List of Nightwish band members
This is the line-up of Nightwish, an Echo-winning band from Kitee, Finland, formed in 1996 by songwriter/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen. Nightwish is Finland's most successful band with more than 7 million sold albums worldwide, 1 silver award, 11 gold awards and 30 platinum awards. Although Nightwish has been prominent in their home country since the release of their first single, "The Carpenter" (1997) and debut album "Angels Fall First", they did not achieve worldwide fame until the release of the albums "Oceanborn", "Wishmaster" and  Century Child, which were released in 1998, 2000 and 2002 respectively. Their 2004 album, "Once", which has sold more than 1.2 million copies, led to Nightwish video clips being shown on MTV in the United States and inclusion of their music in US movie soundtracks. Their biggest US hit single, "Wish I Had an Angel" (2004), made it onto three US film soundtracks as a means to promote their North American tour. The band produced three more singles and two music videos for the album, as well as "Sleeping Sun", from the 2005 "best of" compilation album, "Highest Hopes", prior  to vocalist Tarja Turunen’s dismissal. In May 2007, former Alyson Avenue frontwoman, Anette Olzon, was revealed as Turunen’s replacement, and in the autumn, the band released a new album – "Dark Passion Play", which has sold more than 1.5 million copies. The supporting tour started on 6 October 2007 and ended on 19 September 2009. A new E.P./live album, "Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places)", was released in March 2009 as a MCD/DVD. Nightwish has received eleven awards from both the Emma-gaala Awards, from thirteen nominations, and one Echo Awards from two nominations. Nightwish  has also received 2 nominations from the Metal Hammer Golden God Awards but has not received an award; Nightwish already won awards from MTV Europe Music Awards and from World Music Awards. Current members. Hahto stepped in to record the drums for the new Nightwish album, replacing Jukka Nevalainen, who went on hiatus from the band due to insomnia, and performed on all live shows to date. In July 2019 Nevalainen announced he will not be returning to the band, as Hahto had become Nightwish's full-time drummer. Prior to replacing Nevalainen, Hahto was Nevalainen's Drum tech as  well as playing in the band Wintersun.