Sophie B. Hawkins mawaƙiyar Amurka ce kuma marubuciya shahararriyar mawakiya a cikin 1990s. Kwanan nan, an fi saninta a matsayin mai fasaha kuma mai fafutuka wanda sau da yawa yakan yi magana don tallafawa masu siyasa, da kuma kare hakkin dabbobi da kare muhalli.
Sophie B. Hawkins Farkon Shekaru da Matakan Sana'a na Farko
An haifi Sophie a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 1964 a New York. Yarinyar ta girma a cikin iyali mai arziki kuma tana son kiɗa tun tana yarinya. Daga baya, har ma an tura ta karatu a makarantar kiɗa a Manhattan. An horar da ta a cikin wasan kaɗa. Amma bayan shekara guda, yarinyar ta bar makaranta don ta fara sana'ar waƙa da wuri-wuri. Yarinyar ta riga ta sami dukkan abubuwan da ake bukata don wannan.
Mawaƙin mai son yin aiki tare da babban lakabin Sony Music, wanda ya haɓaka haɓakar mawaƙa. Bayan jerin wakoki, an fitar da kundi na farko na solo Tongues and Tails (1992). Kundin kusan nan da nan yana son masu sauraro kuma ya fara siyar da kyau.
Masu sukar sun kira Sophie tauraro mai tasowa kuma sun lura da muryarta tare da kyakkyawan tsari. Damn Ina fata Ni masoyin ku ya sami kulawa sosai. Ta buga ginshiƙi da yawa kuma an daɗe ana gudanar da ita a saman Billboard Hot 100. A cikin shekarar, mawaƙin ya sami lambobin yabo na kiɗa masu daraja, gami da Grammy a cikin zaɓi na Sabon Sabon Artist.
Haɓakar Shaharar Sophie B. Hawkins
Bayan irin wannan nasarar, an gayyaci Hawkins don bikin cika shekaru 30 da fara sana'ar shahararren mawaki Bob Dylan. Yarinyar ta yi nasarar yin shahararran ina son ka a Lambun Madison Square. Wannan ya baiwa matashiyar mai wasan kwaikwayo damar faɗaɗa masu sauraronta sosai tare da ƙarfafa nasararta a cikin aikinta.
1993 ita ce shekarar ayyukan kide kide da wake-wake. Da take ɗan gajeren hutu daga naɗa sabbin waƙoƙi, Sophie ta ziyarci ƙasashe da yawa a Amurka, Kanada da Turai. Sa'an nan ta koma aiki a kan wani sabon album.
Sakin ana kiransa Whaler kuma an sake shi a cikin 1994 akan Sony Music. Steven Lipson ne ya shirya kundin. Babban abin da ya faru shi ne waƙar Kamar yadda Na Kwance Ni. Waƙar ta tafi zinari a cikin tallace-tallacen Amurka kuma tana cikin manyan waƙoƙi 10 a cewar Billboard.
Kundin ya kuma samu gagarumar nasara a Turai. Musamman, rikodin ya buga babban jigon ƙasa a Biritaniya kuma ya shiga saman 40. Kuma wasu marasa aure (misali, Dama Beside You) sun shiga cikin manyan 10 mafi kyau. A wannan shekarar, yarinyar ta yi tsirara don buga mujallar Q. A cewarta, mai daukar hoton ya ba ta wata muguwar riga ta musamman domin Hawkins ya cire ta a lokacin daukar fim.
Rikice-rikice a rayuwar mawaƙa Sophie Ballantine Hawkins
Duk da nasarar da aka samu na faifai na biyu, kundin waƙar na uku bai daɗe ba. Sakin ya kasance tare da rikice-rikice da yawa da yanayi mara kyau. Ɗaya daga cikin faifan shirin ya yi magana game da yawon shakatawa na mawaƙa kuma ya nuna jayayya da yawa tsakanin Sophie da mahaifiyarta da ɗan'uwanta. Daga nan ne 'yan jaridar suka yi la'akari da cewa akwai tashin hankali a cikin iyali.
Sa'an nan kuma mawaki ya sami rikici da kamfanin rikodin. Gudanar da Kiɗa na Sony bai gamsu da ingancin kayan da aka bayar ba kuma yayi ƙoƙarin shawo kan mai yin don sake yin abubuwan ƙirƙira da yawa. Wannan rikici ya dau tsawon shekara guda, amma Hawkins ta tsaya tsayin daka.
Sophie ta yi imanin cewa ƙirƙira ba ta yarda da irin waɗannan canje-canjen kuma ta bayyana cewa ba za ta sake yin waƙoƙi ba kawai don samun nasarar kasuwanci. A sakamakon haka, an sake saki a ƙarƙashin sunan Timbre. Duk da cewa Sony Music ya yarda a buga shi a cikin kundinsa, sun ƙi su "inganta" ta musamman. Hakan ya haifar da dagula rikicin. Sophie ta bar lakabin kuma ta yanke shawarar fara lakabin rikodin nata.
Karusar Swan Productions shine sunan sabon lakabin Hawkins. A nan ne ta fara buga wakokinta. Musamman, ta fara da sake sakewa na uku album, wanda a shekarar 1999 kusan babu talla da kuma rarraba. An saka waƙoƙi da yawa waɗanda ba a fitar da su a cikin sabon bugu, da kuma bidiyo.
A shekara ta 2004, ta kammala sakin solo na farko, Wilderness. A wannan lokacin, shahararta ta riga ta fara raguwa. Bugu da ƙari, sababbin nau'o'in sun bayyana, saboda wannan, an karɓi kundin da sanyi sosai. Sophie ta ajiye aikinta na kiɗa na ɗan lokaci.
Ayyukan Sophie Ballantine Hawkins ban da kiɗa
Tun daga wannan lokacin ta fara shiga ayyukan zamantakewa. Musamman ma, ta bayar da shawarar kare hakkin dabbobi da mutanen LGBT. A shekara ta 2008, ta goyi bayan Hillary Clinton a lokacin da take takarar shugabancin Amurka.
An saki diski na biyar bayan dogon hutu - kawai a cikin 2012. Kundin Crossing yana kan tsaka-tsakin nau'ikan nau'ikan. Amma gabaɗaya, yana mayar da mai sauraro ga sautin kundi na farko na Hawkins. Daga lokaci zuwa lokaci, singer yana gwada kanta a matsayin mai wasan kwaikwayo. Ta shiga cikin wasan kwaikwayo, tana taka rawar goyan baya ko kuma ta zo (a cikin rawar da kanta) a cikin jerin talabijin daban-daban. Lokaci-lokaci, Sophie tana yin abubuwan da suka fi dacewa a shirye-shiryen TV.
