Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" ended up driving her right to the coveted CMA award for song of the year — 35 years later. The Country Music Association donned the 59-year-old singer with the song of the ...

Following her duet with Luke Combs at the Grammys, the 1988 song sped to the top of the iTunes chart — streams more than tripled and digital sales shot up more than 38,000%, Billboard says. Good ...

She definitely has a ticket to anywhere now. Tracy Chapman made history Wednesday night when her song “Fast Car” won Song of the Year at the 57th Country Music Association Awards, 35 years after the ...

Singer Tracy Chapman became the first Black woman to win a Country Music Association award Wednesday evening when her signature hit, "Fast Car," won Song of the Year 35 years after it was released. "I ...

The verdict at this year’s CMA Awards is clear: The most important song and single of the year was first released 35 years ago. Luke Combs‘ version of “Fast Car,” which reached Number Two on the Hot ...

This essay originally appeared in NPR Music's weekly newsletter. Subscribe to the newsletter here. As a small-town kid in the 1980s, I fell in love with music via MTV and the ritual of transcribing ...

Just after Tate McRae’s single “It’s ok I’m ok” became the biggest debut of her career, the Canadian multi-hyphenate hit us with another flirty pop song: “Sports car.” Featured on McRae’s third studio ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - More than three decades after its release, "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman became the unlikely winner of song of the year Wednesday night at the Country Music Association Awards.