Vanilla Ninja
Vanilla Ninja is a music group made up of four girls named Lenna Kuurmaa, Katrin Siska, Piret Järvis. Previous members are Triinu Kivilaan & Maarja Kivi. The band has had some popular songs in Europe and they were in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Estonia |
| Genres | Hard rock Pop rock |
| Years active | 2002 - |
| Labels | TopTen, Bros Music, EMI, Capitol |
| Members | Lenna Kuurmaa Katrin Siska Piret Järvis |
| Past members | Maarja Kivi Triinu Kivilaan |
Discography
Albums
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Certifications | ||||
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| EST | GER | AUT | SWI | POL | |||
| 2003 | Vanilla Ninja
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1 | / | / | / | / | Estonia (Platinum) |
| 2004 | Traces of Sadness
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1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 20 | Germany (Gold) Austria (Gold) Estonia (Platinum) |
| 2005 | Blue Tattoo
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1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 13 | Estonia (Platinum) |
| 2005 | Best Of
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/ | / | / | 70 | / | |
| 2006 | Love Is War
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1 | 16 | 29 | 14 | 48 | Estonia (Platinum) |
| EST | GER | AUT | SUI | POL | |||
| Number one albums | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Top ten albums | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Singles
| Year | Single | Album | Peak chart positions | ||||||
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| EST | GER | AUT | SUI | POL | FIN | EUR | |||
| 2003 | "Club Kung Fu" | Vanilla Ninja | — | 95 | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Tough Enough" | Traces of Sadness | 1 | 13 | 16 | 52 | 4 | 11 | 52 | |
| 2004 | "Don't Go Too Fast" | 1 | 25 | 33 | 53 | 16 | — | 83 | |
| "Liar" | 4 | 23 | 22 | 43 | — | — | 76 | ||
| "When the Indians Cry" | 1 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 4 | — | 35 | ||
| "Blue Tattoo" | Blue Tattoo | — | 9 | 16 | 12 | 22 | — | 26 | |
| 2005 | "I Know" | 32 | 13 | 17 | 27 | 2 | — | 45 | |
| "I Know (Unplugged)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Cool Vibes" | 3 | — | 58 | 17 | — | — | 91 | ||
| "Megamix" | Best Of | — | 79 | — | 66 | — | — | — | |
| 2006 | "Dangerzone" | Love is War | 3 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 1 | — | 102 |
| "Rockstarz" | 1 | 86 | — | — | 8 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | "Insane in Vain" (Released only in Estonian radio stations) | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2008 | "Birds of Peace" | Love is War (Latin America version) | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Crashing Through The Doors" | TBA | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Number one hits | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Top ten hits | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Music videos
| # | Year | Title | Director | Place |
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| 1. | 2003 | "Nagu Rockstaar" |  Tallinn, Estonia
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| 2. | 2003 | "Tough Enough" | Mathias Vielsäcker, Christoph Mangler |  Berlin, Germany
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| 3. | 2004 | "Don't Go Too Fast" | Mathias Vielsäcker, Christoph Mangler | Berlin, Germany
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| 4. | 2004 | "Liar" | Carsten Gutschmidt, Bernard Wedig | Germany
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| 5. | 2004 | "When the Indians Cry" | Mathias Vielsäcker, Christoph Mangler |  Playa Caragol, Mallorca
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| 6. | 2004 | "Blue Tattoo" | Sascha Kramer, David Brandes |  Iceland
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| 7. | 2005 | "I Know" | Sascha Kramer | Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Germany
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| 8. | 2005 | "I Know (Unplugged)" | ||
| 9. | 2005 | "Cool Vibes" | ||
| 10. | 2005 | "Megamix" | video collage | |
| 11. | 2006 | "Dangerzone" | Jeffrey Lisk & Bernd Possardt |  Cape Town, South Africa
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| 12. | 2006 | "Rockstarz" | Sandra Marschner | Berlin, Germany
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DVDs
- 2004 - Traces of Sadness (Live in Estonia)
- 2005 - Best Of: The Video Collection
Band members
Current
- Lenna Kuurmaa – vocals, guitar
- Katrin Siska – keyboard, vocals
- Piret Järvis – guitar, vocals
Former
- Maarja Kivi – vocals, bass (2002 - 2004)
- Triinu Kivilaan – bass, vocals (2004 - 2005)
Vanilla Ninja Media
Live photo of Piret Jarvis at the real festival at Koblenz (august 2005)
Triinu Kivilaan live (Koblenz, august 2005)
Lenna Kuurmaa singing "Cool Vibes".
Other websites
- Vanilla Ninja Official Estonian Website Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Vanilla Ninja Official Latinoamerican Website Archived 2007-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Vanilla Ninja Fansite in English Archived 2008-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Vanilla Ninja Portaal Archived 2010-04-23 at the Wayback Machine
- VN-VIP Community Archived 2015-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (German)
- Vanilla Ninja Lithuania (Lietuva)
- Vanilla Ninja Argentina Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Vanilla Ninja Mexico Archived 2010-03-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Vanilla Ninja Chile Archived 2016-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
- VN-LINN The International Vanilla Ninja Fanclub[dead link]
- Vanilla Ninja at Last.fm
- Vanilla Ninja at MySpace
