Waldo's People
Waldo's People | |
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 Waldo's People at a Eurovision 2009 press conference | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Finland |
| Genres | Eurodance |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Sony BMG RCA Records |
| Website | www |
| Members | Waldo (vocal) Karoliina Kallio (vocal) (drums) (keyboards) (guitar) |
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. They finished in last place out of 25 entries with 22 points.
Waldo already had some success in a solo-career in mid-1990s. His band influenced Finnish electronic dance music in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Waldo's People's first video was . It was the first Finnish video included in MTV Nordic's daily video-rotation.[1]
Discography[]
Albums[]
| Year | Title | Chart positions[2] |
|---|---|---|
| FIN | ||
| 1998 | Waldo's People | |
| 2000 | No Man's Land | |
| 2009 | Paranoid |
Compilations[]
| Year | Title | Chart positions[2] |
|---|---|---|
| FIN | ||
| 2008 | Back Again: The Greatest Hits | 27 |
Singles[]
| Year | Albums | Title | Chart positions[2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIN | SWE | SWI | UK [3] | |||
| 1998 | Waldo's People | U Drive Me Crazy (RCA/Blue Bubble) | 3 | 60 | - | - |
| I Dream (RCA/Blue Bubble) | - | - | - | - | ||
| Let's Get Busy (RCA/Blue Bubble) | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2000 | No Man's Land | No Man's Land (RCA) | 18 | - | - | - |
| 1000 Ways (RCA) | 4 | - | - | - | ||
| Bounce (To The Rhythm Divine) (RCA) | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2001 | Remedy | |||||
| Disconnected | ||||||
| 2008 | Back Again: The Greatest Hits | Back Again (Sony BMG) | 1 | - | - | - |
| Emperor's Dawn (Sony BMG) | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2009 | Paranoid | Lose Control (Sony BMG) | 1 | 11 | 57 | 100 |
| New Vibration (Sony BMG) | 2 | - | - | - | ||
| 2010 | N/A | I Wanna Be a Rockstar (Sony BMG) | 15 | - | - | - |
| Jackpot (Sony BMG) | 19[4] | - | - | - | ||
| 2011 | Echo (EMI) | - | - | - | - | |
| 2014 | You | - | - | - | - | |
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External links[]
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