Yhden enkelin unelma

Yhden Enkelin Unelma ("One Angel's Dream") is a Christmas single by Finnish singer Tarja Turunen, released as Turunen's first solo project ever, when she was still part of the symphonic metal band Nightwish, back in December 2004; it was also released as an Extended Play in limited edition.

"Yhden Enkelin Unelma"
Single by Tarja Turunen
Released1 December 2004
GenreClassical
Length13:10
LabelUniversal Music
Songwriter(s)Jean Sibelius, Zachris Topelius
Producer(s)Esa Nieminen
Tarja Turunen singles chronology
"Yhden Enkelin Unelma"
(2004)		 "You Would Have Loved This"
(2006)

Right after the release it debuted at number 2, and ended 2004 after more three weeks at number 1;[1] it started 2005 as number 4, and reached number 1 again in December 2005, after spending 10 weeks on the official Finnish charts.[2] The single has reached Gold Disc status in Finland with more than 7 thousand copies sold.[3]

The single is sung entirely in the Finnish language, and Turunen promoted it with a mini tour holding concerts in Finland, Germany, Spain and Romania, in late 2005.[4]

Track listing

Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."En etsi valtaa, loistoa"Jean Sibelius, Zachris Topelius3:30
2."Kun joulu on"Otto Kotilainen, Alpo Noponen3:36
3."En etsi valtaa, loistoa (live)"Jean Sibelius, Zachris Topelius3:32
4."Kun joulu on (live)"Otto Kotilainen, Alpo Noponen3:31

Pop edition

  • En etsi valtaa, loistoa
  • Kun joulu on

Acoustic edition

  • En etsi valtaa, loistoa (acoustic)
  • Kun joulu on (acoustic)

Personnel

Musicians

Main crew

  • Esa Nieminen - Orchestral arrangements
  • Tarja Turunen e Sirja Tiilikainen - Co-production
  • Jetro Vainio - mixing
  • Mika Jussila - mastering engineer
  • Toni Härkönen - photos

References
  1. "Tarja- Yhden Enkelin Unelma on Finnish charts". Hung Medien & eMedia Jungen. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
  2. "Tarja Turunen - Yhden Enkelin Unelma". αCharts.us. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
  3. "Statistics: Tarja Turunen" (in Finnish). IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
  4. "Tarja Turunen: Past events". Turunen's Official Website. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
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