Pete Parkkonen (singer)

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Pete Parkkonen
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Background information
Birth namePete Eemeli Parkkonen
Born (1990-02-08) 8 February 1990 (age 33)
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.

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Career

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

Albums

YearAlbumPeak positions
FIN
[1]
2009The First Album1
2010I'm an Accident21
2018Pete8
[2]

Singles

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
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)

Featured in

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
FIN
[1]
2014"Etenee"
(JVG feat. Pete Parkkonen)
11JVG album
Voitolla yöhön

Personal life

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]

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  11. Kuorosodan kamera käy (in Finnish) Keskisuomalainen
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  13. Tässä hän on! Pete Parkkonen julkaisi ensimmäisen kuvan lapsestaan (in Finnish) MTV.fi