{{Short description|Finnish music group}}{{Expand Finnish|date=April 2021|topic=cult}}{{About|Finnish musical band|Finnish 1956 film titled "Elokuu"|The Harvest Month}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Elokuu | image = Elokuu @ Bar Kino 2.jpg | caption = Elokuu performing at Bar Kino in Pori 20 April 2012 | years_active = 2011&ndash;present | genre = rap, reggae, folk, "cityhumppa" | origin = Finland | label = EMI / Capitol Records | current_members = Nopsajalka <br>Juno<br> Jonas W. Karlsson | website = [http://www.elokuuyhtye.fi/ Official website] }} '''Elokuu''' ("August" in Finnish) is a Finnish hip hop band founded in 2011 by reggae artist Nopsajalka, Kenyan-Finnish rapper Juno, and producer Jonas W. Karlsson<ref>[http://www.mesta.net/musa/uutiset/?aid=24296 Mesta: Nopsajalka ja Juno perustivat uuden kokoonpanon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319010817/http://www.mesta.net/musa/uutiset/?aid=24296 |date=2012-03-19 }} {{in lang|fi}}</ref> as a mix of Finnish swing and jazz.

Their first official single "Soutaa huopaa"<ref>[http://ylex.yle.fi/musiikki/ensisoitto/ensisoitossa-uuden-elokuu-yhtyeen-debyyttisingle-soutaa-huopaa YLEX: Ensisoitossa uuden Elokuu-yhtyeen debyyttisingle Soutaa huopaa] {{in lang|fi}}</ref> was released on 20 January 2012 with great success. It peaked at number 2 on the Finnish Singles Chart. Elokuu's debut album ''Hääväki saapuu'' released by Capitol / EMI Music entered the Finnish Albums Chart at number 2 in its first week of release.

==Discography== ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable" !align="center" rowspan="2"|Year !align="center" rowspan="2" width="180"|Title !align="center" colspan="1"|Charts |- !width="20"|<small>FIN</small><br><ref name="chart">[http://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Elokuu FinnishCharts.com: Elokuu page]</ref> |- |align="center"|2012 |''Hääväki saapuu'' |align="center"|2 |- |align="center"|2013 |''Pöytä on katettu'' |align="center"|8 |- |}

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" !align="center" rowspan="2"|Year !align="center" rowspan="2" width="180"|Title !align="center" colspan="1"|Charts !align="center" rowspan="2" width="100"|Album

|- !width="20"|<small>FIN</small><br><ref name="chart"/> |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|2012 |"Soutaa huopaa" |align="center"|2 |align="center" rowspan="3"|''Hääväki saapuu'' |- |"Saatilla" |align="center"|8 |- |"Kullankaivaja" |align="center"|– |- |align="center" rowspan="1"|2013 |”Tänään lähtee” |align="center"|12 |align="center" rowspan="1"|''Pöytä on katettu'' |- |}

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==External links== *[http://www.elokuuyhtye.fi/ Official website] {{Finland-band-stub}}{{Authority control}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

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