USophie B. Hawkins ungumculi-umbhali wengoma waseMelika owaduma ngeminyaka yawo-1990. Muva nje, waziwa kangcono njengeciko nesishoshovu esivame ukukhuluma ngokweseka abantu bezombusazwe, kanye namalungelo ezilwane nokuvikelwa kwemvelo.
U-Sophie B. Hawkins Iminyaka Yokuqala Nezinyathelo Zokuqala Zomsebenzi
USophie wazalwa ngoNovemba 1, 1964 eNew York. Le ntombazane yakhulela emndenini ocebile futhi ithanda umculo kusukela ebuntwaneni. Kamuva, waze wathunyelwa esikoleni somculo eManhattan. Waqeqeshwa ekilasini lokushaywa. Kodwa ngemva konyaka, intombazane wayeka isikole ukuze aqale umsebenzi wakhe zomculo ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka. Intombazane yayivele inazo zonke izimfuneko zalokhu.
Umculi owayesafisa ukusebenzisana nelebula enkulu ye-Sony Music, ebambe iqhaza ekuthuthukisweni komculi. Ngemuva kochungechunge lwezingoma, kukhishwe i-albhamu eyedwa yokuqala ethi, Tongues and Tails (1992). I-albhamu cishe ngokushesha yathanda izethameli futhi yaqala ukudayisa kahle.
Abagxeki babize uSophie inkanyezi evelayo futhi baphawula izwi lakhe lihambisana namalungiselelo amahle kakhulu. Damn Ngifisa Ukuthi Ngibe Isithandwa Sakho sithole ukunakwa okubalulekile. Ushaye amashadi amaningi futhi isikhathi eside ephuma phezulu ku-Billboard Hot 100. Phakathi nonyaka, lo mculi uthole uchungechunge lwemiklomelo yomculo ehlonishwayo, okuhlanganisa ne-Grammy ekuqokweni kwe-Best New Artist.
Ukuduma Okukhulayo kuka-Sophie B. Hawkins
Ngemva kwempumelelo enjalo, Hawkins wamenywa ukugubha iminyaka engu-30 kuqale umsebenzi womculi odumile Bob Dylan. Le ntombazane yenza ngempumelelo ingoma edumile ethi Ngifuna Wena eMadison Square Garden. Lokhu kwavumela umculi osemusha ukuthi andise kakhulu izethameli zakhe futhi ahlanganise impumelelo yakhe emsebenzini wakhe.
1993 kwaba unyaka wokusebenza kwekhonsathi. Ethatha ikhefu elifushane ekuqopheni izingoma ezintsha, uSophie wavakashela amazwe amaningi e-US, Canada naseYurophu. Wabe esebuyela emsebenzini nge-albhamu entsha.
Ukukhishwa kwabizwa ngokuthi i-Whaler futhi kwakhululwa ngo-1994 ku-Sony Music. I-albhamu yakhiqizwa nguSteven Lipson. Ingoma eyashisa izikhotha ngethi As I Lay Me Down. Ingoma ibe negolide ekuthengisweni kwase-US futhi yaba ku-10 wamathrekhi ahamba phambili ngokusho kweBillboard.
I-albhamu nayo yaba yimpumelelo enkulu eYurophu. Ikakhulukazi, irekhodi lashaya ishadi likazwelonke eliyinhloko eBrithani futhi langena kuma-40 aphezulu. Futhi ezinye izingoma ezingashadile (ngokwesibonelo, Right Beside You) zingene kwabayi-10 kwezihamba phambili. Ngawo lowo nyaka, intombazane yathwebula izithombe inqunu kumagazini i-Q. USophie uthi kwaba isinqumo esizenzakalelayo. Ngokusho kwakhe, umthwebuli wezithombe wamnika ingubo embi ukuze uHawkins ayikhumule ngesikhathi sokuqopha.
Izingxabano empilweni yomculi uSophie Ballantine Hawkins
Naphezu kokuphumelela kwe-disc yesibili, i-albhamu yesithathu yomculi ayizange ikhishwe isikhathi eside kakhulu. Ukukhululwa kwakuhambisana nezingxabano eziningana nezimo ezingemnandi. Enye yamadokhumentari ikhuluma ngokuvakasha komculi futhi ikhombisa izingxabano eziningana phakathi kukaSophie nomama wakhe nomfowabo. Kulokhu izintatheli ziphethe ngokuthi kukhona ukungezwani emndenini.
Khona-ke umculi waba nokungqubuzana nenkampani yokuqopha. Abaphathi be-Sony Music abanelisekanga ngekhwalithi yezinto ezinikeziwe futhi bazama ukukholisa umculi ukuthi enze kabusha izingoma ezimbalwa futhi. Lokhu kungqubuzana kwathatha unyaka, kodwa uHawkins wama eqinile.
USophie wayekholelwa ukuthi ubuciko abubekezeleli izinguquko ezinjalo futhi wathi wayengeke aphinde enze izingoma ukuze nje aphumelele kwezohwebo. Ngenxa yalokho, ukukhululwa kwakhululwa ngaphansi kwegama elithi Timbre. Ngaphandle kweqiniso lokuthi i-Sony Music yavuma ukuyishicilela kukhathalogi yayo, benqabe ngokuphelele "ukuyiphromotha". Lokhu kwaholela ekushubeni kodweshu. USophie ushiye ilebula futhi wanquma ukuqala ilebula yakhe yokuqopha.
I-Trumpet Swan Productions igama lelebula entsha ka-Hawkins. Yilapho aqala khona ukushicilela izingoma zakhe. Ikakhulukazi, waqala ngokukhishwa kabusha kwe-albhamu yesithathu, okwathi ngo-1999 ayitholanga ukukhangisa nokusabalalisa. Izingoma ezimbalwa ezingakakhishwa zengezwe kuhlelo olusha, kanye nevidiyo.
Ngo-2004, wayeseqedile ukukhipha eyedwa okokuqala, i-Wilderness. Ngalesi sikhathi, ukuthandwa kwakhe kwase kuqale ukwehla. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izinhlobo ezintsha zavela, ngenxa yalokhu, i-albhamu yamukelwa ngokubandayo kakhulu. USophie wamisa umsebenzi wakhe womculo isikhashana.
Imisebenzi kaSophie Ballantine Hawkins ngaphandle komculo
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, waqala ukuhlanganyela emisebenzini yokuzijabulisa ekhuthele. Ikakhulukazi, wayelwela amalungelo ezilwane kanye nabantu be-LGBT. Ngo-2008, wameseka ngentshiseko u-Hillary Clinton ngesikhathi eqokwa njengoMongameli waseMelika.
I-disc yesihlanu yakhululwa ngemva kwekhefu elide - kuphela ngo-2012. I-albhamu ethi Crossing isempambanweni yezinhlobo zomculo. Kodwa ngokuvamile, ibuyisela isilaleli umsindo we-albhamu yokuqala ye-Hawkins. Ngezikhathi ezithile, umculi uzama yena njengomdlali waseshashalazini. Ubamba iqhaza emidlalweni, udlala izindima ezisekelayo noma ama-cameos (endimeni yakhe) ochungechungeni oluhlukahlukene lwethelevishini. Ngezikhathi ezithile, uSophie wenza izingoma zakhe zakudala ezinhlelweni ze-TV.
