Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Chapters: Estonian film score composers, Arvo Pärt, Kerli, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Eduard Tubin, Veljo Tormis, Rudolf Tobias, Helen Tobias-Duesberg, Helena Tulve, Jüri Reinvere, Artur Kapp, Allan Vainola, Peeter Vähi, Artur Lemba, Eino Tamberg, Raimond Valgre, Heino Eller, Juhan Simm, Lepo Sumera, Mart Saar, Cyrillus Kreek, Olaf Kopvillem, Miina Härma, Mihkel Lüdig, Ester Mägi, Eugen Kapp, Urmas Sisask, Rein Rannap, Jaan Rääts, Sven Grünberg, Boris Parsadanian, Kaljo Raid, Juhan Aavik, Evald Aav, Peeter Süda, Gustav Ernesaks, Alo Mattiisen, René Eespere, Els Aarne, Pärt Uusberg, Tartu school of composition. Excerpt: Kerli Kõiv (born February 7, 1987), better known mononymously as Kerli, is an Estonian recording artist. She was signed to Island Def Jam Music Group in 2006 by LA Reid and in 2008, she released her debut album, Love Is Dead which charted at 126 on the Billboard 200 in July 2008 and at 2 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart the following month. The album contained the singles "Love Is Dead", "Walking on Air" and "Creepshow", with "Walking on Air" being the most notable. It charted at number seventy-five on the European Hot 100 and was featured twice on the United States television dance competition So You Think You Can Dance. In 2010, she appeared on the Almost Alice album - music inspired by the film Alice in Wonderland - with the song "Tea Party" and the song "Strange" with Tokio Hotel. The lead promotional single from her sophomore album, "Army of Love", was released for free via download on her official website on December 16, 2010 and the music video was officially released a week later. "Army of Love" peaked at number 2 for the week of April 30, 2011 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart. It was released for purchase as a single on April 12, 2011 The album is not expected to be released until early fall of 2011. Kerli was born in Tartu County, Estonia in the municipality Elva, with a population of 5, 000 during the Soviet occupation of Estonia which ended when she was four years old. Her mother, Piret, was a social worker and her father, Toivo Kõiv, was an auto mechanic. Her parents separated when she was 16. Her younger sister, Eliisa Kõiv is also a musician and competed in season three of Eesti otsib superstaari. Her great-great-grandmother, nicknamed "Beautiful May" for her beauty, was a maid to a duke in Germany, with whom she had a baby. As a child, she studied ballroom dancing for eight years, practicing five days a week. She was first introduced to music by her kindergarten teacher when she told her mom that Kerli had "nice pitch" and that she was inte