Sanni Mari Elina Kurkisuo (born 26 May 1993), better known by her mononym Sanni, is a Finnish singer, songwriter and actress signed to

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. Kurkisuo is known for her personal style, and is generally considered as one of Finland's most popular artists. She is the most listened female artist on

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, and has won three Emma awards out of 17 total nominations.

Career

In 2001, she won the Napero-Finlandia prize for a writing competition. In 2012, she graduated from Sibelius-lukio arts school. The same year, she appeared in a role in the Finnish film ''Miss Farkku-Suomi''. She has also pursued a musical career and was in a number of bands since the age of 13. She was featured in "Pumppaa", a single by Aste. She released her first solo single " Prinsessoja ja astronautteja" in April 2013. It peaked at number three on

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. Her debut album '' Sotke mut'' was released in 2013. On February 13, 2015, she released a new single, " 2080-luvulla". Her second studio album '' Lelu'', was released on 24 April 2015. She participated in the fourth season of the Finnish music reality show ''

Vain elämää is the Finnish version of '' The Best Singers'' series broadcast on Finnish Nelonen commercial television channel fashioned on the successful Dutch series ''De beste zangers van Nederland''. Each day, one artist would be chosen, and the remaini ...

''. On October 7, 2016, she released her third eponymous album "SANNI".

Discography

Albums

Singles

Featured in

Other charted songs

Private life

Sanni lives together with her girlfriend, Finnish model, radio host and beauty pageant titleholder

Shirly Karvinen Shirly Karvinen (born 3 September 1992) is a Finnish model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Finland 2016 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2016. Background Karvinen was born to a Finnish father and a Chinese mot ...

in Helsinki, Finland.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kurkisuo, Sanni 21st-century Finnish women singers 1993 births Living people People from Lohja Finnish LGBTQ singers Finnish pop singers Finnish women pop singers 21st-century Finnish LGBTQ people