Shiriihan Mohamed Abdulle (born 16 June 1991), known mononymously as Cherrie, is a Swedish singer of
Somali descent. She has released three albums and mixtapes, collaborated with international artists such as
Stormzy
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and
Kehlani
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, and in 2019 a short film was released about her life and rise to stardom. Cherrie was raised in
Lojo in Finland, where her parents fled from
Somalia
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. At the age of 10 she and her brother, ''
K27'', moved to
Rinkeby
Rinkeby () is a stadsdel, district in the Rinkeby-Kista borough, Stockholm, Sweden. Rinkeby had 19,349 inhabitants in 2016. The neighbourhood was part of the Million Programme.
The Stockholm metro station Rinkeby metro station, Rinkeby was also o ...
in
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
together with their mother.
Discography
Albums
Singles
Featured singles
Other charting songs
Awards
Sweden GAFFA Awards
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Notes
References
Further reading
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External links
Official Facebook
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Living people
1991 births
Musicians from Stockholm
Singers from Stockholm
Swedish pop singers
Swedish songwriters
21st-century Swedish singers
Swedish-language singers
Swedish soul singers
Swedish people of Somali descent
21st-century Swedish women singers