U-Alannah Myles ungumculi odumile waseCanada ngeminyaka yawo-1990, owaduma kakhulu ngenxa yengoma eyodwa ethi Black Velvet (1989). Ingoma yafika kunombolo 1 kuBillboard Hot 100 ngo-1990. Kusukela lapho, lo mculi usekhiphe izingoma ezintsha njalo eminyakeni embalwa. Kodwa i-Black Velvet iseyingoma yakhe eyaziwa kakhulu.
Ubuntwana kanye neminyaka yokuqala ka-Alannah Myles
Indawo okwazalelwa kuyo umculi wesikhathi esizayo ngo-1958 kwakuyidolobha laseToronto (inhloko-dolobha yesifundazwe sase-Ontario, eCanada). Intombazane kusukela ebuntwaneni yayimiselwe ukuba inkanyezi, kwakusegazini layo.
Ubaba wentombazane, uWilliam Biles, ungumsakazi owaziwayo waseCanada (waze wafakwa naseHholo Lodumo lendawo kule phrofayela). Kusukela ebuntwaneni, intombazane yagxiliswa uthando lwezinkomba ezihlukahlukene zokudala. Kodwa wayewuthanda kakhulu umculo.
Kakade eneminyaka engu-9 waqala ukubhala umculo - izinkondlo nemiculo. Wayecula izingoma ezifanayo ekhaya nasesikoleni. Ngo-1970, umkhosi we-Kiwanis wenzeka e-Toronto, lapho inkanyezi yesikhathi esizayo yenza ingoma yayo futhi iwine omunye wemiklomelo. Ngakho isiphetho sentombazane sasinqunywe kusengaphambili.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-18 ubudala, wayesephenduke umculi odumile esifundazweni sakhe. Ngakho-ke, wahlela ukusebenza yedwa e-Ontario. Amakhonsathi ezikhathi ezithile amvumele ukuthi athole abalandeli bakhe bokuqala bokusungula futhi ahlangane noChristopher Ward. Ngenxa yakhe, waqala umsebenzi wakhe wobuchwepheshe. Wamsiza ukuthi akhe iqembu lakhe, okwathi ngemva kwalokho iqembu ladlala izinguqulo ezidumile zamahithi aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nama-rock.
Ngaso leso sikhathi, waqala ukuqopha i-albhamu yokuqala ka-Alannah Myles. Nokho, ukukhululwa kwabhalwa kancane kakhulu. Maphakathi nawo-1980, wamenywa ukuba adlale ochungechungeni lwethelevishini oluningi. Okudume kakhulu kubo kwaba iphrojekthi "Izingane kusukela Degrassi Street".
Le ndima yayithakaseleka ku-Alanna ngoba wayezodlala umculi owayesafuna ukucula. Okwathi ekugcineni wakwazi ukubhekana nakho ngempumelelo. Ngenxa yamaphrojekthi wethelevishini, umsebenzi wakhe njengomdlali wabambezeleka isikhathi esithile.
Umsebenzi womculo osebenzayo ka-Alannah Myles
Kusukela maphakathi nawo-1980s, u-Alanna ubelokhu ebhala umculo omusha (ikakhulukazi izingoma ezishisa izikhotha kusukela ngawo-1970 nawo-1980). Wakhuthazwa kakhulu nguChristopher Ward.
Ngenxa yalokho, intombazane isayine inkontileka nelebula elikhulu lomculo i-Atlantic Records ngo-1987. Lokhu kulandelwe yinkontileka enkulu neWarner Music Group. Wabe eseqeda umsebenzi wakhe njengomdlali we-actress futhi waqala umsebenzi osebenzayo womculo.
I-albhamu ka-Alannah Myles yakhululwa entwasahlobo ka-1989. Irekhodi laqoshwa eminyakeni eminingana. Ukusebenza kanzima okunjalo akulona ize. Ukukhishwa bekucebile kakhulu ngamahithi. Izingoma ezine ngesikhathi esisodwa, okuhlanganisa i-Love Is ne-Black Velvet, zashaya amashadi amaningi e-Canada, e-US nase-UK. Ngenxa yezingoma ezinamandla kanye nesasasa elizungeze umculi osemusha, irekhodi lathengiswa ngokusakazwa kwamakhophi angaphezu kwesigidi esi-1.
Kubaculi baseCanada bangaleso sikhathi, lena kwakuyibha engafinyeleleki. Namuhla, ukukhululwa kunamakhophi ayizigidi ezingu-6. Ngenxa yale albhamu, isihlabani savakashela amahholo amakhulu eMelika naseBrithani isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka nesigamu.
Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu ngoDisemba 1989, yakhululwa ngokuhlukana njenge-Black Velvet single e-United States. Lokhu kuphinde kwenza ingoma yashisa izikhotha, kwaba negagasi lesibili lokuduma kwayo. Ngemva kwalokho, ukwakheka kwaqokwa ukuze uthole indondo ye-Grammy Award, u-Alanna ekugcineni eyitholile. Ngendlela, ngo-2000 le ngoma yadlalwa emsakazweni izikhathi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-5.
Okusha okukhishiwe komculi
Ngemva kweminyaka emibili, uMiles waphinde waqokelwa Indondo YeGrammy ngengoma ethi Rockinghorse (evela ku-albhamu enegama elifanayo). Nokho, kulokhu akazange aphumelele. I-albhamu iphinde yakhululwa ngo-1992. Yamukelwa izethameli ngokupholile kuneyokuqala, kodwa yawina imiklomelo eminingi yomculo ehlonishwayo. Izingoma ezithi Our World, Our Times nethi Sonny, Say You Will zithandwa kakhulu eCanada nase-USA. Ngokuvamile, ukukhululwa kwaphumelela, kodwa akazange aphinde impumelelo ye-albhamu yakhe yokuqala.
Eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, u-Alanna wakhipha i-albhamu ethi A-lan-nah, okwakuwukukhululwa kwakhe kokugcina kulebula yase-Atlantic. Imfihlo Yomndeni kanye Nomoya Ovuthuzayo, Vuthela amathrekhi aphumelele kakhulu asuka kurekhodi ashaya ishadi le-Billboard Hot 100. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ngaleso sikhathi inkontileka ka-Alanna yayihlanganisa ukurekhoda okukhishwe okuphelele okuyisishiyagalombili ngesikhathi esisodwa. Nokho, waphendukela kumphathi uMiles Copeland, owasiza ngokusemthethweni ukunqamula inkontileka.
U-Alannah Myles uguqule amalebula
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uCopeland wamema umculi ukuba ahlanganyele nelebula lakhe elithi Ark 21 Records. Lapha umculi wanquma ukuqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe wesikhathi esizayo.
Imbangi i-albhamu elandelayo yalo mculi, yamukelwe kahle ngumphakathi. Impumelelo yayo ibingabalulekile njengokukhishwa kwangaphambilini. Ikakhulukazi, iculo elithi Bad 4 You lishaye izingoma ezihamba phambili ezingu-40 e-Canada. Kukhona nezindaba ze-copyright lapha. I-albhamu nawo wonke amalungelo ayo bekungokwelebula kuze kube u-2014. Futhi muva nje u-Alanna ukwazile ukuthola wonke amalungelo ezingoma zakhe.
Eminyakeni emine eyalandela, amaqoqo amabili omculi akhululwa, lapho kwakukhona izingoma ezindala nezingoma eziningi ezintsha. Ngemva kwalokho, umculi washiya i-Ark 21 Records.
UMiles ushiye "isiteji esikhulu" isikhathi eside. Kuze kube ngu-2007, umsebenzi wakhe kuphela wawudlala, ikakhulukazi eCanada. Ngeminyaka engama-30 yokufa kuka-Elvis Presley, wakhulula i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala eminyakeni, i-Elvis Tribute. Bekuyi-albhamu ye-EP ekhishwe ku-iTunes.
Ngemva konyaka, ukukhululwa okugcwele kweBlack Velvet kwakhululwa, okuqanjwe ngengoma edumile yomculi. I-albhamu iqukethe inguqulo yengoma eyenziwe kabusha, kanye nezingoma ezintsha ezimbalwa. Ukukhululwa akuzange kujabulele ukuthandwa komhlaba, kodwa abalandeli bomculi bakhumbula.
Namuhla, u-Alanna usaqhubeka nokukhipha izingoma ezintsha ngezikhathi ezithile. I-albhamu yakamuva yesitudiyo "85 BPM" ikhishwe ngo-2014.
