Don McLean Ya Karɓi Girmamawa Tare da Takardun RIAA Gold & Platinum Don Ɗauki Waƙarsa Mai Tasiri "Vincent" A Cikin Bitar Los Angeles
Don McLean, mawaki-wakoki na tarihi a bayan waƙoƙi masu ɗorewa kamar "American Pie" da "Vincent," an yi murnar sa a Los Angeles yayin ƙungiyoyi biyu na musamman wannan mako. McLean ya halarci zaman TalkShopLive® sannan ya biye da taron SiriusXM Town Hall da Lou Simon ya jagoranta a tashar SiriusXM '70s on 7. Taron na musamman na SiriusXM ya karɓi daruruwan mabiyansa na kwarai don tattaunawa mai zurfi game da tarihin McLean da gadon kiɗansa mai ɗorewa.
An ƙara haskakawa ranar ne lokacin da aka ba McLean daftarin yabo na RIAA Gold & Platinum na waƙarsa mai ɗorewa "Vincent." Shugaban Daraktaci & CEO na Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) Bruce Resnikoff ya miƙa lambar yabo, yana sanar da lambobin Gold da Platinum ga waƙar. A yayin taron, Resnikoff ya yabawa tasirin da McLean ya yi a tarihin kiɗa da tasirin dijital da ya ci gaba da ci gaba, inda aka samu fiye da yawan juyawa 250 miliyan na "Vincent" a duniya.
Asalin waƙar ta fito ne a kan alamar United Artists a 1971 a matsayin ɓangare na kundin album ɗin McLean mai muhimmanci American Pie, "Vincent" ta daɗe tana motsa zukatan masu sauraro a duk duniya, ta cimma nasarar zaben duniya a jadawalin. "Vincent," wanda aka yiwa wahayi daga rayuwa da fasahar Vincent van Gogh, ana yabawa saboda zance mai ɗaukar hankali da salo mai zuciya na kida. Sau da yawa ana kiranta "Starry Starry Night," waƙar tana ci gaba da zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi ƙaunatattun ayyukan McLean da ginshiƙi na kundin tarihin ƙwafinsa.
"Ya yi mini gajiya mai kyau ganin yadda ‘Vincent’ ke ci gaba da touchin mutane bayan shekaru da yawa," in ji McLean. "An haifi wannan waƙa daga soyayyata ga hazakar Vincent van Gogh da mutuncinsa, kuma ɗaukar lambar yabo ta Gold da Platinum ya kasance girmamawa gare ni. Ina godiya ga mabiyata, al'ummar kiɗa, da duk wanda ya ci gaba da riƙe wannan waƙa a rai."
Mijin gidan gashi na SiriusXM, Lou Simon, mashahurin masani a kan waƙoƙin gargajiya, ya jagoranci muhawara mai karfi tare da McLean yayin taron. SiriusXM na ci gaba da girmama manyan mawaka da kiɗansu, tana ba da abun ciki na musamman da dama ga mabiyai su haɗu da manyan masu fasaha kamar McLean.
Don ƙarin bayani game da Don McLean, ziyarci www.donmclean.com. Don kalla abubuwan da suka faru a SiriusXM Town Hall, kunna SiriusXM '70s on 7.
Don McLean ya karɓi lambar yabo ta GRAMMY, memba ne na Songwriter Hall of Fame, kuma ya sami Kyautar BBC na Rayuwa. Babbar waƙarsa “American Pie” tana nan a Kundin Rikodin Ƙasa na Babban Ajiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙalubale kuma an ƙididdige shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan Waƙoƙi 5 na Karni na 20 ta Recording Industry of America (RIAA). Mai asalin New York, Don McLean ɗaya ne daga cikin manyan mawakan da aka fi girmamawa a tarihin Amurka. Bayan ya yi aiki a cikin mashaya na New York a ƙarshen shekarun 1960, ya ci gaba da samun manyan nasarori kamar “Vincent (Starry, Starry Night),” “Castles in the Air” da sauran da dama. Kundin waƙoƙinsa ya sami bayanin sunayen Madonna, Garth Brooks, Josh Groban, Drake, “Weird Al” Yankovic, da wasu da dama. A 2015, rubutun hannu na “American Pie” na McLean an sayar da shi ta Christie’s, ya samu fiye da dala miliyan 1.2. A 2019 Don ya sami tauraro a Las Vegas Walkway of Stars, kuma waƙar sa “And I Love You So” ta zama taken bikin aure na Prince Harry da Meghan Markle. Don ya samu sabon yarjejeniyar rikodin tare da Time Life a 2020, inda suka fitar da kundin ayyuka da sabon album ‘Still Playin’ Favorites.’ A 2021, “American Pie” na Don an nuna shi a cikin Avengers’ Black Widow da fim ɗin Tom Hanks Finch. McLean ya samu tauraro a Hollywood Walk of Fame, ya yi bikin cika shekaru 50 na “American Pie,” kuma ya yi rikodi da kungiyar a cappella Home Free. A 2022, McLean ya samu manyan lambar Telly guda shida saboda haɗin gwiwarsa da Tyson Fury, ya fitar da littafin yara American Pie: A Fable, kuma an ɗaukaka shi a cikin Musicians Hall of Fame. A 2023, fim din shahararren Telly The Day The Music Died an fitar da shi a DVD da Blu-Ray. A cikin labari mai ban mamaki, Shugaba Yoon na Koriya ta Kudu ya raira “American Pie” ga daruruwan baƙi masu murna na Fadar White House a Washington, D.C. McLean ya sami tauraro a Music City Walk of Fame yayin biki na jama'a tare da Darius Rucker, Joe Galante, da Duane Eddy a Nashville, Tennessee.
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