Gwenno
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Gwenno in 2016 | |
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| Born | Gwenno Mererid Saunders 23 May 1981 Cardiff, Wales |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
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| Formerly of | The Pipettes |
| Website | www |
Gwenno Mererid Saunders (born 23 May 1981) is a Welsh-Cornish musician, known mononymously as Gwenno, who has received critical acclaim in the UK. After a series of EPs, she released four albums as a solo artist: Y Dydd Olaf (2014), a Welsh Music Prize winner; Le Kov (2018), her first album in Cornish; Tresor (2022), which was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize; and Utopia (2025).
She was also a singer in the indie pop group the Pipettes, whose debut We Are the Pipettes was described by Pitchfork as "a classic modern indie-pop album".