Learn Finnish With Song Lyrics
Sanni (full name Sanni Mari Elina Kurkisuo) is one of Finland's most popular pop artists. She was born in 1993 in Lohja, southern Finland, and is a singer, songwriter and actress signed to Warner Music Finland.
Known for her distinctive personal style and emotionally honest lyrics, she has become one of the most streamed female artists in Finland and has won several Emma awards, the Finnish equivalent of the Grammys. "Me ei olla enää me" is one of the early singles that helped establish her in the Finnish pop scene.
Anna Puu is a Finnish singer-songwriter, born Anna Puustjärvi in 1982 in the town of Outokumpu in eastern Finland. She first became known in 2008 as a finalist on the Finnish version of Idols, where she finished second but still earned a record deal.
She took the stage name Anna Puu ("puu" means "tree" in Finnish) and released her self-titled debut album in 2009. It went straight to number one, powered by the hit single "C'est la vie," and she has been one of Finland's most popular pop and rock voices ever since, with several chart-topping albums. Beyond her own music, she has also worked as a coach on The Voice of Finland. Her warm, story-driven songs, like this one about a family drifting apart, are a big part of why Finnish audiences have loved her for over a decade.
The Verkkars are a Finnish comedy rap group who became internet-famous for turning esports culture into catchy anthems. They write playful, hype-filled tracks about Counter-Strike and the Finnish gaming scene, mixing real match references with tongue-in-cheek humor.
Their biggest hit, "EZ4ENCE," was released in 2019 as a tribute to the Finnish Counter-Strike team ENCE. The song took off when ENCE reached the final at IEM Katowice, climbing to number 4 on Finland's Spotify chart. Valve later turned it into an official in-game music kit for CS:GO, cementing the group's place in gaming history.
Samu Aleksi Haber is a Finnish singer, songwriter and entrepreneur, born in 1976 in Finland. He first became internationally known as the frontman, lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Sunrise Avenue, which he co-founded in Espoo in the 1990s. The band scored huge European hits such as "Fairytale Gone Bad" and "Hollywood Hills."
After Sunrise Avenue went on hiatus, Haber launched a solo career and, for the first time, began writing and singing in Finnish as well as English. "Sä" comes from this warmer, more personal chapter of his music. He is also a familiar face on television as a music-talent-show coach across the Nordics and Germany.
Käärijä is the stage name of Jere Pöyhönen, a Finnish rapper, singer and songwriter born in 1993 in Vantaa, Finland. He built his name on the Finnish rap and hip-hop scene through the 2010s and released his debut album, Fantastista, in 2020.
Everything changed in 2023, when he represented Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool with "Cha Cha Cha", a genre-bending blast of rap, metal, electronic music and schlager. With his neon green bolero jacket and wild, high-energy show, he won the public televote and finished second overall, and the song became the first ever Finnish-language track to reach the UK top ten. His playful, boundary-pushing style has made him one of Finland's most beloved modern performers.
