Gimmel was a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 girl group

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In the Spring of 2002, a Popstars

Popstars

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competition was held in Finland to find members to form a pop band. 454 young women participated in the singing trials. 25 girls made it to the final selection round. Members of the first Popstars band in Finland were Jenni Vartiainen

Jenni Vartiainen

Jenni Mari Vartiainen is a Finnish pop singer. Before her professional musical endeavours, she was a figure skater in her teen-age years and attended the Kuopio Senior High of Music and Dance...

, Susanna Korvala, Ushma Karnani, and Jonna Pirinen

Jonna Pirinen

Jonna Christensen , better known by her stage name Jonna, is a pop and R&B singer/songwriter from Finland. She has released three albums, over ten singles and several music videos...

. After a few weeks arguments between the girls increased, and Jonna decided to leave the band for a solo career. Ushma, Susanna, and Jenni continued. They decided to adopt the name Gimmel.

Gimmel is the third letter in the Hebrew alphabet

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, and it also means the number three. A gimmel ring was a Renaissance

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 betrothal and wedding ring made in three parts, or two.

The band's debut single "Etsit muijaa seuraavaa" was released on October 25, 2002. It sold gold in a few days and platinum in one and a half weeks. In its first week on the charts, the single peaked at number one the Finnish Singles Chart and held that position for four weeks. Gimmel's first album Lentoon came out on November 22, 2002, and just after it was published, it went to the number one spot in the Finnish Albums Chart and remained there for three weeks. In 2002, the album sold almost 85 000 copies, becoming the best-selling album of the year.

Gimmel's second single Roviolla was released on January 27, 2003, and it peaked at number three on the Singles Chart. The single features a previously unpublished piece called Tatuointi. At the 2003 Emma Awards

Emma-gaala

The Emma-gaala is a Finnish music gala arranged yearly by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland, awarding the most distinguished artists and music professionals of the year. It has been arranged since 1983, except for the years 1988–1990....

, the band won the Awards for New Pop/Rock Artist of the Year, Debut Album of the Year and Best-Selling Album of the Year.

In the summer of 2003, they released their second album Kaksi kertaa enemmän, and in the end of the year a music video Harmaata lunta.

The band broke up on October 16, 2004.