Angie Stone

Angie Stone
Rayuwa
Cikakken suna	Angela Laverne Brown
Haihuwa	Columbia (mul) , 18 Disamba 1961
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Harshen uwa	Turanci
Mutuwa	Montgomery, 1 ga Maris, 2025
Yanayin mutuwa	accidental death (en)  (traffic collision (en) )
Ƴan uwa
Ma'aurata	D'Angelo (en)
Karatu
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	mawaƙi, singer-songwriter (en) , dan wasan kwaikwayon talabijin, mai tsara, stage actor (en) , ɗan wasan kwaikwayo, pianist (en) , marubuci da lyricist (en)
Ayyanawa daga	gani [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals (en) ]] (2003) : [[More Than a Woman (en) ]] [[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (en) ]] (2005) : [[U-Haul (en) ]] [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals (en) ]] (2008) : [[Baby (en) ]]
Mamba	The Sequence (en)
Sunan mahaifi	Angie Stone
Artistic movement	soul (en) rhythm and blues (en) neo soul (en) funk (en) contemporary R&B (en)
Kayan kida	keyboard instrument (en) murya saxophone (en)
Jadawalin Kiɗa	Arista Records (mul) Concord Records (mul) J Records (en) Stax Records (en)
IMDb	nm1102921
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Angela Laverne "Angie" Stone (née Brown; Disamba 18, 1961 - Maris 1, 2025) mawaƙin Ba'amurke ce, marubuciya, 'yar wasan kwaikwayo, kuma mai shirya rikodin. Ta yi suna a ƙarshen 1970s a matsayin memba na hip hop trio Sequence. A farkon shekarun 1990, ta zama memba na R&B trio Vertical Hold. Stone sannan ya sanya hannu tare da Arista Records don sakin kundin solo na farko na Black Diamond (1999), wanda ya sami takardar shaidar zinare ta Associationungiyar Masana'antar Rikodi ta Amurka (RIAA) kuma ta haifar da ɗayan "Babu Ruwan Sama (A cikin Wannan Gajimare)". Bayan ta sauya sheka zuwa J Records, ta fitar da kundi na biyu, Mahogany Soul (2001), wanda ya haifar da waƙar "Wish I didn't miss You". Ƙaunar Dutse (2004) da kuma The Art of Love & War (2007), kundinta na farko-daya akan ginshiƙi na Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop.

Stone ya shiga cikin wasan kwaikwayo a cikin 2000s, inda ta fara fitowa a fim a cikin fim ɗin ban dariya na 2002 The Hot Chick, da wasanta na halarta na farko a 2003, a cikin rawar Big Mama Morton a cikin kiɗan na Broadway Chicago. Daga nan ta ci gaba da fitowa a cikin ayyukan tallafawa a fina-finai da shirye-shiryen talabijin da kuma shirye-shiryen kiɗa da yawa, ciki har da VH1's Celebrity Fit Club da TV One's R&B Divas, da fina-finai irin su The Fighting Temptations (2003), Fasto Brown (2009). da 'Yan Matan Makaranta (2010).

An zabi Stone don lambar yabo ta Grammy guda uku kuma ya lashe lambar yabo ta Soul Train Lady of Soul. A cikin 2021, ta sami lambar yabo ta Soul Music Icon Award a Black Music Honors. A cikin 2024, ta kasance fitacciyar mawaƙiya a kan "Babu damuwa" na Damon Little, wanda ya hau #1 akan ginshiƙi na Billboard's Gospel Airplay. An kashe dutse a wani hatsarin mota a ranar 1 ga Maris, 2025. Tana da shekaru 63 a lokacin mutuwarta.

Rayuwar farko

An haifi Stone a Columbia, South Carolina, inda ta fara rera waƙar bishara a Cocin Baptist Baptist na Farko, ƙarƙashin jagorancin Reverend Blakely N. Scott. Mahaifinta, memba na quartet bishara na gida, ya ɗauki Dutse don ganin wasan kwaikwayo na masu fasahar bishara irin su Mala'iku masu Waƙa da Maɓallin Linjila.

Sana'a

1979-1985: Tsari

Babban labarin: Jeri A ƙarshen 1970s, lokacin da Stone ya kasance 16, ta kafa rap uku The Sequence, mace ta hip-hop, wacce ta ƙunshi Cheryl "The Pearl" Cook da Gwendolyn "Blondie" Chisolm. Su ne ƙungiyar rap ta biyu da aka rattaba hannu a cikin Sugar Hill Records bayan an yi wa manaja Sylvia Robinson a baya a wani wasan kwaikwayo na Sugar Hill Gang a South Carolina. A cikin 1980, The Sequence ya ci nasara tare da guda ɗaya "Funk You Up", wanda ya kai lamba 15 akan ginshiƙi na Top Black Singles. Mutanen uku sun ji daɗin jerin rap hits a matsayin ƙungiyar rap ta farko ta mata a farkon shekarun hip hop. Mawaka irin su "Monster Jam" da ke nuna rapper Spoonie Gee da "Funky Sound (Tear The Roof Off)" sun ci gaba da rangadin ƙungiyar, tare da Robinson yana aiki a matsayin jagoransu. Ƙungiya ta ɓace cikin duhu yayin da hip hop ya canza daga sautin jam'iyyarsa na asali zuwa wani nau'i mai ban sha'awa na titi kuma daga karshe ya watse a cikin 1985.

1986–2005: Tsayayyen Rike, Black Diamond da ci gaban aiki

Stone daga nan ya yi aiki tare da ƙungiyar kiɗan hip hop da ƙungiyar kiɗan electro funk Mantronix, kafin ya zama jagoran mawaƙin na Trio Vertical Hold wanda ya fito da mashahurin waƙar "Da alama Kuna Busy sosai" da kuma albums guda biyu: Matter of Time (1993) da Head First (1995). A cikin 1996, Stone ya haɗu tare da Gerry DeVeaux, ɗan uwan mawaƙa Lenny Kravitz, da Charlie Mole don kafa ƙungiyar Devox. Sun yi rikodin kundi guda ɗaya, Devox mai nuna Angie B. Stone, wanda Toshiba EMI ya fitar a Japan. An nuna yankan da aka zaɓa a gaban Gerry DeVeaux na Layi ta hanyar Faɗin Faɗawa, wanda kuma ya haɗa da kayan da aka rubuta na Dutse. An sanya hannu zuwa Waƙoƙin Tsakar dare na Jocelyn Cooper, Stone kuma ya raba ƙima a rubuce-rubucen waƙa akan kundi na farko na D'Angelo guda biyu, Brown Sugar (1995) da Voodoo (2000), da kuma ba da muryoyin goyan baya lokacin yawon shakatawa tare da shi. Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da goyon baya akan kundin studio na biyar na Lenny Kravitz, 5 (1998).

A ƙarshen 1990s, Arista Records sannan manajan A&R Peter Edge ya kawo Stone don yiwa shugaban Clive Davis alama. Ya ba ta kwangilar rikodin solo tare da alamar kuma a cikin Satumba 1999, an fitar da kundin solo na farko, Black Diamond. An yi mata suna bayan 'yarta Diamond Ti'ara, an sake shi zuwa kyakkyawan nazari daga masu sukar kiɗa, kuma ta kai saman goma akan ginshiƙin Albums na Top R&B/Hip-Hop na Billboard. Black Diamond daga ƙarshe ta sami ƙwararriyar zinari ta Ƙungiyar Masana'antar Rikodi ta Amurka (RIAA) da Masana'antar Watsa Labarai ta Biritaniya (BPI) kuma ta haifar da lambar waƙoƙin Adult R&B-daya ta buga "Babu Ruwan Sama (A cikin Wannan Gajimare)". Guda ɗaya ya sami nadin Dutse guda biyu a cikin lambar yabo ta Soul Train Music Awards na 2000.

A cikin 2000, Stone ya sauya sheka daga Arista zuwa mai sarrafa kiɗan Clive Davis J Records. Hakanan a waccan shekarar, ta yi rikodin waƙar jigon don UPN/The CW sitcom Girlfriends, wanda ke nuna Tracee Ellis Ross, da kuma fitowar ta zo daga kashi na uku na "Makafi da Haske". Sannan ta fitar da kundi na biyu Mahogany Soul a ranar 16 ga Oktoba, 2001, tare da alamar. Haɗa ɗimbin mawakan R&B na zamani, Stone ya haɗu tare da Carvin & Ivan, Raphael Saadiq, Swizz Beatz, Alicia Keys da Hauwa'u akan yawancin kundi. An fitar da shi zuwa ingantattun bita, ya haura lamba hudu akan manyan Albums na Amurka R&B/Hip-Hop, yayin da ya kai sama da ashirin na Charts Album na Dutch, Finnish da Flemish.

Bugu da ƙari, BPI da RIAA sun ba Stone zinariya don Mahogany Soul. "Da fatan ban yi kewar ku ba", waƙar album ɗin ta biyu, ta zama mafi girma a duniya har yanzu, ta kai manyan goma a Ostiraliya da Belgium da kuma saman Waƙoƙin Rawar Billboard. "Fiye da Mace", 'yar duet tare da mawaƙa Joe, ta sami lambar yabo ta farko ta Grammy Award a cikin Mafi kyawun Ayyukan R&B ta Duo ko Ƙungiya mai Vocals a bikin na 45.

A cikin 2002, Stone ya yi rawar baƙo a kan Girlfriends kuma ya buga mai kantin Madame Mambuza a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na matashiyar Amurka The Hot Chick, tare da tauraro Rob Schneider. Fim ɗin ya ci gaba da ƙima mara kyau daga masu sukar fim saboda rashin kunya da rashin jin daɗi, amma ya zama babban nasara a ofishin akwatin a Amurka. A shekara mai zuwa, mawaƙin ya fito a matsayin Alma a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na kida na Jonathan Lynn The Fighting Temptations tare da Cuba Gooding, Jr. da Beyoncé. An sake shi zuwa gaurayawan sake dubawa, ba a sami nasara a kasuwanci ba fiye da The Hot Chick. Dutsen da aka yi rikodin "Rain Down", duet tare da Eddie Levert, don sautin rakiyar.

Stone Love, album dinta na uku, an sake shi a watan Yuni 2004. Davis ya tuntubi Warryn Campbell, Jazze Pha da Missy Elliott don yin aiki tare da Stone, wanda ya rubuta kuma ya samar da rabin waƙar ƙarshe da ke jera kanta. Kundin da aka yi muhawara a lamba 14 a kan Billboard 200 na Amurka, yana sayar da kwafi 53,000 a cikin makon farko na fitowa, kuma ya shiga cikin manyan mutane ashirin a Belgium, Finland, Sweden da Netherlands. An riga an fitar da shi da waƙar "I Wanna Thank Ya" wanda ke nuna Snoop Dogg, wanda ya fi bugu biyar a Belgium da kuma babban jigon dutse na biyu a kan Waƙoƙin Rawar Amurka. A cikin 2005, Stone ta fara yin rikodin abin da ake tsammanin zai zama kundi na yau da kullun na biyar, amma don adana kuɗi J Records ya nemi ta canja wurin sabon kayanta, gami da waƙar da ba a taɓa fitar da ita a baya ba "I wasn't Kidding", zuwa kundin tarihinta na farko na Stone Hits: Mafi kyawun Angie Stone, yana daidaita waƙoƙi daga albam ɗinta na farko. Bayan shekaru biyar tare da kamfanin, Stone daga baya ya nemi kuma ya sami saki mara sharadi daga lakabin a ƙarshen 2005.