Cristal Snow
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Cristal Snow is a Finnish
pop
electro musician. He was one of the candidates to represent Finland
in Eurovision Song Contest 2008
. However, Teräsbetoni
was voted as the representative.
Cristal Snow was born in Naantali
but raised in Kankaanpää
, a small town in Finland
. After graduating high school Cristal moved to New York City
to attend The City College of New York
. His primal studies being creative writing
and theatre
. After seven years of college and getting experience from performing at various night clubs in New York, Cristal moved back to Finland to pursue a career in singing.
In December 2007, Cristal signed a record deal with Helsinki Music Group, a sublabel of Warner Music Group
. His debut album The Prophecy went straight to the top ten in March, 2008. He toured all over Finland, doing almost 100 shows during 2008. In 2009, Cristal became a radio host for one of the highest-rated afternoon show's in Finland for NRJ radio station. He had signed one-year contract with the broadcasting company and although ratings were high, Cristal left the show to promote his second album in 2010.
Cristal Snow's second album God You Made Me Wicked was released in May 2010. There are four singles released from Snow's second album: "Turn Me Up", "Killing Me", "Wicked" and "Surrender".
Snow's discography is on sale digitally in Canada, UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Ireland, Italy and many more.
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
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
electro musician. He was one of the candidates to represent Finland
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...
in Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Contest. It was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia after Marija Šerifović won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. This year was the first contest to have two semi-finals which were held on 20 and 22 May, and the final held on 24 May 2008...
. However, Teräsbetoni
Teräsbetoni
Teräsbetoni is a Finnish heavy metal band. Their first album, Metallitotuus was released in 2005 and has so far sold more than 32,000 copies. Teräsbetoni has been strongly influenced by bands such as Manowar...
was voted as the representative.
Cristal Snow was born in Naantali
Naantali
Naantali is a city in south-western Finland, known as one of the most important tourist centres of the country. The municipality has a population of , and is located in the region of Finland Proper, west of Turku....
but raised in Kankaanpää
Kankaanpää
-People born in Kankaanpää:*Toni Vilander , racing driver*Elwood , demoscene musician*Cristal Snow, musician-External links:* – Official website...
, a small town in Finland
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...
. After graduating high school Cristal moved to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
to attend The City College of New York
City College of New York
The City College of the City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York , in New York City. It is also the oldest of the City University's twenty-three institutions of higher learning...
. His primal studies being creative writing
Creative writing
Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
and theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
. After seven years of college and getting experience from performing at various night clubs in New York, Cristal moved back to Finland to pursue a career in singing.
In December 2007, Cristal signed a record deal with Helsinki Music Group, a sublabel of Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
. His debut album The Prophecy went straight to the top ten in March, 2008. He toured all over Finland, doing almost 100 shows during 2008. In 2009, Cristal became a radio host for one of the highest-rated afternoon show's in Finland for NRJ radio station. He had signed one-year contract with the broadcasting company and although ratings were high, Cristal left the show to promote his second album in 2010.
Cristal Snow's second album God You Made Me Wicked was released in May 2010. There are four singles released from Snow's second album: "Turn Me Up", "Killing Me", "Wicked" and "Surrender".
Snow's discography is on sale digitally in Canada, UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Ireland, Italy and many more.
Albums
- The Prophecy (2008) Finnish Albums Chart # 10
- God You Made Me Wicked (2010)
Singles
- Pump It Up (2007) European Hot-100 Singles Chart # 63 Finnish Singles Chart # 5
- Cristal Clear (2007) Finnish Singles Chart # 7
- Scarred (feat. Elena Mady) (2007) Finnish Singles Chart # 20
- Can't Save Me (2008)
- China Cool (2008, promo EP, digital only)
- Released as a Maxi-single with a bonustrack, remix of Scarred
- Turn Me Up (2009, promo, digital only)
- Killing Me (2010, promo, digital only)
- Wicked (2010, promo, digital only)
- Surrender (2010, promo EP)
- Released as a Surrender/Wicked Remixed EP which includes 3 remixes of Wicked"".
Music videos
| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Surrender | God You Made Me Wicked |
| Wicked | ||
| Killing Me | ||
| 2009 | Turn Me Up | |
| 2008 | China Cool | The Prophecy |
| Can't Save Me | ||
| 2007 | Scarred | |
| Cristal Clear | ||
| Pump It Up |