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Washington Post - Found Sep. 5, 2008
... songs at all, as with Audioslave's 'Getaway Car,' a 2002 album track about escaping a relationship, or Tracy Chapman's 'Fast Car,' a 1988 hit...
LiveDaily - Found Sep. 2, 2008
Tracy Chapman[ tickets ] will release her eighth studio album, 'Our Bright Future,' Nov. 11. The forthcoming set, which features 11 new songs, is her ...
POLLSTAR - Found Sep. 2, 2008
Singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman has announced dates for her first solo tour in more than a decade in support of her first album since 2005. Chapman's ...
The Age - Found Sep. 2, 2008
... the instrument by local indigenous people during trip to Uluru, as had African-American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman during her visits here.
Girls' didge-playing guide 'offensive' - Sydney Morning Herald
Don't let girls play didgeridoo - Daily Telegraph Australia
Girls' guide not 'ridgey didge' - Yahoo! News Australia
Uproar over girls playing didgeridoo - Brisbane Courier-Mail
Explore AllWashington Post - Found Sep. 1, 2008
She sang Alicia Keys's 'Fallin',' Stevie Wonder's 'Superstition,' Tracy Chapman's 'Give Me One Reason' and, with McCartney, Michael Jackson's...
Encore - Found Aug. 24, 2008
LONDON (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) -- Tracy Chapman has announced her first solo tour in a decade.
Top40-Charts - Found Sep. 3, 2008
LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts/ Elektra Records) - Our Bright Future, the new album from Tracy Chapman will be released by Elektra Records on November 11,
AngryApe - Found Aug. 17, 2008
... th August, 2008 at 1:17 PM Tracy Chapman will release her new album 'Our Bright Future' this Winter and she will be touring the record in the UK,
Uncut - Found Aug. 14, 2008
Tracy Chapman has confirmed details of her first solo tour in a decade, with a series of 21 European dates announced today (August 14). The
EGigs.co.uk - Found Aug. 13, 2008
Singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman will be making a return to the UK in December, playing just three dates in the country as part of an extensive
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Tracy Chapman |
| Born | March 30, 1964 |
| Origin | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| Genre(s) | Folk, blues, alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, harp, bouzouki, harmonica |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Label(s) | Elektra Records |
| Website | Official Site |
Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her singles, "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Give Me One Reason" "The Promise" and "Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist.[1]
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Biography
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Tracy Chapman, began playing guitar and writing songs at the age of eleven. She was quickly accepted into the program A Better Chance, which enabled her to attend the highest string musical school in the world Wooster School in Connecticut, and she was eventually accepted to Tufts University.[2]
In May 2004, Tufts honored her with an honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts, for her strongly committed contributions as a socially conscious and an artistically accomplished musician.
Chapman often performs at and attends Make Poverty History charity events such as amfAR and AIDS/LifeCycle.
Although Chapman has never spoken publicly about her sexuality, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker discussed her love affair with Chapman in an interview with The Guardian on December 15, 2006. She explained why they did not go public with their relationship at the time (the mid 1990s), and said "[the relationship] was delicious and lovely and wonderful and I totally enjoyed it and I was completely in love with her, but it was not anybody's business but ours."[3]
Career
During college, Chapman began street-performing and playing guitar in coffeehouses in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After graduating from Tufts, she signed to Elektra Records, releasing Tracy Chapman (1988). The album was critically acclaimed, and she began touring and building a fanbase. Soon after she performed it at the televised Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert in June 1988, Chapman's "Fast Car" began its rise on the US charts, eventually becoming a #6 pop hit on the Billboard Hot 100. "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution," the follow-up, charted at #75, and was followed by "Baby Can I Hold You," which peaked at #48. The album sold well, going multi-platinum and winning three Grammy Awards, including an honor for Chapman as Best New Artist. Later in 1988, Chapman was a featured performer on the worldwide Amnesty International Human Rights Now! Tour. According to the VH1 website, "her album helped usher in the era of political correctness -- along with 10,000 Maniacs and R.E.M., Chapman's liberal politics proved enormously influential on American college campuses in the late '80s".[4]
Her follow-up album Crossroads (1989) was less commercially successful, but still achieved platinum status. By 1992's Matters of the Heart, Chapman was playing to a small and devoted audience. However, Chapman's fourth 1995 album New Beginning proved successful, selling over 3 million copies just in the U.S. This album included the hit single "Give Me One Reason" which won the 1997 Grammy for Best Rock Song and became Chapman's most successful single to date, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The following album was 2000's Telling Stories, which featured more of a rock sound than folk. Its hit single "Telling Stories" received heavy airplay on European radio stations, and on Adult Alternative and Hot AC stations in the United States. Her sixth album was, Let It Rain (2002), in support of which she toured in Europe and the US in 2003.
Where You Live, Chapman's seventh studio album, was released in September 2005. A brief supporting tour took place in major cities across the US in October and continued throughout Europe over the remainder of the year. The "Where You Live" tour was extended into 2006, the 28 date European tour featured summer concerts in Germany, Italy, France, Sweden, Finland, Norway, U.K, Russia and more. On 5 June 2006, she performed at the 5th Gala of Jazz in Lincoln Center, New York, and in a session at the 2007 TED (short for Technology Entertainment Design) conference in Monterey, California.
For 2008, Chapman, who was at the opening of ACT's "Sweeney Todd," has composed and recorded music for the play "Blood Knot". [5]Also in the San Francisco area Chapman recently judged the recent Beach Blanket Babylon Scholarships for the arts. [6]
Our Bright Future
On July 3, 2008, Atlantic Records announced that Tracy Chapman would begin recording her eighth studio album, entitled Our Bright Future.
A 21 date solo tour of Europe has been announced for the winter.
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | UK Albums Chart | Billboard Top 200 | Swiss Albums Chart | French Albums Chart | German Albums Chart | RIAA certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Tracy Chapman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | US 6x Platinum |
| 1989 | Crossroads | 1 | 9 | 2 | — | 1 | US Platinum |
| 1992 | Matters of the Heart | 19 | 53 | 10 | — | 13 | US Gold |
| 1995 | New Beginning | — | 4 | 22 | 44 | 60 | US 5x Platinum |
| 2000 | Telling Stories | 85 | 33 | 2 | 9 | 5 | US Gold |
| 2001 | Collection | 3 | — | 4 | — | 3 | — |
| 2002 | Let It Rain | 36 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 15 | — |
| 2005 | Where You Live | 43 | 49 | 4 | 7 | 12 | — |
| 2008 | Our Bright Future | — |
Singles
| Year | Song | UK singles | U.S. singles | Swiss singles | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | "Fast Car" | 6 | 5 | — | Tracy Chapman |
| "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution" | 85 | 75 | — | ||
| "Baby Can I Hold You" | 94 | 48 | — | ||
| 1989 | "All That You Have Is Your Soul" | — | — | — | Crossroads |
| "Crossroads" | 61 | 90 | 18 | ||
| 1990 | "Subcity" | — | — | — | |
| 1992 | "Bang Bang Bang" | — | — | — | Matters Of The Heart |
| "Dreaming on a World" | — | — | — | ||
| 1995 | "Give Me One Reason" | 127 | 3 | — | New Beginning |
| 1996 | "New Beginning" | — | 106 | — | |
| "The Promise" | — | — | — | ||
| "Smoke and Ashes" | — | 119 | — | ||
| 2000 | "Telling Stories" | — | 108 | 76 | Telling Stories |
| "It's OK" [US Radios Only] | — | — | — | ||
| "Wedding Song" [US Radios Only] | — | — | — | ||
| 2001 | "Baby Can I Hold You" [Re-release] | — | —- | — | Collection |
| 2002 | "You're the One" | 146 | — | — | Let It Rain |
| 2003 | "Another Sun" [UK Promo only] | — | — | — | |
| 2005 | "Change" | 191 | — | — | Where You Live |
| 2006 | "America" [Promo Only] | — | — | — | |
| 2008 | "TBA" | — | — | — | Our Bright Future |
Contributions
Duet songs:
- "The Thrill Is Gone" with BB King from his album Deuces Wild
- "Give Me One Reason" with Eric Clapton from the album A Very Special Christmas Live
- "Baby Can I Hold You" with Pavarotti from the DVD/Album Pavarotti and Friends for Cambodia and Tibet
- "Ain't No Sunshine" with Buddy Guy from his album Bring 'em In
- "Trench Town Rock" with Stephen and Ziggy Marley at the One Love Bob Marley All Star Tribute.
Covered songs:
- "House Of The Rising Sun" — Rubáiyát (LP)
- "The Times They Are A Changin" — Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Celebration. (LP)
- "O' Holy Night" — A Very Special Christmas 3 (LP) & A Very Special Christmas Live. (LP)
- "Three Little Birds" — Live at the One Love Bob Marley All Star Tribute.
- "Get Up Stand Up" — by Bob Marley featured on the Let It Rain tour edition CD2 (LP).
- "Stand By Me" — by Bill Withers on the XM Hear Music Radio Sessions Volume 1 (LP).
Cover versions:
- "Baby Can I Hold You?" — reached number 2 on the UK chart in 1997 performed by Boyzone
- "Talkin' Bout a Revolution" — Reel Big Fish, "Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album", Disc 1, 2006
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Jody Watley |
Grammy Award for Best New Artist 1989 |
Succeeded by Milli Vanilli |
| Preceded by Whitney Houston for "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" |
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance 1989 for "Fast Car" |
Succeeded by Bonnie Raitt for "Nick of Time" |
| Preceded by Steve Goodman for Unfinished Business |
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album 1989 for Tracy Chapman |
Succeeded by Indigo Girls for Indigo Girls |
| Preceded by Glen Ballard and Alanis Morissette for "You Oughta Know" |
Grammy Award for Best Rock Song 1997 for "Give Me One Reason" |
Succeeded by Jakob Dylan for "One Headlight" |
References
- ^ GRAMMY Winners Search
- ^ About Tracy Chapman
- ^ "No Retreat", The Guardian (December 15, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-06-14.
- ^ http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/chapman_tracy/bio.jhtml Vh1.com Retrieved on 05-21-07
- ^ American Conservatory Theater: Blood Knot - By Athol Fugard with Charles Randolph-Wright and Tracy Chapman
- ^ Beach Blanket Babylon • Past Winners
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