Alma (Finnish singer)


Alma-Sofia Miettinen, known professionally as Alma, is a Finnish singer and songwriter. Beginning her career in 2013, she placed fifth in the seventh season of the Finnish version of Idol. Her breakthrough came in 2015 when she was featured on the single "Muuta ku mä" by Sini Sabotage, and was subsequently signed to Universal Music Group.
The following year she released the singles "Karma" and "Dye My Hair", both of which became top ten hits in Finland. Her 2017 single "Chasing Highs" repeated this success, and also reached the top twenty in Germany and the United Kingdom. Her extended play Heavy Rules Mixtape was released in 2018 and reached the top ten in Finland. She has collaborated frequently with English singer Charli XCX, Swedish singer Tove Lo, English DJ Digital Farm Animals who produced most of the songs of her debut album and most recently, American singer Miley Cyrus.

Career

2013: ''Idols''

In 2013, at age 17, Alma auditioned for the :fi:Idols |seventh season of Finnish Idols. She progressed to the live shows, where she finished fifth.

2015–present: ''Dye My Hair''

In 2015, she was featured on Sini Sabotage's single "Muuta ku mä". In March 2016, Alma was signed to Universal Music, and in June she released her first single "Karma". The song peaked at number 5 on the Finnish Singles Chart. She is also the featured vocalist on the Felix Jaehn song "Bonfire". The song was released as a single in July 2016. In September 2016, Alma was confirmed to play at the 31st edition of Eurosonic Noorderslag in Groningen, NL. On 28 October 2016, she released her debut EP Dye My Hair.
She released the single "Chasing Highs" in March 2017. The song peaked at number 10 on the Finnish Singles Chart. In June it was released in the UK, and became Alma's first UK top 20 hit. She was featured on the Sub Focus' song "Don't You Feel It", released as a single in May 2017. She was also the featured vocalist on Martin Solveig's song "All Stars" which was released as a single in June 2017.

Personal life

In a March 2019 article in Gay Times Alma confirmed she is lesbian and in a relationship. Her spouse is the Finnish poet and civil rights activist Natalia Kallio.

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other charted songs

Guest appearances

Music videos

Songwriting credits

indicates un-credited lead vocal contribution.
indicates single release
SongArtistOther writerOriginating albumYearRef.
"Back to Me"Lindsay LohanChiara Hunter
Mark Ralph
2020
"Cashing Marrakech"ZhuSteven Zhu
Mitch Bell
Dante Jones
Stardustexhalemarrakechdreams2017
"Cattitude"
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Miley CyrusMiley Cyrus
Ilsey Juber
Andrew Wyatt
RuPaul Andre Charles
She Is Coming2019
"Don't Call Me Angel"Ariana Grande
Miley Cyrus
Lana Del Rey
Ariana Grande
Miley Cyrus
Lana Del Rey
Savan Kotecha
Max Martin
Ilya Salmanzadeh
2019
"Dimenticherai"AnnalisaJacopo Ettorre
Michele Canova
Bye Bye2018
"Drunk on You"ZookeepersJoseph Walter
Pascal Reinhardt
2017
"Highride"Nicole CrossJohannes Walter-Müller
Pascal Reinhardt
Shapeshifter2018
"La Money"Andrew Wyatt
Nicholas Gale
Sarah Hudson
Miley Cyrus
Justin Tranter
"Mother's Daughter"Miley CyrusMiley Cyrus
Andrew Wyatt
She Is Coming2019
"Scared of Love"
RudimentalAmir Izadkhah
Kesi Dryden
Piers Aggett
Leon "DJ Locksmith" Rolle
Cass Lowe
Stephanie Allen
Toast to Our Differences2019
"Slide Away"Miley CyrusMiley Cyrus
Andrew Wyatt
Michael Wiliams II
She Is Here2019
"Sunday Morning"
MatomaThomas Lagergren
Jason Dean
Joseph Kirkland
Jurek Reunamaki
One in a Million2018

Filmography

Awards and nominations