When I Become Me is the debut album by Finnish

Finland

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 pop/pop rock singer and season one

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...

 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...

winner 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

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 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. A cover of the Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams

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 song "Heaven

Heaven (Bryan Adams song)

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" is featured on the album.

The album debuted at number two on the Finnish albums chart and spent nine weeks inside the top three positions. In September 2004 it was certified platinum and is to date Pakarinen's highest-selling album with Finnish sales of 52,826 copies.

Commercial Performance

When I Become Me entered the Finnish albums chart at number two in its first week, a position it held for five weeks. It spent a total of seventeen weeks on the chart, nine of which were within the top 3. In its fourth week on the chart it was certified platinum for sales in excess of 30,000.

Chart Performance

Chart	Peak position	Weeks on chart	Certification	Sales
Finnish Top 40 Albums	2 (5)	17	Platinum	52,826

Singles

• "Love Is Like A Song" was released as Pakarinen's winner's song after she was crowned as the first Finnish Idol in January 2004. The single debuted at number one on the official Finnish chart, a position it held for four weeks. It spent eleven weeks in the top 10 and was certified gold for the sale of 5,000 units.

• "Fearless" was released as a promotional single ahead of the album's release and as a result did not reach the Finnish singles chart.

• "How Can I Miss You?" was released as the third single from the album. Like its predecessor, it was released for promotional purposes only, though it was accompanied by a music video, Pakarinen's first since becoming a recording artist.

• "When I Become Me", the album's title track was released as the fourth and final single. It was used solely for promotional purposes and did not chart.

Track listing

1. "When I Become Me" (Sarin) - 5:03
2. "Run" (Elofsson/Thornally/Venge/Wennerberg) - 3:12
3. "Fearless" (Finneide/Rydningen/Ziggy) - 3:21
4. "How Can I Miss You" (Röhr/Swede) - 3:59
5. "Ejected" (Asikainen) - 3:42
6. "Love's Run Over Me" (Asikainen) - 4:44
7. "Don't Hang Up" (Nylén/Rose) - 3:51
8. "Save My Life Tonight" (Fridh/Leonard) - 4:25
9. "Sorry" (Björk/Malm/Eklund) - 3:46
10. "Heaven" (Adams/Vallance) - 3:53
11. "Superhero" (Finneide/Eide) - 3:42
12. "Love Is Like A Song" [Bonus track] (Elofson/Kolehmainen/Lipp) - 4:02