- Was a few months pregnant with her first child when she performed in the "Buffalo Stance" video. Performed her "Blowing Kisses In The Wind" video with that first child and pregnant, again.
- Had two daughters with second husband, Cameron McVey: Tyson McVey (b. 1989), and singer Mabel (b. 1996).
- Step-daughter of jazz musician Don Cherry.
- She is 1/2 black & 1/2 Swedish.
- Her biological father was Ahmadu Jah, a jazz musician from Sierra Leone.
- Winner of the Brit Award for International Breakthrough Act in 1990.
- Winner of the Brit Award for International Solo Artist in 1990.
- Her mother was artist Moki Cherry.
- Stepmother of Mattafix singer Marlon Roudette.
- Step-sister of violinist Jan Cherry and jazz musician David Ornette Cherry.
- Living in Sweden with her husband and their children. (August 2005)
- She had a daughter called Naima (b. 1983), with her first husband, Bruce Smith. They divorced in 1984.
- Her daughter Naima is a London-based photographer. Cherry became a grandmother when Naima had a son, called Louis Clyde Flynn Love (b. 2004).
- Speaks Swedish fluently.
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