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Tarja Turunen discography
Turunen performing live in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on September 6, 2007.
Studio albums8
EPs4
Live albums5
Singles42
Video albums5
Music videos30

The discography of Finnish symphonic metal singer Tarja Turunen, consists of eight studio albums, four extended plays, forty-two singles and thirty music videos.

Turunen is best known as the former lead vocalist of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, which she founded with Tuomas Holopainen and Erno Vuorinen in 1996, being dismissed from the band on October 21, 2005.[1] As part of Nightwish Turunen released five albums between 1997 and 2005, as well as three live albums, one extended play and fourteen singles (for further information see Nightwish discography).[1] Turunen started her solo career in 2006 when she released a Christmas album called Henkäys ikuisuudesta and toured Finland and Russia.[2]

In 2007, Turunen released her second solo album, My Winter Storm,[3] and in 2010, she released her third album, What Lies Beneath,[4] Tarja had a cameo role in the Finnish film Yhtä Kyytiä (2011)[5] before starting the What Lies Beneath World Tour, which lasted until April 8, 2012.[6] A live DVD, recorded in Rosario during the What Lies Beneath World Tour, was released on August 24, 2012.[7] Turunen released her third rock album, Colours in the Dark, on August 30, 2013. Turunen released her first classical solo album Ave Maria – En Plein Air on September 11, 2015.

Studio albums

Rock/Heavy Metal albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
FIN
[8]
GER
[9]
AUT
[10]
SWI
[11]
CZE US Heat
[12]
HUN
[13]
SWE
[14]
BEL (Fla)
[15]
NLD
[16]
My Winter Storm 1 3 11 15 33
[17]
46 18 41 78
What Lies Beneath
  • Released: September 1, 2010
  • Label: Spinefarm, Universal Music, The End, Vertigo
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
7 4 12 11 6
[21]
24 30 45 46 45
Colours in the Dark
  • Released: August 30, 2013
  • Label: earMUSIC
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
5 6 14 20 7 13 53 34 29
The Shadow Self
  • Released: August 5, 2016
  • Label: earMUSIC
  • Format: Limited Super Audio CD, LP, digital download
13 7 19 11 3 23 37 130
In the Raw
  • Released: August 30, 2019
  • Label: earMUSIC
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
28
[22]
15 30 12 57 7 66
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Classical albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
FIN
[8]
GER
[9]
AUT
[10]
SWI
[11]
CZE US Heat
[12]
HUN
[13]
SWE
[14]
BEL (Fla)
[15]
NLD
[16]
Ave Maria – En Plein Air
  • Released: September 11, 2015
  • Label: earMUSIC
  • Format: Limited Super Audio CD, LP, digital download
31 165

Christmas albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
FIN
[8]
GER
[9]
AUT
[10]
SWI
[11]
CZE US Heat
[12]
HUN
[13]
SWE
[14]
BEL (Fla)
[15]
NLD
[16]
Henkäys ikuisuudesta 2
From Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a Dark Christmas)
  • Released: November 17, 2017
  • Label: earMUSIC
  • Format: Limited Super Audio CD, LP, digital download, CD Digipack
32 40 50 68 30 15 196
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
FIN
[8]
BEL (Fla)
[15]
GER
[9]
AUT
[10]
SWI
[11]
In Concert – Live at Sibelius Hall
  • Released: November 17, 2011
  • Label: earMUSIC
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
37
Act I: Live in Rosario
  • Released: August 24, 2012
  • Label: Universal Music, earMUSIC
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
12 99 5 36 48
Beauty and the Beat
  • Released: May 30, 2014
  • Label: earMUSIC
  • Format: CD, digital download
67
Luna Park Ride
  • Released: May 29, 2015
  • Label: Universal Music, earMUSIC
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
55
Act II
  • Released: July 27, 2018
  • Label: earMUSIC
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
116 17 17
Christmas Together: Live at Olomouc and Hradec Králové 2019
  • Released: November 27, 2020
  • Label: earMUSIC
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Video albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
FIN
[23][24][25]
AUT
[26][27][28]
SWI
[29][30][31]
SWE
[32]
BEL
[33][34][35]
In Concert – Live at Sibelius Hall
  • Released: November 17, 2011
  • Label: earMUSIC
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
Act I: Live in Rosario
  • Released: August 24, 2012
  • Label: Universal Music, earMUSIC
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
1 3 3 8 2
Beauty and the Beat
  • Released: May 30, 2014
  • Label: earMUSIC
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
2 4 5 7
Luna Park Ride
  • Released: May 29, 2015
  • Label: Universal Music, earMUSIC
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
1 4 3 2 5
Act II
  • Released: July 27, 2018
  • Label: earMUSIC
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

EPs

Title EP details Peak chart positions Certifications
FIN
[8]
SPA
[36]
Yhden enkelin unelma
  • Released: December 1, 2004
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Format: MCD
1 8
The Seer
  • Released: December 1, 2008
  • Label: Spinefarm
  • Format: Digital download, LP, CD
Left in the Dark
  • Released: 2014
  • Label: earMUSIC
  • Format: Digital download, CD
The Brightest Void
  • Released: June 3, 2016
  • Label: earMUSIC
  • Format: Limited Super Audio CD, LP, digital download
25
[22]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Singles

As lead artist

Single Year Peak chart positions Album
FIN
[8]
GER
[9]
AUT
[10]
SWI
[11]
CZE Rock
[citation needed]
"Yhden enkelin unelma"
2004
Henkäys Ikuisuudesta
"You Would Have Loved This"
2006
5
"I Walk Alone"
2007
6 16 37 49 My Winter Storm
"Die Alive"
2008
76 11
"Enough"
2009
"Falling Awake"
2010
18 What Lies Beneath
"I Feel Immortal" 55
"Until My Last Breath" 6
"Underneath"
2011
"Walking in the Air" In Concert
"Into the Sun"
2012
Act I
"Victim of Ritual"
2013
Colours in the Dark
"500 Letters" 4
"Never Enough"[37]
2015
Luna Park Ride
"No Bitter End"[38]
2016
The Shadow Self
"Innocence" 15
"Demons in You" (feat. Alissa White-Gluz) 12
"An Empty Dream"
2017
The Brightest Void
"O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" From Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a Dark Christmas)
"O Tannenbaum"
"Feliz Navidad"[39]
"Love to Hate"[40]
2018
Act II
"Undertaker"[41]
"Dead Promises"
2019
In the Raw
"Railroads"
"Tears in Rain" 4
"You and I"
"Together"
2020
Christmas Together: Live at Olomouc and Hradec Králové 2019
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"
"Closer to the sky" 2021 Outlanders
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

With Nightwish

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
FIN
[8]
AUT
[10]
FRA
[42]
GER
[43]
HUN
[13]
NLD
[44]
SPA
[45]
SWE
[14]
SWI
[11]
"The Carpenter"
1997
3 Angels Fall First
"Sacrament of Wilderness"
1998
1 Oceanborn
"Walking in the Air"
1999
1
"Sleeping Sun" 2 34
"Deep Silent Complete"
2000
3 Wishmaster
"Ever Dream"
2002
1 Century Child
"Bless the Child" 1 63 55
"Nemo"
2004
1 12 64 6 1 64 12 14 Once
"Wish I Had an Angel" 1 47 36 3 65 20 11 40
"Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" 1 3
"The Siren"
2005
3 51 1 30 59
"Sleeping Sun" (re-recorded) 1 47 34 Highest Hopes
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUT
[47]
GER
[48]
NLD
[44]
SWI
[49]
US
[50]
"Leaving You for Me" (with Martin Kesici)
2005
44 44 - 46 - So What...?!
"Walking with the Angels" (with Doro Pesch)
2009
51 11 - 56 - Fear No Evil
"The Good Die Young" (with Scorpions)
2010
- - - - - Sting in the Tail
"Paradise (What About Us?)"
(with Within Temptation)
2013
81 80 64 196 Hydra

Music videos

As lead artist

Year Song Director
2007 "I Walk Alone" Jörn Heitmann[51]
2008 "Die Alive" Uwe Flade[52]
2010 "Falling Awake"
"I Feel Immortal" Jörn Heitmann[53]
"Until My Last Breath"
"Until My Last Breath II"
2012 "Into the Sun"
2013 "Never Enough"
"Victim of Ritual" Florian Kaltenbach [54][55]
"500 Letters"
2015 "Ave Maria"
2016 "No Bitter End"
"Innocence" Mariano Cattaneo
2017 "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" Carlos Caceres Lavergne
"O Tannenbaum"
2019 "Railroads"
"Tears in Rain" Florian Kaltenbach

With Nightwish

Song Year Director
"The Carpenter" 1998 Sami Käyhkö [56]
"Sacrament of Wilderness"
"Sleeping Sun"
"Over the Hills and Far Away" 2001 Pasi Takula
"Bless the Child" 2002
"End of All Hope"
"Nemo" 2004 Antti Jokinen[57]
"Wish I Had an Angel" Uwe Boll[58]
"The Siren" 2005 Silver Style Entertainment
"Sleeping Sun" Joern Heitmann[59]

Other

Year Song Director Note
2005 "Leaving You for Me" Collaboration with Martin Kesici
2013 "Paradise (What About Us?)" Maarten Welzen & Tim Smit Collaboration with Within Temptation
2015 "An Empty Dream" Mariano Cattaneo Theme song for the Argentinian movie "Corazon Muerto" (Dead Heart)

Collaborations

Year Participation Album
2001 "Until Dawn (Angels of Light)" (Beto Vázquez Infinity feat. Tarja Turunen) Beto Vazquez Infinity[60]
"Wizard" (Beto Vázquez Infinity feat. Tarja Turunen and Sabine Edelsbacher)
"Sadness in the Night" (Beto Vázquez Infinity feat. Tarja Turunen)
"The Laws of the Future" (Beto Vázquez Infinity feat. Tarja Turunen and Sabine Edelsbacher)
"Promises Under the Rain" (Beto Vázquez Infinity feat. Tarja Turunen, Candice Night, Sabine Edelsbacher)
"Tuulikello" Perinteinen Pop-Levy
2005 "Tired of Being Alone" (Schiller feat. Tarja Turunen) Tag und Nacht[61]
"Leaving You for Me" (Martin Kesici feat. Tarja Turunen) So What... ?!
2007 "In the Picture" (Nuclear Blast Allstars feat. Tarja Turunen) Nuclear Blast All-Stars: Into the Light[62]
2009 "Walking with the Angels" (Doro feat. Tarja Turunen) Fear No Evil[63]
"Arkihuolesi kaikki heitä" Maailman kauneimmat joululaulut, a Christmas album released in Finland.[64]
"Heinillä härkien"
"Maa on niin kaunis"
2010 "The Good Die Young" (Scorpions feat. Tarja Turunen) Sting in the Tail[65]
2013 "Never Too Far" (Mike Oldfield feat. Tarja Turunen) Tubular Beats
"Paradise (What About Us?)" (Within Temptation feat. Tarja Turunen) Hydra
2015 "Castillos de papel" (Lörihen feat. Tarja Turunen) Aún sigo latiendo
"An Empty Dream"(Original theme for the movie Dead Heart) N/A
2016 "Zu zweit allein" (Schandmaul feat. Tarja Turunen) Leuchtfeuer
2021 "I will be gone" (Primal Fear feat. Tarja Turunen) I Will Be Gone EP

See also

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