Kaija Koo

Kaija Koo (born Kaija Kokkola, September 10, 1962, in Helsinki, Finland) is one of the most successful female singers in Finnish music history. She has sold over half a million records -- a significant number for a country of five million people -- and her 1993 release Tuulten Viemää (Gone with the Winds) is the all-time best-selling album by a female solo artist in Finland. Many of her other records have sold in gold and platinum numbers. Kaija's interest in music started from early on. She practiced guitar and piano as a child, and had her first band at age 14. By the age o...