1. Anette Olzon is the vocalist of Swedish classic rock band Alyson Avenue, and of the Finnish heavy metal band The Dark Element.
27 Facts About Anette Olzon
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Anette Olzon's mother forced her to play the oboe for eight years.
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Anette Olzon toured with her mother's band and sang with them on some occasions.
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Anette Olzon sang in choirs, did studio work for various projects and occasionally performed as a wedding singer.
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Anette Olzon sang a duet with Michael Bormann on his album Conspiracy.
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Anette Olzon took lessons from a private teacher at the Malmo Music University.
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Anette Olzon has studied musical artist education, psychology, project management and leadership and organization.
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Anette Olzon then joined Alyson Avenue, at first only as a studio singer, but later as their leading lady, replacing the male vocalist.
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Anette Olzon officially joined Nightwish as their new lead singer in early 2007, chosen from about 2,000 applicants of which 10 made it to prove their place in front of the band.
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Anette Olzon replaced the previous singer Tarja Turunen, who was fired in an open letter in the autumn of 2005.
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Anette Olzon's demo was one of the first that Nightwish received, although she was originally denied the position, as band leader Tuomas Holopainen was concerned about the fact that she had a young son.
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However, Anette Olzon was persistent and sent the band a live DVD of her performing with Alyson Avenue.
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Anette Olzon was then contacted by Nightwish's manager Ewo Pohjola, which eventually led to her taking up the position in February 2007.
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In October 2010, Nightwish began recording for the album Imaginaerum, with Anette Olzon recording her vocals for the album in April 2011 at Finnvox Studios, Helsinki.
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On 1 October 2012, Nightwish and Anette Olzon went their separate ways.
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Anette Olzon was against the band's decision to bring in Floor Jansen as the substitute vocalist out of fear for her job.
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On 27 January, Anette Olzon announced that the release date for her album had been pushed a month, making the new release date 28 March 2014.
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On 19 January 2016 Anette Olzon released an EP with only two songs, a Swedish song called "Vintersjal" and an English song called "Cold Outside" only available for digital download.
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On 21 June 2021 Anette Olzon released the single "Parasite" from the album Strong, which was later released on 10 September 2021.
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On 22 February 2024, Anette Olzon released the first single entitled "Heed the Call" from her third studio album Rapture.
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Anette Olzon announced on 29 August 2017 that she would be collaborating with former Sonata Arctica guitarist Jani Liimatainen for a project known as The Dark Element.
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On 30 November 2012, Anette Olzon sang at the opening gala of Helsingborg Arena, where she performed two songs from her own material.
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Anette Olzon was featured on the second season of the Finnish competition show Tahdet, Tahdet in 2015.
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Anette Olzon was the only foreign artist to be featured on the program, though she performed one song partly in Finnish.
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Anette Olzon was eliminated on the fifth week of the show.
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Anette Olzon has mentioned Natalie Cole and Celine Dion as being her inspirations in singing.
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Anette Olzon has stated that she admires symphonic metal vocalists Sharon den Adel and Simone Simons, and she has stated on her blog that she enjoys and admires Tarja Turunen's solo work.