Edward Maximilian Sene (born 13 October 2000), known by his artist name Sexmane, is a Finnish singer and rapper. He came into popularity amongst Finns in 2019 when he released his album called ''Sextape''.

Life and career

Sene started writing music in 2016. In 2019, Sene self-published his debut album Sextape. The album stayed 80 weeks on Finland's official album chart and streamed gold. The opening track ''Mama'' has more than 11 million listens on

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. In October 2021, Sony released Sexmane's second album ''Väärinymmärretty'', with the album Sexmane received four Emma nominations. On 10 January 2024, he was announced as one of the participants of ''

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'', the Finnish national final for the

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, with the song "Mania".

Personal life

Sene was born in

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, Finland to a

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family. Sene's father is from

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and his mother is Finnish. The family also includes four brothers , Adilio, Robin, Lucas and one sister Sofia. His brothers Isaac, Robin and Adilio are also musicians.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Other charted songs

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sexmane 2000 births Living people People from Siilinjärvi Finnish male rappers Finnish pop musicians Finnish people of Senegalese descent