ʻO Tracey Chapman kahi mele mele ʻAmelika, a ma kona ʻano ponoʻī he ʻano kaulana loa ma ke kahua o ka folk rock.
He ʻehā manawa lanakila ʻo ia i ka Grammy Award a he mea hoʻokani pila-platinum. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Tracy ma Ohio i kahi ʻohana papa waena ma Connecticut.
Ua kākoʻo kona makuahine i kāna mau hana mele. ʻOiai ʻo Tracy ma ke Kulanui ʻo Tufts, kahi āna i aʻo ai i ka anthropology a me nā haʻawina ʻApelika, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e kākau mele.
I ka wā mua, he mau mele wale nō nā mele, a laila hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hoʻokani ma nā hale kofe kūloko.
Ma o kāna hoaaloha ma ke kulanui, ua hālāwai ʻo ia me nā mea hana o Elektra Records a ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kāna album mua, ʻo Tracy Chapman, ma 1988. Ua lilo kēia album i mea paʻi koke, a ʻo ka "Fast Car" hoʻokahi i paʻi i ka pō.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i ʻewalu mau album studio, me ka "New Beginning" a me "Our Bright Future". He platinum ka hapa nui o kāna mau album.
He kūlana koʻikoʻi ka mea mele ma nā hui aloha like ʻole a puni ka honua a komo i nā ʻaha mele aloha he nui.
He kanaka hana pono kanaka ʻo ia a ʻōlelo ʻo ia ma muli o kona kūlana, hiki iā ia ke kōkua i ka poʻe nele a huki i ka manaʻo o ka poʻe i kekahi mau pilikia koʻikoʻi kanaka.
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Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Tracey Chapman ma Cleveland, Ohio ma Malaki 30, 1964. I kona wā ʻōpiopio, ua neʻe ʻo ia me kona ʻohana i Connecticut.
Ua hānai ʻia ʻo ia e kona makuahine, aia ma ka ʻaoʻao o kāna kaikamahine. ʻO ia ka mea nāna i kūʻai i kāna pēpē aloha mele ʻekolu makahiki i ukulele, ʻoiai he liʻiliʻi kāna kālā.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Chapman e pāʻani i ke kīkā a kākau i nā mele i ka makahiki ʻewalu. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hoʻoikaika ʻia ʻo ia e ka hōʻike TV ʻo Hee Haw.
Hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Baptist, hele ʻo Chapman i ke kula kiʻekiʻe o Bishops a ua ʻae ʻia i ka papahana A Better Chance, e kākoʻo ana i nā haumāna ma nā kula hoʻomākaukau mai ko lākou home.
ʻOiai ʻo ia e aʻo ana i ka anthropology a me nā haʻawina ʻApelika ma ke Kulanui ʻo Tufts ma Massachusetts, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Chapman e kākau i kāna mele ponoʻī a hoʻokani ma Boston, a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā mele ma ka lekiō kūloko WMFO.
Hana hula
No ka mea mele, he makahiki koʻikoʻi ʻo 1986. ʻO ia i kēia makahiki i hoʻolauna aku ai ka makuakāne o kāna hoaaloha iā ia i ka luna o Elektra Records, kahi āna i hoʻopaʻa ai i kāna album inoa ponoʻī mua.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kēia album i ka makahiki 1988. Ua piʻi ʻo Tracey Chapman i ka No.
I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, hana ʻo Chapman ma ka Nelson Mandela 70th Anniversary Concert i mālama ʻia ma UK.
ʻO ka lua o ka album, "Talkin' Bout a Revolution", ua mahalo nui ʻia a hoʻokau ʻia i ka hoʻokūkū ma nā papa mele Billboard.
Ua loaʻa iā Chapman kekahi mau makana ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka album, me ʻekolu Grammy Awards ma 1989 no Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocalist a me Best Contemporary Folk Album.
ʻOiai ua lanakila ka album i ʻekolu mau makana Grammy a he mea hoʻokō maoli nō ia no ka papahana mua o kekahi mea mele.
ʻAʻole i pau ka manawa ʻo Chapman a ua hana wikiwiki ʻo ia me kāna album aʻe.
Ma waena o ka hoʻokani ʻana i nā mele mai kāna album lanakila Grammy Award, hoʻomau ʻo ia e kākau a hoʻi i ke keena e hoʻopaʻa i Crossroads (1989).
Ua hoʻolaʻa ʻo Chapman i hoʻokahi mele iā Mandela ma kāna album, Freedom Now. ʻOiai ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka album ka ʻike like me ka mea mua, ua hana ʻo ia i ka Billboard 200 a me nā palapala ʻē aʻe.
He wahi liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ke ola o ka mea mele
Ua emi iki ka lanakila mele o ka mea mele i ka makahiki 1992 me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o Matters of the Heart, ka mea i piʻi i ka helu 53 ma ka Billboard 200 a ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka ʻike honua maoli.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ka Matters of the Heart i nā mele ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā mele mele mua a Chapman. ʻAʻole hauʻoli ka poʻe pā i kona neʻe ʻana mai ka folk a me ka blues, a ua ʻoi aku ka nui ma luna o nā pōhaku ʻē aʻe.
He mea paʻakikī paha iā Chapman ke wānana i ka mea e hiki mai ana i ʻekolu makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o kāna album studio ʻehā.
E like me ke poʻo inoa o ka album, "New Beginning" (1995), ua ʻoi aku ka lanakila, kūʻai aku ma kahi o 5 miliona mau kope ma United States wale nō.
Ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka album ma mua o nā mea i manaʻo ʻia e ka poʻe hoʻolohe e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka mele kaulana loa "Give Me One Reason". ʻO kahi puʻupuʻu poina ʻole ʻo ia ka mea hoʻokahi me kahi mele ʻuhane ʻo "Smoke and Ashes".
A ʻoiaʻiʻo, pono e haʻi i ke poʻo inoa o ka album "New Beginning", kahi i haʻi ai ka mea mele i kāna moʻolelo.
Ua loaʻa iā Chapman kahi Grammy ʻehā ma 1997 no Best Rock Song ("Give Me One Reason"), a me kekahi mau koho Grammy a me nā makana mele ʻē aʻe.
Mai ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o New Beginning, ua hoʻokuʻu pū ka mea pena kiʻi i kekahi mau album, me ka Telling Stories (2000) a me kā mākou Bright Future (2008), a ua mākaʻikaʻi i ka makahiki 2009.
Eia naʻe, i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua ʻike ʻole ʻia ʻo Chapman.
kanaka hoʻoikaika kino
Ma waho o kāna ʻoihana mele, ua hana lōʻihi ʻo Chapman ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻoikaika, e ʻōlelo ana ma ka ʻaoʻao o kekahi mau hui waiwai ʻole me ka AIDS Foundation a me Circle of Life (ʻaʻole hana hou).
I loko o kahi hanana 2003 e hoʻopōmaikaʻi ana i ka Circle of Life, ua hui pū ʻo Chapman iā John Prine's "Angel From Montgomery" me Bonnie Raitt.
Nā makana a me nā hoʻokō
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāna ʻoihana, ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Tracy i ʻekolu mau makana Grammy.
ʻO kāna album studio mua, ʻo Tracy Chapman, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka makahiki 1988, ua lanakila ʻo ia i ʻekolu Grammys no Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performer a me Best Contemporary Folk Album.
Ua loaʻa iā ia kāna Grammy ʻehā ma 1997 no Chapman's New Beginning. Ua loaʻa pū i ka mea mele ka makana no ke mele "Give Me One Reason" ma ka māhele "Best Rock Song".
Ke ola pilikino a me ka hoʻoilina
He mau manaʻo manaʻo like ʻole e pili ana i ka moe kolohe o Tracy ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hōʻike i kāna mau hoa.
'Ōlelo pinepineʻo iaʻaʻole pili kona ola pilikino i ka hanaʻoihana āna e hana nei.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ma hope ua pili ʻo ia i ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Alice Walker i ka makahiki 1990. ʻO Tracy he kanaka kālai'āina a kaulana.
Hoʻohana pinepine ʻo ia i kona kūlana e kūkākūkā i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi kanaka. A ma hope mai ua ʻae ʻo ia he wahine
