Ruth B.
Canadian singer-songwriter
Ruth Berhe (born July 2, 1995) is a Canadian singer and songwriter from Edmonton, Alberta. She started by singing songs on Vine in early 2013. In November 2015, she released her debut extended play (EP), The Intro. On May 5, 2017, she released her debut studio album, Safe Haven. It has gathered over 2.5 billion overall streams globally as of June 2024. Her double-platinum single "Lost Boy" has accumulated over 850 million streams on Spotify.
In 2022, her song "Dandelions" from Safe Haven became a sleeper hit, when it grew in popularity due to TikTok and charted internationally, including chart debuts in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brazil, and Germany. It has accumulated over 2 billions streams on Spotify alone.
Early life and education
Ruth Berhe was born on July 2, 1995, and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. Her parents emigrated from Ethiopia in the 1980s.
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