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| Birth name | Sandhja Kuivalainen |
| Born | 16 March 1991 Helsinki, Finland |
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| Years active | 2013–present |
| Website | Official website |
Sandhja Kuivalainen (born 16 March 1991), known professionally as simply Sandhja, is a Finnish singer. She represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Sing It Away". [1] Sandhja was born to an Indo-Guyanese mother and a Finnish father. [2]
Sandhja released her debut single "Hold Me" on 15 November 2013 as the lead single from her debut studio album. [3] On 7 March 2014 she released "Gold" as the second single from her debut studio album. [4] She released her debut studio album Gold on 23 May 2014 through Sony Music Entertainment Finland. [5]
In May 2015 she featured on Brandon Bauer's single "The Flavor". [6] On 30 October 2015 she released the single "My Bass". [7] Sandhja was announced as one of the 18 competing artists in Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2016 on 12 January 2016. [8] She competed in the third semi-final and advanced to the final. [9] In the final, she was declared the winner after winning the jury vote and placing third with the public. [1] She represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, performing first of all contestants in the first semi-final on 10 May 2016 at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden, [10] but failed to qualify for the May 14 final. Her second studio album Freedom Venture, was released on 29 April 2016. [11]
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||||
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| FIN DL [12] | FIN Air [12] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "Hold Me" | 2013 | — | 12 | Gold | |||||||||||||||||
| "Gold" | 2014 | — | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| "My Bass" | 2015 | — | — | Freedom Venture | |||||||||||||||||
| "Sing It Away" | 2016 | 8 | 47 | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Love Me High" | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| "We Go On" (featuring Gracias & Ekow) | 2017 | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| "The Flavor" (Brandon Bauer featuring Sandhja) | 2015 | Versetile |
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