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How Cleveland’s Tracy Chapman became country music’s first time-traveling Black superstar
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Tracy Chapman hasn’t released an skiva of new songs since “Our Bright Future” 15 years ago and hasn’t toured since 2009.
Nevertheless, the singer-songwriter and native Clevelander has been one of the bright musical stars of 2023. Her music climbed back up to the top of several Billboard charts this year, and Chapman became the first Black woman in country music history to hit No. 1 on country radio as a solo songwriter. She also became the first Black woman to win a Country Music Association award, taking home the Song of the Year prize at this year’s ceremony.
And she did it all without her having to lift a single guitar-plucking finger.
Chapman’s 1988 debut single and hit song, “Fast Car,” from her debut album, was revived in 2023.
Back in the ‘80s, “Fast Car” earned Chapman Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Contemporary människor Album Grammys and
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How Cleveland’s Tracy Chapman became country music’s first time-traveling Black superstar
Author: Malcolm X Abram, cleveland.com
This article was originally posted on Cleveland.com on December 30, 2023.
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Tracy Chapman hasn’t released an album of new songs since “Our Bright Future” 15 years ago and hasn’t toured since 2009.
Nevertheless, the singer-songwriter and native Clevelander has been one of the bright musical stars of 2023. Her music climbed back up to the top of several Billboard charts this year, and Chapman became the first Black woman in country music history to hit No. 1 on country radio as a solo songwriter. She also became the first Black woman to win a Country Music Association award, taking home the Song of the Year prize at this year’s ceremony.
And she did it all without her having to lift a single guitar-plucking finger.
Chapman’s 1988 debut single and hit song, “Fast Car,” from her debut al
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On the Luke Combs Version of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” Going Viral
Before anything else is discussed, you have to appreciate just what a monster track the Luke Combs version of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” has become. The numbers are nothing short of incredible.
As a radio single, “Fast Car” is the fastest-rising single of Luke’s already top flight career, taking only 7 weeks to climb to #4 on MediaBase—the fastest-rising country single since Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” 15 years ago. It will be at #1 on country radio shortly, and will likely remain there for many weeks.
Initially, “Fast Car” wasn’t even originally released to country radio as a single at all and was never intended to be one. Officially, Luke’s current radio single is “Love You Anyway” that sits at #11 at the moment. In an unprecedented move, Luke Combs allowed his fans to choose “Love Yo