1. Snoh Aalegra grew up in Enkoping, Sweden, moving there with her mother following her parents' divorce.
17 Facts About Snoh Aalegra
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In 2001, at the age of 13, Snoh Aalegra signed an artist development deal with Sony Music Sweden.
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In 2009, Snoh Aalegra began her musical career using the mononym Sheri.
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Snoh Aalegra released her debut single "Hit and Run" on 16 February 2009, with production by Andreas Carlsson.
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Snoh Aalegra released her second single "U Got Me Good" on 4 December 2009, reaching number 2 on the Swedish Single Charts.
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In July 2014, she debuted her new stage name, Snoh Aalegra, and appeared on Common's tenth studio album, Nobody's Smiling, featuring on the song "Hustle Harder".
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Snoh Aalegra added "Aalegra" to her stage name because it means "joyful" in Italian, and because there was already an artist named Snoh.
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On 11 February 2015, Aalegra released her first single under the name Snoh Aalegra, titled "Emotional", produced by RZA.
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On 8 April 2016, Snoh Aalegra released the EP Don't Explain through ARTium Recordings.
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On 20 October 2017, Snoh Aalegra released her debut album, Feels, which featured collaborations from Vince Staples, Vic Mensa, Logic, and Timbuktu.
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Snoh Aalegra reached number 1 on the Bandsintown + Billboard Global Rising Artists Index.
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Snoh Aalegra was featured on "Last Time", on Giveon's second EP, When It's All Said and Done.
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On 9 July 2021, Snoh Aalegra released her third album, Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies, under ARTium Records and Roc Nation.
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Snoh Aalegra began her Ugh, These Temporary Highs Tour in Manchester on 13 February 2022.
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Snoh Aalegra cites Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Prince, Whitney Houston, James Brown, Brandy, Lauryn Hill, Missy Elliott, Robyn, and Mariah Carey as musical influences.
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Snoh Aalegra has said she first fell in love with music at the age of seven, when she heard Houston's The Bodyguard soundtrack.
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Snoh Aalegra speaks Persian, Swedish, English, and a little Spanish.