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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
JP Leppäluoto
Person · male · Finland · Raahe · born 1974 · recording since 2020
Finnish musician
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Also known as J-P Leppäluoto · JP Leppäluoto · Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto
Timeline
4 events▣ Album 2◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1970s
2020s
· Debut release
Debut release: Piilevää pimeää
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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Biography
English biography167 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1359183589
Biography
Juha-Pekka "JP" Leppäluoto (born 15 November 1974 in Raahe) is a Finnish musician.
Career
He was in the band Charon until the summer of 2011 as a vocalist and songwriter.
He also formed the band Harmaja as a vocalist, guitar player and songwriter. They released three albums.
Together with Marko Hietala, Tony Kakko, and Jarkko Ahola, he was also in the band Northern Kings as a vocalist.
He provided vocals for the first release from the band Poisonblack, which featured members from several other Finnish rock bands, and also sang in the band Dark Sarah, first as a guest, and then as an official member for one album cycle, before stepping away to focus on a solo career, although he still provides guest vocals for the band.
In 2020 he released his first solo album, titled Piilevää pimeääPiilevää pimeääSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 9 tracks1Piilevää pimeää4:012Pirun musta3:303Varjot3:534Kuoppa3:455Narri4:206Teräsjää3:287Annan sun mennä4:008Shalalaa3:489Hiljaiset häät4:14. In 2022, JP would release his second solo album JäävuoriaJäävuoriaSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Jäävuoria3:222Kadonnut mies3:393Varjoissa kii4:104Yks laulu vaan3:195Pompeiji5:056Viimeiseen henkäykseen3:467Jäljet3:498Mä jään3:459Toiset elää4:2710Seireeni6:06. A couple months after his solo release, Northern Kings would play again for the first time in over 10 years.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 2 | 14.7th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups · 2 studio albums)
Albums · 2
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 34:59
1Piilevää pimeää4:012Pirun musta3:303Varjot3:534Kuoppa3:455Narri4:206Teräsjää3:287Annan sun mennä4:008Shalalaa3:489Hiljaiset häät4:142022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:28
1Jäävuoria3:222Kadonnut mies3:393Varjoissa kii4:104Yks laulu vaan3:195Pompeiji5:056Viimeiseen henkäykseen3:467Jäljet3:498Mä jään3:459Toiset elää4:2710Seireeni6:06
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put JP Leppäluoto head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 2 | 14.7th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmaja(band) | — | present | |
| Charon(band) | 1995 | present | |
| Poisonblack(band) | 2003 | 2004 | |
| Northern Kings(band) | 2007 | present | lead vocals |
| Dark Sarah(band) | 2017 | 12 August 2019 | lead vocals |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JP_Leppaluoto_%28cropped%29.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/96c1efd6-158d-48bb-8faa-e941758586aediscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/96c1efd6-158d-48bb-8faa-e941758586aecore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3142741genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3142741seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JP_Lepp%C3%A4luotobiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JP_Lepp%C3%A4luoto
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Finnish musicians — rank #31
JP Leppäluoto | 1974 | | Vocalist, songwriter | Pop/rock
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Image: Kati Riihiluoma · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q3142741 · MusicBrainz: 96c1efd6-158d-48bb-8faa-e941758586ae
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