List of number-one singles of 2008 (Finland)
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This is the complete list of (physical and digital) number-one singles sold in Finland
in 2008 according to Finland's Official List. The list on the left side of the box (Suomen virallinen singlelista, "Official Finnish Singles Chart") represents both physical and digital
track sales and the one on the right side (Suomen virallinen latauslista, "Official Finnish Download Chart") represents sales of digital tracks.
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...
in 2008 according to Finland's Official List. The list on the left side of the box (Suomen virallinen singlelista, "Official Finnish Singles Chart") represents both physical and digital
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
track sales and the one on the right side (Suomen virallinen latauslista, "Official Finnish Download Chart") represents sales of digital tracks.
Chart history
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| Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Reference(s) | Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Reference(s) |
| Week 1 (December 31, 2007) | "Lasten liikennelaulu" | various artists | Week 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Week 2 (January 7, 2008) | "Dead Inside" | Widescreen Mode Widescreen Mode Widescreen Mode is a heavy melodic band from Riihimäki, Finland.-History:Widescreen Mode’s members are no strangers to playing together, the four-some originally formed the band Fairlane until career decisions in the 1990s forced them to split up and move on... |
Week 2 | "Dead Inside" | Widescreen Mode | ||
| Week 3 (January 14) | Week 3 | ||||||
| Week 4 (January 21) | "Mun koti ei oo täällä" | Chisu Chisu Christel Martina Sundberg , known by her stage name Chisu, 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... |
Week 4 | "Mun koti ei oo täällä" | Chisu | ||
| Week 5 (January 28) | "Dead Inside" | Widescreen Mode | Week 5 | "Dead Inside" | Widescreen Mode | ||
| Week 6 (February 4) | "Mun koti ei oo täällä" | Chisu | Week 6 | "Mun koti ei oo täällä" | Chisu | ||
| Week 7 (February 11) | Week 7 | ||||||
| Week 8 (February 18) | Week 8 | ||||||
| Week 9 (February 25) | "Of Sacrifice, Loss and Reward" | Kiuas Kiuas Kiuas is a heavy metal band from Espoo, Finland. Their music has influences from power metal, folk metal and different styles of extreme metal. Influences from progressive metal can also be heard in some songs.-History:... |
Week 9 | ||||
| Week 10 (March 3) | "Blooddrunk Blooddrunk -Personnel:Children of Bodom*Alexi Laiho – vocals, guitar*Roope Latvala – guitar*Janne Wirman – keyboards*Henkka Seppälä – bass*Jaska Raatikainen – drumsProduction*Produced, recorded, and mixed by Mikko Karmila*Vocals recorded by Peter Tägtgren... " |
Children of Bodom Children of Bodom Children of Bodom is a Finnish heavy metal band from Espoo. Formed in 1993, the group currently consists of Alexi Laiho , Roope Latvala , Janne Wirman , Henkka Seppälä , and Jaska Raatikainen... |
Week 10 | ||||
| Week 11 (March 10) | "Mun koti ei oo täällä" | Chisu | Week 11 | ||||
| Week 12 (March 17) | Week 12 | ||||||
| Week 13 (March 24) | Week 13 | ||||||
| Week 14 (March 31) | "4 Minutes 4 Minutes (Madonna song) "4 Minutes" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her eleventh studio album Hard Candy. It was released as the lead single from the album on March 17, 2008, by Warner Bros. Records. The song's development was motivated by a sense of urgency to save the planet from destruction, and... " |
Madonna Madonna (entertainer) Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983... (feat. Justin Timberlake Justin Timberlake Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez... and Timbaland Timbaland Timothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper.... ) |
Week 14 | "4 Minutes" | Madonna (feat. Justin Timberlake and Timbaland) |
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| Week 15 (April 7) | Week 15 | ||||||
| Week 16 (April 14) | Week 16 | ||||||
| Week 17 (April 21) | Week 17 | ||||||
| Week 18 (April 28) | Week 18 | ||||||
| Week 19 (May 5) | Week 19 | ||||||
| Week 20 (May 12) | Week 20 | ||||||
| Week 21 (May 19) | Week 21 | ||||||
| Week 22 (May 26) | "The Islander The Islander (song) -Chart performance:"The Islander" went straight to #1 in Finland on the first day of its release. Recently, Nightwish have had major success in Spain and "The Islander" reached #5 in the Spanish Singles Chart, continuing a run of Top 5 singles from Dark Passion Play.-Personnel:*Marco Hietala – Male... " |
Nightwish Nightwish Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. Formed in 1996 by songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen, Nightwish's current line-up has five members, although Tarja has been replaced by Anette Olzon and the... |
Week 22 | "Missä miehet ratsastaa Missä miehet ratsastaa "Missä miehet ratsastaa" is a song by Teräsbetoni which was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. As with Lordi in 2006, Teräsbetoni was chosen as the Finnish entry for Eurovision 2008 by winning the Finnish national song contest, which is decided by popular vote... " |
Teräsbetoni Teräsbetoni Teräsbetoni is a Finnish heavy metal band. Their first album, Metallitotuus was released in 2005 and has so far sold more than 32,000 copies. Teräsbetoni has been strongly influenced by bands such as Manowar... |
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| Week 23 (June 2) | "Back Again" | Waldo's People Waldo's People Waldo's People is a Finnish Eurodance band. The lead singer of the band is Waldo, whose real name is Marko Reijonen. They represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, with the song "Lose Control". It won a place for the Eurovision final on May 16 as the jury's chosen act... |
Week 23 | "Back Again" | Waldo's People | ||
| Week 24 (June 9) | "Summer Wine" | Ville Valo Ville Valo Ville Hermanni Valo is a Finnish singer, songwriter and frontman of the Finnish rock band HIM. He has received the "Golden God" award in 2004 by the heavy metal magazine Metal Hammer. Valo has a baritone vocal range. Valo was ranked number 80 in Hit Paraders Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time... (feat. Natalia Avelon Natalia Avelon Natalia Avelon is a Polish-German actress and singer.-Early life:Natalia Avelon was born Natalia Siwek on 29 March 1980 in Wrocław, Poland... ) |
Week 24 | "Summer Wine" | Ville Valo (feat. Natalia Avelon) | ||
| Week 25 (June 16) | "Kesä (EP)" | Apulanta Apulanta Apulanta is a Finnish rock band, founded in 1991 when its members were in their mid-teens. Initially playing various forms of rock such as punk, ska, and metal, they soon shifted to a catchier, more radio-friendly style, and have been fluctuating between these extremes and many others since... |
Week 25 | "Liekeissä" | Cheek Cheek (rapper) For other uses, see Cheek .Jare Henrik Tiihonen better known by his stage name Cheek is a Finnish rapper. He was nicknamed Cheek while in school. He moved to Töölö, Helsinki, where he now resides. In secondary school he became interested in rap music and began writing in 1998... |
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| Week 26 (June 23) | Week 26 | ||||||
| Week 27 (June 30) | Week 27 | ||||||
| Week 28 (July 7) | "Liekeissä" | Cheek | Week 28 | ||||
| Week 29 (July 14) | Week 29 | ||||||
| Week 30 (July 21) | Week 30 | ||||||
| Week 31 (July 28) | "Kesä (EP)" | Apulanta | Week 31 | ||||
| Week 32 (August 4) | Week 32 | ||||||
| Week 33 (August 11) | Week 33 | ||||||
| Week 34 (August 18) | "Vinegar" | Anna Abreu Anna Abreu Anna Abreu is a Finnish-Portuguese singer who rose to fame as the runner-up of the third series of the Finnish singing talent show Idols in 2007. Her music is primarily pop, though her songs also have R&B, dance and Latin rhythms to them... |
Week 34 | "Vinegar" | Anna Abreu | ||
| Week 35 (August 25) | "The Day That Never Comes The Day That Never Comes "The Day That Never Comes" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica and the lead single from their ninth studio album, Death Magnetic... " |
Metallica Metallica Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ... |
Week 35 | "The Day That Never Comes" | Metallica | ||
| Week 36 (September 1) | "Vinegar" | Anna Abreu | Week 36 | ||||
| Week 37 (September 8) | "Bite It Like a Bulldog Bite It Like a Bulldog "Bite It Like a Bulldog" is a single from Finnish hard rock band Lordi. It is the first single from the fourth studio album Deadache and was released digitally on September 1 and physically on September 3. The song rose to number one in the Finnish charts.... " |
Lordi Lordi Lordi is a Finnish hard rock/heavy metal band, formed in 1996 by the band's lead singer, songwriter and costume-designer, Mr. Lordi. The band is known for wearing monster masks and using pyrotechnics during concerts... |
Week 37 | "Disturbia Disturbia (song) "Disturbia" is a song by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna, taken from the re-release, Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded , of her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad . The song was released as the third single from the reloaded edition of the album, and seventh overall... " |
Rihanna Rihanna Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers... |
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| Week 38 (September 15) | "Livin' in a World Without You Livin' in a World Without You Livin' in a World Without You is the first single from the new album Black Roses by the Finnish alternative rock band The Rasmus and the first track on the album. It was released on 10 September. The first play was on the Finnish radio channel YleX 25 July at 8.35 AM with a new interview... " |
The Rasmus The Rasmus The Rasmus are a Finnish rock band that formed in 1995 in Helsinki while the band members were still in upper comprehensive school. The original band members were Lauri Ylönen , Eero Heinonen , Pauli Rantasalmi and Janne Heiskanen... |
Week 38 | "Livin' in a World Without You" | The Rasmus | ||
| Week 39 (September 22) | "Plague of Butterflies Plague of Butterflies Plague of Butterflies is the first EP by the melodic death metal/doom metal band Swallow the Sun. It was released on September 17, 2008 in Finland and September 23, 2008 worldwide through Spinefarm Records... (EP)" |
Swallow the Sun Swallow the Sun Swallow the Sun is a Finnish melodic death / doom metal band.- Biography :Swallow the Sun was formed in early 2000 by Juha Raivio, joined soon by Pasi Pasanen came along . They rehearsed a couple of songs, one of them being "Through Her Silvery Body" which would end up on their first demo,Out of... |
Week 39 | ||||
| Week 40 (September 29) | "Livin' in a World Without You" | The Rasmus | Week 40 | ||||
| Week 41 (October 6) | Week 41 | ||||||
| Week 42 (October 13) | "Vinegar" | Anna Abreu | Week 42 | ||||
| Week 43 (October 20) | "Unihiekkaa" | various artists | Week 43 | "So What So What (Pink song) "So What" is a song written by American pop rock singer Pink, Max Martin and Shellback. It was released as the first single from Pink's fifth studio album, Funhouse. Pink performed "So What" at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, on September 7, 2008, and the song was used to promote the 2008 MTV... " |
Pink Pink (singer) Alecia Beth Moore , better known by her stage name Pink , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress.... |
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| Week 44 (October 27) | "Vauriot" | Apulanta | Week 44 | "Heartbeat of the City" | Kendi | ||
| Week 45 (November 3) | "Dead by X-Mas" | Big Daddy Big Daddy - Politicians :* Idi Amin , President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979* Robert Byrd , American senator * Jesse Unruh , American Speaker of the California State Assembly- Sportsmen :... (feat. Rockin' Combo) |
Week 45 | ||||
| Week 46 (November 10) | "Another Way to Die Another Way to Die "Another Way to Die" is a song by American rock musician and singer Jack White and American R&B/soul singer Alicia Keys. Written and produced by White as the theme song to the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace, it was released as a single in the United States on September 30, 2008 and in... " |
Jack White Jack White (musician) Jack White , often credited as Jack White III, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and occasional actor... (feat. Alicia Keys Alicia Keys Alicia Augello Cook , better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano... ) |
Week 46 | "Another Way to Die" | Jack White (feat. Alicia Keys) | ||
| Week 47 (November 17) | "Kuka mä oon" | Oliver | Week 47 | ||||
| Week 48 (November 24) | "Vanguard of the New World" | Kinetik Control Kinetik Control Kinetik Control is a Finnish rock band formed in 2004 by the composer and lyricist Sauli Vuoti. The band's sound used to incorporate electronic elements to rock and pop music, but nowadays the music is more rock oriented. Kinetik Control has released six singles, one EP and two full length albums... |
Week 48 | "Vanguard of the New World" | Kinetik Control | ||
| Week 49 (December 1) | "Womanizer Womanizer (song) "Womanizer" is a song by American recording artist Britney Spears from her sixth studio album, Circus. It was released on September 26, 2008 by Jive Records as the lead single of the album. Produced and co-written by Nikesha Briscoe and Rafael Akinyemi of The Outsyders, the song had to be... " |
Britney Spears Britney Spears Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album... |
Week 49 | ||||
| Week 50 (December 8) | "Sex on Fire Sex on Fire "Sex on Fire" is the first single to be taken from Kings of Leon's fourth studio album Only by the Night and as of September 2009, the second most-downloaded digital single ever in the United Kingdom... " |
Kings of Leon Kings of Leon Kings of Leon is an American rock band that originated in Albion, Oklahoma but formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 1999. The band is composed of brothers Anthony Caleb Followill , Ivan Nathan Followill and Michael Jared Followill Kings of Leon is an American rock band that originated in Albion,... |
Week 50 | "Sex on Fire" | Kings of Leon | ||
| Week 51 (December 15) | "Insomnia" | Koop Arponen Koop Arponen Koop Juho Alexander Arponen is a Finnish singer and the winner of the fourth series of the Idols in 2008.-Biography:... |
Week 51 | "Insomnia" | Koop Arponen | ||
| Week 52 (December 22) | Week 52 | ||||||