Neneh Cherry

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Music career

Cherry immigrated to the United Kingdom when she was 15, in the midst of the punk era, and she recalls meeting "her people" there. Cherry's older brother, Don Cherry, had been touring with Tessa Pollitt, Viv Albertine, and Ari Up From the Slits before, and she took the 15-year-old Neneh along. In Battersea, she and Ari lived in a squat. After ending up there, Don Cherry was at home because the Slits had invited Don Cherry to go on tour with them as a member of Prince Hammer and Creation Rebel.

Cherry joined The Cherries, a punk rock band in London. She performed with many bands, including the Slits, New Age Steppers, Rip Rig + Panic, and Float Up CP. On the reggae pirate Dread Broadcasting Corporation, she also DJ'd, playing early rap songs. Cherry has revealed that she heard Poly Styrene from X-Ray Spex on X-Ray Spex, and that she had discovered her voice. She grew up in a musical family; she recalls playing with her father at the piano.

Cherry began a solo career in 1982 with "Stop the War," a resistance song about the Falklands War. She co-wrote the majority of her 1989 debut album Raw Like Sushi and then married Cameron McVey (aka Booga Bear). She was deeply involved in the Bristol Urban Culture scene, playing as an arranger on Massive Attack's Blue Lines album, through which she met Dollar. Both Robert Del Naja and Andrew Vowles of Massive Attack contributed to Raw Like Sushi.

The single "Buffalo Stance" hit number 3 in the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100, and number 1 on the US Dance Chart, putting it at number three on the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100. "Manchild," "Kisses on the Wind," "Heart," "Heart," and "Inna City Mama" were among the many singles released between 1988 and 1990. She also found success with "I've Got You Under My Skin," a reworking of Cole Porter's song that debuted on the Red Hot + Blue AIDS fundraising album. In the United Kingdom, the single debuted at number 25. In 1990, Cherry was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best New Artist category (but Milli Vanilli was eventually disqualified, meaning that the award was withdrawn). In 1990, she received the British Award for Raw Like Sushi.

Cherry sparked controversy when she appeared on "Buffalo Stance" on Top of the Pops while pregnant (with her second child, Tyson).

Cherry's second album, Homebrew 1992, was his second album. Homebrew was not as successful as its predecessor. With songs "Buddy X" and "Trout," the album had some success on various Billboard charts.

"Buddy X" debuted on the Billboard Dance Club Music Charts at number four, where it spent 11 weeks. During Billboard's Pop Songs Charts as well as the Hot 100 Charts, where it reached number 22 during its 8-week run and peaked at number 43 in its 12-week run.

At the 1993 MTV VMA Awards for Best Female Video category, alongside Janet Jackson, Annie Lennox, and k.d., the music video for "Buddy X" earned Neneh Cherry an MTV VMA nomination. Lang, who has the moonman, is langling.

R.E.M.'s "Trout" has new vocals. Michael Stipe, a singer who assisted in writing the song with Cherry, McVey, and Jonathan Sharp, has shared excerpts of a Steppenwolf guitar riff as well as drums by John Bonham. "Throut" spent 14 weeks on Billboard's Alternative Music Charts, where it reached number two, despite airplay on college radio and increased success.

Geoff Barrow (on "Somedays"), who later became part of Portishead, was also included in Homebrew.

Remixes of track "Buddy X" received additional praise. The 1993 remix by The Notorious BIG, which is regarded by some as "one of the world's best Biggie rarities." Cherry and McVey announced that they had spotted Biggie for the studio, where they remained for the recording. In one take, the song was complete. In the 1999 UK garage remix by Dreem Teem's "Buddy X," Dreem Teem's "Buddy X" found success once more.

Cherry, McVey, and Lenny Kravitz co-wrote "Move with Me."

McVey, Jonny Dollar, and Christian Falk produced Man in 1996, a solo album. The lead track is "Woman," her spin on James Brown's 1966 hit "It's a Man's Man's World." It featured "7 Seconds," a worldwide hit song starring Youssou N'Dour; and "Trouble Man," a Marvin Gaye track cover. Tricky's new song, "Together Now," was featured.

In France, "7 Seconds" reached the top of the charts for the first 16 weeks in 1994. Cherry's second Grammy nomination and an MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song were given to the album. In 1997, Remixes, a French remix album of Man songs, was released.

Cherry and her partner McVey's started a blank Project. On the album, Paul Simm co-wrote six songs. The record was greatly influenced by her mother's death.

She toured Europe in February and March 2014 to support the album. Cherry appeared in New York City as a solo artist in January 2015. Cherry is a native of New York, having visited or lived there off and on since 1966.

Broken Politics, her second album to be released by Four Tet, was released on October 19th, and has been described as "quieter and more reflective" than Cherry's Blank Project. "Kong" was the lead single on the album, and it was announced earlier this year. Laura Snapes characterized the album as "revelatory" and gave it a 5-star rating while writing in The Guardian.

Cherry toured around North America, Australia, and Europe in late 2018 and early 2019.

Cherry's next studio album, The Versions, was released on June 10, 2022. The album features reworked and reimagined versions of her previous hits. It features vocals from Robyn and Sia.

Cherry's former company, McVey, has rebranded Nomad Productions and is based in west London.

Cherry formed cirKus, a contemporary band led by Cameron McVey, Lolita Moon (Neneh and Cameron's daughter) and Karmil in 2006. CirKus performed in Europe in July 2006 with a single North American appearance at the Montreal Jazz Festival in July 2006, with just a few dates in Brazil. Laylow, the band's first album, was released in France in 2006. In 2007, a remixed/recorded version was released. In France, a second CirKus album, Medicine, was released in March 2009.

Cherry Thing, a experimental jazz group, collaborated with the experimental jazz group The Thing, to release the album The Cherry Thing in March 2011. Mats Gustafsson (saxophones), Ingebrigt Hker Flaten (double bass), and Paal Nilssen-Love (drums) form a Norwegian/Swedish jazz trio. The Thing took their name from Don Cherry's album Where Is Brooklyn? The Cherry Thing was released in June 2012 and was recorded at Harder Sound Studios in London, England, and Atlantis Studios in Stockholm, Sweden.

Cherry spoke with Kirsty Lang on the BBC Radio 4's Front Row daily podcast on June 1, 2012, saying that the Thing were inspired by Cherry's stepfather's work but that the band gets this inspiration from their own. "I think we're taking it with us to a new location." Cherry said, "I think it's really important." Don Cherry wrote "Golden Heart," a tribute to Don Cherry; Christer Bothén, a member of Don Cherry, was invited to perform on the album and brought the song to their attention.

The collection features tracks from an eclectic mix of musicians, including hip-hop artist MF Doom, Martina Topley-Bird Suicide, and The Stooges'. The majority of the tracks were recorded live.

Although Cherry has only had a handful of albums to sell, she has frequently collaborated with other musicians.

In 2005, she collaborated with Gorillaz on the album Demon Days' "Kids with Guns."

Cherry joined London's RocketNumberNine (named after a Sun Ra track) to produce an album titled MeYouWeYou. She performed the entire album live at the Manchester International Festival in July 2013. Cherry wrote a collection of ten tracks with McVey, who then did their musical interpretation to all of the tracks. They filmed the album live in Woodstock, New York, with Vortex. In five days, the ten tracks were recorded. Cherry describes it as fearless and hardcore.

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