Stronger is the second album by 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/pop rock singer Hanna Pakarinen

Hanna Pakarinen

Hanna Helena Pakarinen is a Finnish pop and pop-rock singer who rose to fame as the winner of the first series of the Finnish singing competition Idols in 2004...

, released 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...

 by RCA

RCA Records

RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...

 on September 7, 2005. The album was preceded by the lead single "Kiss Of Life" in August 2005 and followed later in the year by promotional singles "Stronger Without You" and "Damn You". "Run", a popular song from her debut album was also included as a bonus track.

The album peaked at number two on the Finnish albums chart and in November 2005 was certified gold, with sales to date of 16,473 copies.

Commercial Performance

Stronger debuted and peaked at number two in its first week of release, the same peak position as Pakarinen's first album When I Become Me

When I Become Me (album)

When I Become Me is the debut album by Finnish pop/pop rock singer and season one Idols winner Hanna Pakarinen, released in Finland by RCA on June 9, 2004. "Love Is Like A Song", Pakarinen's number one hit Idols coronation song is featured as a bonus track on the album...

. Unlike its predecessor however, Stronger held the number two spot for only one week, dropping to numbers six and ten in its second and third weeks on the official Top 40. It spent a total of seven weeks on the chart, ten weeks less than Pakarinen's debut. However it continued to sell steadily even when outside the Top 40, and in November 2005 was officially awarded gold status for sales in excess of 15,000 units.

Chart Performance

Chart	Peak position	Weeks on chart	Certification	Sales
Finnish Top 40 Albums	2 (1)	7	Gold	16,473

Singles

• "Kiss of Life", the lead single from the album debuted and peaked at number four on the Finnish singles chart, becoming her second top five single after the number one hit "Love Is Like A Song" in January 2004.

• "Stronger Without You" was released as the second single for the album. Used for promotional purposes only, it did not chart but was accompanied by a music video.

• "Damn You", the third and final single also received only a promotional release and did not chart.

Track listing

1. "Out Of Tears" (Aldeheim/Leonard) - 3:25
2. "Stronger Without You" (Landin/Larsson/Junior) - 3:27
3. "Wasted" (Elofson/Kvint/Lindvall) - 3:32
4. "Falling Again" (Eklund/Björk/Malm) - 3:42
5. "Tears In Your Eyes" (Eriksson/Molin/Funemyr) - 3:55
6. "We Don't Speak" (Hansson) - 3:41
7. "Damn You" (Ringqvist/Gibson) - 4:17
8. "Kiss Of Life" (Johansson/Lipp) - 4:00
9. "Paralyzed" (Eriksson/Björk) - 3:57
10. "One Way Or The Other" (Björk/Eklund/Krabbe) - 3:18
11. "Run" [Bonus Track] (Elofsson/Thornally/Venge/Wennerberg) - 3:56