For the first few decades of the Billboard Hot 100 — really, close to the first half-century — cover versions were commonplace on all tiers of the chart, with artists frequently charting with ...

With Luke Combs’s version of the singer-songwriter’s hit at No. 2 on the Hot 100, revisit the origins of Björk, the Clash and Nirvana songs. By Lindsay Zoladz This summer, a lot of people who were ...

Tracy Chapman is topping charts with her 1988 lyrics for "Fast Car" 35 years after the initial recording's release. The song's success decades later is thanks in part to country singer Luke Combs, who ...

Tracy Chapman has made history as the first Black woman with a sole songwriting credit on a No. 1 country hit after Luke Combs’ cover of “Fast Car” topped Billboard charts. More than three decades ...

Thanks to country superstar Luke Combs, Tracy Chapman’s 1988 hit “Fast Car” has landed somewhere the artist herself never anticipated. “I never expected to find myself on the country charts, but I’m ...

Last summer, I dedicated this column to talking about how a now-historic TV-to-music sync -- Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" via Stranger Things season four -- vaulted the ...

LeBron Hill is an opinion columnist for the USA TODAY Network Tennessee and the curator of the Black Tennessee Voices newsletter and Instagram account. The four-day summer country music extravaganza ...

"The success of my cover is unreal and I think it’s so cool that Tracy is getting recognized and has reached new milestones," Combs told Billboard Jack Irvin has over five years of experience working ...

Combs' take on the song has out-peaked the original's No. 6 slot on the Billboard Hot 100 and climbed to No. 1 on the U.S. Country Airplay chart Jack Irvin has over five years of experience working in ...

The late great Chris Cornell’s widow Vicky has been very generous in releasing previously unreleased music recorded by the Soundgarden singer. Just a few days ago, he would have turned 60 years old.

From its humble beginnings to its multigenerational success, Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” has endured a long and winding journey. Chapman was an anthropology student at Massachusetts' Tufts University ...

“Fast Car” singer Tracy Chapman said there’s a reason she writes songs and not books. “Fast Car” became a top 10 hit in the United States. The song inspired a hit dance cover and a hit country cover.