Neneh was born Neneh Mariann Karlsson in Stockholm, Sweden, on March 10, 1964, making her 60 years old.
She was the daughter of Monika ‘Moki’ Karlsson (1943–2009), a Swedish painter and textile artist, and the musician Ahmadu Jah (1936–2018), who was from Sierra Leone, West Africa, and was the son of a tribal chief, who went to Stockholm to study engineering at university.
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.
Mabel, her youngest daughter, is a famous singer, having collaborated with the likes of Clean Bandit, Tiësto and Joel Corry. Her biggest hit single to date is 2019’s ‘Don’t Call Me Up’.
Mabel won the Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist in 2020.
[social_warfare]