Chisu

Christel Sundberg

Chisu at the 2010 Ilosaarirock festival.
Background information
Also known as Chisu
Born (1982-01-03) January 3, 1982
Helsinki, Finland
Genres Pop
Labels HMC

Christel Martina Sundberg (born January 3, 1982, Helsinki[1]), known by her stage name Chisu (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkisu]), is a Finnish pop artist, songwriter, and producer. She wrote her first single, Mun koti ei oo täällä, to the soundtrack of the movie Sooloilua. The song was a hit in Finland in Spring 2008, peaking at number one on both the Singles Chart and the Downloads Chart and spending seven and nine weeks atop, respectively. She released her second album Vapaa ja yksin on September 23, 2009. Her third album, Kun valaistun, was released on October 5, 2011, through Warner Music Finland. Another version of the album, entitled Kun valaistun 2.0 was released on June 6, 2012. Her fourth and latest album, Polaris was released on October 2, 2015.

Chisu has also written songs for Antti Tuisku, Tarja Turunen, Jippu, Kristiina Brask and Kristiina Wheeler. During her career, Chisu has sold over 230,000 certified records, which places her among the top 80 best-selling artists in Finland.[2]

In November 2012, Chisu was connected to a copyright controversy in Finland when a nine-year-old girl's home was raided by the police and had her laptop confiscated due to allegedly downloading Chisu songs.[3] [4] The controversy was named as Chisugate by media.[5] It has been alleged that the files the little girl downloaded and later shared, were bogus files disguised as the Chisu album and therefore she did not actually share Chisu's music.

Discography

Albums

Title Details Peak
position		 Certification
[6]
FIN
[7]
Alkovi
  • Release date: 27 February 2008
  • Record label: HMC
  • Format: CD / Digital
 5

Gold

Vapaa ja yksin
  • Release date: 23 September 2009
  • Record label: HMC / WEA
  • Format: CD / Digital / Vinyl
 1

Double platinum

Kun valaistun
  • Release date: 5 October 2011
  • Record label: HMC / WEA
  • Format: CD / Digital
 1

Multiple platinum

Kun valaistun 2.0
  • Release date: 6 June 2012
  • Record label: HMC / WEA
  • Format: CD-DVD-Blu-ray /
    Digital / Vinyl
 2
Polaris
  • Release date: 2 October 2015
  • Record label: HMC / WEA
  • Format: CD / Digital / Vinyl
 2

Singles

Title Year Peak
position		 Certification
[6]		 Album
FIN
[7]
"Mun koti ei oo täällä" 2007 1

Gold

 Alkovi
"Muut" 2008 —
"Tämä rakkaus" —
"Baden-Baden" 2009 3

Platinum

 Vapaa ja yksin
"Kerrasta poikki" 12
"Sama nainen" 5

Gold

"Miehistä viis" 2010 —
"Saaliit" —
"Sabotage" 2011 1 Kun valaistun
"Kohtalon oma" 1
"Tie" 2012 9
"Kolmas pyörä" —
"Frankenstein" 2012 —
"Polte" 2016 2
"Älä herätä mua unesta" 18

See also

References

  1. ↑ Me Naiset -magazine 7.6.2012, pp. 8–9
  2. ↑ "Chisu" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  3. ↑ "Police Raid 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay Girl, Confiscate Winnie The Pooh Laptop". TorrentFreak. Retrieved 23 November 2012. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  4. ↑ "10-year-old girl fined for downloading music". Yle. 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
  5. ↑ "Chisugate" (in Finnish). Uusi Suomi. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
  6. 1 2 "Musiikkituottajat - Tilastot - Kulta- ja platinalevyt - Chisu". Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  7. 1 2 "finnishcharts.com - Discography Chisu". Hung Medien finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
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