Ingrid Chavez

Ingrid Chavez, born 1965 in Atlanta, Georgia, is a Mexican-American poet, vocalist, songwriter and photographer.

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1965 - Atlanta, Georgia - Mexican-American

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After moving to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1986, Chavez was taken under Prince's wing in 1987. She was known as The Spirit Child on his 1988 album Lovesexy, and she starred as his romantic interest, Aura, in his 1990 film Graffiti Bridge.

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Minneapolis, Minnesota - 1986 - Prince - 1987 - 1988 - Lovesexy - 1990 - Graffiti Bridge

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In 1989, she collaborated with Richard Werbowenko on a handful of electronic music compositions that were released only on a demo cassette.

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1989 - Richard Werbowenko - Electronic music

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Chavez's debut solo album, titled May 19, 1992 (actually released in 1991; the title is the one-year anniversary of the date the cover art was photographed), was initially intended to set her spoken-word poetry to music supplied by Prince. It was recorded in bits and pieces from late 1987 to mid-1991. When Warner Brothers pushed for the album to have sung vocals in place of the spoken word, Prince abandoned the project. Five of the album's tracks ended up as spoken word with atmospheric music by Prince under his Paisley Park alias, and the remainder were relatively poppy tracks with sung vocals, co-produced by Ingrid with Prince's studio hands Michael Koppelman and Levi Seacer, Jr..

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1991 - Warner Brothers - Michael Koppelman - Levi Seacer, Jr.

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Chavez also wrote the bulk of Madonna's sultry 1990 hit "Justify My Love", and received a large out-of-court settlement for not being credited on that single's initial release.

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Madonna - Justify My Love

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In 1992, not long after recording vocals for David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto's "Heartbeat" single, Chavez married David Sylvian, and over the years contributed her trademark breathy vocals to a number of her baritone-voiced husband's releases.

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1992 - David Sylvian - Ryuichi Sakamoto

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Chavez has a son, Tinondre, born circa 1984, who reportedly lived in Atlanta for a time. She also has two younger daughters, Ameera and Isobel, with Sylvian.

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After living in Atlanta, Albuquerque, and Minneapolis, she was last known to reside with Sylvian in New Hampshire, along with all three of her children. However, the couple announced their intention to divorce in 2005.

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Albuquerque - New Hampshire - 2005

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