Kelis ndi woyimba waku America, wopanga komanso wolemba nyimbo yemwe amadziwika bwino chifukwa cha nyimbo zake za Milkshake ndi Bossy. Woimbayo anayamba ntchito yake yoimba mu 1997. Chifukwa cha ntchito yake ndi awiri omwe amapanga The Neptunes, nyimbo yake yoyamba yotchedwa Caught Out There inakhala yotchuka kwambiri ndipo inafika pa nyimbo 10 zapamwamba za R & B. Chifukwa cha nyimbo ya Milkshake ndi chimbale cha Kelis Was Here, woimbayo adalandira mavoti a Grammy komanso kuzindikirika kwambiri pazama media.
Zaka zoyambirira za woimba Kelis
Kelis Rogers adabadwira ndikukulira ku Manhattan. Makolo adabwera ndi dzina la woimbayo pophatikiza magawo a mayina awo - Kenneth ndi Evelyss. Bambo ake ankagwira ntchito ngati mphunzitsi ku yunivesite ya Wesleyan. Kenako adakhala woimba wa jazi komanso mtumiki wa Pentekosti. Amayi ake ankagwira ntchito yokonza zovala ndipo analimbikitsa mtsikanayo kuphunzira nyimbo. Woimbayo alinso ndi alongo atatu.
Kuyambira ali ndi zaka zinayi, Kelis adasewera m'makalabu ausiku kuzungulira dzikolo ndi abambo ake. Anasewera ndi ojambula monga Dizzy Gillespie ndi Nancy Wilson. Pa kuumirira kwa amayi ake, woimbayo anaphunzira violin classical kuyambira ali mwana. Ndipo ali wachinyamata anayamba kuimba saxophone. Potengera chitsanzo cha azichemwali ake atatu, Kelis anaimba kwakanthawi m’kwaya ya Harlem. Pochita zisudzo, amayi a atsikanawo adabwera ndi zovala zamitundu yowoneka bwino ndikuzisoka kuti aziyitanitsa.
Ali ndi zaka 14, Kelis adapita ku LaGuardia High School for Music & Art and Performing Arts. Anasankha njira yokhudzana ndi masewero ndi zisudzo. Apa, pamaphunziro ake, woimbayo adapanga R&B trio yotchedwa BLU (Black Ladies United). Patapita nthawi, gululi lidachita chidwi ndi wojambula wa hip-hop Goldfinghaz. Adauza Kelis ndi mamembala ena kwa rapper RZA.
Ubwenzi wa Kelis ndi makolo ake unasokonekera m’zaka zake zaunyamata. Ndipo pa zaka 16 anayamba kukhala paokha. Malinga ndi wojambulayo, zidakhala zovuta kwambiri kuposa momwe amaganizira: "Sizinali zophweka. Zinakhala zovuta kwambiri. Ndinali wotanganidwa kwambiri kuyesa kupeza momwe ndingadyetsere ndekha moti sindinkaganizira n’komwe za nyimbo.” Kuti apeze zofunika pa moyo, mtsikanayo ankagwira ntchito mu bar ndi m’masitolo a zovala.
"Sindinkafuna kugwira ntchito kuyambira 9 mpaka 17 tsiku lililonse. Kenako ndinafunika kuganizira zimene ndingachite kuti ndikhale ndi moyo umene ndinkafuna. Panthawiyo, ndinaganiza zoyambiranso kuimba, zomwe ndakhala ndikuchita moyo wanga wonse, ndikungolipidwa. "
Chiyambi cha ntchito nyimbo woimba Kelis
Gulu lopanga la Neptunes lidathandizira kuyambitsa nyimbo ya Kelis. Mu 1998, woimbayo anasaina pangano ndi Virgin Records. Anayamba kugwira ntchito pa Album ya Kaleidoscope, yomwe inatulutsidwa mu December 1999. Zinaphatikizanso nyimbo za Caught Out There, Good Stuff ndi Get Along with Yo. Nyimboyi isanatulutsidwe, nyimbozi zidayenda bwino pamalonda, ndipo chidwi cha omvera ku Kaleidoscope chidakula. Nyimbo 14 zidapangidwa ndi The Neptunes. Tsoka ilo, chimbalecho chidachita bwino kwambiri ku United States. Komabe, Kaleidoscope adatha kufikira pakati pa ma chart a mayiko aku Europe. Mwachitsanzo, ku UK adatenga malo a 43 ndipo adadziwika kuti ndi "golide".
Mu 2001, woimbayo adatulutsa chimbale chake chachiwiri, Wanderland. Idapezeka ku Europe, Asia ndi Latin America kokha. Izo sizikanakhoza kumveka mu United States. Pa nthawi ya ntchito pa mbiri, opanga amene anathandiza wosewera "Kaleidoscope" anachotsedwa chizindikiro Virgin Records. Ogwira ntchito atsopano a kampaniyo sanakhulupirire kupambana kwa albumyi, choncho sanasamale kwambiri kupanga. Chifukwa cha ichi, kusonkhanitsa kwa Wanderland kunali kulephera kwa malonda. Idangokwanitsa kufikira nambala 78 ku UK. Wopambana yekhayo anali Wamng'ono, Watsopano n' Watsopano, yemwe adafika pamwamba pa 40 pa chart ya UK. Ubale wa Kelis ndi Virgin Records unasokonekera chifukwa chosagulitsa bwino. Chifukwa chake, oyang'anira zilembo adaganiza zothetsa mgwirizano ndi woimbayo.
Kusamvana pakati pa woyimba Kelis ndi Virgin Records
Kelis adachita zoyankhulana mu 2020 momwe adafotokozera momwe sanapangire ndalama pama Albums ake awiri oyamba chifukwa cha The Neptunes. Polankhula ndi The Guardian, woimbayo adalongosola kuti: "Ndinauzidwa kuti tigawa zonse 33/33/33, koma sitinatero." Poyamba, wojambulayo sanazindikire kutayika kwa ndalama, chifukwa panthawiyo anali kupanga ndalama paulendo. Kelis atazindikira kuti sanamulipire gawo lililonse pa ntchitoyi, anatembenukira kwa oyang'anira awiri omwe anali kupanga.
Anamufotokozera kuti mfundo zonse zokhudza ndalama zasonyezedwa mu mgwirizano, womwe woimbayo adasaina. “Inde, ndinasaina zomwe ndinauzidwa. Tsoka ilo, ndinali wamng’ono komanso wopusa kwambiri moti sindikanatha kuonanso mapangano onse,” anatero woimbayo.
Kupambana kwa album yachitatu ya Kelis ndi kuwonjezeka kwachangu kwa kutchuka
Atachoka ku Virgin Record, Kelis adayamba kugwira ntchito yolemba chimbale chake chachitatu. Woimbayo adaganiza zotulutsa chimbalecho mothandizidwa ndi Star Trak ndi Arista Records. Chimbale Chokoma chinali ndi nyimbo 4: Milkshake, Trick Me, Millionaire ndi Pagulu. Milkshake idakhala nyimbo yotchuka kwambiri ya wojambula pantchito yake. Komanso, chifukwa cha single iyi, zinali zotheka kukopa chidwi cha omvera ku chimbale chomwe chinatulutsidwa mu December 2003.
Nyimboyi inalembedwa ndikupangidwa ndi The Neptunes. Komabe, poyamba zinkaganiziridwa kuti izi zidzachitidwa ndi Britney Spears. Pamene Spears anakana nyimboyo, Kelis adapatsidwa. Malinga ndi wojambulayo, "milkshake" ya nyimboyi imagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati fanizo la "chinthu chomwe chimapangitsa akazi kukhala apadera." Nyimboyi imadziwika chifukwa cha nyimbo zake zoyimba komanso kugunda kochepa kwa R&B. Popanga Milkshake, Kelis "anazindikira nthawi yomweyo kuti inali nyimbo yabwino kwambiri" ndipo adafuna kuti ikhale nyimbo yoyamba ya album.
Nyimboyi idakwera nambala 3 pa Billboard Hot 100 mu Disembala 2003. Pambuyo pake, idalandira satifiketi ya golide ku United States, komwe idagulitsa zotsitsa zolipira 883. Komanso, mu 2004, nyimboyi idasankhidwa kukhala "Best Urban or Alternative Performance" (Grammy Award).
Album yachitatu Tasty inalandira ndemanga zabwino kuchokera kwa otsutsa. Iwo adawona chiyambi ndi kuwongolera kwa nyimbo ndi mawu ake poyerekeza ndi ntchito zakale za woimbayo. Pa nyimboyo mutha kumva nyimbo zokhala ndi Saadiq, André 3000 ndi Nas (chibwenzi cha woyimbayo panthawiyo). Mu sabata yake yoyamba, chimbalecho chinafika pa nambala 27 pa Billboard 200. Inakhalanso chimbale chachiwiri cha ojambula (pambuyo pa Kelis Was Here wa 2006) kuti ifike nambala wani pama chart.
Kutulutsidwa kwa chimbale cha Kelis Was Here ndi kusankhidwa kwachiwiri kwa Grammy kwa Kelis
Mu Ogasiti 2006, woimbayo adatulutsa chimbale chake chachinayi, Kelis Was Here, palemba la Jive Records. Idayamba pa nambala 10 pa Billboard 200 ndipo idasankhidwa kukhala Mphotho ya Grammy mugulu la Best Contemporary R&B Album. Komabe, woimbayo adalephera kulandira mphothoyo. Pamwambowu, Beyoncé adalengezedwa kuti ndiye wopambana.
Chimbale chapadziko lonse lapansi chinali ndi nyimbo 19. Zina mwazo mudali nyimbo za will.i.am, Nas, Cee-Lo, Too Short ndi Spragga Benz. Woyimba wamkulu anali Bossy, wojambulidwa ndi rapper Too Short. Nyimboyi idafika pa nambala 16 pa Billboard Hot 100 ndipo idatsimikiziridwa ndi platinamu iwiri ndi RIAA. Nyimbo zina ziwiri zomwe zidatulutsidwa kuti "zikweze" chimbalecho zinali Blindfold Me ndi Nas ndi Lil Star ndi Cee-Lo.
Nyimboyi Kelis Was Apa idalandira ndemanga zabwino kuchokera kwa otsutsa nyimbo. Pa Metacritic, chimbalecho chili ndi 70 kutengera ndemanga 23.
Kodi ntchito ya Kelis yoimba idayamba bwanji?
Mu 2010, mothandizidwa ndi makampani ojambulira will.i.am Music Group ndi Interscope Records, woimbayo adatulutsa chimbale chake chachisanu. Ngati ntchito zam'mbuyomu zidajambulidwa makamaka mumtundu wa R&B, ndiye kuti mbiriyi inali yatsopano pamawu. Nyimbozo zinaphatikiza masitaelo monga kuvina kwamagetsi-kuvina-pop ndi electropop, kuphatikiza zinthu zanyumba, synth-pop ndi dancehall. Woimbayo anayamba kulemba ndi kujambula nyimbo pamene anali ndi pakati pa mwana wake woyamba. Malinga ndi iye, "chimbale ichi ndi njira ya umayi." Flesh Tone idayamba pa nambala 48 pa Billboard 200 yaku US, kugulitsa makope 7800 sabata yake yoyamba.
Nyimbo yotsatira, Chakudya, idatulutsidwa patatha zaka 4. Woimbayo adasinthanso mawu ake, pogwiritsa ntchito mitundu yosiyanasiyana: funk, neo-soul, Memphis soul ndi Afrobeat. Otsutsawo anafotokoza kuti mawu a woimbayo anali “aphokoso ndi osuta.” Chimbale "sichinapite patsogolo" pamwamba pa malo 73 pa Billboard 200. Koma chinatha kutenga malo a 4 pa tchati chapamwamba cha Albums za R & B ku UK.
Mu 2020, Kelis adalengeza zaulendo waku UK ndi ku Europe kukondwerera zaka 20 za chimbale chake choyambirira cha Kaleidoscope. Woimbayo adachita zoimbaimba m'mizinda 9 kuyambira pa Marichi 3 mpaka 17. Mu Meyi 2021, zidziwitso zidawonekera munkhani za Instagram za woimbayo kuti akufuna kutulutsa chimbale chake chachisanu ndi chiwiri, Sound Mind.
Maphunziro a Kelis kuphika
Kuyambira 2006 mpaka 2010 Kelis adaphunzira ku Le Cordon Bleu culinary school. Kumeneko anaphunzira makamaka za sauces ndipo analandira dipuloma pokonzekera. Wojambulayo adaganiza zosiya nyimbo pang'ono ndikuwonetsa chiwonetsero cha Saucy and Sweet pa Cooking Channel mu 2014. Patapita chaka chimodzi, anatulutsa buku lakuti “My Life on a Plate.”
Ndizofunikira kudziwa kuti kukhazikitsidwa kwa chiwonetsero chophikira kunkagwirizana ndi kutulutsidwa kwa chimbale chachinayi cha studio Chakudya. Tsopano Kelis ankadziwika osati woimba, komanso wophika. Kuti "alimbikitse" mbiriyo, adajambula mavidiyo a maphikidwe a Chakudya Chamadzulo (ntchito yophikira pa intaneti papulatifomu ya Spotify).
Mu 2016, panali phokoso lalikulu kuzungulira woimbayo muzofalitsa pamene adakhala bwenzi ndi Andy Taylor, mmodzi mwa oyambitsa malo odyera a Le Bun. Onse pamodzi adakonza zoti atsegule malo odyera ma burger ku hotelo ya Soho's Leicester House. Kelis tsopano akuyang'ana kwambiri pamzere wake wa msuzi, Bounty & Full, wopangidwa mu 2015. Malinga ndi woimbayo, zosakaniza zachilengedwe zokha ndizomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pazosakaniza kuti apange "chothandizira mbale".
Moyo wamunthu wa Kelis
Kelis tsopano adakwatiwa ndi wogulitsa nyumba Mike Mora. Ukwati unachitika mu December 2014. Mu November 2015, banjali linabereka mwana wamwamuna dzina lake Shepherd. Pa Ogasiti 5, 2020, woimbayo adalengeza kuti ali ndi pakati pa Mike kachiwiri ndipo akuyembekezera mwana wamkazi. Mtsikanayo adabadwa mu Seputembara 2020, dzina lake silinaululidwe.
Woimbayo adakwatirana kale ndi rapper Nas. Awiriwa adakwatirana pa Januware 8, 2005, koma adasudzulana mu Epulo 2009. Kuchokera ku Nasir, woimbayo ali ndi mwana wamwamuna, Knight Jones, yemwe anabadwa mu July 2009.
Mu 2018, Kelis adalankhula za nkhanza zomwe adakumana nazo muukwati wake ndi Nas. Woimbayo adanena kuti vuto lalikulu paubwenzi wawo ndi chidakwa cha rapperyo. Adanenanso kuti Nasir anali ndi zibwenzi kunja kwa banja. Ndipo sanaperekepo chithandizo cha ana kwa Knight kuyambira koyambirira kwa 2012.
