Tracy is from the Irish surname Ó Treasaigh ("descendant of Treasach," meaning warlike), via Norman French. **Tracy Chapman (born 1964)** — the **American singer-songwriter whose 1988 self-titled debut album sold over 20 million copies and won three Grammy Awards** (Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Contemporary Folk Album). **Her *Fast Car* (1988) became one of the defining songs of late-20th-century American folk-rock**; **her 2024 Grammy performance with Luke Combs was the most-watched musical moment of the ceremony**. **Famously private** — has rarely given interviews or toured since 2009.
Subject of Brian Hiatt's profile in *Rolling Stone* (2008).
Tracy reduces to seven — the number of Grammy-winning songwriter.