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Tarja Turunen

Classical
Classical

Tarja Turunen is a Classical act. Their sound grew out of Marko Hietala, Chisu, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin and Sarah Brightman. Those roots explain a lot about how Tarja Turunen arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Nightwish, Epica, Within Temptation, Xandria and ReVamp, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nightwish, Waltari and Scorpions, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Tarja Turunen, reaching back through Marko Hietala and forward to Nightwish. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Tarja TurunenMarko HietalaChisuWhitney HoustonAretha FranklinSarah BrightmanAndrew Lloyd WebberKlaus MeineMarco HietalaNightwishWaltariScorpionsNightwishEpicaWithin TemptationXandriaReVampAfter ForeverLeaves' EyesSirenia

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Tarja Turunen connections

Tarja Turunen grew out of Marko Hietala, Chisu, Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin, shares an orbit with Nightwish, Epica, Within Temptation and Xandria, went on to shape Nightwish, Waltari and Scorpions. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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