Pete Parkkonen (singer)

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Pete Parkkonen
Background information
Birth namePete Eemeli Parkkonen
Born (1990-02-08) 8 February 1990 (age 34)
Pihtipudas, Finland
Genres
  • Rock
  • pop
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2008–present
Labels

Pete Eemeli Parkkonen (born 8 February 1990) is a Finnish singer singing in both Finnish and English. He took part in the Finnish Idol competition in its fourth season finishing third. After Idol he launched a solo career releasing albums The First Album in 2009 that topped the Finnish Albums Chart followed by I'm an Accident in 2010.

Career[edit]

In Idol

Parkkosen auditioned with "Mies jolle ei koskaan tapahdu mitään", a song by J. Karjalainen. during the competition, he interpreted various songs, most notably "Queen City" and "I Kissed a Girl". In the semi-finals, he sang songs from Foo Fighters, Danko Jones and Eppu Normaali making it to the Final 3. The season finals were held on 9 November 2009 with Parkkonen considered the favourite to win. However, he was unexpectedly eliminated in the Final 3 phase finishing third. The grand finale was held on 14 December with Koop Arponen winning the title and Anna Puustjärvi as runner-up.

After Idol

After Idol, Parkkonen received a recording contract from Sony BMG and was the first season 4 contestants to release an album. Appropriately titled The First Album, he debuted at number 1 in its first week of release. The album went on to sell just over 24,000 copies and was accredited a gold award. Parkkonen's second studio album, I'm an Accident was released on 18 February 2010, but failed to gain the same commercial success peaking at number 21.

He is preparing a third album in 2014 in Finnish language. Preliminary single releases from the prospective album include "Mitä minä sanoin" and "Mun".

In popular culture

Parkkonen has also taken part in a number of reality television shows including season 2 of Livenä vieraissa (2009) where he sang "Womanizer" from Britney Spears and "Girl In A Uniform" his single. He also took part in Kuorosota, the Finnish version of Clash of the Choirs and broadcast on Nelonen station coming second and donating 20,000 Euros to charity.

Discography[edit]

Albums

Year Album Peak positions
FIN
[1]
2009 The First Album 1
2010 I'm an Accident 21
2018 Pete 8
[2]

Singles

Year Single Peak positions Album
FIN
[1]
2009 "Girl in a Uniform" 5
2016 "Mitä Mä Teen"
(featuring JVG) 		3
[3]
2018 "Myyty" 14
[4]
"Mä haluun sut tänään" 16
[5]

Other songs (in local charts)

  • 2009: "The Final Day"
  • 2009: "Minute Is a Lifetime"
  • 2010: "I'm an Accident"
  • 2010: "In Too Deep"
  • 2013: "Mitä minä sanoin"
  • 2014: "Mun"

Featured in

Year Single Peak positions Album
FIN
[1]
2014 "Etenee"
(JVG feat. Pete Parkkonen) 		11 JVG album
Voitolla yöhön

Personal life[edit]

Parkkonen was born into a musical family,[6] and his brother Ville Eetvartti [fi] is also a singer.[7] His paternal grandfather was Pierre Rassin, a black French musician from Martinique, who met Parkkonen's paternal grandmother in Äänekoski in 1953 when he worked for the traveling carnival Suomen Tivoli.[8] Parkkonen has spoken openly about the childhood bullying he had experienced because of his dark skin color that he inherited from his father, Kari.[9][10][11]

Parkkonen has a son (born in 2015) with singer Johanna von Hertzen, a second cousin of the Von Hertzen Brothers.[12][13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Pete Parkkonen discography". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Albumit 48/2018 – Suomen virallinen lista – Musiikkituottajat". Ifpi.fi. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Singlet 34/2016 – Suomen virallinen lista – Musiikkituottajat". Ifpi.fi. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Singlet 11/2018 – Suomen virallinen lista – Musiikkituottajat". Ifpi.fi. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Singlet 45/2018 – Suomen virallinen lista – Musiikkituottajat". Ifpi.fi. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  6. ^ PETE PARKKOSELLA edessä superkesä (in Finnish) SuomiViihde-lehti
  7. ^ UMK 2012 – Ville Eetvartti: “Lasikaupungin” ydin on rakkauden paradoksi (in Finnish) Viisukuppila
  8. ^ Pasanen, Anni (6 February 2021). "Isoisää etsimässä". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  9. ^ Pete Parkkonen kertoo koulukiusaamisesta: "Olen kokenut rasismia ja nimittelyä" (in Finnish) Me Naiset
  10. ^ TTK-tähti Pete Parkkonen paljasti ikävän muiston lapsuudestaan! (in Finnish) Seiska
  11. ^ Kuorosodan kamera käy (in Finnish) Keskisuomalainen
  12. ^ Hän on Pete Parkkoseen yhdistetty laulaja (in Finnish) Me Naiset
  13. ^ Tässä hän on! Pete Parkkonen julkaisi ensimmäisen kuvan lapsestaan (in Finnish) MTV.fi

External links[edit]

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