Tracy Chapman is one of the most popular and richest Pop Singer who was born on March 30, 1964 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Multi-platinum-selling and four-time Grammy Award-winning musician who sang “Talkin’ ’bout a Revolution” and “Baby Can I Hold You.”
She has released covers of many songs, including one of “Get Up, Stand Up” by Bob Marley.
Chapman made her major-stage debut as an opening act for women’s music pioneer Linda Tillery at Boston’s Strand Theater on May 3, 1985. Another Tufts student, Brian Koppelman, heard Chapman playing and brought her to the attention of his father, Charles Koppelman. Koppelman, who ran SBK Publishing, signed Chapman in 1986. After Chapman graduated from Tufts in 1987, he helped her to sign a contract with Elektra Records.
Chapman was signed to Elektra Records by Bob Krasnow in 1987. The following year she released her critically acclaimed debut album Tracy Chapman, which became a multi-platinum worldwide hit. The album earned Chapman six Grammy Award nominations, including Album of the Year, three of which she won, including Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her single “Fast Car”, and Best New Artist. Chapman released her second album Crossroads the following year, which garnered her an additional Grammy nomination. Since then, Chapman has experienced further success with six more studio albums, which include her multi-platinum fourth album New Beginning, for which she won a fourth Grammy Award, for Best Rock Song, for its lead single “Give Me One Reason”. Chapman’s most recent album is Our Bright Future, released in 2008.
She briefly dated writer Alice Walker in the mid-1990s. She has a sister named Aneta.
