Vicky Rosti

Virve "Vicky" Rosti (born November 10, 1958) is a Finnish singer of popular music. Her most famous songs include "Kun Chicago kuoli" (the debut single from 1975, a Finnish language cover version of "The Night Chicago Died" by Paper Lace), "Tuolta saapuu Charlie Brown" (Here comes Charlie Brown), "Menolippu" (one-way ticket), "Oon voimissain" (I will survive), "Sata salamaa" (One hundred lightnings) and "Jolene". During her career, Rosti has sold over 75,000 certified records, which places her among the top 50 best-selling female soloists in Finland.[1]

Rosti represented her home country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 in Belgium. She sang "Sata salamaa", composed by Petri Laaksonen. The song finished 15th out of 22, scoring 28 points.[2]

Rosti currently sings in the band Menneisyyden Vangit together with Freeman.

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Discography

Studio albums

Collections

Preceded by
Kari Kuivalainen
with Never The End		 Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
1987		 Succeeded by
Boulevard
with Nauravat silmät muistetaan

References

  1. ^ "Virve Rosti" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/artistit/virve+rosti. Retrieved 2011-06-12. 
  2. ^ Eurovision Song contest: Details: Finland 1987: Vicky Rosti, Sata salamaa Retrieved Dec 9, 2010.
  3. ^ a b IFPI Finland Gold and Platinum search IFPI. Retrieved December 9, 2010.

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