Kwan is a hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

/pop music

Pop music

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 group from Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

, Finland

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...

. Most visible members of the band are the two vocalists Mariko

Mari Pajalahti

MC Mariko is one of two lead singers of Kwan. She has also acted in a Finnish TV soap opera called Salatut elämät in the role of Virpi Hurme from 1999 to 2000...

 (Mari Liisa Pajalahti) and Tidjan (Ossi Bah Tidiane). The band started as a hip hop act, but nowadays the songs contain more singing than rapping.

The first album, Dynasty, sold platinum in Finland, the second one, The Die Is Cast double platinum.

Trivia

In spring 2007, lead vocalist Mariko is participating in the Finnish season 2 of Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries...

, dancing with Aleksi Seppänen. Contrary to expectations and despite having no ballroom dancing background whatsoever, she has set the floor on fire time after time, eventually becoming the odds-on favourite to go all the way and win the competition. On April 22, 2007, they beat Sari Siikander and Mikko Ahti to win the final.http://www.hs.fi/viihde/artikkeli/Mariko+Pajalahti+ja+Aleksi+Sepp%C3%A4nen+tanssivat+voittoon/1135226737455

Studio albums

• Dynasty (2001)
• The Die Is Cast (2002)
• Love Beyond This World (2004)
• Little Notes (2006)

Singles

• Padam (2001)
• Microphoneaye (2001)
• Late (2001)
• Rock Da House (2001)
• The Die Is Cast (2002)
• I Wonder (Promo-CD, 2002)
• Rain (2002)
• Shine (2002)
• Chillin' At The Grotto (2002)
• Unconditional Love (2004)
• Decadence Of The Heart (2004)
• Sharks In The Bloody Waters (2004)
• Diamonds (2006)
• Tainted Love (2006)
• 10,000 Light Years (2009)

External links

• Official Website Broken link!