Mawaƙin Birtaniya da DJ Sonya Clark, wanda aka sani a ƙarƙashin sunan Sonic, an haife shi a ranar 21 ga Yuni, 1968 a London. Tun tana yarinya, tana kewaye da sautin rai da kiɗan gargajiya daga tarin mahaifiyarta.
A cikin 1990s, Sonic ya zama pop diva na Biritaniya da mashahurin kiɗan rawa na duniya.
Yarancin mawakin
Lokacin yaro, Sonic yana da sauran abubuwan sha'awa, don haka ba za mu taɓa jin kiɗanta ba. Tun lokacin da yake da shekaru 6, ƙaramin Sonya, yana da kyakkyawan yanayin jiki, ya yi shiri sosai don wasannin motsa jiki. “Na yi burin zama zakaran duniya. Horarwa kowace rana. Ina tsammanin ina da sha'awar wasanni," in ji Sonic.
Amma tana da shekaru 15, ta yi watsi da wannan harkar, inda ta samu matsayi na 2 a gasar. Ta yanke shawarar cewa idan ba za ta iya yin nasara ba, tana bukatar yin wani abu dabam. Sa’ad da take shekara 17, an gaya wa Sonya cewa tana da kyakkyawar murya, don haka ta yanke shawarar fara kiɗa.
Farkon aikin kiɗa na mai zane
Tana da shekaru 17, Sonya ta shiga rukunin reggae na Fari, inda ta inganta fasahar rera waka. Sannan ta shiga wani yanayi mai wahala a rayuwarta. Mahaifiyarta ta yanke shawarar komawa Trinidad, amma yarinyar ta nace cewa ta riga ta kasance mai zaman kanta kuma tana so ta zauna a London.
Hakan yasa ta zama mara gida. Sonya ta zauna akan tituna kuma tana cin guntu. Wannan ya sa yarinyar ta yi tunani sosai game da rayuwarta, don haka ta yanke shawarar sanya hannu kan kwangila don ƙirƙirar aurenta na farko.
Sonic ya fara haɗin gwiwa tare da Cooltempo Records kuma ya fitar da waƙar Bari in riƙe ku. Wannan waƙar da sauri ta kai saman 25 na jerin raye-raye na Burtaniya ba tare da wani haɓaka ba.
Sa'an nan yarinyar ta shiga cikin ayyukan wasu mutane, tare da haɗin gwiwar Tim Simenon da Mark More. Ƙungiyar S'Express, wanda Sonic ya yi, ya shahara sosai. Amma bayan ya rushe, yarinyar ta yi tunani game da sana'ar solo.
Ayyukan Sonic DJ da wasan kwaikwayo na kulob
Don zama DJ, Sonya ya shafe shekaru uku yana zaune a gida da horo. Don samun aiki a wannan fanni mai fa'ida sosai, ta gaya wa masu neman aiki game da iyawarta na rera waƙa. Yin waƙa, yin wasa a matsayin DJ da kasancewa mace a wancan lokacin wani abin mamaki ne na gaske.
A 1994 ta fara fitowa a matsayin DJ. A cikin Janairu 1995, Sonic ta fara fitowar DJ na cikakken lokaci a Yanayin Swankey, wani kulob na London wanda Simon Belofsky ke gudanarwa. Ta sami magoya baya ba kawai a Turai ba, har ma a Hong Kong, Australia, har ma da Jamaica.
A cikin 1997, Sonic ya zama mazaunin sanannen Manumission Club a Ibiza. A can ta haɗu da mutane masu tasiri da yawa waɗanda daga baya suka taimaka mata ta fitar da albam ɗin ta na farko.
A layi daya, ta buga gida a kulake kamar Cream a Liverpool da Gatecrasher a Sheffield. Ta kuma yi wasa a Jamus, Amurka, Singapore, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Australia, Italiya da Norway.
“A Ingila, ana fara faifan bidiyo a kulake. A matsayina na DJ, na ga abin da mutane ke so idan sun je kulake, ”in ji Sonic.
Kololuwar farin jinin mawakin
Ta ji daɗin shahara sosai bayan wasan kwaikwayo a 1999 a Tampa, inda ta yi waƙarta Yana Jin Da Kyau. Wannan abun da ke ciki ya zama cikin sauri a cikin Amurka. Tun daga wannan lokacin, tashoshin rediyo da alamun rikodin daban-daban sun fara ɗaukar sha'awar yuwuwar Sonic.
Bayan babbar nasarar da yake jin daɗi a cikin Amurka, Sonic ya sake sake shi a Turai. Wannan ya ba ta damar shiga cikin jerin shahararrun DJs a Turai. Rubuce-rubucenta sun fara yin sauti a cikin ƙungiyoyin Amurka, Turai, har ma a cikin ƙasashen Afirka.
Amma nasara ta haɗu da bala'i na sirri. Lokacin da wannan aure ya ɗauki nauyin zane-zane na duniya, Sonic ya sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da Serious Records, sa'an nan kuma ta rasa ɗanta ba zato ba tsammani, wanda take dauke da shi tsawon watanni takwas. "Wannan shine abu mafi muni kuma mafi ɓarna da ya taɓa faruwa da ni a rayuwata," in ji Sonic.
Duk da cewa yana da matukar wahala a gare ta ta tsira daga wannan rashi, ɗakin faifan rikodin ya sanar da ita. Dole ne ta saki kundin kiɗa a cikin kwanaki 40. Ita kuwa ta yi! Wannan tabbataccen tabbaci ne na ƙuduri da baiwar Sonic. Album dinta na farko, Ji Kuka na, an sake shi a cikin 2000.
Nan da nan wannan albam ya sami karbuwa a duk faɗin Turai. An sayar da fiye da kwafi miliyan 1 a Burtaniya kaɗai. Sai ta yi rikodin Sky guda ɗaya, wanda ta sadaukar da ɗanta da ta ɓace. Wannan ɗayan ya buga #2 akan Chart Singles na Burtaniya a cikin Satumba 2000. Kuma a watan Nuwamba, ɗayan da aka sake fitar da shi na sanya Tafsirin ku ya shiga saman 10 na ginshiƙi na Burtaniya.
Sonic ya kasance a cikin shafukan Guinness Book of Records a matsayin mace ta farko da ta zama ƴan wasan solo da ta zama mafi kyawu a cikin wannan rukunin har tsawon makonni uku a jere. A 2001 Brit Awards, ta sami lambar yabo don "Best British Female Solo Artist". Haka kuma an zabo ta a wannan gasa a fannonin: Best Rawar Act, Best Rawar Newcomer, Best Single and Best Video.
Ci gaban sana'ar mawaƙa
A cikin Maris 2000, Sonic ya fara haɗin gwiwa tare da Eric Harle, mai samarwa daga Gudanar da DEF. Hakan ya sa ta samu gayyata don yin tambayoyi a gidajen rediyo da talabijin, ta shiga cikin gasa daban-daban na DJ da kuma kara mata muhimmanci a duniyar waka.
A shekara ta 2004, mawaƙin ya sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da Kosmo Records, inda ta fitar da sabon kundi, On Kosmo. A cikin ginshiƙi, wannan kundi "rashi ne". Duk da haka, ta shirya yawon shakatawa na Turai a 2007 don tallafawa wannan kundin. A cikin layi daya, ta yi aiki a kan kundi na gaba.
Sonic yanzu
A shekara ta 2009, likitoci sun gano tana da ciwon daji na nono. Saboda haka, Sonic ya yi aikin tiyata kuma ya shafe watanni shida masu zuwa yana jurewa.
Tun daga shekarar 2010, ta ci gaba da aikinta na kade-kade, tare da yin rikodi na sabbin wakoki. Kuma a cikin 2011, wani sabon kundi, Sweet Vibrations, ya bayyana. Tun daga wannan lokacin kuma har zuwa yanzu, mai zane ya sake saki kawai. A cikin 2019, ana kiran sabon tsarin nata Shake.
