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Tracy Chapman's 1988 hit 'Fast Car' won the Song of the Year at the 2023 Country Music Awards, making her the first Black songwriter to receive the award. The song, rejuvenated by Luke Combs' cover, topped the country charts 35 years after its initial release, and also topped the Country Airplay chart, marking Chapman as the first Black woman to do so since the chart's inception in 1990. The win has made history in the country music genre, with Chapman's song continuing to collect achievements over three decades after its release.
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Tracy Chapman wins the 2023 CMAs song of the year award for Luke Combs’s cover of the hit 1988 single. Tracy Chapman, you will always be famous. https://t.co/WwFvjQyjt2
How can it possibly be the case that Tracy Chapman recorded Fast Car 35 years ago? It’s not Fast Car. It’s Fast Life. Wow.
35 Years After Its Debut, Tracy Chapman’s ‘Fast Car’ Wins a Song of the Year Award (@mikeives - @nytimes) https://t.co/p6AjnQX0Gp
This episode of the GP Show (on @GrindCityMedia) opens on the Grizz dropping to 1-7. 25:00: @MyMikeCheck joins me. 44:20: Luke Combs said Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" is one of the greatest songs of all-time. Is it? We discuss! WATCH: https://t.co/v4ipw1aCIR
Nearly four decades after Tracy Chapman released "Fast Car," the folk ballad she wrote in 1988 became the unlikely winner of the night at the Country Music Awards. https://t.co/D34RYE0nBc
Tracy Chapman won song of the year at the Country Music Awards on Wednesday for “Fast Car,” which came out in 1988, after Luke Combs' cover of it helped a younger generation of fans discover the song. Here are five other covers that crossed generations. https://t.co/GVf4kuKKUc
Tracy Chapman won song of the year at the Country Music Awards on Wednesday for “Fast Car,” a folk ballad that topped the country charts more than three decades after it was first released, thanks to a cover by the singer Luke Combs. https://t.co/mto41tS3QH https://t.co/yyugeqkr2l
Tracy Chapman’s 1988 hit “Fast Car” continues to collect achievements over three decades after its release, this time at the #CMAAwards https://t.co/FiZBMQGm0U
Tracy Chapman won Song of the Year at the 2023 Country Music Awards for “Fast Car.” https://t.co/4csB5rCyBh
35 years after its debut, Tracy Chapman’s "Fast Car" wins song of the year at the CMAs. https://t.co/Kssxkt5xsG
Tracy Chapman won song of the year at the Country Music Awards on Wednesday for “Fast Car,” which topped the country charts 35 years after it was first released thanks to a cover by Luke Combs. She is the first Black songwriter to receive the award. https://t.co/gASrVPwzAH
Tracy Chapman makes history, winning CMA Award for Luke Combs cover of 'Fast Car' https://t.co/GSAnR0rBZU https://t.co/Soa11JwQKS
CMA Awards: Lainey Wilson Owns the Night; Luke Combs, Tracy Chapman Win for 'Fast Car' https://t.co/mYUCQHicuF
Luke Combs' cover of "Fast Car" reached No. 1 on the Country Airplay chart, making songwriter Tracy Chapman the first Black woman to top the chart since it came into existence in 1990. https://t.co/Y7DeW68BN4
Tracy Chapman just made country music history: She’s the first Black songwriter to win the CMA Award for Song of the Year More: https://t.co/n5B29xi6Wk https://t.co/n5B29xi6Wk
Congrats to Tracy Chapman, writer of "Fast Car." She's a #CMA winner tonight. https://t.co/MMnzkId9MX