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Nightwish

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2024 - Yesterwynde
2020 - Human. :II: Nature.
2018 - Decades
2017 - Rock Werchter Festival 2008
2016 - Vehicle of Spirit
2015 - Endless Forms Most Beautiful
2013 - Showtime, Storytime
2012 - Imaginaerum (The Score)
2011 - Imaginaerum
2011 - Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads
2009 - Made in Hong Kong (and in Various Other Places)
2008 - Greatest Hits
2007 - Dark Passion Play
2006 - End of an Era
2005 - Highest Hopes: The Best of Nightwish
2005 - The Siren
2004 - Once
2004 - Tales From the Elvenpath
2004 - Bless the Child
2003 - End of Innocence
2003 - Wishes in the Night
2002 - Century Child
2002 - Ever Dream
2001 - From Wishes to Eternity: Live
2001 - Over the Hills and Far Away
2001 - Wishmastour 2000
2000 - Wishmaster
1998 - Oceanborn
1997 - Angels Fall First

Members
6 Mixed

Origin
Kitee, Finland

Genre
Symphonic Metal

Style
Rock/Pop

Mood
Boisterous

Born

1996

Active
1996 to Present...

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5 users Nightwish - Nemo
5 users Nightwish - Wish I Had an Angel
5 users Nightwish - Amaranth
4 users Nightwish - Bye Bye Beautiful
4 users Nightwish - Nemo


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The Islander	Sleeping Sun	Endless Forms Most Bea...
Nemo	Bye Bye Beautiful	Wish I Had an Angel
Noise	Storytime	The Carpenter

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Nightwish is a symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Nevalainen, and then bassist Sami Vänskä after the release of its debut album, Angels Fall First (1997). In 2002, Vänskä was replaced by Marco Hietala, who also took over the male vocalist role previously filled by Holopainen or guest singers.

Although Nightwish have been prominent in their home country since Angels Fall First, they did not achieve worldwide fame until the release of the albums Oceanborn (1998), Wishmaster (2000) and Century Child (2002). Their 2004 album, Once, has sold more than one million copies and was the band's breakthrough in the United States. 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. 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. Her last performance with Nightwish was recorded on the live album/DVD End of an Era; after the show, the other members announced to Turunen that she was no longer a member of Nightwish.

In May 2007, Nightwish announced Anette Olzon as Turunen's replacement. That September, the band released their sixth album, Dark Passion Play, which has sold almost 2 million copies. The album's lead single, "Amaranth", became one of Nightwish's most successful in Europe. The supporting tour, one of the band's largest, started on October 6, 2007 and ended on September 19, 2009. The band released an EP/live album, Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places), in March 2009 as a CD/DVD, and their seventh studio album, Imaginaerum, was released globally on various days in late 2011/early 2012.

On October 1, 2012, Nightwish announced that they had parted ways with Olzon and would be finishing the current tour with ReVamp and former After Forever vocalist Floor Jansen. In October 2013, Nightwish made Jansen and longtime session uillean pipes player Troy Donockley permanent members of the band, and they will be featured in the upcoming new album Endless Forms Most Beautiful, planned for a March, 2015 release.

Nightwish is the third-best-selling band and musical entity in Finland with certified sales of nearly 900,000 certified copies. 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, having released five Number 1 albums and thirteen Number 1 singles.


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