Their biggest US hit single, “Wish I Had an Angel” (2004), made it onto three US film soundtracks as a means to promote their North American tour.
Their 2004 album, Once, which has sold more than 1 million copies, led to the broadcast of Nightwish video clips on MTV in the United States and inclusion of their music in US movie soundtracks. Formed in 1996 by songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen, Nightwish's current line-up has five members, although Tarja has been replaced by Anette Olzon and the original bassist, Sami Vänskä, has been replaced by Marco Hietala, who also took over the male vocalist part previously male vocal-parts were done by Tuomas or guest singers.Īlthough Nightwish has been prominent in their home country since the release of their first single, “The Carpenter” (1997) and debut album Angels Fall First, they did not achieve worldwide fame until the release of the albums Oceanborn, Wishmaster and Century Child, which were released in 1998, 20 respectively.
Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. The group is also the most successful Finnish band worldwide, selling more than 8 million records and receiving more than 60 gold and platinum awards.Nightwish - Discography (1997 - 2011) Nightwish is the third-best-selling band and musical entity in Finland with sales of more than 900,000 certified copies. On October 1, 2012, Nightwish announced that they had parted ways with Olzon and will be finishing the current tour with ReVamp and former After Forever vocalist Floor Jansen. The band released an E.P./live album, Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places), in March 2009 as a MCD/DVD, and their seventh studio album, Imaginaerum, was released globally on various days in late 2011/early 2012. The supporting tour, one of the band’s largest, started on Octoand ended on September 19, 2009.
The album’s lead single, “Amaranth”, became one of Nightwish’s most successful in Europe. That September, the band released their sixth album, Dark Passion Play, which has sold almost 2 million copies.
In May 2007, Nightwish announced Olzon as Turunen’s replacement. The band produced three more singles and two music videos for Once, as well as a re-recording of “Sleeping Sun” for the “best of” compilation album, Highest Hopes (2005), before Turunen’s dismissal in October 2005. Their biggest US hit single, “Wish I Had an Angel” (2004), received MTV airplay and was included on three US film soundtracks to promote their North American tour. Their 2004 album, Once, has sold more than 1 million copies and was the band’s breakthrough in the United States. In 2002, original bassist Sami Vänskä was replaced by Marco Hietala, who also took over the male vocalist role previously filled by Holopainen or guest singers.Īlthough Nightwish has been prominent in their home country since the release of their debut album, Angels Fall First (1997), they did not achieve worldwide fame until the release of the albums Oceanborn (1998), Wishmaster (2000) and Century Child (2002).
The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and vocalist Tarja Turunen, who was replaced in 2007 by former Alyson Avenue singer Anette Olzon. Nightwish is a symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. The current status of the logo is active, which means the logo is currently in use. EPS format, and open with Adobe Illustrator or Adobe PhotoShop or CorelDRAW. Browse to see more Nightwish related vector logos.
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