U-Diana King ungumculi owaziwayo wase-Jamaican-American owaduma ngezingoma zakhe ze-reggae ne-dancehall. Ingoma yakhe edume kakhulu ingoma ethi Shy Guy, kanye ne-remix ethi I Say A Little Prayer, eyaba iculo lefilimu ethi Umshado Womngane Ongcono Kakhulu.
Diana King: izinyathelo zokuqala
UDiana wazalwa ngoNovemba 8, 1970 eJamaica. Ubaba wakhe naye ungowokuzalwa eJamaica, kodwa unezimpande zase-Afrika, kanti umama wakhe ungowomdabu wase-Indo-Jamaican. Lokhu kwaba nomthelela omkhulu ekukhulisweni kwendodakazi yabo, kuhlanganise nezintandokazi zomculo.
Umsebenzi womculi waqala ngo-1994. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho abonakale khona ecwecweni elashisa izikhotha ethi Ready to Die - ongomunye wabaculi abadumile emhlabeni - The Notorious BIG. Le ntombazane idlale indima engomeni ethi Respect. Lokhu kubonakala kwanele ukuze uthole isithakazelo kumculi. Cishe ngokushesha, inkontileka yasayinwa nomdondoshiya wemboni yomculo - iSony Music. Ngemva kwalokho, kwaqala ukuvivinywa kwe-studio.
Ingoma yokuqala bekuyikhava yekaBob Marley ethi Stir It Up. Le ngoma ifakwe kwi-soundtrack yefilimu ethi Cool Runnings. Ingoma idonse ukunaka komphakathi futhi yashaya amashadi amaningana.
Ingoma ethi Shy Guy
I-single yesibili ethi Shy Guy yakhululwa ngokushesha. Ingoma, ekhiqizwe ngu-Andy Marvel, iseyingoma kaDiana edume kakhulu kuze kube namuhla. Wakhululwa ngo-1995 futhi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa wahola amashadi amaningi. Yabhalwa emizuzwini eyi-10 kuphela (ngokusho kwabadali bokuqamba). Ingoma ishaye ishadi le-Billboard Hot 100 futhi yathatha indawo ye-13 lapho - umphumela omuhle kumculi osafuna ukucula.
I-single iphinde yadayiswa ngegolide futhi yaqinisekiswa ngokufanele. EYurophu, ingoma yayithandwa kakhulu - lapha yathatha isikhundla sesibili isikhathi eside eshadini likazwelonke laseBrithani. Sekukonke, amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezi-2 zaleli single athengiswa emhlabeni ngaleso sikhathi.
Usehlale esicongweni isikhathi eside eJapan nasemazweni ase-Afrika. Ingoma yaba yingoma ephambili ye-albhamu yokuqala ethi Tougher Than Love, ekhishwe ngawo lowo nyaka. Ingoma iphinde yaba ngelinye lamaculo aphambili efilimu ethi Bad Boys. Ngokumelene nesizinda sokuthandwa kwefilimu, wabonakala nakakhulu.
I-albhamu yakhululwa ngo-Ephreli 1995 futhi yenza kahle mayelana nokuthengisa kanye nokubuyekezwa okubucayi. I-reggae, exutshwe nezici zomculo we-pop, isisondele kubalaleli emazwenikazi ahlukene. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, abalandeli be-reggae abazange bacabangele i-albhamu njenge-pop kakhulu.
Indlela yokudala yomculi uDiana King
U-King uzikhawulele ekukhipheni izingoma ezimbalwa ngo-1996. I-Love Triangle nethi Ain't Nobody ifike phezulu kumashadi e-R&B. Izilaleli zomculi cishe azizange zikhule ngenxa yokukhululwa kwalezi zingoma, kodwa ukuthandwa kwakhe kwahlala kusezingeni eliphezulu.
Ngo-1997, u-Diana waqopha inguqulo yekhava yengoma ka-Dionne Warwick eyaduma ngasekupheleni kwawo-1960 ethi I Say A Little Prayer. Ingoma ibe ngumsindo wefilimu edumile ethi "Umshado Womngane Ongcono Kakhulu" futhi yaba phezulu kumashadi e-US naseYurophu. Le single ivumele umculi ukuthi azikhumbuze ngokuzwakalayo - isikhathi esihle sokukhishwa kokukhishwa okusha.
UKing wenze lokho, ekhipha icwecwe lakhe lesibili elithi, Think Like a Girl, ekwindla ka-1997. Ngalesi sikhathi, ishadi le-Billboard lase linama-albhamu akhethekile aphezulu e-reggae. Kwakukuyo lapho ukukhululwa kwaqala khona ngokushesha endaweni ye-1. Amaculo amabili aphuma ekukhishweni abe amahithi e-US. Lezi izingoma ezithi LL-Lies nethi Find My Way Back, okunesikhathi eside zihamba phambili emashadini. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi enye yezingoma yakhululwa kuphela eJapane (Supa-Lova-Bwoy).
Izingoma zale ntombazane zaqhubeka nokuba yizingoma zamafilimu ahlukahlukene kanye namadokhumentari. Phakathi kwazo kukhona ifilimu ethi When We Were Kings (1997). Ikakhulukazi ifilimu, iNkosi idlale ingoma kanye noBrian McKnight.
Isikhathi sokudala sika-Diana King ngemva kweminyaka yawo-1990
Ukuphela kweminyaka yawo-1990 nakho kwaba yimpumelelo kumculi. Ukhiphe izingoma eziningi eziyimpumelelo, wavela esiteji nezinkanyezi ezinjengoCeline Dion noBrandon Stone. Lo mculi umenywe emicimbini nasezindondo ezahlukene. Konke lokhu kube nomthelela ekusabalaleni kwe-albhamu ethi Think Like a Girl emhlabeni wonke, kanti lo mculi waduma kakhulu.
Umculi wayevame ukuba nokuvakasha emazweni ahlukene, phakathi kwawo kwakukhona ngisho neNdiya. Lo mculi uvumile engxoxweni ukuthi akakaze acabange ngokubuyela kwakhe kuleli (uDiana wayenezimpande zamaNdiya ohlangothini lukanina).
Ngo-2000, kwaba nezingxoxo noMadonna ukuze athuthele kulebula yakhe ethi Maverick Records. Nokho, izinhlelo azizange ziphumelele. Umculi wathatha ikhefu elifushane lokudala, kodwa, njengoba kwenzeka kamuva, wayematasa eqopha i-albhamu yakhe yesithathu.
Inhlonipho yakhululwa ehlobo lika-2002 futhi ekuqaleni kuphela eJapane. Ngokuzayo bebehlele ukuyisabalalisa i-albhamu kwamanye amazwe kodwa zephulwa lezi zinhlelo. Ngenxa yalokho, i-albhamu yangena emakethe yaseMelika kuphela ngo-2008, futhi ukukhululwa okusemthethweni e-UK kwenzeka ngo-2006. Lokhu kuholele ekwehleni kokuthandwa komculi emhlabeni. Futhi i-albhamu elandelayo yakhululwa ngo-2010 futhi kuphela eJapane.
Namuhla, umculi uzama uhlobo lwe-EDM (umculo womdanso). Wethule izingoma ezimbalwa ngesitayela esisha sakhe.
