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- 1964-03-10
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- 1
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- Thousand Threads
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Acting · Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Neneh Mariann Karlsson (born 10 March 1964), better known as Neneh Cherry, is a Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper, occasional DJ and broadcaster. Her musical career started in London in the early 1980s, where she performed in a number of punk and post-punk bands in her youth, including the Slits and Rip Rig + Panic. Cherry has released five studio albums under her own name, has won two Brit…
Known for
- Together for Palestine — Self2025
- First Ladies of Hip-Hop — Narrator2023
- Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché — Self2021
- Carina Bergfeldt — Self - Guest2021
- Between the Covers — Self2020
- Neneh Cherry en concert au Trianon, Paris — Self2019
- Det svenska popundret — Self2019
- Here to be Heard: The Story of The Slits — Self2018
- Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers — Self2017
- Fonko — Narrator2016
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Neneh Cherry (born Neneh Marianne Karlsson on March 10, 1964 in Stockholm) is a two-time Grammy Award-nominated and MTV Europe Music Award-winning Swedish singer-songwriter and rapper. Cherry is also an occasional DJ and broadcaster. Cherry blended hip hop with other influences, and experienced some moderate mainstream success with several of her recordings. Born of Swedish and Sierra Leonean parentage, Neneh Cherry spent most of her formative years in Europe and North America. <a href="https:/
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Key facts
- Born
- Neneh Mariann Karlsson , ( 1964-03-10 ) 10 March 1964 (age 62) , Stockholm , Sweden
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter rapper disc jockey broadcaster
- Years active
- 1980–present
- Spouse
- Bruce Smith ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1983 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1984 ) Cameron McVey ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1990 )
- Children
- 3, including Mabel
- Parents
- Ahmadu Jah (father) Moki Cherry (mother)
- Relatives
- Don Cherry (step-father) Eagle-Eye Cherry (half-brother) Tyson Mcvey (daughter)
- Origin
- London , England
- Genres
- Hip-hop post-punk trip hop dance
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Labels
- Virgin Smalltown Supersound
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Key dates
- Born
- 10 March 1964
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mariann
- Family name
- Karlsson
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Stockholm
- Spouse
- Bruce Smith
- Child
- Mabel
- Mother
- Moki Cherry
- Sibling
- Titiyo
Article
Neneh Mariann Karlsson ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈnɛ̂nːɛ marɪˈanː ˈkɑ̌ːɭsɔn]; born 10 March 1964), better known as Neneh Cherry, is a Swedish singer. Her musical career started in the early 1980s, in London, England, where she performed in a number of punk and post-punk bands in her youth, including the Slits and Rip Rig + Panic.
Cherry has released six studio albums under her own name. Her first, Raw Like Sushi, was released in 1989 and peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart, thanks in large part to the worldwide hit single "Buffalo Stance". Her second studio album was 1992's Homebrew. Four years later she released Man (1996), with her next studio album, Blank Project, coming in 2014. Her most recent album, The Versions, was released in 2022. In addition to releasing these studio albums, she formed the band cirKus in 2006 and has collaborated with the Thing, releasing an album entitled The Cherry Thing in 2012. Cherry has won two Brit Awards and an MTV Europe Music Award (with Youssou N'Dour). She has also been nominated for a Grammy Award.
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