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Neneh Cherry

Neneh Cherry

Born: 1964-03-10 • 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 Awards, an MTV Europe Music Award (with Youssou N'Dour) and has also been nominated for a Grammy Award.

Filmography
Together for Palestine poster
Together for Palestine
2025 • Self
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché poster
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021 • Self
Neneh Cherry en concert au Trianon, Paris poster
Neneh Cherry en concert au Trianon, Paris
2019 • Self
Here to be Heard: The Story of The Slits poster
Here to be Heard: The Story of The Slits
2018 • Self
Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers poster
Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers
2017 • Self
Stockholm, My Love poster
Stockholm, My Love
2016 • Alva
Fonko poster
Fonko
2016 • Narrator
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater poster
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater
2006
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House poster
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House
2006 • Self - "Kids With Guns"
Moki, Sanna & Tonie poster
Moki, Sanna & Tonie
2006
1 Giant Leap poster
1 Giant Leap
2002 • Self
The Righteous Babes poster
The Righteous Babes
1998 • Self (archive footage)
Help! War Child poster
Help! War Child
1995 • Self
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter poster
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990 • Self
It Is Not My Music poster
It Is Not My Music
1978