Christmas albums are something most artists do at some point of their career for some reason; to cash in, to revive the career or just for fun or other reason. This year in Finland Samuli Edelmann does it after singing pop, rock, psalms so in his career it's a rather logical step after starring alongside Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible. The album Hiljaisuuden valo (Light of the silence) is reached top-5 in its second week. Very popular Juha Tapio who started with religious music before hitting pop rock debuted at #4 with his album Joululauluja (Christmas songs). Also for him, I must admit it is a logical step in his career and there's no hint about the previously mentioned reasons to do such albums. The third success album this season comes from Jarkko Ahola of Teräsbetoni fame. This is actually his first solo album and shows there's more to him and his vocals than just metal rock and long hair in the air. Ave Maria - joulun klassikot (Ave Maria - Christmas classics) is the title and The album got a bit slower start but is already neck to neck with the other two sitting at the #6 when writing this. And then there's an odd one out, Viktor Klimenko who has apparently released a Christmas album, too. He hasn't bothered the charts yet.
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