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11 Things You Need to Know About Mabel

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  • Mabel is a singer-songwriter who describes herself as "English, Swedish and Sierra Leonean". She says that "being mixed race is something [she] used to see as an obstacle but now [she] see[s] it as a beautiful thing".
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  • Mabel is the daughter of 'Buffalo Stance' singer Neneh Cherry and Massive Attack record producer Cameron McVey.
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  • Mabel, like fellow Swedish superstars Robyn and Tove Lo, studied at Rytmus Musikergymnasiet music school in Stockholm.
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  • Annie Mac named Mabel's debut single 'Know Me Better' her Tune of the Week in September 2015.
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  • Adele praised one of Mabel's singles on Twitter writing 'Just heard MY BOY MY TOWN by Mabel! So beautiful xx'.
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  • Mabel's single 'Thinking of You' has over 5 million streams on Spotify.
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  • Mabel scored her first UK Top 10 hit at the end of 2017 with her Kojo Funds collaboration 'Finders Keepers'.
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  • Mabel released her first mixtape 'Ivy to Roses' in October 2017 to huge critical acclaim.
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  • Mabel was nominated for the 2018 Brit's Critic Choice Award.
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  • Mabel's new single 'Fine Line' is out this Friday.
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