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Tuomas Holopainen

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Tuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen (born 25 December 1976) is a Finnish musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the primary songwriter, keyboardist, and founding member of symphonic metal band Nightwish. He has stated that his songwriting is influenced by harmonic film music. Before founding Nightwish, he played in the band Darkwoods My Betrothed. He later recorded an album with them as a full member in 2020. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tuomas Holopainen is the 986th most popular musician (down from 974th in 2019), the 172nd most popular biography from Finland (down from 164th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Finnish Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Tuomas Holopainen ranks 986 out of 3,175. Before him are Zoltán Kocsis, Daevid Allen, Al Foster, Duško Gojković, John Lewis, and Rosalyn Tureck. After him are Sam Rivers, Aphex Twin, Charlie Christian, Al Jardine, S. D. Burman, and Corey Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Tuomas Holopainen ranks 64. Before him are Thomas Gravesen, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Ville Valo, Michelle Monaghan, Massimo Oddo, and Jennifer Capriati. After him are John Elkann, Emily Deschanel, Dagmara Domińczyk, Ahn Jung-hwan, Naomie Harris, and Alicia Silverstone.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Tuomas Holopainen ranks 172 out of 751. Before him are Johannes Gabriel Granö (1882), Leevi Madetoja (1887), Marcus Grönholm (1968), Gunnar Nordström (1881), Heikki A. Alikoski (1912), and Paavo Talvela (1897). After him are Siri von Essen (1850), Magnus Enckell (1870), JJ Lehto (1966), Pekka Haavisto (1958), Elias Katz (1901), and Carl Johan Adlercreutz (1759).

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Among MUSICIANS In Finland

Among musicians born in Finland, Tuomas Holopainen ranks 3. Before him are Marco Hietala (1966), and Aarre Merikanto (1893). After him are Timo Tolkki (1966), Alexi Laiho (1979), Mr Lordi (1974), Jukka Nevalainen (1978), Emppu Vuorinen (1978), Darude (1975), Juice Leskinen (1950), Sami Vänskä (1976), and Susanna Mälkki (1969).

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