Before releasing their fourth studio album Into (2001), they were simply known as Rasmus, but changed their name to The Rasmus in order to avoid being confused with a Swedish DJ of the same name. They gained international fame with their 2003 album Dead Letters which went gold and platinum in several countries, accompanied with the single "In the Shadows" which reached number 1 in a number of countries. Their follow-up album Hide from the Sun which was released in October 2005 also went platinum in Finland.
The band is one of Finland's most successful with more than 3.5 million sold albums worldwide, eight gold awards and five platinum awards. They have released seven studio albums, one compilation album and 21 singles. Some of the band's most famous songs are the singles "Liquid", "F-F-F-Falling", "In the Shadows", "First Day of My Life", "Funeral Song" , "No Fear", "Sail Away", "Livin' in a World Without You", and "Justify". Their most recent album, titled Black Roses, was released in 2008. Immediately it replaced Metallica's latest album Death Magnetic in the Finnish Album Charts and went gold after one week.
In an interview held on June 10, 2009 before their performance at Halberg Open Air in Saarbrucken front singer Lauri Ylonen announced that the highly anticipated duet with Nightwish singer Anette Olzon "October in April" was expected to be released in October on a new compilation album being released in order to celebrate the band's 15th anniversary. Furthermore Ylonen revealed that a new studio album was to be released in 2010.
In an interview held in June, the drummer Aki Hakala revealed that a compilation of all the band's success from the last 10 years would be released in the fall, and it would contain also the duet with Nightwish singer Anette Olzon.
In late August the compilation's title was revealed: "Best of 2001-2009" and a month later also its cover and the tracklist were revealed too.
The duet with Anette Olzon, titled "October&April" appeared first on it's official preview Friday 9th of October on a Finnish radio and will be released digitally on November 17, 2009.
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