Luxonia: Sunrise Avenue Reaches "The Million Club"

Sunrise Avenue has joined the million-strong club of Finnish artists. The band now has over a million monthly listeners on Spotify. In total, 15 Finnish artists or bands currently have over a million monthly listeners on Spotify, according to statistics maintained by Luxonia.

The most popular Finnish artist on Spotify right now is DJ FKU, who specializes in phonk-style electronic dance music, with 5.68 million monthly listeners. The Rasmus is in second place (4.54 million) and Darude is in third place (4.16 million).

– There have been some interesting changes in the list of the most popular Finns recently. In addition to Sunrise Avenue, electronic dance music duo YES YES (1.13 million) entered the million-strong club a couple of weeks ago. In addition, The Rasmus recently overtook Darude in terms of listeners, and EDM artist Robbe (1.70 million), a member of the Luxonia collective, overtook Käärijä (1.63 million), says Tomi Lindblom from Luxonia, who is responsible for updating the list.

Finnish artists and bands exceeding the million mark / monthly Spotify listeners:

1) DJ FKU                           5 682 040

2) The Rasmus                   4 544 665

3) Darude                            4 160 178

4) Apocalyptica                  3 352 080

5) Nightwish                        2 660 786

6) HIM                                 2 274 694

7) Skorde                            1 956 056

8) KAJ                                1 717 445

9) Robbe/LUXONIA           1 708 632

10) Käärijä                          1 630 111

11) Janji                              1 265 830

12) YOTTO                        1 227 409

13) Beast in Black              1 225 291

14) YES YES                     1 139 304

15) Sunrise Avenue           1 001 389

Source: Luxonia

Overall, Finnish electronic dance music artists are particularly successful in the listenership figures on the list. Among the fifteen Finnish artists and bands in the million-list club, there are seven domestic EDM artists: DJ FKU, Darude, Skorde (which is DJ FKU's second stage name), Robbe, Janji, YOTTO and YES YES.

The popularity of EDM (Electronic Dance Music) is also clearly growing in Finland. Large electronic music events are now being organized more than before. In addition, smaller gigs are held around Finland almost daily. Finns in particular seem to be inspired by fast-paced techno music, but more melodic house is also popular. Luxonia also maintains a TOP 30 list of domestic EDM artists, which is updated daily on the Luxonia website www.luxonia.fi/top30.

Five of Luxonia's own artists reach the TOP 30 (Ropsu, DeejaVu, KUOKKA, Eric Altair and Ropsu). The Luxonia collective includes a total of 17 EDM artists and three background people from different parts of Finland. Luxonia's artists have made music for numerous domestic and foreign record labels and have already been seen on the stages of many festivals and events.

– Luxonia wants to raise the profile of Finnish electronic dance music and its artists in Finland and abroad. We have also seen the rise of electronic music in a concrete way. A total of 14 of our artists have already performed at Weekend, for example. We have also organized many successful outdoor events in the center of Helsinki, among other things.