Tracey Chapman ndi woyimba-wolemba nyimbo waku America, ndipo mwa iye yekha ndi munthu wotchuka kwambiri pankhani ya nyimbo zamtundu wa anthu.
Ndiwopambana Mphotho ya Grammy kanayi komanso woyimba nyimbo zambiri za platinamu. Tracy adabadwira ku Ohio kubanja lapakati ku Connecticut.
Amayi ake adathandizira ntchito zake zoimba. Pamene Tracy anali ku yunivesite ya Tufts, komwe adaphunzira maphunziro anthropology ndi maphunziro a ku Africa, adayamba kulemba nyimbo.
Poyamba, nyimbozo zinali chabe mawu, ndiyeno anayamba kuchita m'nyumba za khofi.
Kudzera mwa bwenzi lake ku yunivesite, adakumana ndi omwe amapanga Elektra Records ndipo chimbale chake choyamba, Tracy Chapman, chidatulutsidwa mu 1988. Chimbale ichi chinayamba kugunda nthawi yomweyo, ndipo nyimbo ya "Fast Car" inapanga phokoso usiku wonse.
Wajambulitsa ma situdiyo asanu ndi atatu, kuphatikiza "New Beginning" ndi "Tsogolo Lathu Lowala". Ma Albamu ake ambiri ndi platinamu yotsimikizika.
Woimbayo alinso ndi udindo waukulu m'mabungwe osiyanasiyana achifundo padziko lonse lapansi ndipo amatenga nawo mbali m'makonsati ambiri achifundo.
Iye ndi womenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe ndipo akuti chifukwa cha momwe alili, atha kuthandiza osowa ndikukopa chidwi cha anthu pazinthu zina zofunika zothandiza anthu.
moyo wakuubwana
Tracey Chapman anabadwira ku Cleveland, Ohio pa Marichi 30, 1964. Ali wamng’ono, iye ndi banja lake anasamukira ku Connecticut.
Analeredwa ndi amayi ake, omwe nthawi zonse anali kumbali ya mwana wawo wamkazi. Ndi iye amene anagulira ukulele mwana wake wazaka zitatu wokonda nyimbo, ngakhale kuti anali ndi ndalama zochepa.
Chapman anayamba kuimba gitala ndi kulemba nyimbo ali ndi zaka eyiti. Akuti mwina adalimbikitsidwa ndi pulogalamu yapa TV ya Hee Haw.
Ataleredwa ngati wa Baptist, Chapman adapita ku Bishops High School ndipo adalandiridwa mu pulogalamu ya A Better Chance, yomwe imathandizira ophunzira ku makoleji okonzekera kutali ndi kwawo.
Pamene amaphunzira za chikhalidwe cha anthu ndi maphunziro a ku Africa ku yunivesite ya Tufts ku Massachusetts, Chapman anayamba kulemba nyimbo zake ndikuimba ku Boston, komanso kujambula nyimbo pawailesi yaku WMFO.
Ntchito yanyimbo
Kwa woimbayo, 1986 inali chaka chofunikira kwambiri. Munali chaka chino pamene abambo a bwenzi lake adamudziwitsa kwa manejala wa Elektra Records, yemwe adalemba naye chimbale chake choyamba chodzitcha yekha.
Album iyi idatulutsidwa mu 1988. Tracey Chapman adakwera ku No. 1 ku United States ndi UK, ndipo nyimbo yake yotchuka "Fast Car" inapita ku No. 5 mu ma chart a UK ndi No. 6 mu ma chart a US.
Chaka chomwecho, Chapman adachita nawo konsati ya 70th kubadwa kwa Nelson Mandela yomwe inachitikira ku UK.
Nyimbo yachiwiri yachimbaleyi, "Talkin 'Bout a Revolution", idayamikiridwanso kwambiri ndikuyika mpikisano pama chart a nyimbo za Billboard.
Chapman adalandira mphotho zingapo nyimboyo itatulutsidwa, kuphatikiza Mphotho zitatu za Grammy mu 1989 za Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocalist ndi Best Contemporary Folk Album.
Ngakhale kuti chimbalecho chinapambana mphoto zitatu za Grammy ndipo chikanakhala chopambana chenicheni cha polojekiti yoyamba ya woimba aliyense.
Chapman sanachedwe ndipo mwachangu adatanganidwa ndi chimbale chake chotsatira.
Pakati pa kuimba nyimbo kuchokera mu chimbale chomwe adapambana nacho Mphotho ya Grammy, adapitilizabe kulemba ndikubwerera ku studio kukajambulitsa Crossroads (1989).
Chapman adapereka nyimbo imodzi kwa Mandela pa chimbale chake, Freedom Now. Ngakhale chimbalecho sichinavomerezedwe mofanana ndi yoyamba, chinapanganso Billboard 200 komanso ma chart ena.
Pang'ono za moyo wa woyimbayo
Kupambana kwanyimbo kwa woimbayo kunatsika pang'ono mu 1992 ndi kutulutsidwa kwa Matters of the Heart, komwe kunafika pa No. 53 pa Billboard 200 ndipo sanapezeke padziko lonse lapansi.
The Matters of the Heart inali ndi nyimbo zochepa kwambiri kuposa zomwe Chapman adaimba kale. Fans sanasangalale kuti adachoka kwa anthu ndi ma blues, ndipo adayang'ana kwambiri thanthwe lina.
Mwina zinali zovuta kwa Chapman kulosera zomwe zingachitike patatha zaka zitatu atatulutsa chimbale chake chachinayi.
Monga momwe mutu wa chimbalecho, "New Beginning" (1995), ukusonyezera, idakhala yopambana kwambiri, kugulitsa makope pafupifupi 5 miliyoni ku United States kokha.
Nyimboyi idaposa zomwe omvera amayembekezera chifukwa cha nyimbo yotchuka kwambiri "Ndipatseni Chifukwa Chimodzi". Komanso nyimbo yosaiwalika inali imodzi yomwe inali ndi nyimbo yamoyo "Smoke and Ashes".
Ndipo, ndithudi, ndi bwino kutchula mutu wa nyimbo ya "New Beginning", yomwe woimbayo adamuuza nkhani yake.
Chapman adalandira Grammy yachinayi mu 1997 ya Best Rock Song ("Ndipatseni Chifukwa Chimodzi"), komanso ma Grammy angapo omwe adasankhidwa ndi mphotho zina zanyimbo.
Chiyambireni New Beginning, wojambulayo watulutsanso nyimbo zingapo, kuphatikiza Telling Stories (2000) ndi Our Bright Future (2008), ndikuyenda mu 2009.
Komabe, m'zaka zaposachedwa, Chapman sanadziwikebe.
wolimbikitsa anthu
Kunja kwa ntchito yake yoimba, Chapman wakhala akugwira ntchito kwa nthawi yaitali ngati wotsutsa, kuyankhula m'malo mwa mabungwe angapo osapindula kuphatikizapo AIDS Foundation ndi Circle of Life (osagwiranso ntchito).
Pamwambo wa 2003 womwe unapindula ndi Circle of Life, Chapman adaphatikiza "Angel From Montgomery" ya John Prine ndi Bonnie Raitt.
Mphotho ndi zopambana
Kumayambiriro kwa ntchito yake, Tracy anapatsidwa mphoto zitatu za Grammy.
Chimbale chake choyamba cha studio, Tracy Chapman, chomwe chidatulutsidwa mu 1988, adapambana ma Grammy atatu a Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performer ndi Best Contemporary Folk Album.
Analandira Grammy yake yachinayi mu 1997 pa Chapman's New Beginning. Woimbayo adalandiranso mphotho ya nyimbo "Ndipatseni Chifukwa Chimodzi" mu gulu la "Best Rock Song".
Moyo waumwini ndi cholowa
Pakhala pali malingaliro osiyanasiyana okhudzana ndi kugonana kwa Tracy popeza sanaululepo zibwenzi zake.
Nthawi zambiri amangonena kuti moyo wake ulibe chochita ndi ntchito yomwe amagwira.
Pambuyo pake zidawululidwa kuti adakumana ndi wolemba Alice Walker m'ma 1990s. Tracy ndi munthu wodziwika bwino pazandale komanso pagulu.
Nthawi zambiri amagwiritsa ntchito udindo wake kukambirana nkhani zofunika zothandiza anthu. Ndipo pambuyo pake adavomereza kuti anali wokonda zachikazi
