Artists like Paleface

Matti Mikael Salo, professionally known as Asa and previously as Avain, is a Finnish rapper, record producer and singer. He is also a member of hip hop and reggae group Jätkäjätkät.

JVG is a Finnish rap duo made up of Jare Joakim Brand and Ville-Petteri Galle.

Henri Pulkkinen, professionally known as Paperi T, is a Finnish rapper, poet and radio host. He started his career in the group Ruger Hauer in 2010 and released his first solo album Malarian pelko in 2015. Since 2017 he has been working as a music director for Radio Helsinki.

Jare Henrik Tiihonen, better known by his stage name Cheek, is a Finnish former rapper and singer. During his career, he released twelve studio albums, of which three have gone multi-platinum, two platinum and three gold. Four of the albums have reached number one on the Official Finnish Album Chart.

Ultra Bra is a Finnish band, formed in 1994 by Olli Virtaperko and Kerkko Koskinen. Originally disbanded in 2001, the band has made comebacks over the years, the latest in 2025 with two concerts at Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

Mary Vesta Williams was an American singer-songwriter, who performed across genres such as soul, funk, R&B, Quiet storm, jazz soul and Urban Contemporary. Originally credited as Vesta Williams, she was simply known as Vesta beginning in the 1990s. She was known for her four–octave vocal range. She once sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" for the Los Angeles Lakers game opener using all four of those octaves.

Fintelligens is a hip hop group from Helsinki, Finland. The band is formed of two MCs: Elastinen and Iso H. The band has released three albums and one compilation, all selling more than 150,000 copies.

Arttu-Pekka Aleksi Wiskari is a Finnish singer-songwriter.

Kwan is a Finnish hip hop and pop music group from Helsinki. Most visible members of the band are the two vocalists Mariko and Tidjan. The band started as a hip hop act, but nowadays the songs contain more singing than rapping.

Kristo Laanti, professionally known as DJ Kridlokk, Khid, Krid or DJ Kridmanne, is a Finnish rapper and record producer. His career took off in 2005 when he released an album Maanalaisella saundilla with a fellow rapper Lommo. On 18 May 2011 he released a solo album UG-Solo which peaked at number 23 on the Official Finnish Album Chart. His 2014 album Mutsi reached number two.

Petri Jukka Mikael Laurila, better known by his stage name Petri Nygård, is a Finnish rapper and singer. He is also known under alias Dream and as Travis Bicle.

Jukka Tapio "J." Karjalainen is a Finnish singer-songwriter. His first album came out in 1981 and he has been called the "Bruce Springsteen of Finland." He states that his music is a mix of "Blues, Rock´n´roll, Folk, Country, Soul, Funky, New Orleans stuff." He also listened to old-time musicians like Tommy Jarrell and Clarence Ashley while learning the 5-string banjo. Karjalainen is married to Kati Bergman, and they have a son, Väinö Karjalainen, who is also a musician and music producer.

PMMP is a Finnish pop rock band fronted by singers Paula Vesala and Mira Luoti and backed by musicians Mikko Virta, Juho Vehmanen and Heikki Kytölä. The name of the band is often said to be an abbreviation of the sentence "Paulan ja Miran Molemmat Puolet", which can be translated in English as "Both Sides of Paula and Mira". However, in an interview on the Finnish talk show Krisse Show, they stated that the name of the band comes, like ABBA, from the names of 4 of its members: so PMMP is Paula, Mira, Mira, Paula. PMMP's albums were produced by former Thergothon drummer Jori Sjöroos, who also wrote the music for all the songs. The lyrics are written by Paula and Mira. The band is an acclaimed live act.

Zen Café was a Finnish rock band that was founded in Turku in 1992. The band derived its name from the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig at the suggestion of band's bassist Kari Nylander. Other original members were Samuli Putro, Mikko Oesch (guitar) and Tuomo Mäkipaavola (drums). Oesch soon left the group and Mäkipaavola was replaced by Pete Parkkonen (drums). Their latest album Stop was released in 2006, after which the band began a long hiatus without officially disbanding. According to Putro, it is unlikely that the band will ever return as Zen Café.

Jenni Mari Vartiainen is a Finnish pop singer. Before her professional musical endeavours, she was a figure skater in her teenage years and attended the Kuopio Senior High of Music and Dance. Vartiainen rose to publicity by winning the Finnish talent show Popstars in October 2002 with Susanna Korvala, Ushma Karnani and Jonna Pirinen. The four formed the band Gimmel that released three studio albums, sold over 160,000 records and received three Emma Awards, accolades for outstanding achievements in music, awarded by the Finnish music industry federation, Musiikkituottajat. The band broke up in October 2004.

Seppo Kalervo Lampela, professionally known as Steen1, is a Finnish rap musician. He originally chose the name Steen Christensen, after the Danish criminal who shot two Finnish policemen in 1997, as his moniker, but changed it due to controversy.