Lovers is the third studio album by 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...

 singer Hanna Pakarinen

Hanna Pakarinen

Hanna Helena Pakarinen is a Finnish pop and pop-rock singer who rose to fame as the winner of the first series of the Finnish singing competition Idols in 2004...

, released in 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...

 by RCA

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 on February 14, 2007. It was preceded by the lead single "Go Go" and also includes the singles "Leave Me Alone" and "Hard Luck Woman". "Leave Me Alone" served as Pakarinen's entry song in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

 finals, in which she placed 17th. Following Eurovision, the album was released throughout the rest of Europe on May 23, 2007, becoming Pakarinen's first album to receive a launch outside Finland.

The album peaked at number three on the Finnish albums chart, lower than her previous two albums. However, it spent over twice as long on the chart as her second album Lovers and after selling 15,000 copies across Finland, received gold certification.

Commercial Performance

Lovers debuted at number three in its first week of release, a position it held for a second consecutive week. It spent fifteen weeks on the Finnish albums chart and was accredited gold, with sales to date of 16,163. At its release, the album was Pakarinen's greatest critical success, with this being attributed to several factors, those most notable being Pakarinen's move into a much rockier image, her highly praised appearance in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

, and her emergence as a songwriter, co-writing six of the eleven tracks on the album.

Chart Performance

Chart	Peak position	Weeks on chart	Certification	Sales
Finnish Top 40 Albums	3 (2)	15	Gold	16,163

Singles

• "Go Go" was released as the first single from the album, however it was used for promotion only, and as such did not chart. It was accompanied by a music video.

• "Leave Me Alone", the second single from Lovers became Pakarinen's first song to receive recognition outside Finland. Used as her entry song to the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest
  Eurovision Song Contest
  The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
  
  , it peaked at number 11 in Finland and number 8 in Sweden. It also charted at number 122 in the UK with her eurovision performance acting as its only promotion. To date it is Pakarinen's only single to chart outside her home country, and was the second song from Lovers to be accompanied by a music video. In Finland is was certified gold, selling over 5,000 copies.

• "Hard Luck Woman" was the third and final single to be released from the album. It was used for promotional purposes only and did not chart.

Track listing

1. "It Ain't Me" (Magnusson/Rämström/Vuorinen) - 3:35
2. "Go Go" (Lofts/Wermerling) - 3:03
3. "Leave Me Alone" (Vuorinen/Huttunen/Pakarinen) - 3:34
4. "Tell Me What To Do" (Kurki/Pakarinen) - 3:53
5. "You Don't Even Know My Name" (Laine/Vuorinen) - 3:43
6. "Heart Beating Steady" (Kurki/Pakarinen) - 3:24
7. "Tears You Cry" (Korkeamäki/Kettunen) - 3:05
8. "Free" (Kurki/Pakarinen) - 3:33
9. "It Ain't Gonna Happen" (Korkeamäki/Pakarinen/Kettunen) - 3:09
10. "Lovers" (Laiho/Kurki/Pakarinen) - 3:48
11. "Hard Luck Woman" (Rake) - 4:18
12. "Stronger Without You" [European bonus track] (Landin/Larsson/Junior) - 3:27
13. "Love Is Like A Song" [European bonus track] (Elofson/Kolehmainen/Lipp) - 4:02