Laura Voutilainen

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Laura Voutilainen
Background information
Birth name	Sanna Laura Heikkilä o.s Voutilainen
Born	(1975-05-17) 17 May 1975 (age 49) Jyväskylä
Genres	Schlager music, pop
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Warner Music Finland
Website	www.lauravoutilainen.fi

Sanna Laura Voutilainen (born 17 May 1975 in Jyväskylä) is a Finnish pop singer.

Voutilainen's debut single was called "Muuttanut oot maailmain" but her breakthrough came with the 1993 single "Kerran" which reached the Top Ten of the Finnish charts in January 1994. Also in 1994 the singer's debut album Laura Voutilainen was released selling in excess of 120,000 units; Voutilainen was consequently honored as Finland's top female vocalist with the Emma Award for 1994, an honor she again earned for the year 1996. Voutilainen has released a total of six albums and since 1999 she has hosted a TV show of her own.

Voutilainen participated in the Finnish national preliminary round for Eurovision 2002 with the song "Addicted to You". With 46 points awarded by the jury and 36% of the public vote "Addicted to You" easily won the right to represent Finland at Eurovision 2002:^[1] despite heavy promotion - reportedly the most ever afforded a Finnish Eurovision entrant^[2] - and high expectations for its Eurovision placing, "Addicted to You" finished Eurovision 2002 in twentieth place out of a field of twenty-four and failed to reach the Finnish Top Ten, stalling at #11.

In 2007 Voutilainen made a bid to again represent Finland at Eurovision participating in Euroviisut 2007, the Finnish national preliminary for Eurovision 2007. Voutilainen was one of twelve contenders at Euroviisut 2007 each of whom sang two songs in the semi-finals with one of each contender's songs being advanced to the final: of Voutilainen's two semi-final numbers: "Kosketa Mua" and "Take a Chance", the last-named advanced to the Euroviisut 2007 final where it placed fourth.

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• Laura Voutilainen (1994)
• Kaksi karttaa (Two Maps) (1996)
• Lumikuningatar (Snowqueen) (1997) - Christmas album
• Etelän yössä (In the Southern Night) (1998)
• Puolet sun auringosta (Half of Your Sun) (2001 / Eurovision edition 2002)
• Päiväkirja (Diary) (2003)
• Tässä hetkessä (In This Moment) (2005)
• Lauran päiväkirja (Laura's Diary) (2006) - collection
• Kosketa mua (Touch me) (2007)
• Palaa (Come back) (2008)
• Sydänjää (Heart Ice) (2009)
• Suurimmat Hitit (Biggest Hits) (2010)
• Ihmeitä (Wonders) (2011)
• KokoNainen (Whole Woman) (2013)
• Miks ei (2017)
• Minun tähteni (2019)

• Lauran joulu (2005)

• "Addicted to You" (2002)
• "Miks Ei" (2016)

• List of best-selling music artists in Finland

• Official homepage of Laura Voutilainen

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