Jonna Tervomaa

Jonna Tervomaa (b. 1973) is usually a Finnish pop musician, radio character, and former kid star. She attained her initial platinum-selling record at age group 11 after a 1983 earn within a high-profile performing contest using the tune “Minttu sekä Ville” (Minttu and Ville). She implemented this with three extra albums and a best-of collection between 1983 and 1987. After her preliminary popularity dissipated, she focused on her research and athletic skill at playing golf ball. She earned the Finnish golf ball championship and performed on the nationwide team for females under 22 years. Tervomaa continued to study books and, during this time period, began playing music once again for fun. She performed at periodic little gigs with close friends, acoustically covering tracks by artists which range from Sheryl Crow to the authorities. One thing resulted in another and, ultimately, a demonstration tape arrived her a agreement with Polygram. Her 1998 eponymous initial record (she doesn’t consider her kid stardom as the start of her profession) was received with some reserve, however the tracks were great and provided enough airplay how the record remained for the graphs for 11 direct weeks. Tervomaa got co-written a lot of the materials, which boosted her reliability, and shortly her times of kid stardom had been superseded by her adult pop/rock and roll achievement. The music was in comparison to Alanis Morissette and Sheryl Crow, but provided its stylistic range, you can associate individual tracks to artists which range from Soundgarden to Steely Dan. The record received three Emma Honours — the Finnish exact carbon copy of Grammy Honours — and released her highly effective adult profession. She solidified her reputation with Neljä Seinää (Four Wall space) the next season. Released in 2001, Viivalla (At risk) was similarly successful and documented under the General GROUP banner. Her music group has contains members from various other popular Finnish rings, including Egotrippi, Lemonator, and Don Huonot, and she’s successfully covered tracks by a number of the popular indie rock and roll and post-punk rings, such as for example Tuomari Nurmio and Sielun Veljet, on numerous tribute albums. She received her second platinum-selling recording for 2004’s Halo, that was accompanied by Parempi Loppu (AN IMPROVED End) in 2007.