Yhden enkelin unelma explained

Yhden enkelin unelma
Cover:	Yhden.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Tarja Turunen
Released:	1 December 2004
Genre:	Classical
Length:	13:10
Label:	Universal Music
Producer:	Esa Nieminen
Next Title:	You Would Have Loved This
Next Year:	2006

"Yhden enkelin unelma" ("One Angel's Dream") is a Christmas song by Finnish singer Tarja Turunen, released as her first single in December 2004, when she was still part of the symphonic metal band Nightwish. It was also released as a limited edition extended play.

Right after the release it debuted at number 2, and ended 2004 after more three weeks at number 1;^[1] it started 2005 as number 4, and reached number 1 again in December 2005, after spending 10 weeks on the official Finnish charts.^[2] The single reached gold disc status in Finland with more than 7,000 copies sold.^[3]

The single is sung entirely in the Finnish language, and Turunen promoted it with a mini tour holding concerts in Finland, Germany, Spain and Romania, in late 2005.^[4]

Track listing

Standard edition

Pop edition "En etsi valtaa, loistoa" "Kun joulu on"

Acoustic edition "En etsi valtaa, loistoa" (acoustic) "Kun joulu on" (acoustic)

Personnel

Musicians Tarja Turunen – lead vocals Heikki Pohto – flute Esa Nieminen – piano Juha Lanu – classic guitar Heikki Hämäläinen, Outi Iljin, Veli-Matti Iljin and Seppo Rautasuo – support orchestra

Main crew Esa Nieminen – orchestral arrangements Tarja Turunen and Sirja Tiilikainen – co-production Jetro Vainio – mixing Mika Jussila – mastering engineer Toni Härkönen – photos

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tarja- Yhden Enkelin Unelma on Finnish charts. Hung Medien & eMedia Jungen. 2011-06-17.
2. Web site: Tarja Turunen - Yhden Enkelin Unelma. αCharts.us. 2011-06-17.
3. Web site: Statistics: Tarja Turunen. IFPI Finland . 2011-06-17. fi.
4. Web site: Tarja Turunen: Past events. Turunen's Official Website. 2008-09-14. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121104073927/http://www.tarjaturunen.com/?cat=11. 2012-11-04.