Jenni Vartiainen's Seili tour comes to an end after 170 gigs when tomorrow night she will perform in Helsinki's National Theatre's stage, a first for a pop artist! And not only, Finnkino's movie theatres all over Finland will show the performance live in Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Jyväskylä, Kuopio, Lahti, Oulu, Pori, Rovaniemi, Turku and Tampere. After that she will take a break and no one knows how long it will take, not even herself. That has caused wild speculation that she might be pregnant or might quit the business altogether and she has recently commented herself that she also took two years off before the album and it's normal; first time off, then slowly making new music and recording, it could easily take a few years.... But there goes hopes to have her in Eurovision 2012 as well.
Time will tell if this success story will continue in a few years as so far it has been impressive:
Jenni was born in Kuopio in 1983. After figure skating that she had to quit because of back problems she concentrated on music and was chosen to be part of a girl group Gimmel through Popstars reality show. Their debut album in 2002 was the most sold album of the year. Two more succesful albums followed before they slipt in 2004. Her debut album Ihmisten edessä was released in 2007 and she won over even the rock critics. Album sold over 50.000 and both the album and the single Ihmisten edessä win Emma award as the best of the year. She's on the road for almost two years before taking a break. Second album Seili is released in 2010. She makes history by winning seven Emma awards, amongst them album, song and female artist of the year. The album is clearly the most sold album of 2010 and continues to sell and has already passed 6 times platinum (130.000). Also the singles Mä en haluu kuolla tänä yönä and Missä muruseni on have sold platinum, the other two singles Nettiin and Duran Duran are reaching gold status.
But no worries for the fans, a DVD Seilissä and photobook Jenni Vartiainen - tomuisella tiellä about the tour have been released this week to keep the fans happy for awhile....
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