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Nightwish<\/strong>\u00a0is a Finnish\u00a0symphonic metal<\/a>\u00a0band from\u00a0Kitee<\/a>. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist\u00a0Tuomas Holopainen<\/a>, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer\u00a0Tarja Turunen<\/a>. The band soon picked up drummer\u00a0Jukka Nevalainen<\/a>, and then bassist\u00a0Sami V\u00e4nsk\u00e4<\/a>\u00a0after the release of their debut album,\u00a0Angels Fall First<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1997). In 2001, V\u00e4nsk\u00e4 was replaced by\u00a0Marko Hietala<\/a>, who also took over the male vocalist role previously filled by Holopainen or guest singers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Nightwish have been prominent in their home country since\u00a0Angels Fall First<\/em>, they did not achieve wider success until the release of the albums\u00a0Oceanborn<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1998),\u00a0Wishmaster<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2000) and\u00a0Century Child<\/a><\/em>(2002). Their 2004 album,\u00a0Once<\/a><\/em>, has sold more than one million copies[2]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0and was the band’s breakthrough in the United States. Their biggest US hit single, “Wish I Had an Angel<\/a>” (2004), received\u00a0MTV<\/a>\u00a0airplay and was included on three US film soundtracks to promote their North American tour.\u00a0The band produced three more singles and two music videos for\u00a0Once<\/em>, as well as a re-recording of “Sleeping Sun<\/a>” for the compilation album,\u00a0Highest Hopes: The Best of Nightwish<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2005), before Turunen’s dismissal in October 2005.\u00a0Her last performance with Nightwish was during a concert recorded for the live album\/DVD\u00a0End of an Era<\/a><\/em>. After the concert, the other members informed Turunen with an open letter that she was no longer a member of Nightwish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May 2007, Nightwish announced\u00a0Anette Olzon<\/a>\u00a0as Turunen’s replacement.\u00a0That September, the band released their sixth album,\u00a0Dark Passion Play<\/a><\/em>, which has sold almost 2 million copies. The album’s lead single, “Amaranth<\/a>“, became one of Nightwish’s most successful in Europe.\u00a0The supporting tour, one of the band’s largest, started on October 6, 2007, and ended on September 19, 2009.\u00a0The band released an EP\/live album,\u00a0Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places)<\/a><\/em>, in March 2009 as a CD\/DVD, and their seventh studio album,\u00a0Imaginaerum<\/a><\/em>, was released globally on various days in late 2011\/early 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On October 1, 2012, Nightwish announced that they had parted ways with Olzon and would be finishing the\u00a0tour<\/a>\u00a0with at that time\u00a0ReVamp<\/a>\u00a0vocalist (ex-After Forever<\/a>)\u00a0Floor Jansen<\/a>.\u00a0In October 2013, Nightwish made Jansen and longtime session\u00a0uilleann pipes<\/a>\u00a0player\u00a0Troy Donockley<\/a>permanent members of the band, and they were featured in the acclaimed album\u00a0Endless Forms Most Beautiful<\/a><\/em>, released on March 27, 2015. From 2014 to 2019, Nevalainen, while still a member of the band, was inactive due to severe\u00a0insomnia<\/a>\u00a0issues; in July 2019, he announced that he would not be returning to the band, with\u00a0Kai Hahto<\/a>, who had acted as his replacement since 2014 (including by performing all drums on\u00a0Endless Forms Most Beautiful<\/em>), being promoted as the official drummer, and is featured as such at the ninth album,\u00a0Human. :II: Nature.<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0which was released internationally on April 10, 2020. After twenty years of performing with the band, it was announced that bassist\u00a0Marko Hietala<\/a>\u00a0had parted ways with the band in January 2021.\u00a0Jukka Koskinen<\/a>\u00a0was announced as Hietala’s replacement to play bass during the\u00a0tour<\/a>. In August 2022, he was announced as a permanent member of the band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nightwish is the third-best-selling band and musical entity in Finland with\u00a0certified<\/a>\u00a0sales of nearly 900,000\u00a0certified<\/a>\u00a0copies.\u00a0The group is also the most successful Finnish band worldwide, selling more than 10 million records\u00a0and receiving more than 60 gold and platinum awards, having released six Number 1 albums and thirteen Number 1 singles.[18]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0On October 26, 2018, Nightwish was inducted into the Finnish Music Hall of Fame, becoming the honorary gallery’s 11th member.<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n

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