Ana iya annabta makomar Stephanie Mills a kan mataki lokacin da, tana da shekaru 9, ta ci nasarar sa'ar Amateur a Harlem Apollo Theatre sau shida a jere. Ba da daɗewa ba, sana'arta ta fara ci gaba cikin sauri.
Hazaka, kwazonta da jajircewarta ne suka sauwaka mata. Mawaƙin ita ce ta lashe lambar yabo ta Grammy don Mafi kyawun R&B Vocalist (1980) da Kyautar Kiɗa na Amurka don Mafi kyawun R&B Vocalist (1981).
Stephanie Mills: Yarinta na kiɗa
Diyar uba (ma'aikacin gundumomi) da uwa (mai gyaran gashi), an haifi Mills a ranar 22 ga Maris, 1957 a yankin Brooklyn (New York) kuma ta girma a yankin Bedford-Stuyvesant. Kwarewar kiɗan ta na farko sun haɗa da rera waƙa a cikin mawaƙa a Cocin Baptist na Cornerstone a Brooklyn. Amma sha'awarta na yin wasa ta fara tun da farko. Mills shine ƙarami a cikin 'yan'uwa shida kuma shine cibiyar kulawa tun yana yaro.
Ta nuna basirar kida tun daga farko - ta rera waƙa da rawa don iyali lokacin tana ɗan shekara 3 kacal. Wataƙila shigarta cikin ƙungiyar mawaƙa na Cocin Baptist na Cornerstone a Brooklyn ya ba ta damar haɓaka ƙwarewarta na mawaƙin bishara. Muryar yarinyar tana da ban sha'awa sosai. 'Yan uwanta a kai a kai suna raka ta zuwa wasan kwaikwayo na gwaninta a Brooklyn.
Mills a zahiri ya girma akan mataki. Ta yi wa mawaƙa Diana Ross tsafi kuma ba ta taɓa shakkar cewa tana son zama mawaƙa da kanta ba. Lokacin da ta kasance ɗan shekara 9, dangin sun ga wani talla a cikin jarida yana ba da jita-jita na Broadway ga matasa masu wasan kwaikwayo.
Bayan yunƙuri da yawa, Mills ya sami rawa a cikin mawaƙin Maggie Flynn. Wannan wasan kwaikwayon ya kasance "flop". Amma Mills ya sadu da mutanen da suka dace waɗanda ke da alaƙa da kasuwancin nuna kasuwanci da samari masu ban sha'awa.
Ta kuma yi wasu wasannin kwaikwayo. A lokacin da take da shekaru 11, ta hau mataki a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Ba-Amurke da aka karrama a birnin New York, Harlem Apollo Theatre, gasar rera ta mai son sa'o'i. Bayan ɗan lokaci, Mills ya koma taron bita na ƙungiyar Negro ensembles Off-Broadway. A matsayinta na matashi, ta yi wasa tare da Isley Brothers da Spinners kuma ta yi rikodin kundi nata na farko, Movin' a cikin Dama.
Stephanie Mills: Ci gaban ƙirƙira kai tsaye
Ci gaban kirkire-kirkire na Mills ya zo ne a cikin 1974 lokacin da mezzo-soprano mai ban sha'awa na bishara ya ba ta jagorar Dorothy a cikin fim din The Magician. Wannan sigar marhala ce ta tatsuniyar tatsuniya ta L. Frank Baum The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Nunin ya kasance blockbuster wanda ya gudana daga 1974 zuwa 1979. a Carnegie Hall, da Metropolitan Opera da Madison Square Garden.
A sakamakon haka, wani dada mawaƙa tare da murya mai ƙarfi ya fara sauri zuwa ga tauraron Olympus zuwa shaharar duniya. Mills ya fito akai-akai akan nunin talbijin da nunin nunin faifai iri-iri, kuma ya fitar da jerin fitattun kundi na R&B. Ta kuma lashe tarihin zinare kuma an ba ta lambar yabo ta Tony da Grammy. Duk da nasara tun yana ƙarami, mai zane yana da ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararru da na sirri. Rashin takaici na ƙwararru na farko yana da alaƙa da ɗan gajeren zama na mai zane a matsayin mai yin rikodi a Motown Records.
Yayin da take yawon shakatawa tare da The Wiz, Jermaine Jackson (Jackson Five) ya shawo kan Berry Gordy (shugaban Motown) ya ba ta kwangila. Mills ya yi rikodin guda ɗaya don kundin Motown (1976). Shahararrun tawagar Bert Bacharach da Hal David ne suka rubuta kuma suka samar da shi. Kundin bai sayar da kyau sosai ba, kuma Motown Records ya ƙi yin aiki tare da Stephanie.
Wallahi titin bulo na rawaya
Bayan barin The Wiz, mawaƙin ya fara yin wasa azaman wasan buɗe ido ga Teddy Pendergrass, Commodores da O'Jays. Ba da daɗewa ba ya zama babban kanun labarai kuma ya burge masu sauraro da masu suka. Bayan sakinta daga Motown Records, Mills ya rattaba hannu tare da Rikodi na 20th Century.
Ta fitar da kundi guda uku da jerin shirye-shiryen rediyon R&B hits. Kundin abin da Cha Gonna Yi da My Lovin ya kai lamba 8. A kan jadawalin R&B a cikin 1979. Kundin tauraro na gaba, Sweet Sensation, ya buga manyan fafutuka 10. Kuma ya ɗauki matsayi na 3 akan taswirar R&B. A cikin 1981, Mills ta fitar da na ƙarshe na kundi nata don Records na ƙarni na 20. Kuma sake buga jadawalin tare da Zukata Biyu, duet tare da Teddy Pendergrass. Godiya ga shahararta, ta sami lambar yabo ta Grammy. a 1980 da lambar yabo ta kiɗan Amurka a 1981.
Duk da haka, yayin da tauraron kasuwancin wasan kwaikwayo ya ji daɗin shahara a mataki da kuma a rediyo. Farkon aurenta uku da Jeffrey Daniels ya gaza. Ma'auratan sun yi aure a shekara ta 1980 kuma sun rabu da juna bayan rashin jin dadi. Bayan albums uku masu nasara tare da karni na 20, Stefani ya sanya hannu tare da Casablanca Records. Kuma shahararta ya ragu. Albums ɗinta guda huɗu masu zuwa, waɗanda aka saki tsakanin 1982 zuwa 1985, sun samar da R&B guda 10 mafi girma guda 1983, The Medicine Song. Mawakin ya sauka a wani shirin talabijin na rana a NBC a cikin 1984, kodayake bai daɗe ba. Daga nan Mills ta koma nasararta ta farko a matsayin Dorothy a cikin farfaɗowar XNUMX na Wizard.
Stephanie Mills: Gwagwarmaya akan mataki kuma a rayuwa ta gaske
A 1986 da 1987 Mills ya koma saman ginshiƙi na R&B sau uku tare da waƙar "Na Koyi Don Girmama Ƙarfin Ƙauna", "Ina Jin Dadi Game da Komai". Duk da haka, Mills ya fuskanci matsaloli. Aure na biyu ya ƙare cikin kisan aure, kuma masu kula da rashin gaskiya sun sace mata miliyoyi.
A cikin 1992, kundi na Wani abu na Gaskiya ya buga manyan R&B guda 20 Duk Rana, Duk Dare. Mawakin ya sake yin aure da Michael Saunders, mai shirye-shiryen rediyo daga North Carolina.
An san yawancin masu kallon wasan kwaikwayo a matsayin ƙaramar 'yar wasan kwaikwayo, Stephanie Mills ta kasance tauraruwar R&B a cikin 1980s da farkon 1990s. Muryar mezzo-soprano mai ƙarfi amma mai ƙarfi kayan aiki ne wanda ake iya gane shi nan take. Kuma yin rikodin kiɗan birni na zamani da yawon shakatawa ya kasance abin da ke mayar da hankali ga kuzarinta cikin shekaru. Koyaya, a cikin ƙarshen 1990s, Mills ya fara motsawa daga kiɗan pop kaɗan. Bayan fuskantar matsalolin kuɗi saboda abokan hulɗar kasuwanci mara kyau. A shekara ta 1992, mawaƙin ya shigar da kara a kan manajan kudi, John Davimos. Tunda ayyukansa suka kai ta ga fatara. An yi wa dangin Mills barazanar korar su daga gidansu na Dutsen Vernon. Amma wani alkali a Kamfanin Taimakon Gidajen Sa-kai na New York ya kawar da rikicin.
Mills ya fitar da kundi na bishara na sirri a cikin 1995. Kuma a shekara ta 2002 ta koma waƙa ta duniya tare da waƙar Latin Lover. Ya bayyana a CD Masters na band a Aiki Lokacinmu yana zuwa.
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