Neneh Cherry
Neneh Cherry is a Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper and producer who came to huge UK and global success with Buffalo Stance in 1988 followed by Manchild and Woman, with her sound a ground-breaking mix of music and genres. She has released five studio albums and won two Brit Awards, an MTV Europe Music Award (with Youssou N'Dour for their hit Seven Seconds in 1994), and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1990 in the Best New Artist Category. She has collaborated with artists including Cher, Gang Starr, Robyn, Four Tet and Gorillaz. Neneh released her latest album, Broken Politics, to critical acclaim in 2018 followed in 2019 by a 30th anniversary expanded reissue of her 1989 solo debut album, Raw Like Sushi.
Her memoir, A Thousand Threads, was named a most-anticipated book of 2024 by The Guardian and BBC Culture; it will be published by Fern Press in October 2024.