History Music / TarjaTurunen

* BilingualBonus:
** "Montañas De Silencio" is sung in Spanish.
** Most of ''Henkäys Ikuisuudesta'' is sung in Finnish. She sings a gorgeous version of "Ave Maria" on this album in German.
** "Mystique Voyage" is in *four* different languages.

* TakeThat: Tarja responded to her former band's personal attacks in ''Dark Passion Play'' with "Enough".

Former lead singer of the Finnish {{Symphonic|Metal}} PowerMetal band Music/{{Nightwish}}. In 2005, she left the band after receiving an open letter, leading to a public back-and-forth volley between her and the rest of the band. The letter claimed that she had missed too many rehearsals and that her husband influenced her behavior, though she vehemently denies these claims. Both she and her husband have since talked about their side of the story.

Tarja Turunen is the former lead singer of the Finnish {{Symphonic|Metal}} PowerMetal band Music/{{Nightwish}}. In 2005, the band fired her in an open letter, leading to a public back-and-forth volley between her and the rest of the band. It was later cited that she had missed too many rehearsals and that her husband influenced her behavior.

* {{Supergroup}}: So far, you have [[Music/{{Masterplan}} Mike Terrana]], [[Music/{{Angra}} Kiko Loureiro]], [[{{Apocalyptica}} Max Lilja]] and Music/VanCanto accompanying her.

* CoverVersion: "[[ComicBook/TheSnowman Walking in the Air]]" in ''Henkäys Ikuisuudesta'', "[[Music/AliceCooper Poison]]", in ''My Winter Storm'' and "[[Music/{{Whitesnake}} Still Of The Night]]", as a bonus of ''What Lies Beneath''. She also sung "[[SodaStereo Signos]]" in live concerts.

* CoverVersion: "[[TheSnowman Walking In The Air]]" in ''Henkäys Ikuisuudesta'', "[[Music/AliceCooper Poison]]", in ''My Winter Storm'' and "[[Music/{{Whitesnake}} Still Of The Night]]", as a bonus of ''What Lies Beneath''. She also sung "[[SodaStereo Signos]]" in live concerts.

* CreatorBreakdown: Not to the extent of her former bandmate Tuomas Holopainen, but some of her songs count, such as "Enough".
* DyeHard: Apparently, she's a natural blonde.

* {{Supergroup}}: So far, you have [[Music/{{Masterplan}} Mike Terrana]], [[Music/{{Angra}} Kiko Loureiro]], [[{{Apocalyptica}} Max Lilja]] and VanCanto accompanying her.

* LadyInRed: In the "Nemo" video.

* CoverVersion: "[[TheSnowman Walking In The Air]]" in ''Henkäys Ikuisuudesta'', "[[Music/AliceCooper Poison]]", in ''My Winter Storm'' and "[[{{Whitesnake}} Still Of The Night]]", as a bonus of ''What Lies Beneath''. She also sung "[[SodaStereo Signos]]" in live concerts.

* GenreBusting: While generally SymphonicMetal, Tarja's solo material shows aplenty of influences from ClassicalMusic, AlternativeMetal, ArenaRock, [[ProgressiveRock Prog]], Pop, PsychedelicRock, Industrial and even Ambient. ''Colours in the Dark'' is especially prominent in its experimental nature.

She would release her first solo album two years after being fired.

[[YourMileageMayVary Your mileage will vary]] when it comes to Tarja. She is widely praised and acclaimed for crossing style boundaries and using operatic singing for metal. On the other hand, she is also a bit of an outcast among diehard metal fans, as she does not fit the traditional metal singer stereotype at all.

* AnimateBodyParts: Tarja's legs have their own Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tarjas-Legs/273598446006960

* YokoOhNo: Marcelo, her husband, is a male example, and Nightwish cites him as the reason they fired Tarja.

* AnimateBodyParts: [[Tarja's legs have their own Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tarjas-Legs/273598446006960]]

** "Montañas De Silencio" sung in Spanish.

Tarja has the unusual distinction of being a female soprano singer for a metal band. Her voice alone led to Nightwish being labeled as "opera metal." "Female-fronted metal" has become a subgenre in part due to the success of Nightwish.

* LadyInRed: In the ''Nemo'' video.
* LighterAndSofter: ''Underneath'', ''I Feel Immortal'', ''Calling Grace'' from her solo albums. The ''Live At Sibelius Hall'' has her singing classical music. If you want a glimpse of how powerful Tarja's voice really is, the live album should do the trick.
* SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein: It was nigh-impossible in early career to figure out what she was singing. She got better about that.

* AnimateBodyParts: [[Tarja's legs have their own facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tarjas-Legs/273598446006960]]

* CreatorBreakdown: Not to the extent of her former bandmate [[Music/{{Nightwish}} Tuomas Holopainen]], but some of her songs count, such as "Enough".

* TheUnintelligible: Just try to understand what she's saying WITHOUT using a lyrics sheet!

* BlackAndWhiteBeauty

Tarja Turunen is the former lead singer of the Finnish {{Symphonic|Metal}} PowerMetal band {{Nightwish}}. In 2005, the band fired her in an open letter, leading to a public back-and-forth volley between her and the rest of the band. It was later cited that she had missed too many rehearsals and that her husband influenced her behavior.

* CreatorBreakdown: Not to the extent of her former bandmate [[{{Nightwish}} Tuomas Holopainen]], but some of her songs count, such as "Enough".

* 2011 - ''Live At Sibelius Hall'' -- this is a classical album, not metal.

* CoverVersion: "[[TheSnowman Walking In The Air]]" in ''Henkäys Ikuisuudesta'', "[[AliceCooper Poison]]", in ''My Winter Storm'' and "[[{{Whitesnake}} Still Of The Night]]", as a bonus of ''What Lies Beneath''. She also sung "[[SodaStereo Signos]]" in live concerts.