At the 2024 Grammy Awards, Tracy Chapman, 80, made a triumphant return to the stage, performing 'Fast Car' with Luke Combs. This marked her first live performance in years and led to a surge in the song's popularity. Joni Mitchell, after largely vanishing from the public eye due to an aneurysm nine years ago, also made a remarkable comeback, performing 'Both Sides Now' with Brandi Carlile and others. Both performances received widespread acclaim and emotional reactions from the audience, with Chapman's performance leading to a standing ovation and topping the U.S. iTunes charts. The performances were described as unifying and touching, drawing bipartisan praise and sparking discussions about the timelessness of Chapman's music.
Still vibing with this spectacular moment with Tracy Chapman, Luke Combs, and Fast Car at the Grammys last weekend. Love the backstory https://t.co/JCw68RtjkJ
The team behind Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs' moving 'Fast Car' duet at the 2024 Grammys reveals how the phenomenal performance happened. https://t.co/YD8SqJd5ct
Spotify searches for Tracy Chapman soar after Grammy's performance https://t.co/HGdcR9CAde https://t.co/tKGTyr8FIw
Also, "Fast Car" is a great song when sung by Tracy Chapman or Luke Combs or both of them together. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
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Tracy Chapman’s Grammys Appearance Was the Event of the Night. Here’s How It Happened: https://t.co/HbrUbmj5wR https://t.co/SNBSq5e11C
“Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman jumps 16 spots to a new peak of #113 on the global Spotify chart with 1.524 million streams. https://t.co/ubsTkpIQuJ
Tracy Chapman & Luke Combs Deliver Gripping Performance Of "Fast Car" | 2024 GRAMMYs | https://t.co/li0g4EirRw https://t.co/KKyYWMZhVH
Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs met for the very first time 5 days before the #GRAMMYs. “She had a vision, and she asked Luke his thoughts. Then they just kept running through it and running through it." More on how the performance came together: https://t.co/HbrUbmjDmp https://t.co/VpmiaY3s3w
Tracy Chapman’s ‘Fast Car’ Sales Increase By 38,000% Post-Grammys https://t.co/crvPZPBcg7
Tracy Chapman’s surprise performance of “Fast Car” with Luke Combs at the Grammys took months of discussion. “It’s such a big ask, and such a pipe dream, that we really didn’t think it was going to happen." How the #GRAMMYs highlight came to be: https://t.co/HbrUbmj5wR https://t.co/4LsI9PU1lW
Tracy Chapman’s rare public appearance at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night left many fans wondering why she had largely stepped away from music for more than a decade https://t.co/c4Pyw5eVuJ
Where has Tracy Chapman been? https://t.co/th7szxdIEW
“Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman rises to a new peak of #129 (+4) on the global Spotify chart with 1.472 million streams. https://t.co/jWi8xHsHoS
Tracy Chapman‘s triumphant return to the stage to perform her hit “Fast Car” with Luke Combs at the #GRAMMYs has resulted in a significant streaming boost. Read more: https://t.co/XmgwUsQKZ5 https://t.co/6FlNyLmmUe
Tracy Chapman has seen a meteoric rise in streams of "Fast Car" in the days following her appearance at the 2024 Grammy Awards. https://t.co/ow77pclMYR https://t.co/IQonDSvyKj
Days later, people are still buzzing about the "Fast Car" Grammy performance. Here's the story of how Tracy Chapman's song became a classic: https://t.co/cfxaKzgFle
What made Sunday night’s performance feel different wasn’t just the time that had passed, or the gray hair that now elegantly frames Tracy Chapman’s face. It was the presence of Luke Combs regarding Chapman with an awe-struck reverence. https://t.co/In1MexHsFC
Tracy Chapman’s ‘Fast Car’ Streams Triple After 2024 Grammys Performance 🔗 https://t.co/XmgwUsQKZ5 https://t.co/VBySBeQZzo
The outpouring of authentic joy engendered by Tracy Chapman’s amazing Grammy performance with Luke Combs is a good tonic for the times we live in. As a fellow alumnus of Tufts University, she makes all of us Jumbos proud! https://t.co/xXsAYDt3n0
“Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman enters the global Spotify chart for the first time at #133 with 1.4 million streams. https://t.co/h7xFw3O9nu
Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" rose to number six in August 1988, 36 years before she played on the Grammys with Luke Combs. That's like her playing with Rosemary Clooney, who had the #6 song in 1952. Holy cow.
Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs' 'Fast Car' Grammy duet gives her song a charts jump-start https://t.co/6RfdwgdQfQ
Tracy Chapman’s triumphant Grammy performance left fans wondering why she ever left music, and whether she might return. https://t.co/xaaaJRd4fh
After quietly retreating from performing in 2009, the folk musician made a triumphant return to the Grammys stage to perform ‘Fast Car’ alongside country star Luke Combs. What happened in between? https://t.co/ZKdPn44gGI https://t.co/cqLaLm5UTF
The Tracy Chapman duet with Luke Combs of Fast Car at the Grammy's was so good. So so good. https://t.co/Lypcmg8Zgt
Tracy Chapman’s triumphant performance at the Grammy Awards left fans wondering what she has been doing since she left the music world, and whether she might return. https://t.co/gWe9JbSYq5
Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs Perform “Fast Car” | 2024 GRAMMYs https://t.co/KilabPlel1
Singing her 1988 hit “Fast Car” live for the first time in years, duetting with the country star Luke Combs and taking in the rapturous applause of her musical peers, Tracy Chapman gave off the feeling, in the words of her timeless song, that she belonged. https://t.co/In1MexGUQ4
Tracy Chapman's Debut Album AND the single 'Fast Car' both top US iTunes charts following Grammys performance!!! Her Greatest Hits takes the No. 2 spot for albums and 'Give Me One Reason' claims the No.9 spot. https://t.co/2GC1PQF0qx
Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs' Grammy performance was a "magical, unifying moment" for an "angry and divided nation," @Peter_Wehner writes: https://t.co/3f3Dm4C1AC
Feel-good news alert Tracy Chapman dominated the iTunes charts less than 24 hours after her performance at the Grammy's • #1 Song - 'Fast Car' • #1 Music Video - 'Fast Car' • #1 Album - 'Tracy Chapman' Living legend. https://t.co/MpBQEfCsGZ
Tracy Chapman's 'Fast Car' climbs the iTunes charts after her Grammy performance : @NPR https://t.co/dFjTokd6im
Legend “Fast car” Tracy Chapman at the Grammys with Luke Combs https://t.co/XkpaycWwa7
Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs’s performance of “Fast Car” at the Grammys felt larger than the limitations of genre, expansive enough to hold every single person it had ever touched, regardless of the identities that so often divide us, our critic writes. https://t.co/SlkZwlJNMH
Has anyone seen video posted on here of Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs singing “Fast Car”?
Tracy Chapman took the #GRAMMYs stage for the first time in years to perform "Fast Car." Here is a clip of her singing the song at the 1989 show: https://t.co/lvPnT5Z9hz https://t.co/wA1Agj1a8E
Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs Gave America a Rare Gift: Harmony https://t.co/9dzclWtQbm
Still buzzing about this performance. Luke Combs + Tracy Chapman FTW! #grammys https://t.co/NmB08vJLG5
Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" is currently the No. 1 song on the US iTunes chart, over 35 years after its debut. https://t.co/5LPptHkc8L
Didn’t watch the Grammys live but oh man Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs playing Fast Car has me feeling something.
Fans were elated Tracy Chapman got her flowers during the Grammy performance of Fast Car with Luke Combs https://t.co/rb5vvjI2yA https://t.co/2J5X4e85Qz
Tracy Chapman’s original ‘Fast Car’ tops iTunes after Grammys performance https://t.co/7kK0Tj9Efo
Tracy Chapman's original 'Fast Car' hits #1 on iTunes after Grammys performance https://t.co/6zm5E7tSQD
Longtime San Francisco resident Tracy Chapman plays 'Fast Car' at the Grammys https://t.co/ckNvjkVZ48
I love how Tracy Chapman is so openly overwhelmed by this audience's reaction to her performance, while Luke Combs is so openly overwhelmed by actually being able to perform with Chapman. AK https://t.co/k4mdQf2IE9
Hooray for America! “Tracy Chapman and North Carolina's Luke Combs sing ‘Fast Car’ at The Gra... https://t.co/kVRmjMumsN via @YouTube
Hate the Grammys, but love this… …Luke Combs & Tracy Chapman! 🥹 https://t.co/Rfzxvf5TZv
Tracy Chapman Dominates iTunes Following Grammy Performance https://t.co/7sPzawdkrv
The power of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" at the Grammys https://t.co/Y18k1sCirx
Remember when we were debating if Luke Combs singing Tracy Chapman's Fast Car was racist? (OK, I wasn't debating, but it was just 6 months ago.) Well, my golly it's incredible sweet to see and hear them singing together! (Chapman's original version is still the better version.) https://t.co/gtJyphVLHy
The Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs performance at the Grammy's wasn't that great. https://t.co/dvE4Ptkmpo
Joni Mitchell makes her Grammys performance debut, with a stunning rendition of 'Both Sides, Now' | Click on the image to read the full story https://t.co/rv6RmWdOey
I absolutely love that Tracy Chapman is trending. So good. https://t.co/iaINSGZSSr
What does 'Fast Car' mean? A look back at Tracy Chapman's 1988 hit https://t.co/7kbcgs0D5N
Tracy Chapman singing 'Fast Car' with Luke Combs at the Grammys is getting attention for all the right reasons https://t.co/HLivsavaRd https://t.co/aMqktcXHyV
It was an emotional moment when Tracy Chapman, who has not performed in public in years, returned to the stage Sunday at the Grammy Awards. https://t.co/ffSc7t3pX2
Tracy Chapman's performance on the #Grammys stage with country singer Luke Combs — who had a massive hit covering her “Fast Car” — brought the crowd to a roar. See more highlights from the Grammy Awards: https://t.co/BSpmRjwohC https://t.co/KCFBaIwPtB
Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs’s duet of ‘Fast Car’ was the highlight of the night, along with Joni Mitchell’s and Annie Lennox’s moving ballads. https://t.co/A1Gq54o8FJ
Tracy Chapman's timeless 'Fast Car' races to the top of iTunes after her captivating performance at the Grammys alongside country sensation Luke Combs. https://t.co/zVjNQHMc2m
Tracy Chapman joined country singer Luke Combs to perform a heartfelt rendition of “Fast Car” at the 2024 Grammy Awards. https://t.co/nZYvFasxjc
Tracy Chapman Performing Fast Car With Luke Combs Last Night At The Grammy's For Her First Performance In Years Was Beautiful https://t.co/dbVcXvJOPH https://t.co/hi2BpWDX3W
Luke Combs singing 'Fast Car' with Tracy Chapman https://t.co/5gy6HnaX8H
'Boom, Nation Healed': Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs' Grammy Performance Draws Bipartisan Social Media Praise https://t.co/EvO8qCj1x1
The response to Luke Combs’s cover of “Fast Car”—which Tracy Chapman performed with Combs at the Grammys tonight—should make us question whether race is always relevant to news stories, @conor64 argued last July. https://t.co/ixtYL3H0Jw
Within an hour after she performed with Luke Combs at the #Gammys, Tracy Chapman’s version of the song hit the top of the U.S. iTunes charts for the first time ever. https://t.co/9ZbceqvFxr
Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” reached #1 on US iTunes after a live performance with Luke Combs at the Grammys, 36 years after its release. Chapman hasn't performed in years. https://t.co/jGQoRzhd1q
I still remember exactly where I was the first time I heard Fast Car. Tracy Chapman is still the greatest. https://t.co/oNzaP1ROah
Tracy Chapman + Luke Combs = must-watch Grammys performance. https://t.co/nqK6Qi0o5f
Singing her rousing 1988 hit “Fast Car” live for the first time in years at the Grammys on Sunday night, the elusive folk singer Tracy Chapman received the reverence and gratitude she’s long earned. https://t.co/CTH9kf2pay
Fast Car has always been an obviously brilliant song, but to me the most striking thing is how timeless Tracy Chapman's voice and approach is. It was released in 1988 but I thought it was new when I first heard it as a kid in the mid-90s, and it doesn't feel aged at all now
During Tracy Chapman’s performance of “Fast Car” at the Grammys on Sunday, “what you noticed was the joy radiating from her face. Her contented smile. The unwavering tone and rich steadiness of her voice,” our critic writes. https://t.co/0ZEQHocHjr
I very rarely watch award shows but was moved by three moments on the Grammy’s last night: Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs -Fast Car, Joni Mitchell’s rare appearance singing “Both Sides Now (meaning so different at 80) and Celine Dion’s return. #GRAMMYs https://t.co/JbIMzjnqEd
That Tracy Chapman/Luke Combs duet was cool.
GRAMMYS: Tracy Chapman’s surprise ‘Fast Car’ duet with Luke Holms was arguably the night’s most touching moment. #TracyChapman #FastCar https://t.co/pQepSvCWNP
Tracy Chapman made a rare appearance at the 2024 #GRAMMYs to sing her 1988 hit “Fast Car” with Luke Combs, the country star who turned a new audience onto Chapman’s song with his cover version and earned a Grammy nomination in the process. Watch: https://t.co/bVCUwyLWBI https://t.co/Hyxi4aU5Or
Still thinking about Tracy Chapman's incredible performance of "Fast Car" with Luke Combs at the Grammys. → https://t.co/dF2yZVuNZn https://t.co/mbgHDJBpeM
Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs perform ‘Fast Car’ at the Grammys. Might as well just give her the whole show. https://t.co/6FdWllbmOI
In case you missed it, an unforgettably beautiful performance by Tracy Chapman at Grammys tonight…https://t.co/iu0iCCMFsH https://t.co/JqyLwI1lGd
Tracy Chapman joined country singer Luke Combs to perform a rendition of “Fast Car” at the 2024 Grammy Awards. https://t.co/rzfG8N6zSC
Joni Mitchell performing “Both Sides Now” at the Grammys to a standing ovation. 80 years old & a legend. https://t.co/KxDaw2wsfa
There wasn’t a dry eye in the house when legendary singer Tracy Chapman surprised the crowd with a performance of her hit song, Fast Car. https://t.co/M4IstSw7A7
Tracy Chapman performs 'Fast Car' with Luke Combs in heartfelt Grammys moment | Click on the image to read the full story https://t.co/o3aB2uwDjp
Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs wowed the Grammy audience. https://t.co/sQOr5jZF9e
Full performance of Fast Car by Tracy Chapman with Luke Combs at the Grammys. Her smile at the beginning is the best. https://t.co/Eo8aw15Snf
Tracy Chapman receives standing ovation at Grammys after 'Fast Car' duet with Luke Combs https://t.co/7eD1uiuiMS
Joni Mitchell, Now 80, Just Performed at the Grammys for the First Time Ever https://t.co/BGu1ECAuHn
Grammys 2024: Frail Joni Mitchell, 80, leaves A-list guests in TEARS as she performs show-stopping rendition of Both Sides Now while sat in throne - 10 years after near-fatal brain aneurysm https://t.co/fmBhCTXNoB https://t.co/g4I5GrOhRG
The only thing getting bipartisan support today: Tracy Chapman + Luke Combs performing ‘Fast Car’ at the #GRAMMYs 🥹
Nine years ago, Joni Mitchell had an aneurysm and largely vanished from the public eye. Her fans feared that her singing days were over. On Sunday, in her first-ever Grammy performance, she performed “Both Sides Now” with Brandi Carlile and other artists. https://t.co/ZnP8LwpfS3 https://t.co/DB8XLVsF2j