Anssi Kela[1] (born 29 July 1972 in Kerava, Finland) is a Finnish singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist who has published six albums.

His late father was a keyboardist and songwriter in a gospel band called Pro Fide, his mother is a cantor and brother a drummer.

[4] Kela began his musical career playing various stringed instruments, including the violin, cello and contrabass.

At the age of 13, in 1985, Kela formed a gospel band Yhdeksäs hetki with his school mates.

In 1999 the band broke up to musical differences and Kela started to write material to his first solo album.

[6] The debut, Nummela, is one of the best-selling Finnish records – it has sold over 150,000 copies (quintuple platinum).

His biggest hits from that album were "Mikan faijan BMW", "Kaksi sisarta", "Puistossa" and "Nummela".