Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Another week, another dose of #Finpop 2026. This time with UMK veteran Kiki, Erika's sister Jennika and already familiar names Ani, Hugo and Alina Burnet - will any of them aim for UMK 2027?  KIKI - KUOLEMANTANSSI HUGO / ALINA BURNET - ENTISEEN ELÄMÄÄM ANI - LIMEE JA SUOLAA' JENNIKA VIKMAN - TAKAS ANJOSIIN

  This week familiar names already with their latest including UMK veteran Viivi and Hugo, Kaikua, Runo, Bizi and Pehmoaino, all names I'd welcome to UMK 2027! HUGO / KAUKUA - VESIPISAROIDEN VALSSI RUNO - PURI VIIVI - KAIKKI PÄÄTTYY MEIHIN BIZI / PEHMOAINO - SE MITÄ EI OLLUT KOSKAAN

  Another week, another dose of #Finpop 2025. This time with UMK 2025 artists Viivi and Costee who has teamed with jemina, already featured in this series a few times. Hugo has teamed up with superstars JVG and finally Tomi Saario with his latest effort - he's been on a hot list for UMK by fandom a couple of years so who knows, maybe 2026 he'll be lucky enough? Jemina / costee - Epäreilu maailma HUGO / JVG - Kellon suuntaa Viivi - Ilman sua Tomi Saario - Kuka sä luulit että mä oon?

 Here comes the next dose of #Finpop 2025: We have newcomers with with little notoriety yet Eino and Annieeva with Karim B and Tuuli who have already some name and then last year's revelation Hugo with his new song. Enjoy! Karim B / TUULI - Miljoonii Annieeva - Siirrän vuoret, halkaisen vedet Eino - Haamuja HUGO - Väärään ihmiseen 

  Another dose of #Finpop for your enjoyment. Last year's revelation Hugo teams up with UMK veteran Sexmane while Jenni Vartiainen teams up with last year's most streamed artist Turisti. UMK veteran and disco queen Eini belts out another banger - written by Kuumaa's Johannes and Softengine's Topi among others! -  and finally a newcomer Kaukua.  Hugo / Sexmane - Sekunnis Jenni Vartiainen / Turisti - Leima Eini - Cocktail Kaukua - 10 000 tuntii

The 2024 year in music started with AHTI's Väärään aikaan (feat. Hugo) sitting at #1 spot for the 5th week in a row. Then came Mirella going straight to #1 in week 2 starting off a spectacular year for this newcomer. Four number one hits and 25 weeks at number one spot! A total of 12 Top-20 hits off her #1 debut album. Check out the Radio Play charts here It was also a year of duets and collaborations while UMK 2024 artists Sara Siipola and Sexmane scored a joint #1 (when their UMK songs stopped at #2 and #4), as did hostess and interval act Pilvi Hämäläinen. And good old Wham! scored a Christmas number one being also the ONLY foreign act to do so. The rest was then pretty much various (pop) rappers as usual. All in all the songs that made it to #1 are all quite melodic and good and deserved their success, unlike in many times in previous years when I personally wasn't so keen on those that made it to the top many times. And nine Eurovision song contest entries made it to top-5...

The past three years the most streamed song on Spotify in Finland has been an UMK entry but not anymore in 2024. Newcomers Mirella, Hugo and Ani took over but Kuumaa was still the second most listened act in general, Sexmane 5th. Their both latest albums made also the list of most listened albums: Pisara meressä (1.) and Hyvikset ja pahikset (6.) The most listened artist was however Turisti , followed by Kuumaa, Mirella, Gettomasa , Sexmane , Ibe , Costi , Taylor Swift, Isac Elliot and Lauri Haav .  1. Mirella - Timanttei 2. Ege Zulu & BEHM - Tunnista tuntiin 3. Mirella & Lauri Haav - Luotathan 4. Mirella - Uuteen eiliseen 5. AHTI & Hugo - Väärään aikaan 6. Kuumaa - Satama 7. Hugo & Costi - Taulut 8. Robin Packalen & Tupe - Häitä pidelly 9. Ani - Jos puhutaan totta 10. Mirella - Sua sattuu In 2021 Blind Channel's Dark side topped the list. Måneskin gave extra Eurovision flavour to the list placing three songs in the Top-10: I wanna be your slave (2.), Euroviis...

  Another week, another set of #Finpop 2024. First latest pop sensation Hugo followed by seasoned pop diva Katri Ylander with the song she tried to get into #UMK2024 but didn't make the cut in the end, let's see if she has tried again for #UMK2025?! A name from that or Sex Mane has teamed up with Fabe and finally we have another UMK royalty Kuumaa's lead singer 's lil sister with a song they wrote together, could she be aiming to follow his footsteps?! Enjoy! HUGO - PAINAJAISET KATRI YLANDER - MOSAIIKKI FABI / SEXMANE  - TEHTIIN TÄÄ ELSA BROTHERUS - SE JOKA SUT MENETTÄÄ

This week we have four more goodies from 2024 and even beyond. Ehyt is an indie-duo with astonishing 71 monthly listeners on Spotify! Let's change that as the song is just wonderful! Show some love to them. Then we have big names from streaming and radio, Hugo and Olli and finally Shimmer, a trio of ladies that have made a comeback with a great song after 22 years! Ehyt - Kaikki muistuttaa mua susta Olli Halonen - Miten käärmeet lisääntyy Hugo - Sun puolesta Shimmer - Korennot

  Your daily dose of new #Finpop 2024. Enjoy! Hugo - Aurinkoon Olli Halonen - Synnytty saunomaan Karim B fest SHRTY - Bye bye  Bee - Sä puhut enkeleistä

Today's dose of #Finpop2023 is rather electro poppish, including UMK favorite Lxandra. HUGO feat. Costi - Taulut costee - Rakastunut suruun Elsa Brotherus - Kokonaan Lxandra - Blonde