Английская Википедия:Alma (Finnish singer)

Alma-Sofia Miettinen (born 17 January 1996), known professionally as Alma (stylised in all caps), is a Finnish singer and songwriter. Beginning her career in 2013, she placed fifth in the seventh season of the Finnish version of Idol. Her breakthrough came in 2015 when she was featured on the single "Muuta ku mä" by Sini Sabotage, and was subsequently signed to Universal Music Group.

The following year she released the singles "Karma" and "Dye My Hair", both of which became top ten hits in Finland. Her 2017 single "Chasing Highs" repeated this success, and also reached the top twenty in Germany and the United Kingdom. Her extended play Heavy Rules Mixtape was released in 2018 and reached the top ten in Finland. She has collaborated frequently with English singer Charli XCX, Swedish singer Tove Lo, Danish singer MØ, English DJ Digital Farm Animals who produced most of the songs of her debut album and most recently, American singer Miley Cyrus.

Career

2013: Idols

In 2013, at age 17, Alma auditioned for the seventh season of Finnish Idols. She progressed to the live shows, where she finished fifth.^[1]

Idols performances and results
Episode	Theme	Song	Result
Audition	Шаблон:N/a	Шаблон:N/a	Through to live shows
1. Final	Шаблон:N/a	"Welcome to My Life" – Sunrise Avenue	Safe
3. Final	Шаблон:N/a	"Price Tag" – Jessie J	Safe
5. Final	Шаблон:N/a	"Sekaisin" – J. Karjalainen	Safe
7. Final	Шаблон:N/a	"In the Shadows" – The Rasmus	Eliminated

2015–2016: Dye My Hair and breakthrough

In 2015, she was featured on Sini Sabotage's single "Muuta ku mä".^[2]^[3] In March 2016, Alma was signed to Universal Music, and in June she released her first single "Karma". The song peaked at number 5 on the Finnish Singles Chart.^[4] She is also the featured vocalist on the Felix Jaehn song "Bonfire". The song was released as a single in July 2016.^[5] In September 2016, Alma was confirmed to play at the 31st edition of Eurosonic Noorderslag in Groningen, NL.^[6] On 28 October 2016, she released her debut EP Dye My Hair.

2017: Chasing Highs, Phases and collaborations

She released the single "Chasing Highs" in March 2017. The song peaked at number 10 on the Finnish Singles Chart. In June it was released in the UK, and became Alma's first UK top 20 hit.^[7] She was featured on the Sub Focus' song "Don't You Feel It", released as a single in May 2017.^[8] She was also the featured vocalist on Martin Solveig's song "All Stars" which was released as a single in June 2017.^[9] In September 2017, Alma released stand-alone single "Phases" with Moroccan-American rapper French Montana.^[10] In December 2017, she collaborated with Charli XCX and Tove Lo on track "Out of My Head" from XCX's fourth mixtape Pop 2.^[11]

2018: Heavy Rules Mixtape, Bitches and Cowboy

On 26 February 2018, Alma announced that her second extended play which is called Heavy Rules Mixtape will be released on 2 March 2018.^[12] The record peaked at number nine in Finland and number 41 in Sweden. "Good Vibes" with Swedish singer-songwriter Tove Styrke peaked at number 91 on Swedish Charts, despite not being released as a track from the project. On 4 June 2018, Tove Lo announced the remix of her song "Bitches" from her third studio album Blue Lips. Aside from Alma, the song, also features Charli XCX, Icona Pop and Elliphant. The track was released on 7 June.^[13]^[14] In October 2018, Alma released a stand-alone track "Cowboy".^[15]

2019: Stand-alone singles, EP and Bad News Baby

On 1 February, she released "When I Die" which was supposed to be a lead single from her debut studio album.^[16] Two weeks later, on 15 February, Alma released "Summer" a supposed second track from her debut album. "Lonely Night" was announced on 11 June and was later released on 15 June.^[17] Her third EP Have U Seen Her? (Part I) consisting of two tracks was released on 1 November. Both tracks were later included on Have U Seen Her?.^[18] An actual lead single from her debut album "Bad News Baby" was released on 22 November.^[19]

2020: Have U Seen Her?

Have U Seen Her ? (Part II), singer's fourth EP was released on 13 March, the project has three tracks which were later included on an actual album.^[20] Her debut studio album Have U Seen Her? was released on 15 May.^[21]^[22]

2022–present: Time Machine

After a two-year hiatus, Alma started to tease a new single starting from 3 June 2022.^[23] She came back on 1 July 2022, with "Everything Beautiful" which serves as the lead track from her second studio album.^[24] "I Forgive Me" was released on 12 August 2022, as the second track from her second album.^[25] Alma dropped "Summer Really Hurt Us" on 23 September 2022, as the third track from her second album. "Hey Mom Hey Dad" was released on 20 January 2023, as the fourth track.^[26] Alma finally announced that her second studio album Time Machine will be released on 21 April 2023.^[27] "Tell Mama" was released as the fifth and final track from Time Machine.^[28]

Personal life

In a March 2019 article in Gay Times, Alma confirmed she is a lesbian and in a relationship.^[29] Her partner is the Finnish poet and civil rights activist Natalia Kallio.^[30]

Discography

Шаблон:Main Selected releases

Dye My Hair (EP) (2016)
Heavy Rules Mixtape (EP) (2018)
Have U Seen Her? (2020)
Time Machine (2023)

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Idols	Herself; contestant	Season 7
2018^[31]	Yökylässä Maria Veitola	Herself	Season 3, Episode 9

Tours

Headlining

Minitour Europe (2016)
E.U.R.O Tour (2018)
Have U Seen Her Tour (2019)
Europe Tour (2022)
Time Machine Tour (2023)

Support

MØ – Forever Neverland World Tour (2018)
Christina Aguilera – The X Tour (2019)
Tove Lo – Sunshine Kitty Tour (2020)
Tove Lo - Dirt Femme Tour (2023)

Awards and nominations

Award

YearШаблон:Efn

Nominee(s)

Notes

Шаблон:Notelist

References

Шаблон:Reflist

External links

Facebook

Шаблон:Alma Шаблон:MTV Europe Music Award for Best Finnish Act Шаблон:MTV Europe Music Award for Best Worldwide Act Шаблон:Authority control

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