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Also known as Neneh Marianne Karlsson, Neneh Marianne Karlsson Cherry

Swedish singer

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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…

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  • 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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Country
Sweden
Active from
1964

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404,666
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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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Quotes

  • Roughneck and rudeness, We should be using, On the ones who practice wicked charms, For the sword and the stone, Bad to the bone, Battle’s not over, Even when it's won, And when a child is born into this world, It has no concept, Of the tone the skin is living in.

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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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Official website
nenehcherry.co.uk
Image
Neneh Cherry 2016.jpg
Number of children
3
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date of birth
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start of work period
1980-00-00
birth name
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pseudonym
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name in native language
Neneh Marianne Karlsson Cherry
social media followers
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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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