Neneh Cherry

Neneh Cherry
Cherry in Stockholm, February 2013
Background information
Birth name	Neneh Mariann Karlsson
Born	(1964-03-10) 10 March 1964 (age 60) Stockholm, Sweden
Origin	London, England
Genres	Hip hop post-punk trip hop[1][2] dance
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter rapper disc jockey broadcaster
Years active	1980–present
Labels	Virgin Smalltown Supersound
Website	nenehcherry.com [dead link]

Neneh Mariann Karlsson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈnɛ̂nːɛ marɪˈanː ˈkɑ̌ːɭsɔn]); born 10 March 1964),^[3] better known as Neneh Cherry, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, rapper, occasional disc jockey and broadcaster.^[4][5] 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 six studio albums under her own name. Her first, Raw Like Sushi, was released in 1989 and peaked at number three on the UK Album 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, 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.