# Elokuu

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{{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](/source/Pori) 20 April 2012
| years_active      = 2011–present
| genre             = [rap](/source/rap), [reggae](/source/reggae), [folk](/source/folk_music), "cityhumppa"
| origin            = [Finland](/source/Finland)
| label             = [EMI](/source/EMI) / Capitol Records
| current_members   = [Nopsajalka](/source/Nopsajalka) <br>Juno<br> [Jonas W. Karlsson](/source/Jonas_W._Karlsson)
| website           = [http://www.elokuuyhtye.fi/ Official website]
}}
'''Elokuu''' ("August" in [Finnish](/source/Finnish_language)) is a Finnish [hip hop](/source/hip_hop) band founded in 2011 by reggae artist [Nopsajalka](/source/Nopsajalka), Kenyan-Finnish rapper [Juno](/source/Juno_(rapper)), and producer [Jonas W. Karlsson](/source/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](/source/Finnish_Singles_Chart). Elokuu's debut album ''[Hääväki saapuu](/source/H%C3%A4%C3%A4v%C3%A4ki_saapuu)'' released by Capitol / EMI Music entered the [Finnish Albums Chart](/source/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](/source/Finland)</small><br><ref name="chart">[http://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Elokuu FinnishCharts.com: Elokuu page]</ref>
|-
|align="center"|2012
|''[Hääväki saapuu](/source/H%C3%A4%C3%A4v%C3%A4ki_saapuu)''
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="center"|2013
|''[Pöytä on katettu](/source/P%C3%B6yt%C3%A4_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](/source/Finland)</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''
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.elokuuyhtye.fi/ Official website]
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Category:Finnish musical groups
Category:Finnish hip-hop groups
Category:2011 establishments in Finland

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