News about Tracy Chapman

Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance has shocked the internet with his musical taste on his unearthed Spotify playlists. His song choices got people talking - both positively and negatively.

Kate Gudinski, the daughter of Michael Gudinski, has opened about her childhood with the late music industry legend. Appearing on Channel 10'sThe Project on Friday the 36-year-old described her years growing up in the house of the famed Aussie music mogul and concert promoter as 'hectic' and 'colourful'. Michael rose to fame in the 70s as one of the founders of Mushroom Records and was known to host stars like Sting, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan and Tracy Chapman at the family home in Melbourne. 

Lainey Wilson took home the honors for Female Artist of the Year, Music Event of the Year and Entertainer of the Year at Thursday's Academy of Country Music Awards stemming from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Wilson said she's received strong support from the women within the country music industry in her acceptance speech.

I called off the husband with the non-dead wife. I already know I don't fancy him, despite his big… windows, so why waste each other's time?

Britney Spears kept it 'classy' as she displayed her outfits and her moves in two dancing videos posted on Friday evening. In the caption of an Instagram clip of her twirling in a patterned crop top and black micro shorts, the pop star, 42, said she preferred "nude colors" rather than a divesuit. When wearing a pair of knee-high boots with high heels, she sang and danced to Tracy Chapman's 1995 hit song Give Me One Reason.

Tracy Chapman made a dramatic comeback at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards last Sunday, performing her debut 1988 single Fast Car, alongside Luke Combs, the country crooner who aided its revival to popular culture. And yet, the four-time Grammy winner - who's turning the big 6-0 next month - prefers a reclusive lifestyle and has managed to keep her personal life very private

Tracy Chapman's music on Spotify has grown by more than 370 percent from February to 5-7. The legendary songwriter appeared at this year's Grammy Awards for the first time and performed Fast Car with Luke Combs. Daily streams of Fast Car also increased over 260 percent while the average daily searches increased over 1,300 percent during the same time period

Tracy Chapman's surprise duet with Luke Combs in 1988 was one of the Grammys' finest performances, and it sent her back to the top of the charts. Chapman first released Fast Car in 1988, which earned her three Grammy awards - Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performer, and Best Contemporary Folk Album. In April 2023, country musician Luke Combs released his version, which debuted on the country charts and debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100.

2023 was all about the joy of girlhood, so it's no surprise that the year's biggest musical hits were both for women and by women. Women led the nominations in each category ahead of the 2024 Grammy Awards. The 4th February celebrations honored not only female candidates but also winners, performers, and presenters — at any age. Women celebrated each other unashamedly in an industry that tends to emphasize youth and often pits women against each other. An award show seemed to be the hit on entertainment audiences across generations for the first time in years, striking the right balance between celebrating nostalgia and showcasing newer talent. A majority of female candidates were up for every major category, and eventually, the big winners were also bagged. Phoebe Bridgers won four awards, making her the first-time Grammy winner alongside Victoria Monét, Miley Cyrus, Karol G, and Lainey Wilson. SZA led the pack with nine nominations and two of them were crowned. Of course, Taylor Swift became the first artist to win Album of the Year four times.

During the Grammys 2024, Taylor Swift and Meryl St. Vincent sent fans wild, sharing a string of sweet moments during the performance. During the star-studded ceremony at the Crypto.com Arena on Sunday evening, the singer, 34, who was the night's grand winner, joined the Devil Wears Prada actor, 74, in a joking up. For several, the standout moment was their late arrival, which culminated in them interrupting host Trevor Noah's speech by strutting in midway during his opening.

On Sunday, Tracy Chapman brought down the house in a rousing recreation of her hit Fast Car at the 2024 Grammy Awards in downtown Los Angeles. In 2023, the legendary songwriter, 59, made a rare appearance on stage with Luke Combs, whose 1988 cover was a crossover hit and earned him the Best Country Solo Performance award. The audience erupted in applause as Chapman's initial chords were introduced and began singing the opening verse, with Taylor Swift assisting.

According to the country's culture minister, Zahara, the South African Afro-pop singer, died at the age of 36 after being hospitalized with liver disease from years of alcohol use. According to SABC News, the award-winning singer, whose real name was Bulelwa Mkutukana, died at a hospital in Johannesburg last night. Zahara rose to fame in 2011 with her award-winning album Loliwe, and in 2020 she was included in the BBC's 100 Women list, which showcases the world's most inspiring and influential women. Since struggling with alcoholism and being hospitalized last month, the Afro-pop sensation, whose prolific ballads, had been suffering with liver disease and was hospitalized in South Africa, before passing away on Monday. The government had been 'assisting' Zahara's family for some time now,' according to Sports, Arts, and Culture Minister Zizi Kodwa of South Africa.'

Kathleen Folbigg has admitted that she has no idea where her four children's ashes are located, and that she was wrongfully accused of murder. Ms Folbigg, 55, was found guilty of three counts of murder and manslaughter in 2003 after her children Patrick, Sarah, Laura, and Caleb died in 1999, and all of them were cremated.

Lainey Wilson, the country's breakout superstar, has had another banner year. For the second year in a row, she leads the CMA Awards. Wilson was a first-time nominee in 2022, which means she made history in 2023, becoming the first and only artist to top the nominations list in her first two appearances on the ballot. She received six nominations last year. Wilson is up to nine this year for album, song, music video, entertainer, and female vocalist of the year. She has also been nominated for two separate awards in both the single of the year (for 'Heart Like a Truck' and her contributions to HARDY's 'wait in the truck') and the annual event of the year (once more for 'wait in the truck' and her appearance on Jelly Roll's 'Save Me.'

As video resurfaced of her appearing on stage, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price discussed her career as a singer before she became a political heavyweight. The Country Liberal Party senator appears with the hip-hop group Catch the Fly at a concert in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, in 2011. Ms Price, as well as two other members of the group, belt out original songs from Catch the Fly.

Cooper Massengill, 8, from Georgia, will appear with him at his world tour concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Saturday, according to a touching video. Cooper was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of three years old and has undergone numerous surgeries since. Cooper was welcomed by the sold-out stadium of spectators who erupted with rapt, who cheered vociferously on Saturday. The pair performed Comb's interpretation of Tracy Chapman's 1988 hit as thousands of spectators erupted, waved their arms, and filmed on their phones, with an extra microphone adjusted for Cooper's height. Cooper said it felt 'felt great' performing on stage with his idol, while his tear-eyed parents Travis and Melissa Massengill said they were proud of their son for enduring the difficult challenge.

With his version of Fast Car, Country Star Luke Combs has risen to the top of Billboard's Country Airplay chart this week, 35 years after it became a top-ten hit for Tracy Chapman in the United States and UK. The folk classic was the first single off Chapman's 1988 self-titled debut album, based on someone yearning to escape from a life of poverty and homelessness. In a recent interview, the singer-songwriter confessed to being as shocked as anyone to have a number one song on the country charts. I never expected to find myself on the country charts, but Chapman said 'I'm honored to be there.' I'm thrilled for Luke and his success, and I'm thrilled that new followers have discovered and embraced Fast Car.' For Combs, 33, Fast Car is the second single off his fourth studio album, Gettin' Old (2023), which dropped in late March and acts as a concept, companion album, and predecessor, Growin' Up (2022).

Kathleen Folbigg, 55, (left) was found guilty of three counts of murder and manslaughter in 2003 after her children Patrick, Sarah, Laura, and Caleb (all shown) died in suspicious circumstances between 1989 and 1999. Kathleen was convicted of 40 years in prison and was described as the "Australia's worst female serial killer" and "the most despised woman." She was detained in Silverwater, the country's toughest women's prison, for many years. Kathleen is the owner of a rare variant of a gene that is vital in controlling the heartbeat. If the heart is not working, it will stop. Professor Vinuesa discovered that both Sarah and Laura had the same gene.

Ms Follbigg, 55, has been living on a farm owned by her best friend Tracy Chapman in Glenreagh, north-eastern NSW, since being released earlier this month. After spending almost two decades in a cell, she has taken walks in the fields, petted horses, and gazed out at the ocean. 'I had frozen glass windows before going out, so there was no looking out and a colorbond fence that was only about a foot away so there was no looking out,' Ms Folbigg told Ms Chapman in a video posted by 7News Spotlight.' A dinner was held in her honour, where her family and longtime supporters who helped ensure her freedom sipped champagne and tucked into steak. People should be able to'survive it,' she said.

After her judicial pardon, a beaming Kathleen Folbigg is enjoying her new life as a free woman. Ms Follbigg was all smiles as she emerged outside for the first time in the historic NSW north coast village of Nana Glen on Saturday, greeting neighbors, with Sunrise host Natalie Barr also included in her entourage. Nana Glen is just a short drive from Tracy Chapman's Glenreagh home, where she has been living since her arrest earlier this month.

Kathleen Folbigg (right) is left wondering how the outside world has drastically changed in the 20 years she has been detained. Following her 2003 arrest for her four children's deaths, she was released from jail after an inquiry revealed there was legitimate doubt about her guilt. Roseanne Beckett (left) has given us an insight into what Ms Folbigg is currently going through. She was wrongly convicted of the attempted murder of her husband Barry Catt on the NSW north coast and spent ten years in prison before new evidence proving her innocence emerged. When Ms Beckett was first introduced 22 years ago, she recalled having mixed emotions and feeling like she was on another planet. Ms Folbigg will need all the help she can get, so she became emotional.

Kathleen Folbigg (left), a 20-year prisoner, has been released and pardoned for her four children's deaths. After two of the children were discovered to have suffered from a genetic mutation that causes cardiac abnormalities, new evidence appeared to cast doubt on whether the deaths were caused by natural causes. Inmates who spent time in prison said the 55-year-old was manipulating, controlling, and violent, and had recently extending her prison term after shaming a fellow prisoner at Silverwater Women's prison (right) in 2017.

Kathleen Folbigg has spoken for the first time since being released from jail. On Monday, the pardoned child killer was released from Grafton prison in northern NSW after an inquiry found there was reason to be skeptical about her guilt following her 2003 arrest for her four children. On Tuesday, she released a short video message after enjoying her first night of liberation in 20 years on the NSW north coast farm of her best friend and biggest advocate Tracy Chapman. Ms Folbigg appears on the video enjoying her newly found freedom at her friend's house and admiring a large bouquet of flowers sent by a supporter.

After an inquiry revealed there was no doubt about her guilt, pardoned child killer Kathleen Folbigg (left) was released from Grafton prison in northern NSW on Monday and spent her first night of freedom with family and friends. Tracy Chapman, Ms Folbigg's first night of freedom of pizza, heart-to-heart conversations, spending time with animals, and being bamboozled by new technology, among other things. Rhanee Rego (inset) learned that compensation may be on the cards, but that it's too early to worry about. Ms Folbigg's convictions must be challenged in the Court of Criminal Appeal first before compensation avenues can be discussed. Figures ranging from just $1 million to $20 million have already been speculated in the media.