Kelis mawaƙa ce Ba’amurke, furodusa, kuma marubuciyar waƙa wacce aka fi sani da ita kaɗai Milkshake da Bossy. Mawakin ya fara aikin waka ne a shekarar 1997. Godiya ga aikinta tare da samar da Duo The Neptunes, ɗigon ta na farko da aka Caught Out Nan da nan ya zama sananne kuma ya buga saman 10 na mafi kyawun waƙoƙin R&B. Godiya ga waƙar Milkshake da kundin Kelis Was Here, mawaƙin ya karɓi nadin Grammy da kuma karɓuwa mai yawa a sararin watsa labarai.
A farkon shekaru na singer Kelis
An haifi Kelis Rogers kuma ya girma a Manhattan. Iyaye sun fito da sunan mawaƙa ta hanyar haɗa sassan sunayensu - Kenneth da Evelisse. Mahaifinta malami ne a Jami'ar Wesleyan. Daga nan ya zama mawaƙin jazz kuma ministan Pentikostal. Mahaifiyar ta yi aiki a matsayin mai zanen kaya, ta ba da gudummawa ga darussan kiɗan yarinyar. Mai wasan kwaikwayo kuma yana da 'yan'uwa mata uku.
Tun tana da shekaru hudu, Kelis ta yi wasa a gidajen rawa a kasar tare da mahaifinta. Ya yi wasa tare da masu fasaha kamar Dizzy Gillespie da Nancy Wilson. A nacewar mahaifiyarta, singer yayi karatu na gargajiya violin tun lokacin yaro. Ta fara kunna saxophone tun tana kuruciya. Ta bin misalin ’yan’uwanta mata uku, Kelis ta yi waƙa a cikin ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta Harlem na ɗan lokaci. Don wasan kwaikwayo, mahaifiyar 'yan matan ta fito da kayan zanen kaya masu launi kuma ta dinka su don yin oda.
A 14, Kelis ya shiga LaGuardia High School for Music & Art and Performing Arts. Ta zaɓi alkiblar da ke da alaƙa da wasan kwaikwayo da wasan kwaikwayo. Anan, a lokacin karatunta, mawaƙin ya ƙirƙiri R&B uku mai suna BLU (Black Ladies United). Bayan ɗan lokaci, ƙungiyar ta sami sha'awar mai gabatar da hip-hop Goldfingaz. Ya gabatar da Kelis da sauran membobin zuwa rapper RZA.
Dangantakar Kelis da iyayenta ta tabarbare a shekarunta na samartaka. Kuma tana da shekaru 16, ta fara rayuwa da kanta. A cewar mai zane, ya zama mafi wuya fiye da yadda ta zato: "Ba abu mai sauƙi ba ne. Ya zama gwagwarmaya ta gaske. Na shagaltu da kokarin gano yadda zan ciyar da kaina, don haka ban ma tunanin waka ba." Don samun biyan bukata, yarinyar ta yi aiki a mashaya da kantin sayar da tufafi.
"Ba na son yin aiki daga 9 zuwa 17 kowace rana. Sai na yi tunanin abin da zan iya yi don in yi rayuwa yadda nake so. A lokacin, na yanke shawarar komawa waƙar da nake yi duk tsawon rayuwata na girma, kuma kawai a biya ni.
Farkon aikin kiɗa na mawaƙa Kelis
Ƙungiyar samar da Neptunes ta taimaka wajen ƙaddamar da aikin kiɗan Kelis. A 1998, da singer sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da Virgin Records. Ta fara aiki a kan kundi na studio Kaleidoscope, wanda aka saki a cikin Disamba 1999. Ya haɗa da waƙoƙin da aka kama a can, Kyawawan Kayayyaki da Kasance tare da Yo. Kafin fitowar rikodin, waɗannan waƙoƙin sun sami nasara ta kasuwanci, kuma sha'awar masu sauraro ga Kaleidoscope ya karu. waƙoƙi 14 da Neptunes suka samar. Abin takaici, kundin ya yi rauni sosai a Amurka. Duk da haka, Kaleidoscope ya sami damar shiga tsakiyar ginshiƙi a cikin ƙasashen Turai. Misali, a Burtaniya, ya dauki matsayi na 43 kuma an san shi da “zinariya”.
A shekara ta 2001, mawaƙin ta fito da kundi na biyu na Wanderland. Ya kasance kawai a Turai, Asiya da Latin Amurka. A Amurka, ba a iya jin ta. A lokacin aiki a kan rikodin daga lakabin Virgin Records, an kori masu yin aikin da suka taimaka wa mai yin wasan kwaikwayo tare da Kaleidoscope. Sabbin ma'aikatan kamfanin ba su yi imani da nasarar kundin ba, don haka ba su mai da hankali sosai ga samarwa. Saboda haka, harhadawar Wanderland ta kasance " gazawa" na kasuwanci. Ya sami damar ɗaukar matsayi na 78 kawai a Burtaniya. Wanda ya ci nasara daya tilo shine Young, Fresh n'Sabo, wanda ya kai saman 40 a Burtaniya. Dangantakar Kelis da Virgin Records ta tabarbare saboda karancin tallace-tallacen rikodi. Sabili da haka, gudanarwar lakabin ya yanke shawarar dakatar da kwangila tare da mawaƙa.
Singer Kelis rikici tare da Virgin Records
Kelis ta yi wata hira a cikin 2020 inda ta yi magana game da yadda ba ta sami kuɗi daga albam ɗin ta biyu na farko ba saboda The Neptunes. Da yake magana da jaridar The Guardian, mawakin ya bayyana cewa: "An gaya min cewa za mu raba komai a ranar 33/33/33, amma ba mu yi ba." Da farko, mai zanen bai lura da bacewar kudade ba, saboda a wannan lokacin tana samun kuɗi akan yawon shakatawa. Lokacin da Kelis ta gane cewa ba a biya ta wani kaso na aikin ba, sai ta juya zuwa ga jagorancin samar da duo.
Sun bayyana mata cewa duk abubuwan da suka shafi kudi an nuna su a cikin kwangilar, wanda ita kanta mawakiyar ta sanya hannu. “Eh, na sa hannu a kan abin da aka gaya mini. Abin takaici, na kasance matashi kuma wawa don sake duba duk yarjejeniyoyin, ”in ji mai wasan kwaikwayon.
Nasarar kundi na uku na Kelis da saurin karuwar shahara
Bayan barin Virgin Records, Kelis ya fara aiki a kan kundi na uku. Mawakin ya yanke shawarar sakin faifan a karkashin inuwar Star Trak da Arista Records. Kundin Tasty ya haɗa da mawaƙa guda 4: Milkshake, Trick Me, Millionaire da A cikin Jama'a. Milkshake ta zama waƙar da ta fi shahara a waƙa a cikin aikinta. Har ila yau, godiya ga wannan guda, ya yiwu ya jawo hankalin masu sauraro zuwa ga kundin studio da aka saki a watan Disamba 2003.
The Neptunes ne ya rubuta kuma ya samar da abun. Duk da haka, an fara hasashen cewa Britney Spears za ta yi shi. Lokacin da Spears ya ƙi waƙar, an ba da ita ga Kelis. A cewar mai zanen, “madara” da ke cikin wakar ana amfani da ita ne a matsayin misali na “wani abu da ke sa mata na musamman”. An san waƙar don ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta euphemistic da ƙananan waƙoƙin R&B. Lokacin ƙirƙirar Milkshake, Kelis "ya sani nan da nan cewa yana da kyau sosai waƙa" kuma yana son ta zama farkon kundi.
Guda ɗaya ya hau lamba 3 akan Billboard Hot 100 a cikin Disamba 2003. Daga baya an ba shi takardar shaidar Zinariya a Amurka, inda ta sayar da abubuwan saukarwa guda 883 da aka biya. Haka kuma, a cikin 2004, da song aka zabi ga "Best Urban ko Alternative Performance" (Grammy Award).
Kundin na uku, Tasty, ya sami tabbataccen sake dubawa daga masu sukar. Sun lura da asali da ingantaccen ingancin waƙoƙi da sauti idan aka kwatanta da ayyukan mai yin da suka gabata. A kan faifan za ku iya jin waƙoƙin da ke nuna Saadiq, André 3000 da Nas (saurayin mawakin a lokacin). A cikin makonsa na farko, kundin ya yi kololuwa a lamba 27 a kan Billboard 200. Ya kuma zama kundi na biyu na mawaƙin (bayan Kelis Was Here (2006)) zuwa saman jadawalin.
Sakin Kelis Was Nan da na biyu na Grammy na Kelis
A cikin watan Agusta 2006, mawaƙiyar ta fito da kundi na huɗu Kelis Was Here on Jive Records. An yi muhawara a lamba 10 akan Billboard 200 kuma an zaɓi shi don Kyautar Grammy don Mafi kyawun Kundin R&B na Zamani. Sai dai dan wasan ya kasa samun kyautar. A yayin bikin, an bayyana Beyonce a matsayin wadda ta lashe gasar.
Sigar albam ta duniya ta ƙunshi waƙoƙi 19. Daga cikin su akwai waƙoƙin da ke nuna will.i.am, Nas, Cee-Lo, Too Short da Spragga Benz. Jagoran guda ɗaya shine Bossy, wanda aka yi rikodin shi tare da ɗan rapper Too Short. Waƙar ta kai kololuwa a lamba 16 a kan Billboard Hot 100 kuma RIAA ta ba da takardar shaidar platinum sau biyu. Sauran wakoki guda biyu da aka saki don "inganta" kundin sune Blindfold Me tare da Nas da Lil Star tare da Cee-Lo.
Rikodin Kelis Was Nan ya sami kyakkyawan bita daga masu sukar kiɗa. A kan Metacritic, kundin yana da maki 70 bisa sake dubawa 23.
Ta yaya aikin waƙar Kelis ya ƙara haɓaka?
A cikin 2010, a ƙarƙashin kulawar kamfanonin rikodin will.i.am Music Group da Interscope Records, mawaƙin ta fitar da kundi na studio na biyar. Idan an yi rikodin ayyukan da suka gabata a cikin nau'in R&B, to wannan rikodin sabon sauti ne. Waƙoƙin sun haɗu da salo irin su rawa-dance-pop da lantarki, waɗanda suka haɗa da abubuwan gida, synth-pop da gidan rawa. Mai wasan kwaikwayo ta tsunduma cikin rubuce-rubuce da rikodin abubuwan ƙirƙira lokacin da take da juna biyu da ɗanta na fari. A cewarta, "wannan albam din Ode ne ga uwa." Flesh Tone da aka yi muhawara a lamba 48 akan Billboard 200 na Amurka. Ya sayar da kwafi 7800 a cikin makon farko.
Album na gaba Abinci ya fito bayan shekaru 4 kacal. Mawaƙin ya sake canza sautinta, ta yin amfani da haɗuwa da nau'i daban-daban: funk, neo-soul, Memphis soul da afrobeat. Masu suka sun siffanta muryar mawakin a matsayin "mai tsauri da hayaki". Rikodin "bai ci gaba" sama da lamba 73 akan Billboard 200 ba, amma ya sami damar isa lamba 4 akan Jadawalin Albums na Top R&B na UK.
A cikin 2020, Kelis ta ba da sanarwar balaguron Biritaniya da Turai don bikin cika shekaru 20 na album ɗinta na farko Kaleidoscope. Mawakin ya ba da kide-kide a birane 9 daga ranar 3 zuwa 17 ga Maris. A watan Mayun 2021, labarun mawaƙin na Instagram sun bayyana cewa tana shirin fitar da kundi na studio na bakwai, Sound Mind.
Kelis dafa azuzuwan
Daga 2006 zuwa 2010 Kelis ta samu horo a makarantar abinci ta Le Cordon Bleu. A can ta fi karatun biredi, ta sami difloma a cikin shirye-shiryensu. Mai zane ya yanke shawarar barin kiɗan na ɗan lokaci kuma ya gabatar da wasan kwaikwayon Saucy da Mai daɗi akan Tashoshin dafa abinci a cikin 2014. Bayan shekara ɗaya, ta fitar da littafin nan Rayuwata akan Faranti.
Abin lura shi ne cewa ƙaddamar da shirin dafa abinci ya zo daidai da fitowar albam na abinci na huɗu na studio. Yanzu Kelis aka sani ba kawai a matsayin mawaki, amma kuma a matsayin mai dafa abinci. Don inganta rikodin, ta yi fim ɗin girke-girke na bidiyo don abincin dare, ƙa'idar dafa abinci ta yanar gizo ta Spotify.
A cikin 2016, akwai hayaniya da yawa a kusa da mai wasan kwaikwayo a cikin sararin watsa labaru lokacin da ta zama abokin tarayya na Andy Taylor, daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa gidan cin abinci na Le Bun. Tare suka shirya bude gidan cin abinci na hamburger a Soho's Leicester House. Yanzu Kelis yana mai da hankali kan Bounty & Cikakken layin miya, wanda aka ƙaddamar a cikin 2015. A cewar mawaƙin, kawai ana amfani da sinadarai na halitta a cikin gaurayawan don ƙirƙirar "kayan aiki ga tasa."
Kelis 'na sirri rayuwa
Kelis yanzu ta auri wakilin gida Mike Mora. An daura auren ne a watan Disambar 2014. A watan Nuwamba 2015, ma'auratan suna da ɗa mai suna Shepherd. A ranar 5 ga Agusta, 2020, mawakiyar ta sanar da cewa tana da juna biyu da Mike a karo na biyu kuma tana tsammanin 'ya mace. An haifi yarinyar ne a watan Satumbar 2020, har yanzu ba a bayyana sunanta ba.
A baya, mawakin ya auri mawaki Nas. Ma'auratan sun yi aure a ranar 8 ga Janairu, 2005, duk da haka, ta shigar da karar a watan Afrilun 2009. Daga Nasir, mawakin yana da ɗa, Knight Jones, wanda aka haifa a watan Yuli 2009.
A cikin 2018, Kelis ya bayyana game da cin zarafi ta jiki da ta hankali da ta sha a aurenta da Nas. Mai wasan kwaikwayon ya ambaci cewa babbar matsalar da ke tattare da dangantakar su ita ce ta barasa mai rapper. Ta kuma nuna cewa Nasir yana da alaƙar aure. Kuma bai biya alimony akan Knight ba tun farkon 2012.
