Tsogolo la Stephanie Mills pa siteji liyenera kuti linanenedweratu pamene, ali ndi zaka 9, adapambana pa Amateur Hour ku Harlem Apollo Theatre kasanu ndi kamodzi. Posakhalitsa, ntchito yake inayamba kupita patsogolo mofulumira.
Izi zinathandizidwa ndi talente yake, khama komanso kupirira. Woimbayo ndiye wopambana wa Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocalist (1980) ndi American Music Award for Best Female R&B Vocalist (1981).
Stephanie Mills: Ubwana wanyimbo
Mwana wamkazi wa abambo (wogwira ntchito ku tauni) ndi amayi (wometa tsitsi), Mills adabadwa pa Marichi 22, 1957 mdera la Brooklyn (New York) ndipo adakulira mdera la Bedford-Stuyvesant. Chochitika chake choyambirira choimba chinaphatikizapo kuyimba kwaya pa Cornerstone Baptist Church ku Brooklyn. Koma chidwi chake chochita masewerawa chinayamba kale. Mills anali womaliza pakati pa abale asanu ndi mmodzi ndipo anali wodziwika bwino ali mwana.
Iye anasonyeza luso loimba kuyambira pachiyambi - iye anaimba ndi kuvina banja ali ndi zaka 3 zokha. Mwinamwake kukhala ndi phande m’kwaya ya tchalitchi cha Cornerstone Baptist Church ku Brooklyn kunam’thandiza kukulitsa luso lake monga woimba nyimbo za uthenga wabwino. Mawu amphamvu ndi omveka bwino a mtsikanayo anali ochititsa chidwi. Abale ake amapita naye kumawonetsero a talente ku Brooklyn.
Mills anakulira pabwalo. Adapembedza woyimba Diana Ross ndipo sanakayikire kuti amafunanso kukhala woyimba. Ali ndi zaka 9, banjali lidawona zotsatsa munyuzipepala zomwe zikupereka mayeso a Broadway kwa osewera achichepere.
Pambuyo poyesa kangapo, Mills adatenga nawo gawo panyimbo ya Maggie Flynn. Chiwonetsero ichi chinali "flop". Koma Mills adakumana ndi anthu oyenera omwe adalumikizidwa ndi bizinesi yowonetsa komanso ochita bwino achichepere.
Anaimbanso m'masewero ena. Ndipo ali ndi zaka 11, adakwera siteji mu kachisi wolemekezeka kwambiri ku New York City wa zaluso zaku Africa-America - mpikisano woimba wa ola limodzi wa Harlem Apollo Theatre. Patapita nthawi, Mills anasamukira ku msonkhano wa gulu la Negro ensembles ku Broadway. Ali wachinyamata, adasewera ndi Isley Brothers ndi Spinners ndikujambula nyimbo yake yoyamba, Movin 'mu Right Direction.
Stephanie Mills: Kupambana mwachangu
Kupambana kopanga kwa Mills kudabwera mu 1974 pomwe mezzo-soprano wake wodabwitsa wodziwika bwino wa uthenga wabwino adamupatsa udindo wotsogolera wa Dorothy mufilimu ya The Magician. Ili ndi gawo la nthano za L. Frank Baum za The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Chiwonetserocho chinali cha blockbuster chomwe chinayambira 1974 mpaka 1979. ku Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Opera ndi Madison Square Garden.
Chotsatira chake, woimba kakang'ono ndi mawu amphamvu anayamba kuyenda mofulumira kwa nyenyezi ya Olympus kutchuka padziko lonse lapansi. Mills adawonekera pafupipafupi pamakanema a kanema wawayilesi ndi makanema osiyanasiyana, ndipo adatulutsanso nyimbo zingapo zodziwika bwino za R&B. Anapambananso ma records a golide ndipo adapatsidwa mphoto za Tony ndi Grammy. Ngakhale kuti anachita bwino paubwana wake, wojambulayo anali ndi zokhumudwitsa zaumwini komanso zaumwini. Kukhumudwa koyamba kwa akatswiri kudalumikizidwa ndi kukhala kwakanthawi kwa wojambula ngati wojambula nyimbo ku Motown Records.
Pomwe amayendera ndi The Wiz, Jermaine Jackson (Jackson Five) adakopa Berry Gordy (mkulu wa wamkulu wa Motown) kuti amupatse mgwirizano. Mills adalemba nyimbo imodzi ya Motown (1976). Linalembedwa ndikupangidwa ndi gulu lodziwika bwino la Bert Bacharach ndi Hal David. Chimbalecho sichinagulitse bwino kwambiri, ndipo Motown Records inakana kugwirizana ndi Stephanie.
Tsanzikani msewu wa njerwa wachikasu
Atachoka ku The Wiz, woimbayo adayamba kuyimba ngati gawo lotsegulira kwa Teddy Pendergrass, a Commodores ndi O'Jays. Posakhalitsa idakhala mutu wankhani ndikusangalatsa omvera komanso otsutsa. Atatulutsidwa ku Motown Records, Mills adasaina ndi 20th Century Records.
Watulutsa ma Albums atatu komanso nyimbo zingapo zokonzekera pawayilesi za R&B. Chimbale cha What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin chinafika pa nambala 8. Pa ma chart a R&B mu 1979. Chimbale chotsatira cha nyenyeziyo, Sweet Sensation, chinagunda nyimbo 10 zapamwamba kwambiri. Ndipo adatenga malo achitatu pa tchati cha R&B. Mu 3, Mills adatulutsa nyimbo zake zomaliza za 1981th Century Records. Ndipo kugundanso ma chart ndi Two Hearts, duet ndi Teddy Pendergrass. Chifukwa cha kutchuka kwake, adalandira Mphotho ya Grammy. mu 20 ndi American Music Award mu 1980.
Komabe, pamene nyenyezi yamalonda yawonetsero idakondwera kutchuka pa siteji ndi pawailesi. Ukwati wake woyamba mwa atatu kwa Jeffrey Daniels unali kulephera. Awiriwa adakwatirana mu 1980 ndipo adasudzulana pambuyo pa mgwirizano wosasangalatsa. Pambuyo pa ma Album atatu opambana ndi 20th Century, Stefani adasaina ndi Casablanca Records. Ndipo kutchuka kwake kwachepa. Nyimbo zake zinayi zotsatizana, zomwe zidatulutsidwa pakati pa 1982 ndi 1985, zidangotulutsa nyimbo imodzi yokha ya R&B 10 yapamwamba, The Medicine Song. Woimbayo adafika pa kanema wawayilesi masana pa NBC mu 1983, ngakhale sizinatenge nthawi yayitali. Mills ndiye adabwereranso pachipambano chake choyambirira monga Dorothy mu chitsitsimutso cha 1984 cha The Wizard.
Stephanie Mills: Kulimbana pa siteji komanso m'moyo weniweni
Mu 1986 ndi 1987 Mills adabwereranso pamwamba pa ma chart a R&B katatu ndi nyimbo "Ndinaphunzira Kulemekeza Mphamvu ya Chikondi", "Ndimamva Zabwino Pazonse". Ngakhale zinali choncho, Mills anakumana ndi mavuto. Ukwati wachiwiri unatha m’chisudzulo, ndipo osamalira osaona mtima anamubera mamiliyoni ambiri.
Mu 1992, chimbale cha Something Real chinagunda nyimbo 20 zapamwamba za R&B Day All, All Night. Woimbayo adakwatiwanso ndi Michael Saunders, wojambula pawailesi waku North Carolina.
Wodziwika kwa ochita zisudzo ambiri ngati wosewera wachichepere, Stephanie Mills adakhalabe nyenyezi ya R&B m'ma 1980 ndi koyambirira kwa 1990s. Mawu ake oyimba koma amphamvu a mezzo-soprano ndi chida chomwe chimazindikirika nthawi yomweyo. Ndipo kujambula nyimbo zamakono zamatauni ndi kuyendera kwakhalabe cholinga champhamvu zake zopanga zaka zambiri. Komabe, kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1990, Mills adayamba kuchoka ku nyimbo za pop pang'ono. Pambuyo pokumana ndi mavuto azachuma chifukwa cha mabizinesi osakhulupirika. Mu 1992, woimbayo adasuma mlandu woyang'anira ndalama John Davimos. Chifukwa zochita zake zinamupangitsa kuti awonongeke. Banja la Mills lidawopsezedwa kuti lichotsedwa panyumba yawo ya Mount Vernon. Koma woweruza ku New York-nonprofit Housing Assistance Corporation adapewa vutolo.
Mills adatulutsa chimbale cha uthenga wabwino Personal Inspirations mu 1995. Ndipo mu 2002 adabwerera ku nyimbo zakudziko ndi nyimbo ya Latin Lover. Zinawonekera pagulu la CD Masters at Work Our Time Is Coming.
Mayesero a moyo, zokhumudwitsa zambiri ndi kusokonezeka kwamanjenje kosalekeza kunayambitsa kuvutika maganizo. Ngati sikunali kwa mphamvu, madokotala oyenerera ndi akatswiri a maganizo, komanso chikhumbo chachikulu chofuna kupitiriza kuimba pa siteji, woimbayo akanaiwalika. Masiku ano, ndalama zake zapachaka kuchokera kuzinthu zopanga ndi pafupifupi $ 2 miliyoni. Amagwirabe ntchito, amatenga nawo mbali m'mapulojekiti osiyanasiyana ndi mapulogalamu a pa TV ndipo amasangalala ndi moyo.
