Once (Nightwish album)

Once
Once
Studio album by Nightwish
Released	7 June 2004
Recorded	November 2003 – March 2004
Studio	Tempputupa (Kitee, Finland); Finnvox (Helsinki, Finland); E-Major (Kerava, Finland); Phoenix Sound (Wembley, England);
Genre	Symphonic metal
Length	59:32
Language	English; Finnish;
Label	Spinefarm (FIN); Nuclear Blast (EU); Roadrunner (US);
Producer	Tuomas Holopainen; TeeCee Kinnunen;
Nightwish studio album chronology
Alternative cover
	Special edition cover
Singles from Once
	"Nemo"; Released: 19 April 2004; "Wish I Had an Angel"; Released: 15 September 2004; "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan"; Released: 24 November 2004 (Finland and Japan only); "The Siren"; Released: 25 June 2005;

Once is the fifth studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released on 7 June 2004 by Spinefarm Records in Finland and Nuclear Blast in the rest of Europe. It is the fifth and last album to feature Tarja Turunen on lead vocals. The album cost nearly €250,000 to make,[1] (1,000,000 including the videos[2]) which made it Finland's most expensive recording ever until the release of Nightwish's next album, Dark Passion Play, which cost over €500,000 to produce.[3] As of 2013, Once had sold 2.3 million copies worldwide, becoming Nightwish's most successful album to date. The remastering of the album was released on 6 August 2021.[4]

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