Tanel Padar
Tanel Padar | |
---|---|
Background information | |
Birth name | Tanel Padar |
Born | Uhtna, Estonia | 27 October 1980
Origin | Estonia |
Genres | Pop, rock |
Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
Years active | 1999–present |
Labels | Padar Production |
Website | tanelpadar |
Tanel Padar (born 27 October 1980) is an Estonian singer and songwriter. He is best known internationally for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. Padar became famous by winning the Kaks takti ette, a biennial televised competition for young Estonian singers, in 1999.
Career
In 1999 Padar won Kaks takti ette a televised competition for young Estonian singers.
In 2000, Padar was one of the backing vocalists for Ines – who at the time was also his girlfriend – at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000.
In 2001, he, along with the boyband 2XL and Aruba-born Dave Benton claimed the spotlight by winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song "Everybody".
In 2003 Padar started a rock band called Tanel Padar & The Sun, which is one of the most popular bands in Estonia.
In 2006, Tanel Padar & The Sun had the following positions in the Estonian 2006 chart (top 40): #1, #4, #12, #23, #29, #31. One of their songs also claimed the R2 Hit of the Year prize. The song "Hopelessness You" made it to the MTV World Chart Express.[citation needed]
In 2017, 25.08. Tanel Padar & The Sun gives farewell concert in Kihnu island.
In 2017, Padar starts as a solo artist.
Personal life
Tanel Padar's older sister is singer Gerli Padar, who represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.
He was married to Katarina Kalda from 2003 until 2007.[1]
He became engaged to Lauren Villmann in 2018. They have two daughters, Linda (2019) and Luna (2022).
Discography
Albums
- The Greatest Hits (2005)
- Veidi valjem kui vaikus (A bit louder than silence) (2005)
- 100% Rock'n'roll (2006)
- The Sun Live 2006 (2006)
- Veidi valjem kui vaikus II (A bit louder than silence II) (2007)
- Here Comes The Sun (2008)
- Unisex (2008)
- RING (2010)
- Veidi valjem kui vaikus III (A bit louder than silence III) (2015)
- Sinu aeg (Your time) (2020)
References
- ^ Tanel Padar ja Evely Ventsli läksid lahku, elu.24.ee, 25 August 2007.
- ^ "Tanel Padar & The Sun Discography". Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
External links
- Tanel Padar discography at MusicBrainz
- Tanel Padar at IMDb
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- BLP articles lacking sources from March 2010
- All BLP articles lacking sources
- Articles with hCards
- All articles with unsourced statements
- Articles with unsourced statements from November 2015
- Commons category link is on Wikidata
- MusicBrainz artist same as Wikidata
- Articles with MusicBrainz artist links
- Articles containing Estonian-language text
- Articles containing Italian-language text
- Articles containing Serbian-language text
- Articles containing Võro-language text
- Articles containing Spanish-language text
- Articles containing Hebrew-language text
- Articles containing Bosnian-language text
- Articles containing French-language text
- Articles containing Turkish-language text
- Articles containing Portuguese-language text
- Articles containing German-language text
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with MusicBrainz identifiers
- 1980 births
- Living people
- People from Rakvere Parish
- Eurovision Song Contest winners
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2001
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Estonia
- Estonian pop singers
- Estonian rock singers
- 21st-century Estonian male singers
- English-language singers from Estonia
- Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class