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Ville Valo is a Finnish singer, songwriter, and composer born in Helsinki in 1976. He is a baritone vocalist who performs rock music, including alternative and gothic rock styles. Valo began his work period in 1991 and is a member of the groups HIM and Daniel Lioneye. He has been associated with the record label Warner Bros. Entertainment.
Valo speaks Finnish and resides in Pikku Huopalahti. His birth name is Ville Hermanni Valo. In addition to his musical career, he has worked in the acting department. He is recognized as a male vocalist within the rock genre.
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Helsinki, Finland
Ville Hermanni Valo (born 22 November 1976) is a Finnish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the lead vocalist and main songwriter of the Finnish gothic rock band HIM. Valo began his career playing bass and drums in various bands around Helsinki, before forming HIM in 1991. The band would go on to become one of the most commercially successful Finnish bands of all time, and…
Known for
- Bam Margera Presents: The 69 Eyes - Lost Boys Never Die!2025
- We Just Wanna Have a Good Time All the Time — Self2023
- Then the Times, They Changed — Self2022
- H.I.M. - Loud Legacy2015
- Die Oliver Pocher Show — self2009
- Bam Margera Presents: Where The #$&% Is Santa? — Self2008
- Promised Land of Heavy Metal — Self - HIM2008
- HIM - Digital Versatile Doom — Self2008
- Jackass Number Two — Self (uncredited)2006
- HIM: Love Metal Archives Vol. 12005
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Finland
- Active from
- 1976
Discography
- Summer Wine2007
- Ville Valo & Agents2019
- Gothica Fennica Vol. 12020
- Neon Noir2023
Member of
- HIMsince 1991
- Agentssince 2019
- Daniel Lioneye
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 83,352
- Total plays
- 657,305
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Ville Hermanni Valo (born 22 November 1976) is a Finnish singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the gothic rock band HIM. Born and raised in Helsinki to a Hungarian mother and Finnish father, Valo began his career playing bass and drums in various bands around the city. In 1991, he co-founded and became the lead singer and main songwriter of HIM, which would go on to become one of the most successful Finnish bands of all time and the first to receive a gold re
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1976-11-22 ) 22 November 1976 (age 49) , Helsinki , Finland
- Other names
- Balo the Singing Janitor Bil Bao Lux Airam Rambo Rimbaud VV
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter musician producer
- Relatives
- Jesse Valo (brother)
- Instruments
- Vocals keyboards guitar bass drums
- Years active
- 1991–present
- Labels
- BMG Sire Razor & Tie Double Cross Universal Music Group Spinefarm
- Formerly of
- HIM Daniel Lioneye Agents
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Helsinki
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Official website
- www.heartagram.com
- Image
- Ville Valo & Agents 9 3 2019 (1).jpg
- Residence
- Pikku Huopalahti
- Voice type
- baritone
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- Commons category
- Ville Valo
- date of birth
- 1976-11-22
- birth name
- Ville Hermanni Valo
- start of work period
- 1991-00-00
- name in native language
- Ville Valo
- social media followers
- 16000
Sources (9)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Ville Valo, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Ville Hermanni Valo ( pronounced [ˈʋilːe ˈʋɑlo] ; born 22 November 1976) is a Finnish singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the vocalist of the gothic rock band HIM.
Valo began his career playing bass and drums in various bands around the city. In 1991, he co-founded and became the singer and main songwriter of HIM, which would go on to become one of the most successful Finnish bands of all time and the first to receive a gold record in the United States. Outside of HIM, Valo has collaborated with various other bands and artists during his career, including Agents, The 69 Eyes, and Apocalyptica. In 2020, Valo embarked on a solo career under the moniker VV. His debut album Neon Noir was released in 2023.
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