Kelis muimbi wekuAmerica-munyori wenziyo anozivikanwa zvakanyanya nenziyo dzake Milkshake naBossy. Muimbi akatanga basa rake remimhanzi muna 1997. Nekuda kwebasa rake neboka rekugadzira The Neptunes, rake rekutanga rinonzi Caught Out There rakakurumidza kuva nemukurumbira ndokurova pamusoro gumi rwenziyo dzeR&B dzakanakisisa. Nekuda kwerwiyo Milkshake uye iyo albhamu Kelis Was Here, muimbi akagamuchira mazita eGrammy uye kuzivikanwa kwakakura munzvimbo yenhau.
Makore ekutanga emuimbi Kelis
Kelis Rogers akaberekerwa uye akakurira muManhattan. Vabereki vakauya nezita remuimbi nekubatanidza zvikamu zvemazita avo - Kenneth naEvelisse. Baba vake vaive mudzidzisi paWesleyan University. Akabva ava muimbi wejazz uye mushumiri wePentecostal. Amai vakashanda semugadziri wemafashoni, vakabatsira kune zvidzidzo zvemimhanzi zvemusikana. Mutambi ane hanzvadzi nhatu zvakare.
Kubva pazera ramakore mana, Kelis airidza mumakirabhu ehusiku kutenderera nyika nababa vake. Akatamba nevatambi vakaita saDizzy Gillespie naNancy Wilson. Pakusimbirira kwaamai vake, muimbi akadzidza classical violin kubva paudiki. Akatanga kuridza saxophone achiri mudiki. Achitevedzera muenzaniso wehanzvadzi dzake nhatu dzakura, Kelis akaimba mukwaya yeHarlem kwechinguva. Pakuita zvemitambo, amai vevasikana vakauya nehembe dzine mavara dzine mavara uye vakasona kuti vaodhare.
Pamakore gumi nemana, Kelis akapinda muLaGuardia High School yeMumhanzi & Art uye Performing Arts. Akasarudza kutungamira kwakabatana nedramaturgy uye theatre. Pano, panguva yezvidzidzo zvake, muimbi akagadzira R&B trio inonzi BLU (Black Ladies United). Mushure mechinguva, bhendi rakatanga kufarira mugadziri wehip-hop Goldfinghaz. Akasuma Kelis nedzimwe nhengo kune rapper RZA.
Ukama hwaKelis nevabereki vake hwakaipa mumakore ake okuyaruka. Uye pazera ramakore 16, akatanga kugara ari oga. Sekureva kwemuimbi, zvakazonyanya kuoma kupfuura zvaaifunga: "Zvakanga zvisiri nyore. Yakava hondo chaiyo. Ndakanga ndakabatikana ndichiedza kufunga kuti ndingazvidyisa sei, saka handina kumbofunga nezvemimhanzi. " Kuti awane chouviri, musikana aifanira kushanda mubhawa nomuzvitoro zvembatya.
"Ndakanga ndisingadi kushanda kubva ku9 kusvika ku17 zuva rega rega. Ipapo ndaifanira kufunga pamusoro pezvandaigona kuita kuti ndirarame nenzira yandaida. Panguva iyoyo, ndakasarudza kudzokera kumumhanzi wandakanga ndichiita hupenyu hwangu hwose hwevanhu vakuru, uye kungobhadharwa nokuda kwayo.
Kutanga kwebasa remimhanzi remuimbi Kelis
Chikwata chekugadzira Neptunes chakabatsira kutanga basa remimhanzi raKelis. Muna 1998, muimbi akasaina kondirakiti pamwe Virgin Records. Akatanga kushanda pane studio studio Kaleidoscope, yakaburitswa muna Zvita 1999. Yaisanganisira singles Caught Out there, Good Stuff uye Get Along with Yo. Rekodhi risati raburitswa, nziyo idzi dzakabudirira mune zvekutengesa, uye kufarira kwevateereri muKaleidoscope kwakawedzera. 14 nziyo dzakagadzirwa neThe Neptunes. Nehurombo, iyo albhamu yakaita zvakaipa zvakanyanya muUnited States. Kunyange zvakadaro, Kaleidoscope akakwanisa kupinda pakati machati munyika dzokuEurope. Semuenzaniso, muUK, akatora chinzvimbo chechi43 uye akazivikanwa se "goridhe".
Muna 2001, muimbi akabudisa album yake yechipiri Wanderland. Yaingowanikwa muEurope, Asia neLatin America. MuUnited States, yaisagona kunzwika. Panguva yebasa rekodhi kubva kuVirgin Records label, vagadziri vakabatsira mutambi neKaleidoscope vakadzingwa. Vashandi vatsva vekambani iyi havana kutenda mukubudirira kwealbum, saka havana kunyatsoteerera kugadzirwa. Nekuda kweizvi, kuunganidzwa kweWanderland kwaive "kutadza" kwekutengeserana. Akakwanisa kutora chete 78th chinzvimbo muUK. Imwe chete yakabudirira single yaive Young, Fresh n' New, iyo yakasvika pamakumi mana epamusoro muUK. Hukama hwaKelis neVirgin Records hwakadzikira nekuda kwekutengesa kwakaderera. Naizvozvo, maneja manejimendi akafunga kumisa chibvumirano nemuimbi.
Muimbi Kelis anopokana neMhandara Records
Kelis akapa mubvunzurudzo muna 2020 umo akataura nezvekusaita mari kubva mumaalbhamu ake maviri ekutanga nekuda kweThe Neptunes. Achitaura neThe Guardian, muimbi wacho akatsanangura kuti: “Ndakaudzwa kuti taizopatsanura zvinhu zvose musi wa33/33/33, asi isu hatina. Pakutanga, muiti wacho haana kuona kunyangarika kwemari, nokuti panguva iyoyo akanga achiita mari pakushanya. Kelis paakaona kuti akanga asina kubhadharwa mugove webasa racho, akatendeukira kuhutungamiriri hwevaviri vekugadzira.
Vakatsanangura kwaari kuti pfungwa dzose maererano nemari dzakaratidzwa muchibvumirano, icho muimbi pachake akasaina. “Hongu, ndakasaina zvandainge ndaudzwa. Nehurombo, ndakanga ndichiri mudiki uye benzi kuti nditarise kaviri zvibvumirano zvese, ”akadaro mutambi wacho.
Kubudirira kwechitatu Kelis album uye kukurumidza kuwedzera kukurumbira
Mushure mekusiya Virgin Records, Kelis akatanga kushanda pane yechitatu albhamu. Muimbi wacho akasarudza kusunungura dhisiki pasi pekuda kweStar Trak uye Arista Records. Iyo album Inonaka yaisanganisira 4 singles: Milkshake, Trick Me, Millionaire uye In Public. Milkshake yakava rwiyo rwemuimbi anonyanya kufarirwa pabasa rake. Zvakare nekuda kweiyi imwe chete, zvakakwanisika kukwezva kutarisa kwevateereri kune studio studio yakaburitswa muna Zvita 2003.
Kunyorwa kwacho kwakanyorwa uye kwakagadzirwa neThe Neptunes. Nekudaro, pakutanga zvaifungidzirwa kuti yaizoitwa naBritney Spears. Spears paakaramba rwiyo, rwakapihwa kuna Kelis. Maererano nemunyori, "milkshake" murwiyo inoshandiswa sedimikira re "chimwe chinhu chinoita kuti vakadzi vakakosha." Rwiyo urwu runozivikanwa nekwaya yarwo euphemistic uye yakaderera R&B rhythm. Paaigadzira Milkshake, Kelis "akaziva ipapo kuti yaive rwiyo rwakanaka" uye aida kuti ive yekutanga yealbum.
Iyo imwechete yakakwira nhamba 3 paBillboard Hot 100 muna Zvita 2003. Yakazopihwa chitupa cheGoridhe kuUnited States, kwayakatengesa 883 yakabhadharwa yekudhawunirodha. Uyezve, muna 2004, rwiyo rwakasarudzwa "Best Urban kana Alternative Performance" (Grammy Award).
Iyo yechitatu albhamu, Inonaka, yakagamuchira ongororo yakanaka kubva kune vatsoropodzi. Vakacherechedza mavambo uye kuvandudzwa kwenziyo uye ruzha zvichienzaniswa nebasa rekare remuiti. Padhisiki unogona kunzwa mateki ane Saadiq, André 3000 naNas (aimbova mukomana wemuimbi). Musvondo rayo rekutanga, iyo album yakakwira nhamba ye27 paBillboard 200. Yakavewo rwiyo rwechipiri rwemuimbi (mushure meKelis Was Here (2006)) kumusoro kwemachati.
Kuburitswa kwaKelis Kwaive Pano uye yechipiri Grammy kudomwa kwaKelis
Muna Nyamavhuvhu 2006, muimbi akaburitsa dambarefu rake rechina Kelis Was Here paJive Records. Yakatanga panhamba 10 paBillboard 200 uye yakasarudzwa kuti iwane Grammy Award yeBest Contemporary R&B Album. Zvisinei, mutambi wacho akakundikana kuwana mubairo. Panguva yemhemberero, Beyoncé akaziviswa seakakunda.
Iyo vhezheni yepasi rose yealbum yaive nematepi gumi nemapfumbamwe. Pakati padzo paive nenziyo dzaisanganisira will.i.am, Nas, Cee-Lo, Too Short naSpragga Benz. Aitungamira single aive Bossy, akarekodhwa nerapper Too Short. Rwiyo rwacho rwakakwira panhamba 19 paBillboard Hot 16 uye rwakapihwa mbiri yeplatinamu neRIAA. Dzimwe nziyo mbiri dzakaburitswa "kusimudzira" iyo albhamu yaive Blindfold Me naNas naLil Star naCee-Lo.
The Kelis Was Here rekodhi yakagamuchira ongororo yakanaka kubva kune vatsoropodzi vemimhanzi. PaMetacritic, iyo albhamu ine mamakisi makumi manomwe zvichienderana ne70 wongororo.
Basa remimhanzi raKelis rakawedzera sei?
Muna 2010, pasi pekutungamirwa kwemakambani ekurekodha will.i.am Music Group uye Interscope Records, muimbi akaburitsa rake rechishanu studio album. Kana mabasa ekare akarekodhwa zvakanyanya murudzi rweR&B, saka rekodhi iyi yaive nyowani mukunzwika. Nziyo dzakabatanidza masitaera akadai semagetsi ekutamba-dhanzi-pop uye electropop, ayo aisanganisira zvinhu zveimba, synth-pop uye dancehall. Mutambi uyu aiita zvekunyora nekurekodha nziyo apo aive nepamuviri nemwana wake wekutanga. Sekureva kwake, "album iyi inzira yekuva amai." Flesh Tone yakatanga panhamba 48 paUS Billboard 200. Yakatengesa makopi 7800 muvhiki yayo yekutanga.
Iyo inotevera albhamu Chikafu chakabuda chete makore mana gare gare. Muimbi akachinja ruzha rwake zvakare, achishandisa kusanganiswa kwemaitiro akasiyana: funk, neo-soul, Memphis mweya uye afrobeat. Inzwi remuimbi uyu rakatsanangurwa nevatsoropodzi se "rakashama uye rinopfungaira". Rekodhi "haina kufambira mberi" pamusoro penhamba 4 paBillboard 73, asi yakakwanisa kusvika nhamba 200 paUK Top R&B Albums Chart.
Muna 2020, Kelis akazivisa rwendo rweUK neEurope kupemberera kusvitsa makore makumi maviri edambarefu rake rekutanga Kaleidoscope. Muimbi akapa makonti mumaguta 20 kubva 9 kusvika 3 Kurume. Muna Chivabvu 17, nyaya dzemuimbi pa Instagram dzakaratidza kuti aironga kuburitsa albhamu yake yechinomwe, Sound Mind.
Kelis kubika makirasi
Kubva 2006 kusvika 2010 Kelis akadzidziswa pachikoro cheLe Cordon Bleu culinary. Ikoko ainyanya kudzidza sosi, akagamuchira dhipuroma mukugadzirira kwavo. Muimbi akafunga kusiya mimhanzi kwechinguva ndokuratidza iyo Saucy uye Inotapira show paKubika Channel muna 2014. Kwapera gore, akabudisa bhuku rinonzi My Life on a Plate.
Zvinokosha kuziva kuti kutangwa kweiyo kubika show kwakabatana nekuburitswa kwechina studio Chikafu. Zvino Kelis akanga achizivikanwa kwete chete semuimbi, asiwo semubiki. Kusimudzira rekodhi, akadhirowa vhidhiyo yekubika yeKudya Kwemanheru, yewebhu-yakavakirwa kubika app inopihwa simba naSpotify.
Muna 2016, pakave neruzha rwakawanda rwakatenderedza mutambi munzvimbo yenhau paakava mudiwa waAndy Taylor, mumwe wevatangi veLe Bun restaurant. Pamwe chete vakaronga kuvhura nzvimbo yekudyira yehamburger paSoho's Leicester House. Iye zvino Kelis ari kutarisa paBounty & Yakazara mutsara wemasosi, yakatangwa muna 2015. Sekureva kwemuimbi, zvingori zvechisikigo chete zvinoshandiswa mumisanganiswa kugadzira "accessory kune ndiro."
Hupenyu hwaKelis
Kelis parizvino akaroora kune real estate agent Mike Mora. Muchato wakaitwa muna December 2014. MunaNovember 2015, vaviri vacho vaiva nemwanakomana ainzi Shepherd. Musi waNyamavhuvhu 5, 2020, muimbi akazivisa kuti aive nepamuviri naMike kechipiri uye aitarisira mwanasikana. Musikana uyu akaberekwa munaGunyana 2020, zita rake harisati raburitswa.
Pakutanga, muimbi uyu aive akaroora rapper Nas. Vaviri vakaroora muna Ndira 8, 2005, zvisinei, akaendesa kurambana muna Kubvumbi 2009. Kubva kuna Nasir, muimbi ane mwanakomana, Knight Jones, akaberekwa muna July 2009.
Muna 2018, Kelis akavhura nezve kushungurudzwa kwepanyama uye kwepfungwa kwaakatsungirira muwanano yake naNas. Muimbi wacho akataura kuti dambudziko guru muhukama hwavo raive kudhakwa kwerapper. Akataura zvakare kuti Nasir aive nehukama hwekunze. Uye haasati abhadhara alimony paKnight kubva pakutanga kwa2012.
