Tracey Chapman mawaƙiyar Amurka ce kuma marubuciya, kuma a nata dama ta shahara sosai a fagen wasan dutsen gargajiya.
Ita ce ta lashe lambar yabo ta Grammy sau hudu kuma mawaƙin platinum da yawa. An haifi Tracy a Ohio ga dangi mai matsakaicin matsayi a Connecticut.
Mahaifiyarta ta goyi bayan ayyukanta na kiɗa. Lokacin da Tracy ke Jami'ar Tufts, inda ta karanta ilimin halin dan Adam da karatun Afirka, ta fara rubuta kiɗa.
Da farko, akwai waƙoƙi kawai don waƙoƙin, sa'an nan kuma ta fara yin wasa a gidajen kofi na gida.
Ta hanyar wata kawarta a jami'a, ta sadu da masu shirya Elektra Records kuma an sake fitar da kundi na farko, Tracy Chapman a 1988. Wannan kundin ya zama bugawa nan take, kuma waƙar "Motar Mai Sauri" da aka buga ta yi fantsama cikin dare.
Ta yi rikodin kundin kundi guda takwas, gami da "Sabon Farko" da "Makomarmu mai Haƙiƙa". Yawancin albam nata ƙwararrun platinum ne.
Har ila yau, mawakin yana da matsayi mai girma a kungiyoyin agaji daban-daban a duniya kuma yana shiga cikin wasanni na sadaka da dama.
Ita dai mai fafutukar kare hakkin bil'adama ce kuma ta yi ikirarin cewa saboda matsayinta, za ta iya taimakawa mabukata da kuma jawo hankalin mutane kan wasu muhimman batutuwan jin kai.
farkon rayuwa
An haifi Tracey Chapman a Cleveland, Ohio a ranar 30 ga Maris, 1964. A lokacin ƙuruciyarta, ta ƙaura tare da danginta zuwa Connecticut.
Mahaifiyarta ce ta rene ta, wacce kullum tana bangaren 'yarta. Ita ce ta siyo jaririnta mai son kida dan shekara uku ukulele, duk da cewa tana da kudi kadan.
Chapman ya fara buga guitar da rubuta waƙoƙi yana ɗan shekara takwas. Ta ce watakila shirin talabijin din Hee Haw ne ya sa ta yi mata shahada.
Ya tashi a matsayin Baftisma, Chapman ya halarci Makarantar Sakandare na Bishops kuma an karɓi shi cikin shirin Mafi Kyau, wanda ke tallafawa ɗalibai a kwalejoji na shirye-shiryen nesa da gidansu.
Yayin da take karatun ilimin halin dan Adam da na Afirka a Jami'ar Tufts da ke Massachusetts, Chapman ta fara rubuta nata kida da yin kida a Boston, da kuma nadar wakoki a gidan rediyon gida na WMFO.
Ayyukan waƙa
Ga mawaƙin, 1986 shekara ce mai mahimmanci. A cikin wannan shekarar ne mahaifin kawarta ya gabatar da ita ga manajan Elektra Records, wanda tare da shi ta yi rikodin albam na farko mai suna kanta.
An fitar da wannan kundin a shekarar 1988. Tracey Chapman ta haura zuwa lamba 1 a Amurka da Birtaniya, kuma shahararriyar wakar tata mai suna "Fast Car" ta je ta 5 a jadawalin Burtaniya da lamba 6 a jadawalin Amurka.
A wannan shekarar, Chapman ya yi waka a wajen bikin cika shekaru 70 na Nelson Mandela da aka gudanar a Birtaniya.
Kundin waƙar ta biyu, "Talkin' Bout a Juyin Juya Hali", shi ma ya sami yabo sosai kuma an sanya shi gasa a kan taswirar kiɗan Billboard.
Chapman ya sami lambobin yabo da yawa bayan fitowar kundin, gami da Grammy Awards uku a cikin 1989 don Mafi kyawun Mawaƙi, Mafi kyawun Mawaƙin Mace da Mafi kyawun Kundin Jama'a na Zamani.
Duk da cewa kundin ya lashe kyautar Grammy guda uku kuma zai zama babban nasara ga aikin farko na kowane mawaki.
Chapman bata ɓata lokaci ba da sauri ta shagaltu da albam na gaba.
A tsakanin yin waƙoƙi daga kundin kundinta na Grammy Award, ta ci gaba da rubutu da komawa ɗakin studio don yin rikodin Crossroads (1989).
Chapman ta sadaukar da waka guda ga Mandela a kan kundinta mai suna Freedom Now. Kodayake kundin bai sami karɓuwa iri ɗaya kamar na farko ba, ya kuma yi Billboard 200 da sauran sigogi.
Kadan akan rayuwar mawakin
Nasarar waƙar mawaƙin ta ragu kaɗan a cikin 1992 tare da fitowar Al'amuran Zuciya, wanda ya kai matsayi na 53 akan Billboard 200 kuma ba a sami haƙiƙanin bayyanar duniya ba.
Abubuwan da ke cikin Zuciya ba su da wakoki masu jan hankali fiye da na Chapman na baya. Fans ba su ji daɗin cewa ta ƙaura daga jama'a da blues ba, kuma ta fi mayar da hankali kan madadin dutsen.
Wataƙila yana da wahala Chapman ta iya hasashen abin da zai faru shekaru uku bayan fitowar kundi na studio na huɗu.
Kamar yadda taken album ɗin, "Sabon Farko" (1995), ya nuna, ya ƙara samun nasara, yana sayar da kusan kwafi miliyan 5 a Amurka kaɗai.
Kundin ya wuce yadda masu sauraro suka yi tsammani godiya ga shahararren mawakin nan mai suna "Ba Ni Dalili Daya". Haka kuma abin da ba a mantawa da shi ba shi ne mawaƙin da ke da waƙar rairayi "Smoke and Toka".
Kuma ba shakka, yana da daraja ambaton taken waƙa na album "New Beginning", a cikin abin da singer ya gaya mata labarin.
Chapman ya sami Grammy na huɗu a cikin 1997 don Best Rock Song ("Ba Ni Dalili ɗaya"), da kuma nadin Grammy da yawa da sauran lambobin yabo na kiɗa.
Tun lokacin da aka fitar da Sabon Farko, mai zanen ya kuma fitar da kundi da yawa, gami da Labarun Ba da labari (2000) da Makomar Mu mai haske (2008), kuma ta zagaya cikin 2009.
Koyaya, a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, Chapman ya kasance kusan ba a san shi ba.
dan gwagwarmayar zamantakewa
Bayan aikinta na kiɗa, Chapman ta daɗe tana aiki a matsayin mai fafutuka, tana magana a madadin ƙungiyoyin sa-kai da dama da suka haɗa da Gidauniyar AIDS da Circle of Life (ba ta aiki).
A yayin taron 2003 da ke amfana da Circle of Life, Chapman ya ba da kyautar John Prine's "Angel From Montgomery" tare da Bonnie Raitt.
Kyaututtuka da nasarori
A farkon aikinta, Tracy ta sami lambar yabo ta Grammy guda uku.
Album dinta na farko, Tracy Chapman, wanda aka saki a cikin 1988, ta lashe Grammys guda uku don Mafi kyawun Sabuwar Mawaƙi, Mafi kyawun Mawaƙin Mace na Pop Vocal da Mafi kyawun Kundin Jama'a na Zamani.
Ta karɓi Grammy na huɗu a cikin 1997 don Sabon Farko na Chapman. Mawakin ya kuma samu lambar yabo ta wakar "Ba Ni Dalili Daya" a rukunin "Best Rock Song".
Rayuwa ta sirri da gado
A koyaushe ana yin hasashe daban-daban game da yanayin jima'i na Tracy kamar yadda ba ta taɓa bayyana abokan zamanta ba.
Sau da yawa takan ambaci cewa rayuwarta ta sirri ba ta da alaƙa da aikin ƙwararrun da take yi.
Daga baya an bayyana cewa ta haɗu da marubuci Alice Walker a cikin 1990s. Tracy sanannen ɗan siyasa da jama'a ne.
Ta kan yi amfani da matsayinta don tattauna muhimman batutuwan jin kai. Kuma daga baya ta yarda cewa ita mace ce
