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Birth Name: Awa Matilda Isakine Santesson-Sey
Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden
Date of Birth: 6 July, 1997
Ethnicity: * father – Gambian/Senegalese * mother – Swedish
Awa Santesson-Sey is a Swedish singer. She won the first season of The X Factor Sweden , in 2012. She is also known as AWA.
Awa is the daughter of Ingela Santesson and Gambian/Senegalese musician Maudo Sey. Her paternal half-sisters are singer Fatima Bramme Sey, radio personality Amie Bramme Sey, and singer Seinabo Sey. Awa is based in London.