U-Tracey Chapman ungumculi-umbhali wengoma waseMelika, futhi ngokwakhe ungumuntu odume kakhulu emkhakheni we-folk rock.
Uwine indondo ye-Grammy izikhathi ezine kanye nomculi we-multi-platinum. UTracy wazalelwa e-Ohio emndenini osezingeni eliphakathi e-Connecticut.
Umama wakhe wayisekela imizamo yakhe yomculo. Ngesikhathi u-Tracy ese-Tufts University, lapho afundela khona i-anthropology kanye nezifundo zase-Afrika, waqala ukubhala umculo.
Ekuqaleni, kwakunezinhlamvu zezingoma kuphela, wabe eseqala ukucula ezindlini zekhofi zendawo.
Ngomngane wakhe wasenyuvesi, wahlangana nabakhiqizi be-Elektra Records kwathi i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala, uTracy Chapman, yakhululwa ngo-1988. Le albhamu ibe yingoma esheshayo, futhi ingoma eshisa izikhotha ethi "Fast Car" yenza i-slash ngobusuku obubodwa.
Uqophe isamba sama-albhamu e-studio ayisishiyagalombili, okuhlanganisa ne-"New Beginning" nethi "Ikusasa Lethu Eliqhakazile". Iningi lama-albhamu akhe ayi-platinum eqinisekisiwe.
Lo mculi ubuye abe nesikhundla esibalulekile ezinhlanganweni ezahlukene zokupha emhlabeni jikelele futhi ubamba iqhaza kumakhonsathi amaningi okusiza umphakathi.
Uyisishoshovu samalungelo abantu futhi uthi ngenxa yesimo sakhe, angakwazi ukusiza labo abaswele futhi adonsele ukunaka kwabantu ezindabeni ezibalulekile zobuntu.
Isiqalo sokuphila
UTracey Chapman wazalelwa eCleveland, e-Ohio ngoMashi 30, 1964. Esemncane, wathuthela e-Connecticut nomndeni wakhe.
Wakhuliswa ngunina, owayehlale esohlangothini lwendodakazi yakhe. Nguye owathengela ingane yakhe eneminyaka emithathu ethanda umculo ukulele, nakuba yayinemali encane.
UChapman waqala ukudlala isiginci nokubhala izingoma eneminyaka eyisishiyagalombili. Uthi kungenzeka ukuthi ugqugquzelwe wuhlelo lukamabonakude iHee Haw.
Ekhuliswe njengomBaptist, uChapman wafunda eBishops High School futhi wamukelwa ohlelweni lwe-A Better Chance, oluxhasa abafundi emakolishi okulungiselela akude nasekhaya.
Ngenkathi efunda izifundo ze-anthropology kanye ne-Afrika e-Tufts University eMassachusetts, u-Chapman waqala ukubhala umculo wakhe nokwenza e-Boston, kanye nokuqopha izingoma esiteshini somsakazo sendawo i-WMFO.
Umsebenzi womculo
Kumculi, u-1986 kwaba unyaka obalulekile. Kungawo lo nyaka lapho uyise womngani wakhe emethula khona kumphathi we-Elektra Records, aqopha naye i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala esihloko sithi.
Le albhamu yakhululwa ngo-1988. U-Tracey Chapman ukhuphukele ku-No. 1 e-United States nase-UK, futhi ingoma yakhe ethandwayo ethi "Fast Car" yafinyelela kunombolo 5 kumashadi ase-UK kanye no-6 emashadini ase-US.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, uChapman wacula ekhonsathini yokugubha iminyaka engu-70 kaNelson Mandela ezalwa e-UK.
Eyesibili ye-albhamu, ethi, "Talkin' Bout a Revolution", nayo yamenyezelwa kabanzi futhi yafakwa ngokuncintisana kumashadi omculo weBillboard.
UChapman uthole imiklomelo eminingana ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu, okuhlanganisa nezindondo ezintathu zamaGrammy ngo-1989 zeBest New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocalist kanye neBest Contemporary Folk Album.
Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi i-albhamu iwine imiklomelo emithathu ye-Grammy futhi kungaba impumelelo yangempela yephrojekthi yokuqala yanoma yimuphi umculi,
UChapman akachithanga sikhathi washeshe waba matasa nge-albhamu yakhe elandelayo.
Phakathi kokucula izingoma eziphuma ku-albhamu yakhe ewine iGrammy Award, uqhubekile nokubhala futhi wabuyela estudiyo ukuyoqopha iCrossroads (1989).
UChapman unikele ingoma eyodwa kuMandela kucwecwe lakhe elithi, Freedom Now. Nakuba i-albhamu ingazange ithole ukuqashelwa okufanayo neyokuqala, iphinde yenza i-Billboard 200 kanye namanye amashadi.
Okuncane ngempilo yomculi
Impumelelo yalo mculi emculweni yehla kancane ngo-1992 ngokukhishwa kwe-Matters of the Heart, eyafika ku-No. 53 ku-Billboard 200 futhi ayizange ithole ukuvezwa kwangempela kwamanye amazwe.
I-The Matters of the Heart ifake izingoma ezingakhangi kangako kunezingoma zangaphambili zika-Chapman. Abalandeli abazange bajabule ngokuthi wasuka ku-folk nama-blues, futhi wagxila kakhulu kwelinye i-rock.
Cishe kwakunzima kuChapman ukubikezela ukuthi kuzokwenzekani eminyakeni emithathu ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yakhe yesine yesitudiyo.
Njengoba isihloko se-albhamu, i-New Beginning (1995), siphakamisa, iphumelele kakhulu, ithengisa amakhophi angaba yizigidi ezi-5 e-United States kuphela.
I-albhamu idlule kude obekulindelwe abalaleli ngenxa yengoma edume kakhulu ethi "Nginike Isizathu Esikodwa". Enye ingoma eshisa izikhotha engasoze yalibaleka bekuyileyodwa enengoma emnandi ethi "Smoke and Ashes".
Futhi-ke, kufanelekile ukusho iculo lesihloko se-albhamu ethi "Isiqalo Esisha", lapho umculi atshela khona indaba yakhe.
U-Chapman uthole i-Grammy yesine ngo-1997 ye-Best Rock Song ("Nginike Isizathu Esisodwa"), kanye nokuqokwa kweGrammy eminingana neminye imiklomelo yomculo.
Selokhu kwakhululwa iNew Beginning, lo mculi usephinde wakhipha ama-albhamu amaningana, okuhlanganisa ne-Telling Stories (2000) kanye ne-Our Bright Future (2008), futhi wahambela unyaka ka-2009.
Kodwa-ke, eminyakeni yamuva nje, uChapman usalokhu enganakwa.
isishoshovu sezenhlalakahle
Ngaphandle komsebenzi wakhe womculo, u-Chapman usenesikhathi eside esebenza njengesishoshovu, ekhulumela izinhlangano ezimbalwa ezingenzi nzuzo ezihlanganisa i-AIDS Foundation kanye ne-Circle of Life (engasasebenzi).
Ngesikhathi somcimbi wango-2003 ehlomula i-Circle of Life, u-Chapman wahlanganisa ingoma ka-John Prine ethi "Angel From Montgomery" no-Bonnie Raitt.
Imiklomelo kanye nezimpumelelo
Ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe, uTracy waklonyeliswa ngezindondo ezintathu zeGrammy.
I-albhamu yakhe yokuqala yesitudiyo, uTracy Chapman, ekhishwe ngo-1988, yawina amaGrammy amathathu eBest New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performer kanye neBest Contemporary Folk Album.
Uthole i-Grammy yakhe yesine ngo-1997 ye-Chapman's New Beginning. Lo mculi uphinde wathola indondo ngengoma ethi “Give Me One Reason” emkhakheni othi “Best Rock Song”.
Impilo yomuntu siqu kanye nefa
Sekuhlale kunemibono eyahlukene mayelana nokuziphatha kukaTracy njengoba engakaze abadalule abantu abathandana nabo.
Uvame ukusho ukuthi impilo yakhe yomuntu siqu ayihlangene nomsebenzi wobungcweti awenzayo.
Kamuva kwavezwa ukuthi wayethandana nomlobi u-Alice Walker ngeminyaka yawo-1990. UTracy ungumuntu owaziwayo kwezombangazwe nasemphakathini.
Uvamise ukusebenzisa isimo sakhe ukuze axoxe ngezindaba ezibalulekile zobuntu. Futhi kamuva wavuma ukuthi ungumuntu wesifazane
