Tarja Turunen is a star- truth to be told, she's a megastar in her native Finland. She has a wall full of gold and platinum records from her days in the chart-topping band Nightwish. As the face for the band, she became an icon for the Gothic Metal scene. In the meantime, numerous groups around the world have based themselves on Tarja's archetype. Her classically trained soprano voice with a range of three entire octaves invigorated the hard rock scene. By combining tecnnical bravura with expressive sense of passion, Tarja is one of the outstandings talent in this genre.