

Her last performance with Nightwish was during a concert recorded for the live album/DVD End of an Era. The band produced three more singles and two music videos for Once, as well as a re-recording of "Sleeping Sun" for the compilation album, Highest Hopes: The Best of Nightwish (2005), before Turunen's dismissal in October 2005. Their biggest US hit single, "Wish I Had an Angel" (2004), received MTV airplay and was included on three US film soundtracks to promote their North American tour. Their 2004 album, Once, has sold more than one million copies and was the band's breakthrough in the United States. In 2001, Vänskä was replaced by Marko Hietala, who also took over the male vocalist role previously filled by Holopainen or guest singers.Īlthough Nightwish have been prominent in their home country since Angels Fall First, they did not achieve wider success until the release of the albums Oceanborn (1998), Wishmaster (2000) and Century Child (2002). The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Nevalainen, and then bassist Sami Vänskä after the release of their debut album, Angels Fall First (1997). The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. ISBN 979-2-4.Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland.


It sold more than 350,000 copies worldwide between 20. Century Child has sold more than 80,000 copies in Finland alone. The album was certified double platinum in Finland with more than 60,000 sold copies, the second best selling album in Finland of 2002. The bonus tracks are "Nightwish", "The Forever Moments" and "Etiäinen", all from the band's first demo of 1996.
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In addition, the booklet contains an ID code that allows the owner to download the entire album and three extra tracks from the Internet for a limited time.

It includes liner art with the band members' signatures, and a Video CD containing the music video for their cover of Gary Moore's " Over the Hills and Far Away". Spinefarm Records released a 2-CD special edition of the album in 2002. It is also the first Nightwish album to feature an orchestra. It is the first album which features former bassist and male vocalist Marko Hietala. It was released in 2002 through Spinefarm Records in Finland, Drakkar Entertainment in the rest of Europe, Century Media Records in the US, and Toy's Factory in Japan. Century Child is the fourth studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish.
