Kristiina Maria Brask (born 2 June 1990) is a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 pop singer. She was a finalist in the third season of Idols

Idols (Finland)

Idols is a Finnish reality-television singing competition that airs on MTV3 . It debuted in the summer of 2003, and went on to become one of the most popular shows on Finnish television...

in 2007. She was placed third after Ari Koivunen

Ari Koivunen

Ari Koivunen is a Finnish heavy metal singer who rose to fame as the winner of the Finnish singing competition Idols in 2007. He has since gone on to become one of Finland's most popular and best-selling recording artists...

 and Anna Abreu

Anna Abreu

Anna Abreu is a Finnish-Portuguese singer who rose to fame as the runner-up of the third series of the Finnish singing talent show Idols in 2007. Her music is primarily pop, though her songs also have R&B, dance and Latin rhythms to them...

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Soon after Idols participation, Kristiina made a recording contract with Helsinki Music Company. Her debut album, Silmät sydämeeni, was released on November 2007. It has sold more than 15 000 copies (gold

Music recording sales certification

Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...

). Four singles, "Nyt mä meen", "Silmät sydämeeni", "Pilvet valmiina" and "Liian kaukana", have been released.

Brask's second album, called Kuivilla susta, will be released in July 2009.

In addition to music, Brask loves ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

. She comes from Sorsakoski, Leppävirta

Leppävirta

Leppävirta is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water...

, and studies in a music-based high school in Kuopio

Kuopio

Kuopio is a city and a municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia, Finland. A population of makes it the ninth biggest city in the country. The city has a total area of , of which is water and half forest...

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Discography

Albums

• Silmät sydämeeni (7 November 2007)
• Kuivilla Susta (9 September 2009)

Singles

• Nyt mä meen (10 October 2007)
• Silmät sydämeeni
• Pilvet valmiina
• Liian kaukana
• Kuivilla Susta* (5 June 2009)
• Happee, Hoitoo ja Empatiaa

External links

• Kristiina Brask - the official homepage (in Finnish)