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Haloo Helsinki!

Finnish pop rock band

Summary

Finnish pop rock band

Field	Value
name	Haloo Helsinki!
image	Haloo helsinki1.jpg
image_size	300px
origin	Helsinki, Finland
genre
years_active	2006–2015, 2016–2018, 2020–
label	EMI Finland (2007–2011)
Ratas Music Group / Sony Music Finland (2012–)
current_members	Elisa Tiilikainen (voice and bass)
Jere Marttila (guitar)
Leo Hakanen (guitar)
Jukka Soldan (drums)
website	www.haloohelsinki.fi

Ratas Music Group / Sony Music Finland (2012–) Jere Marttila (guitar) Leo Hakanen (guitar) Jukka Soldan (drums)

Haloo Helsinki! () is a pop rock 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.

Founding of the band and the EMI years (2006–2011)

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.{{cite news |trans-title=‘Haloo Helsinki take it easy on home ground’

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).{{cite web |trans-title = ‘Super popular Elli Haloo: Saimaa is where my heart is’ |archive-date = 2014-12-08 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141208022830/http://www.karjalainen.fi/uutiset/uutis-alueet/kotimaa/item/57811-supersuosittu-elli-haloo-saimaa-on-mun-sydanpaikkani |url-status = dead | trans-title = ‘Mystical Elli Haloo: My surname is my own information’ | access-date = 2015-07-19

The first album Haloo Helsinki! was released in August 2008, and it rose to no. 6 in the Finnish album charts.{{cite web | trans-title = | trans-title = ‘Official Finnish chart — Artists’

In 2009, Haloo Helsinki! performed the YleX official summer rubber song, “Mun sydän sanoo niin” (‘My heart says so’), which was the second single of their second album Enemmän kuin elää (‘More than to be alive’), which was released in September 2009. The album went straight to no. 7 in the Finnish charts and stayed on the chart for four weeks.

The third album, III was released on 2 March 2011. It quickly rose to no 14 on the Finnish charts, and it remained on the charts for 36 weeks, with a peak position of no 8 on week 34/2011.{{cite web | trans-title = ‘Official chart of Finland’ |trans-title = ‘Official chart of Finland’ |archive-date = 2018-11-28 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181128160641/http://www.musiikinpuolesta.fi/suomen-virallinen-lista/ |url-status = dead | trans-title = ‘Official chart of Finland’ |trans-title = ‘Statistics: Haloo Helsinki!’ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150622132847/http://ifpi.fi/tilastot/artistit/haloo+helsinki! |archive-date = 2015-06-22 |url-status = dead

The album III marked the breakthrough of the band in Finland, and the critics of Helsingin Sanomat and Keskisuomalainen gave it four out of five stars,{{cite web | trans-title = | trans-title = ‘EMI: Haloo Helsinki! – III given 4 stars by Keskisuomalainen!’ |trans-title = |access-date = 2015-07-19 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141029134526/http://www.savonsanomat.fi/viihde/levyt/haloo-helsinki-emi/1022677 |archive-date = 2014-10-29

In the autumn of 2011, EMI Music Finland released the singles of the first three albums and three previously unreleased songs as a collection. The band’s co-operation with manager Peter Kokljuschkin ended after the album III.

Return (2020–present)

In October 2020 the band released a single titled "Lady Domina" in advance of their anticipated 2021 return.

In February 2021, the band made their formal return, releasing the single "Piilotan mun kyyneleet". On 20 February 2021, the group made their first live performance in two-and-a-half years at Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021, performing "Piilotan mun kyyneleet" as an interval act.

Members

File:Kitaristi jere.jpg|Jere Marttila - guitar, backing vocals File:Kitaristi leo.jpg|Leo Hakanen - guitar, backing vocals File:Elisa Tiilikainen 4.jpg|Elli Haloo ( real name Elisa Tiilikainen )- vocals, bass File:Jukka Soldan 2.jpg|Jukka Soldan - drums

Discography

Main article: Haloo Helsinki! discography

Haloo Helsinki! (2008)
Enemmän kuin elää (2009)
III (2011)
Maailma on tehty meitä varten (2013)
Kiitos ei ole kirosana (2014)
Hulluuden Highway (2017)
Älä pelkää elämää (2021)
Voiko enkelitkin eksyä (2025)

References

"Haloo Helsinki! Will Perform At Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021!".
"Supersuosittu Elli Haloo: Saimaa on mun sydänpaikkani - Kotimaa - Alueet - Uutiset - Karjalainen".
Suomalainen, Ninni. (2012-07-13). "Haloo Helsinki! vaihtaa levy-yhtiötä ja ottaa enemmän vastuuta kuin koskaan ennen". Ylex.
(2013-08-16). "Haloo Helsinki!: Emme tekisi biisejä englanniksi". Yle.
Poikelus, Jenni. (2014-08-15). "Mitä mieltä olet Haloo Helsingin kappaleesta Beibi?". YleX.

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