Heavy Metal 'Idol' ARI KOIVUNEN Spends Ten Weeks At Top Of Finnish Chart

"Fuel for the Fire", the debut solo album from the winner of the Finnish national TV talent competition "Idols", 23-year-old heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen, has topped the chart in Finland for the tenth week in a row. KORN, whose new, untitled album came out last week, opened at position No. 2. View the chart at this location.

"Fuel for the Fire" has reportedly sold 57,000 copies in Finland so far, which is just three thousand copies shy of the double-platinum mark.

As previously reported, the Ari Koivunen fan page "Ari's Night Elves" has posted an English translation of the recent tour diaries that have appeared in Finnish on Ari's official web site. You can read the diaries at this location.

Ari Koivunen performed a headlining show at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland on Wednesday, July 25. Watch fan-filmed video footage at YouTube. The songs available for viewing are as follows:

Fuel for the Fire
Hetki Lyö (Beat the Clock)
Angels Are Calling
Perfect Strangers (DEEP PURPLE cover)
Hear My Call
Wasted Years (IRON MAIDEN cover)