U-Beverley Craven, u-brunette okhangayo onezwi elimnandi, waduma ngengoma ethi Promise Me, okuwukuthi lo mculi aduma ngayo emuva ngo-1991.
Owine i-Brit Awards uthandwa abalandeli abaningi hhayi e-UK yakubo kuphela. Ukuthengiswa kwamadiski anama-albhamu akhe kudlule amakhophi ayizigidi ezi-4.
Ubuntwana nobusha u-Beverley Craven
Owesifazane waseBrithani wazalwa ngoJulayi 28, 1963, kude nezwe lakubo. Uyise, ngaphansi kwenkontileka noKodak, wayesebenza eSri Lanka, edolobheni elincane laseColombo. Lapho kwazalelwa inkanyezi yomculo yesikhathi esizayo. Umkhaya wafika eHertfordshire ngemva nje konyaka nengxenye.
Ukuthanda umculo kwakhuthazwa kakhulu emkhayeni. Umama womculi (umdwebi wevayolini onekhono) ufake isandla ekuvuseni ithalente lengane. Futhi kusukela eneminyaka engu-7, intombazane yaqala ukufunda ukudlala upiyano. Ukufunda esikoleni esiphakeme kwakungaphawulwa lutho olukhethekile. Bonke ubumnandi baqala ekolishi lobuciko.
Osemusha onekhono, ngaphezu kwezifundo zomculo, wazibonakalisa kwezemidlalo. Ngokungalindelekile kuwo wonke umuntu, intombazane yaba nesithakazelo sokubhukuda futhi yakwazi ukuwina imiklomelo eminingana emincintiswaneni kazwelonke. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, umculi waqala ukuthatha "izinyathelo zokuqala" esiteji. Udlale namaqembu ahlukahlukene ezindaweni zokushicilela zedolobha lakhe futhi wazama ukuqamba ezakhe izingoma.
UBeverly wathola irekhodi lakhe lokuqala le-vinyl eneminyaka engu-15. Khona-ke ukuzethemba kwakhe endleleni ekhethiwe kwaqina ngokuphelele. Futhi ukunambitheka komculo kwasungulwa abadlali abadumile njengoKate Bush, Stevie Wonder, Elton John nabanye.
Endleleni eya ekunqotshweni kweLondon
Lapho eneminyaka engu-18, le ntombazane yagcina ishiye izifundo zayo futhi yaya eLondon, ngethemba lokukhuphuka kokuqala kwe-Olympus yomculo. Akekho owayelindele intombazane ewujuqu enhloko-dolobha yaseNgilandi.
Iminyaka eminingana, wazama ukunaka abakhiqizi, ngesikhathi esifanayo eziphilisa ngamatoho amancane. Ukubekezela kwentombazane enekhono kwavuzwa kuphela ngasekupheleni kwawo-1990 ekhulwini elidlule.
Waqashelwa uBobby Womack, inganekwane yomphefumulo yangaleso sikhathi. Kuze kube ngu-1988, babenezivakashi ezihlangene. UBobby uzame ukuphoqa umculi ukuthi asayine inkontileka nomdidiyeli wakhe.
Ngokwenqaba, umculi wenza ukukhetha okufanele. Ngokushesha waqashelwa abamele ilebula Epic Records.
Ukuze athole ulwazi lokuqoshwa kwe-albhamu yokuqala, umculi waya e-Los Angeles. Ngenxa yabakhiqizi, ukwazile ukusebenza noCat Stevens, uPaul Samwell noStuart Levine. Kodwa-ke, umculi akazange aneliseke ngekhwalithi yezinto ezibonakalayo, futhi wayelokhu ehlehlisa ukuxubana kokugcina kwamathrekhi.
Usuku lokuzalwa luka-Beverley Craven
I-albhamu elindelwe isikhathi eside futhi ezuzwe kanzima, umculi aziqambe ngegama lakhe ngesizotha, yavela kuphela ngo-1990. Ngenxa yakhe, uthole ukuthandwa okumangalisayo. I-albhamu yanikezwa isitifiketi se-platinum kabili futhi yakwazi ukuhlala phezulu kumashadi ase-UK amasonto angu-52.
Umculi wasebenzisa isikhathi esilandela umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala ekuvakasheni. Emakhonsathini abalandeli abashisekayo bashayele lo mculi ihlombe. Ngaso leso sikhathi, waqopha izingoma ezithi Woman to Woman kanye ne-Holding On, nazo ezaduma kakhulu. U-1992 waqokwa ngama-Brit Awards amathathu kanye nokuzalwa kwendodakazi yabo yokuqala, uMolly.
Unyaka wonke, umculi wajabulela ukuba ngumama futhi walungiselela izinto zokuqopha i-albhamu yakhe yesibili yesitudiyo. I-Love Scenes compilation yakhululwa ngasekupheleni kuka-1993. Cishe zonke izingoma ezivela kudiski zishaya amashadi aseBrithani nawaseYurophu ngaphandle kokuthatha phezulu emashadi.
UBeverly Craven weSabatha
Ngo-1994, umculi washada nozakwabo esiteji, umculi British Collin Camsey. Futhi ngemva konyaka, indodakazi yesibili umculi (Brenna) wazalwa, futhi ngo-1996 kwazalwa ingane yesithathu (Konny). Ngemva kokungena ekuphileni komkhaya, umculi wathatha isabatha. Wazinikela ngokuphelele ekukhuliseni izingane futhi wayengajahile ukubuyela esigabeni esikhulu.
UBeverly wenze umzamo wakhe wesithathu wokunqoba imboni yomculo ngo-1999. Uqophe iMixed Emotions esitudiyo sakhe sasekhaya. Kodwa-ke, umsebenzi awuzange uphumelele ngabagxeki noma nabalandeli abaningi bomculi. Edumele emsebenzini wakhe siqu, lona wesifazane wanquma ukushiya umsebenzi wakhe womculo futhi agxile ezimisweni zomkhaya.
Umzamo olandelayo wokubuya wenziwe ngo-2004. Kodwa-ke, ukutholwa kodokotela ababike ukuthi lo mculi unomdlavuza webele kwamphoqa ukuthi ahlehlise izinhlelo zakhe zokudala. Ukwelashwa kwathatha iminyaka emibili. Futhi kuphela ngo-2006, umculi wakwazi ukwenza esiteji futhi, ukuhlela uhambo oluncane.
Eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, i-albhamu ethi Close to Home yakhululwa. Lona umsebenzi womuntu siqu futhi ozimele. Umculi wenqaba izinkonzo zamalebula omculo futhi waqala ukuzithuthukisa. Amathrekhi akhe angatholakala ku-inthanethi, kumapulatifomu edijithali amaningi.
Kusukela lapho, konke ukuthengisa kwenziwe kuphela ngewebhusayithi yomculi. Ngo-2010, lo wesifazane wakhipha i-DVD yekhonsathi ethi Live in Concert, enamakhonsathi aqoshiwe avela eminyakeni edlule. Umsebenzi olandelayo we-studio uvele ngo-2014, futhi wabizwa ngokuthi Ukushintsha Kwenhliziyo. Ekwindla, umculi waqhubeka nokuvakasha kwe-peninsula ekusekeleni umsebenzi wakhe omusha.
Beverley Craven - namuhla
Kanye nezihlabani zaseBrithani uJulia Fortham noJudy Cuce ngo-2018, umculi wahlela uhambo olukhulu lwekhonsathi. Ekupheleni konyaka, kwavela i-albhamu enegama elifanayo, eqoshwe ku-studio yochwepheshe.
Umdwebi akakhi izinhlelo ezinkulu zekusasa, ekhetha ukunaka kakhulu amadodakazi akhe akhulayo. Akwaziwa futhi ukuthi amantombazane azohamba yini ezinyathelweni zikanina wodumo.
Ngemva kokuhlukanisa nomyeni wakhe ngo-2011, lo mculi akazange athole umlingani omusha. Akakhulumi ngempilo yakhe yangasese. Kusikisela ukuthi abalandeli bangafunda ngazo zonke izinto ezijabulisa kakhulu ezingomeni zakhe.
