Snoh Aalegra grew up in Enkoping, Sweden, moving there with her mother following her parents' divorce.
19 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 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 as Snoh Aalegra, "Emotional", produced by RZA.
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Snoh Aalegra appeared on Vince Staples' debut album, Summertime '06 in June 2015, providing vocals for the song, "Jump Off the Roof".
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On 20 October 2017, Snoh Aalegra released her debut album, Feels, with features from Vince Staples, Vic Mensa, Logic, and Timbuktu.
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Snoh Aalegra recorded the song "Wolves Are Out Tonight", produced by Swizz Beatz, for the soundtrack to the 2019 EPIX television series Godfather of Harlem.
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Snoh Aalegra released the video to her single "Whoa", starring herself and actor Michael B Jordan, on 13 December 2019.
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Snoh Aalegra announced that she was working on her next album in an interview.
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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, on 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 James Brown, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Prince, 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 when she was seven years old, and heard Houston's The Bodyguard soundtrack.
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Snoh Aalegra speaks Farsi, Swedish, English and a little Spanish.