Born in Stockholm in March 10, 1964, Swedish musician Neneh Cherry (Neneh Marianne Karlsson Cherry) came from a family of musicians and became interested in music at a young age. Neneh Cherry left school at the age of 14 and moved to London, where she started singing vocals in a punk band called The Cherries. Cherry, who later performed with the bands New Age Steppers, The Slits, Rip Rig & Panic and Float Up CP, started her solo career with the anti-war protest song she wrote, “Stop The War”.
Neneh Cherry, who released her first album titled “Raw Like Sushi” under the Virgin Records label in 1989, managed to reach number 2 in the UK charts with her album. While DJ Mushroom from Massive Attack and Robert Del Naja were guest musicians on the album, the artist came together with Tim Simenon, Mark Saunders and his wife Cameron McVey in the production of the album.
Neneh Cherry, who released the songs “Buffalo Stance”, “Manchild”, “Kisses On The Wind”, “Heart” and “Innacity Mama” from the album as singles, managed to reach number 3 in the UK charts with “Buffalo Stance”. The artist, who talked about her personal experiences in the lyrics of the album, began to be called ‘Black Madonna’ in England after the album.
Neneh Cherry reinterpreted Cole Porter’s song “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” in the album “Red Hot + Blue”, which was released to aid AIDS patients in 1990, and was involved in the arrangement of the Massive Attack album “Blue Lines” in 1991.
Neneh Cherry, who released her second album called “Homebrew” in 1992, exhibited examples of jazz, fusion and trip hop music in the album. Cherry, who included American rapper Guru and R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe as guest musicians on the album, released the songs “Money Love” and “Buddy X” from the album as singles.
Neneh Cherry, who composed the song “7 Seconds” with Senegalese musician Youssou N’Dour in 1994, managed to receive great acclaim from music lovers, with the song reaching number 3 in the UK charts. In 1995, Cherry came together with Cher and Chrissie Hynde and reinterpreted The Judds’ song “Love Can Build A Bridge”, reaching the top of the UK charts with this song.
In 1996, Neneh Cherry released her third album, “Man”, to her fans under the Hut Records label, and the album reached number 16 in the UK charts. Adding the song “7 Seconds” to the album, Cherry also released the songs “Woman”, “Kootchi” and “Feel It” as singles from the album. The artist, who managed to reach number 9 in the UK charts with “Woman”, released the remix album “Cherry Remixes” in 1997.
Neneh Cherry, who participated with her vocals in the song “Seductive Barry” from the Pulp album “This Is Hardcore”, released in 1998, also sang the song “Walk Into This Room”, which she prepared with Edward Kowalczyk from the band Live, in the soundtrack of the movie “Playing By Heart”, released in the same year. took part in the piece.
Neneh Cherry, who composed the song “Long Way Around” with her half-brother Eagle-Eye Cherry in 2000, contributed to the song “Kids With Guns” in the Gorillaz album “Demon Days” in 2005.
Neneh Cherry, who formed the band CirKus with her husband Cameron McVey, Lolita Moon and Karmil in 2006, released her first CirKus album called “Laylow” the same year. The band released the songs “Starved” and “Is What It Is” from the album as singles, and performed with their band in Belgium, France, Germany and Canada in the summer of 2007.
Neneh Cherry Albums
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