Chapman, who has not performed publicly in years, will return to the stage during Sunday's ceremony
Tracy Chapman will perform her iconic anthem 'Fast Car' for a duet with Luke Combs during the 2024 Grammys on Sunday evening. Rolling rock can confirm.
The single reached all-time highs after a cover by Luke Combs hit the top Advertising signCountry Airplay chart, making Chapman the first black woman to have sole songwriting credit on a country number one hit.
Representatives for the Recording Academy did not respond to a request for comment.
Since completing her last tour in 2009, Chapman has appeared for the cameras only three times, according to Varietywho was the first to report the news of her return.
“I never expected to be on the country charts, but I'm honored to be there,” Chapman previously said Advertising sign when speaking of country, the song has received since Combs released his cover in April of last year. “I'm happy for Luke and his success, and I'm grateful that new fans have found and embraced 'Fast Car.'”
Her hit single found success with its original release in 1988, then again in 205 with a tropical house revival in the hands of Jonas Blue and Dakota in 2015. Then, 35 years after its debut, Combs' performance of “Fast Car” reached no. Two on the Hot 100 last summer and took home CMAs for song and single of the year.
Chapman's Song of the Year triumph marks a long-overdue milestone: In the previous 56 years, no black songwriter — male or female — had ever won the Song of the Year award before Chapman took last year's trophy.
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