predict!At the age of 55, Tarja will sound and maybe also look like this classically trained singer!
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Sleeping Sun will always resonate with me
That's one of my favourites too. I also love Stargazers and Passion of the Opera.
Especially the music video! It almost makes me cry it's so beautiful
That was the first dance for my wife and I at our wedding.
no ! Steven Seagul is always in my heart :D tututudum :D
@@aureliusxi1462 Steven Seagull ftw xD This apple in me.. xDDD
She just gets more beautiful when she gets older😍 wow
nah thats just painting skills getting better....
Paddelnoob1 ahha omg stop
@@Paddelnoob1 DOLT
@@larryzigler6812 what does dolt mean?
@@Paddelnoob1 Thanks for more proof about you, poor thing.
The 1993-1995 years are simply amazing....she sounds so different!
Floor Jansen is fantastic in Nightwish--a lot of people hold her on a higher pedestal than Tarja as a Nightwish singer, but for me, I came of age listening to Tarja and there's such a gorgeous richness in her voice that works SO well with Nightwish songs. I'm glad she continues to be so successful as a solo artist.
Tarja is best
Floor is same with you= shit noob
1. Tarja 2. Anette 3. Floor
Ok floor is some good
@diascrive I wouldn't be too sure with that. We might see what the future holds, but Floor is an incredibly great artist, on a way too short leash right now in terms of new written songs.
a long time ago i entered a gothic club called ,,shadow" during playing the unknown over the hills and far away and after 5 seconds of listening i felt in love to tarja and nightwish and i became a fan.
What a fantastic footage. But, man, those 20 years passed like nothing. I still have the original feelings like the symphonic metal is something new ... and it´s over 20 years already ... damn.
What's crazy is that her album last year (2019) called "In the Raw" was her masterpiece and her best work yet . Just an amazing album. She is in her 40s now and her voice has lost nothing, only improved, in my opinion.
powskier IN THE RAW ITS AMAZING
I love her so much. But I really wish she would straighten our her vowel transitions. She sounds like a goat or a cow. I don't mean that in an insulting way. I am not musically educated so I don't know the proper terms. I am just saying she does this excessive overpronounciation of vowels that hurt my ears. Drown is "druOOOOOWwn-ah" or lies is "Lih-EYEEEEs." This is lessened in the album versions of these songs
@@MewMewSun She will never lose her strong Finnish accent.
Naw dude, In The Raw is a great album for sure, but Tarja’s masterpiece is The Shadow Self
@@powskier I hope she never loses her gorgeous exquisite accent 💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘
I have not seen her most recent concerts and Tarja evolved so much as a stage performer. She was good in NW but now she is simply amazing!
Tarja forever the Queen of Symphonic Metal. Long live the Queen
that's why I think she's the best ... her discipline, cosiness make her what she is ... my queen will live forever
The MASSIVE change between 1997 and 1998, between age 20 and 21 the age at which she filmed Sleeping Sun. That was a conscious choice and a vital one. She couldn't have delivered Sleeping sun aged 20. Incredible.
She is Queen of Kitee, Opera and Symphonic Metal! 👑❤ She is also best Nightwish singer ever! 🤘 I miss Tarja era, but also I'm glad she has incredible and versatile solo career. ❤🤘 Also I'm glad my another favourite singer Floor Jansen is in Nightwish. ❤🤘
Best nightwish lead singer ever.
More than that, she was one of Nightwish's founding members. It literally would not exist unless for her.
Quién diría que esta mujer se convertiría en una diosa de la opera y el metal sinfónico !!! Soy fan de Tarja!!!
Tarja era songs will always be hers. I feel like she ia the female version of Dio...
Yup !😊
Оперный вокал + звуки тяжёлых гитар - это ядерная Смесь.
Обожаюю симфонический метал👍🏽🔥
A NÚMERO 1 DO METAL SINFÔNICO:
TARJA É TALENTOSA DESDE CRIANÇA. E SEU VOCAL CONTINUA SENDO ÚNICO. VOCAL CELESTIAL !!! 👑
Nemo, deep silent complete, sleepwalker, swanheart, walking in the air, dead boy's poem, two for tragedy, astral romance, ever dream, she is my sin, come cover me, sleeping sun, wish I had an angel, Ghost love score, Dark chest of wonders - these songs are the best songs ever!!!!!
Terek Ibra
Damn right my man! That's almost my list too!
no doubt about, this is my list, too.
not to forget: over the hills
Ghost love score
It's shameful that I, old Tarjaholic, know so little about her solo work. That have to change. I was a big Nightwish fan 1998-2005. Then Tarja was fired, and I abandoned them all for years. Now I've been back with NW since Floor came in, and listened to some Tarja's music also, but I still have very little knowlegdement of her solo work. She is glorious. Music is not 100% for my taste, but I will have to give it better chance.
Her solo work is definitely worth checking, but you know... after hearing all those biggest NW songs with her... they leave a little bit of - how to say - not 100% fulfilling experience. Like Tuomas was using her voice better than she can on her own :) I'll say her time in NW was her brightest period.
Fantastic journey,Yes she is a legend 💫🔥🔥🔥
Best Voice in Metal Ever
Tarja is like a Cathedral & wine - getting more talented & beautiful with age! In thi video we can also see Plamen Dimov - Tarja's first music teacher who is a Bulgarian who moved to Kitee, Finland a long time ago ;)
Tarja has trained so much her voice and nowadays, her voice sounds more powerful and has a bigger range. What is more important is that Tarja still sings from her whole soul and this can be felt by any person - her voice is like velvet, touches you so softly, fill you with love & inspiration to fight for your dreams! Tarja's an example of how we all should enjoy life and live our dreams!
I have watched! It is amazing, truly a legend. she grew exponentially, amazing to watch!
Yes, Tarja has grown up so much as a singer and as woman as well! I'm happy you've watched this :)
This may sound a bit controversial, don't grill me yet :) I'd say that Tuomas from NW was better composer for Tarja than Tarja herself. I mean, songs created by him with Tarja's voice in mind have reached iconic status, and not without a reason. He was using her voice like an instrument, with deep knowledge how to make it most epic. Tarja's solo work, well, it is all good but there is a certain element that is missing. Maybe he was pushing her to her limits (and maybe further) and got the job done perfectly. Just my two cents.
@Big Bill O'Reilly If you doubt I own those, how do you think I've came to this conclusion? By reading Wikipedia? I don't need to prove you anything, but I DO own almost all her solo albums including First Act and Sibelius Hall DVDs. Also seen her live few times, the best show I think was with Mike Terrana (Beauty and the beat, cool wordplay BTW) that I went to another country to see. Now, what's your story, bro? :)
@Big Bill O'Reilly Why the heck are you instructing me what to do? You some kind of oracle or what? :)
No, thank you, I will not sell any Tarja album even if you don't like it. Yes, Nightwish suits me better, and still I can enjoy Tarja solo, just with other qualities. No, BatB is not my favourite work of hers, I just said it was the best show I've seen because of energy and fun they showed on stage. Actually as an album it's rather weak (maybe because it was rather designed as a live show).
TARJA: The Absolute Queen Of Scandinavian Metal: TURUNEN
she possesses such a vast soprano range that each time i hear her superb voice it seem as though i hear it anew...just tremendous...
Fui fan desde los 10 años y ahora ya tengo 28 y este 27 de Junio la voy a ver omg estoy emocionada!!!
1998....when musicians composed ageless music
The evolution of her voice is amazing. You can tell that she has never ended her training and she only continues to grow her talent. I wish she would produce an album that will highlight her traditional training beyond the album of her singing multiple versions of Ave Maria. She has a great talent and I'd love to hear her sing more opera.
What is the song she's sang after the carpenter
@@nightwishisthegreatestband6355 sacrament of wilderness is from Oceanborn album.
Well done. Tarja is true legend
One of the best female vocal, all over the world! We are bless to listening her gift from God! Thank you Tarja❤️
Really interesting to watch all the growth as an artist and as a person. I would have chosen other performances in some spots but very well done. Truly a legend this lady is.
she is make happy for us with her angelic voice
Voice of an angel
The Great Soprano of Metal. One of the greatest Female Metal Vocalists of all time, and one of the most iconic Frontwomen *ever* .
A Queen Was Born Tarja Turunen
She is GOLD MEDALL in "olympic music games"
I love youuuu so much Tarja❤️❤️❤️ you're legend and Queen of Metal ❤️❤️❤️
A melhor vocalista do Nightwish, sejamos honestos! 😍❤️
Absolutely yes
She is magnific voice thanks!!
Her versatility is amazing - Love the Ave Maria!
I love Tarja and Nightwish, but to be honest it's Jukka that I'm listening to them in the first place. So thank you Jukka Nevalainen for introducing the folks
He definitely deserves respect as well! That man is a real gunner ;)
@@korzbro35 he worked as hard as she did...absolutely
4:35 - The sin for him, desire withiiiiiin... - Epic.
Coincido plenamente . . .!!!
And sounds like the CD that is pretty hard to get that result
Esta es la importacia de encontrar nuestro don .bendiciones a Tarja que encontro el suyo y a podido entrar a nuestras almas con su maravillosa voz.
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There can only be One.... Tarja we love you...
One of the best voices in music.
Those early young time videos are so great. Plamen is there too. Also Tuomas is there with his sax before Nightwish was founded.
tarja siempre ha sido tan tan hermosa, es increible como una mujer a traves de los años puede seguir seindo el amor platonico de una persona en este caso de mi persona!!!
О Тарья Турунен! Ты жизнь и музыка в волшебном твоем голосе!
Благодарность той земле и стране что родила тебя,воспитала,дала образование,заметила твой дар и талант и предъявила миру - без всяких пушек и ракет показала свое величие и красоту!
Спасибо что ты есть.
A queen is born and may her reign be long thanks your majesty for such a voice
Here is the real night wish, Tarja is unreplaceble
Love this woman ❤️
An absolute beast!
С каждым годом голос Тарьи лучше !)
wow! Amazing video. Long live to the goddess!!!
Tarja has always been my favorite nightwish singer... First of all she was the one who started it with them the first singer... Second I just think she fits the best. Of course floor is an awesome singer, and Annette...but I'm sorry my loyalty is remains with Tarja
Она молодец!
Долго шла к успеху и добилась то, чего хотела!
Уважаю таких.
Молодчина, однозначно!
Tarja , die Göttin😍
Maravilloso video de la carrera y evolución de Tarja ❤
Amazing video!
Awesome!
Fantastic video.
nice video dude, thanks !
Tuomas on the sax is funny 1:12
@WhoDarestheMAN gamer Yes it is. The man in the right is Tuomas.
@WhoDarestheMAN gamer Yes. He looked back then quite geeky and different with lighter and short hair but it's him. Here, I hope the link works: weheartnightwish.tumblr.com/post/129902470808
WhoDarestheMAN gamer it is him.
Really useful to see. Thanks.
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻amazing video thank you 🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
magnífico recopilacion
The best!!!
Tarja !!!!!! Da inocência a uma intimidade apocalíptica blibica !!!!! Amo esta mulher !
Pensei o mesmo S2
Muito bom ! Up! Tarja
Simply Beautiful voice 😘
Wow! What a beautiful voice!!! I'm blown away.
better than the richest chocolate ..... th-cam.com/video/VSMCD39EIMc/w-d-xo.html ...enjoy!
Sleeping Sun!!!! How I love this song!!!! Amazing Tarja!!!
Great video
Thank you very much 🙏 ♥️
Thank you for this documentary, very interesting! Especially those early times. A history of true rise to power.
Amazing video :) Good job :) the first one got me like :O I've never seen this '93 video before. Although, I think you should add some more of the live performances throughout years 2013-2017, because I think she sounds a bit more different now. She uses this dark, deep new kind of a voice.
WOW what an EPIC Legendary journey!!! Thank You for sharing this!!! Ghost Love Score is still my Favourite Track to this day even with Floor Singing it. But Over the Hills and far away has to be the highlight of this video for me as it is the first Nightwish Track I heard, which got me hooked.
evolução espetacular ! cada vez mais bela também.
Muchas gracias por subir la evolución de esta gran mujer. Saludos y bendiciones 😘
Saludos 👋
Love your voice Tarja. If your ever in Seattle I will be there.
tarja god give u a spirit metal magical n special voice ..im salute n love u..god bless u from symponic metal malaysian fan
Omg love you my Queen
Моя любимая вокалистка! Люблю тебя Тария!
I love Her!!!
amazing video, great job!
Thank you very much, glad you like it. I've been making a compilation of Tarja's Nightwish covers that you might like.
Tarja's nightwish covers are often better than the originals, not just because she's improved her voice but also because in some instances she's actually improved the songs as well. If you do such a compilation here's a few you should think about including.
Passion and the Opera from the "warm up" concerts
This is a song they never seemed to play live and she's taken it to a new level compared to the album version.
The Siren from either summerbreeze 2009 or hamburg
This song they did play but again her version is better than the original. Max Liljia's Cello and Kevin Chown's more melodic voice, imo improves the song greatly. Also this is certainly one of the old songs that ONLY Tarja can really do justice.
White night fantasy
Again this is a song they never played on tour. However, Tarja did cover it at least once in her solo career.
Angels Fall First
i don't know if you can find a good video of this or not, but I think she did cover it a few times. I've seen video from what appears to be her beauty and the beat tour. However, in it she makes a mistake and misses or forgets the first line of the song. She recovers flawlessly though and renders the song as only she can. Anyway, I just think this is one of the most touching nightwish songs and one that was most suited to Tarja and her vocal style than any of the other vocalists.
Lastly. Her Everdream, Tutankhamun, Slaying the dreamer medley
I would include this song not specifically because of her renditions of the individual songs but because I think it's a brilliant idea to make a medley of these 3 songs. i think it has deeper meaning and significance. It's a message about human emotions and how fickle they can be in some people and go from one extreme to another and about how "love' especially unrequited love can turn to hate. I would also include the "toast", beforehand, in which she raises her "imaginary glass to the past" in the video. I think it has significance and meaning.
it's almost a sin that you didn't include a single clip from end of an era
Nightwish will never be the same
It doesn't need to be the same. I love both Tarja and Floor, and Nightwish is doing great with Floor too.
Enjoy Tarja's Nightwish years, don't let it prevent enjoying Floor's.
Correct, they’re better now.
@@gameforce2512 They're boring and mainstream now. And wtf are you doing here then?
AWESOME!!!
Sin palabras....😍😍😍😍
Уникальное видео! Спасибо автору!
This is GOLD!
Awwww I loved Tarja in her beginnings... I liked her voice so much
loved that mezzo sound
Luv TArja from Malaysia
She is my angel Tarja I Love you Tarja !!!