A 24-year-old folk singer from Cleveland named Tracy Chapman first captivated millions with a performance at a 1988 tribute concert for Nelson Mandela, which helped turn her song “Fast Car” into a top ...

Thirty-five years after the release of her debut album, singer-songwriter and Cleveland native Tracy Chapman this week became the first Black musician to win the Country Music Award’s Song of the Year ...

CLEVELAND — Nearly 40 years after it was first released, the self-titled debut album from Cleveland native Tracy Chapman has been inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of ...

Tracy Chapman’s 1988 hit “Fast Car” and her self-titled debut album just got another bump up the charts thanks to her Sunday drive-through at the Grammy Awards. The original “Fast Car” singer had the ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Tracy Chapman about standing the test of time and the re-release on vinyl of her self-titled 1988 debut album. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an independent, ...

The singer's 1988 hit climbed the charts after her duet with Luke Combs. Tracy Chapman's original recording of "Fast Car" is finding new life on the charts following her performance with Luke Combs at ...

Tracy Chapman is topping charts with her 1988 lyrics for "Fast Car" 35 years after the initial recording's release. The song's success decades later is thanks in part to country singer Luke Combs, who ...

First, Let’s Go Back To 1988, When Tracy Chapman Released Her Debut The late 1980s and 1990s were an especially fortuitous time for solo female singer-songwriters, and Tracy Chapman was certainly no ...