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Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her singles, "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You" and "Give Me One Reason". She is a multi-platinum and multi-Grammy Award-winning artist. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 671 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2326 × 2079 pixel, file size: 1. ...
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Biography Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Tracy Chapman began playing guitar and writing songs at the age of eleven. She was accepted into A Better Chance, the national resource for identifying, recruiting and developing leaders among academically gifted students of color, which enabled her to attend Wooster School in Connecticut, and was eventually accepted to Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Cleveland redirects here. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport[3] Largest metro area Hartford Metro Area[2] Area Ranked 48th - Total 5,543[4] sq mi (14,356 km²) - Width 70 miles (113 km) - Length 110 miles (177 km) - % water 12. ...
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In May 2004, Tufts honored her with an honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts, for her contributions as a socially conscious and artistically accomplished musician. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Chapman often performs at and attends AIDS charity events such as amfAR and AIDS/LifeCycle. The American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) is an organization dedicated to the support of AIDS research, AIDS prevention, treatment education, and the advocacy of sound AIDS-related public policy. ...
Although Chapman has never spoken publicly about her sexuality, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker discussed her love affair with Chapman in an interview with The Guardian on December 15th 2006. She explained why they did not go public with their relationship at the time (the mid 1990s), and said "[the relationship] was delicious and lovely and wonderful and I totally enjoyed it and I was completely in love with her, but it was not anybody's business but ours."[1] The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ...
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Career During college, Chapman began street-performing and playing guitar in coffeehouses in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After waiting to graduate college, she signed to Elektra Records, releasing Tracy Chapman (1988). The album was critically acclaimed, and she began touring and building a fanbase. Soon after she performed it at the televised Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert in June 1988, Chapman's "Fast Car" began its rise on the US charts, eventually becoming a Top 10 pop hit on the Billboard Hot 100. "Talkin' About A Revolution," the follow-up, charted at #75, and was followed by "Baby Can I Hold You," which peaked at #48 The album sold well, going multi-platinum and winning three Grammy Awards, including an honour for Chapman as Best New Artist. Later in 1988, Chapman was a featured performer on the worldwide Amnesty International Human Rights Now! Tour. According to the VH1 website, "her album helped usher in the era of political correctness -- along with 10,000 Maniacs and R.E.M., Chapman's liberal politics proved enormously influential on American college campuses in the late '80s".[2] Discussing the War in a Paris Café, Illustrated London News 17 September 1870 Coffee shop redirects here. ...
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Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, and today operates under Atlantic Records Group. ...
Tracy Chapman is the self-titled debut album by singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music). ...
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The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute was a concert event held on June 11, 1988 at the Wembley Stadium, London. ...
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Her follow-up album Crossroads (1989) was less commercially successful. By 1992's Matters of the Heart, Chapman was playing to a small and devoted audience. However, Chapman's fourth 1995 album New Beginning proved successful, selling over 3 million copies just in the U.S. This album included the hit single "Give Me One Reason" which won the 1997 Grammy for Best Rock Song and became Chapman's most successful single to date. The following album was 2000's Telling Stories, which featured more of a rock sound than folk. Its hit single "Telling Stories" received heavy airplay on European radio stations, and on Adult Alternative and Hot AC stations in the United States. Her sixth album was Let It Rain (2002), in support of which she toured in Europe and the US in 2003. Crossroads is the second album by American singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). ...
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Telling Stories is the fifth album by American singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman, released in 2000 (see 2000 in music). ...
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Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including: Traditional music: The original meaning of the term folk music was synonymous with the term Traditional music, also often including World Music and Roots music; the term Traditional music was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the...
Telling Stories is the fifth album by American singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman, released in 2000 (see 2000 in music). ...
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Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreciated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ...
Let It Rain is the sixth album by African American singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music). ...
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Where You Live, Chapman's seventh studio album, was released in September 2005. A brief supporting tour took place in major cities across the US in October and continued throughout Europe over the remainder of the year. The "Where You Live" tour was extended into 2006, the 28 date European tour featured summer concerts in Germany, Italy, France, Sweden, Finland, Norway, U.K, Russia and more. In addition, on 5 June 2006, Chapman performed at the 5th Gala of Jazz in Lincoln Center, New York. Where You Live is Tracy Chapmans seventh studio album and was released September 9th, 2005. ...
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Tracy Chapman performed in a session titled "Tales Of Passion" at the 2007 TED (short for Technology Entertainment Design) conference in Monterey, California. For other uses, see Monterey (disambiguation). ...
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Discography - 1989 - Crossroads
(US #9) RIAA: (US: Platinum) (UK #1) - "Crossroads" (US #90, UK #61)
- "Subcity"
- "All That You Have Is Your Soul"
- 1992 - Matters of the Heart
(US #53) RIAA: (US: Gold) (UK #19) - "Bang Bang Bang"
- "Dreaming On A World"
- 1995 - New Beginning
(US #4) RIAA: (US: 5x Platinum) - "Give Me One Reason" (US #3)
- "New Beginning"
- "Smoke and Ashes"
- "The Promise"
- 2002 - Let It Rain
(US #25) (UK #36) - "You're The One"
- "Another Sun"
Tracy Chapman is the self-titled debut album by singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music). ...
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Talkin bout A Revolution is the second single from American contemporary folk artist Tracy Chapman. ...
Baby Can I Hold You is the third single from American contemporary folk artist Tracy Chapman, released in late 1988. ...
Crossroads is the second album by American singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). ...
Matters of the Heart is the third album by American singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music). ...
New Beginning is the fourth album by African American singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music). ...
Telling Stories is the fifth album by American singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman, released in 2000 (see 2000 in music). ...
Collection (2001) is a greatest hits album by Tracy Chapman. ...
Let It Rain is the sixth album by African American singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music). ...
Where You Live is Tracy Chapmans seventh studio album and was released September 9th, 2005. ...
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