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Tracy Chapman becomes the first Black person to win Song of the Year at the CMAs

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IwantToRetire · 10/11/2023 18:40

Just posting this because I really like her music.

I think Fast Car is one of her best songs.

She has always been a bit under the radar, so even if it has taken 35 years for this song to be acknowledged, it is well deserved.

And she is a woman in an industry that isn't that good at acknowledging women's musicality.

And it was Country Music Awards!! (I wasn't aware it had been rerecorded)

Yeah for Tracy Chapman

Thanks for your music.

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CousinGreg55 · 10/11/2023 19:04

There was a thread exactly the same as this saying TC was under the radar, everyone said exactly the same that she wasn't under the radar and Fast Car was a huge hit.

tiggergoesbounce · 10/11/2023 19:04

Tracy Chapman wasnt under the radar, she was very well respected and talked about after her live performance at wembley (maybe band aid 1988). From then she has always been pretty well know. Shes fab.

fedupandstuck · 10/11/2023 19:01

Tracy Chapman is the first black songwriter (of either sex) to win the Song of the Year award, which is for the writer of the song who may or may not also be the singer. She is the first black woman to win any award of any kind at the CMAs.

Charley Pride won Entertainer of the Year in 1971.

fedupandstuck · 10/11/2023 18:58

Tracy Chapman won Song of the Year, because it's her song. Luke Combs won Single of the Year because he sang the cover of it.

https://cmaawards.com/nominees-winners/

Username2101 · 10/11/2023 18:51

Did she actually win it, or did Luke Combs who covered it?

WhereIsBebèsChambre · 10/11/2023 18:51

Tracy Chapman under the radar??
Is this a different Tracy Chapman than the very, very famous one?

JaneJeffer · 10/11/2023 18:49

Hermittrismegistus · 10/11/2023 18:47

Why do people keep saying she's been under the radar/ not recognised? It's not true at all. Shes been very well known since the 80s.

Yep

Hermittrismegistus · 10/11/2023 18:47

Why do people keep saying she's been under the radar/ not recognised? It's not true at all. Shes been very well known since the 80s.

JaneJeffer · 10/11/2023 18:46

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Tracy Chapman becomes the first Black person to win Song of the Year at the CMAs
JaneJeffer · 10/11/2023 18:45

What about Charley Pride?!

fabricstash · 10/11/2023 18:44

Tracy Champman was not under the radar. Fast Car was a big hit in the late 80s!!

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