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The Dø
The Dø
band
1
The Pierces
The Pierces
American band
2
Kurt Vile
Kurt Vile
American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer
3
Tuomas Holopainen
Tuomas Holopainen
Finnish musician
4
Young Empires
Young Empires
5
Tarja Turunen
Tarja Turunen
Finnish opera/symphonic rock singer
6
The Blood Arm
The Blood Arm
band
7
Liz McClarnon
Liz McClarnon
English singer, songwriter
8
Juliana Hatfield
Juliana Hatfield
American guitarist/singer-songwriter and author
9
Nightwish
Nightwish
Finnish symphonic metal band
10
Jay Reatard
Jay Reatard
American musician
11
Melissa Auf der Maur
Melissa Auf der Maur
Canadian musician, photographer and actress
12
ABBA
ABBA
Swedish pop group
13
Colin Stetson
Colin Stetson
American saxophone player
14
Brett Anderson
Brett Anderson
English singer-songwriter
15
Laura Jane Grace
Laura Jane Grace
American musician
16
Anette Olzon
Anette Olzon
Swedish singer
17
Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John
English-born Australian singer, songwriter and actress
18
Satanic Warmaster
Satanic Warmaster
Finnish band
19
Julie Christmas
Julie Christmas
American musician
20
Richard Swift
Richard Swift
American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and short-film maker
21
Feist
Feist
Canadian singer and musician
22
Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa
American musician
23
Julie Doiron
Julie Doiron
Canadian musician
24
Brandon Flowers
Brandon Flowers
American indie rock singer
25
Maps & Atlases
Maps & Atlases
26
Blackfield
Blackfield
English-Israeli music project
27
Sarah Cracknell
Sarah Cracknell
English singer-songwriter
28
Avril Lavigne
Avril Lavigne
Canadian singer, songwriter and actress
29
Melanie C
Melanie C
British singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman
30
Max Lilja
Max Lilja
Finnish cellist
31
GURR
GURR
German indie rock girls band based in Berlin
32
Azalia Snail
Azalia Snail
Musician, singer-songwriter, filmmaker
33
Roddy Woomble
Roddy Woomble
Scottish singer-songwriter
34
Gaby Moreno
Gaby Moreno
Guatemalan singer-songwriter and guitarist
35
Olivia Holt
Olivia Holt
American actress and singer
36
Dallon Weekes
Dallon Weekes
American musician
37
Charlotte Wessels
Charlotte Wessels
Dutch singer
38
Jason Molina
Jason Molina
American singer-songwriter
39
Bleachers
Bleachers
American indie pop band
40
Courtney Love
Courtney Love
American singer, songwriter and actress
41
Jasmin Wagner
Jasmin Wagner
German singer and actress
42
Christopher Cross
Christopher Cross
American singer-songwriter
43
Nate Ruess
Nate Ruess
American singer-songwriter
44
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant
American singer-songwriter
45
Stevie Nicks
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter, member of Fleetwood Mac
46
Jeff Rosenstock
Jeff Rosenstock
American musician
47
Dev
Dev
American singer
48
The xx
The xx
British indie pop band
49
Angus Stone
Angus Stone
Australia singer-songwriter, record producer-engineer
50
Emma Ruth Rundle
Emma Ruth Rundle
American singer
51
Of Monsters and Men
Of Monsters and Men
Icelandic band
52
Travis Barker
Travis Barker
American drummer
53
Hank Marvin
Hank Marvin
English musician; guitarist for the Shadows
54
Marty Willson-Piper
Marty Willson-Piper
English Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter
55
PJ Harvey
PJ Harvey
English singer-songwriter
56
Kaija Saariaho
Kaija Saariaho
Finnish composer
57
Brian Fallon
Brian Fallon
American musician
58
Robert Plant
Robert Plant
English singer
59
Marco Hietala
Marco Hietala
Finnish musician
60
Sarah Connor
Sarah Connor
German singer
61
Porcelain Raft
Porcelain Raft
Alternative rock project of Mauro Remiddi
62
Céline Dion
Céline Dion
French Canadian singer (* 1968)
Olivia Merilahti
Finnish musician

Olivia Merilahti

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Olivia Bouyssou Merilahti (born 25 February 1982, Paris), also known as Prudence, is a Finnish-French singer and composer. Her work has been compared to that of Björk, whom she cites as a major influence. Merilahti was born to a French father and a Finnish mother. She primarily uses English in music, which she learned at an early age.

Finnish is my intimate language; I speak Finnish with my mum and I've been living in France for most of my life, so it's been my secret language. My secret weapon somehow. So these different languages play different roles in my life, and English has always been the musical one.

Having studied classical music in Helsinki, Merilahti gravitated to rock music, then jazz and electronic music. In 2004, during the writing of music from the movie Empire of the Wolves, she met Dan Levy, with whom she formed French indie rock band The Dø. In 2020, she released a solo project under the name Prudence.