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Tracy Chapman recorded her first album with David Kershenbaum, and the resulting eponymous record was released in the spring of 1988. Tracy Chapman was greeted with excited reviews, and Tracy Chapman set out on the road helping 10,000 Maniacs. Within a few months, Tracy Chapman played at the internationally televised concert for Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday party, where her performance was greeted with thunderous clapping. Soon, the single "Fast Car" started climbing the charts, ultimately peaking at number six. The album's sales soared along with the single, and by the end of the year, the record had gone multi-platinum. Early the following year, the record won four Grammys awards, including Best New Artist.
It was an auspicious starting to Chapman's career, and it was perhaps predictable that her second album, 1989's darker, more political Crossroads, wasn't as successful. Although it was well-reviewed, the album wasn't as commercially successful, peaking at number nine and rapidly falling down the charts. Following Crossroads, Tracy Chapman spent a few years in seclusion, returning in 1992 with Matters of the Heart. The album was greeted with mixed reviews and weak sales, and Tracy Chapman had fallen into cult status. Three years later, Tracy Chapman returned with New Beginning, which received stronger reviews than its predecessor. The bluesy "Give Me One Reason" was pulled as the first single, and it gradually turned out to be a hit, sending the album into the U.S. Top Ten in early 1996. It was a quiet, successful comeback from an artist most observers had already consigned to forever languish in cult status.
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