Malaika (singer)
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Malaika also known under name Malaika Sallard Johnson, is a female African American
dance singer from Seattle, Washington
. During her short lived music career she recorded only one album
entitled Sugar Time, which managed two Top 5 hits on the US
Billboard
Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart
, including her number #1 single
, "Gotta Know (Your Name)
" in 1993.
Her persona is tied with another A&M
recording artist, CeCe Peniston
, who took her own chances by performing backup vocals
on the Overweight Pooch
's album record Female Preacher
in 1991, originally intended for Malaika.
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
dance singer from Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
. During her short lived music career she recorded only one album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
entitled Sugar Time, which managed two Top 5 hits on the US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
, including her number #1 single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
, "Gotta Know (Your Name)
Gotta Know (Your Name)
"Gotta Know " is a 1993 song by Malaika, released on A&M Records.The composition was written by Eric Miller, Jamie Principle, Steve Hurley and Tommye Miller, and released as the second single from the singer's debut album Sugar Time...
" in 1993.
Her persona is tied with another A&M
A&M Records
A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...
recording artist, CeCe Peniston
CeCe Peniston
CeCe Peniston is an African American recording artist and former beauty queen. At the beginning of the nineties, she was considered to be one of the most successful dance club artists in the history of the U.S...
, who took her own chances by performing backup vocals
Backing vocalist
A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
on the Overweight Pooch
Overweight Pooch
Overweight Pooch is a female rapper, called after her childhood nickname.In 1991, she released her only album to date Female Preacher on A&M Records, and scored a moderate commercial success with the single "I Like It", which charted at number #16 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play...
's album record Female Preacher
Female Preacher
-Credits and personnel:* Tonya Davis - lead vocal, writer, co-producer* CeCe Peniston - back vocal, co-writer* Felipe Delgado - writer, producer, engineer, mix, cuts and scratches* Andrew Smith - writer, producer* T. Smith - writer* James Brown - writer...
in 1991, originally intended for Malaika.
Albums
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1993 | Sugar Time
|
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN Dance Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays.... |
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
U.S. Dance Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs... |
U.S. Maxi Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes... |
U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart is the airplay component chart of the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. It is not the R&B subset of The Hot 100 Airplay, but rather a separate panel of R&B stations in urban markets used for the R&B/Hip-Hop chart... |
U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
U.S. Hot 100 Airplay Hot 100 Airplay The Hot 100 Airplay chart is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It measures radio airplay, and is one of the three component charts, along with the Hot Singles Sales and the Hot Digital Songs charts, that determine the chart positions of singles on the Billboard... |
U.S. Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
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| 1992 | "So Much Love So Much Love (Malaika song) "So Much Love" is a 1992 song and the debut single by Malaika, released on A&M Records.The composition, written by the singer herself, D'Mosis and Rodney K. Jackson, was the lead single of her only album released to date, Sugar Time. The song charted at number five on the U.S... " |
6 | - | 5 | 27 | - | - | 55 | 102 | Sugar Time |
| 1993 | "Gotta Know (Your Name) Gotta Know (Your Name) "Gotta Know " is a 1993 song by Malaika, released on A&M Records.The composition was written by Eric Miller, Jamie Principle, Steve Hurley and Tommye Miller, and released as the second single from the singer's debut album Sugar Time... " |
- | 68 | 1 | 17 | 48 | 68 | 74 | 120 | |
| 1995 | "Break It Down Break It Down (Malaika song) "Break It Down" is a 1995 song and the third solo single by US singer Malaika.After two sizable hits on A&M Records, with So Much Love" and "Gotta Know " , the singer tried to hit da indie trail dipping into hip-hop waters with a composition written and produced by R.K... " |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | non-album single |
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that region. | ||||||||||
Other contributions
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | "You Win, I Win, We Lose" (on Finally Finally (CeCe Peniston album) Finally is the debut album by American singer CeCe Peniston, released on January 28, 1992 by A&M Records. Prior to that, she recorded her debut single "Finally", which topped the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play chart on October 26, 1991, peaking eventually at number five on the Billboard... by CeCe Peniston CeCe Peniston CeCe Peniston is an African American recording artist and former beauty queen. At the beginning of the nineties, she was considered to be one of the most successful dance club artists in the history of the U.S... ) |
background vocal |
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
- Mononymous persons
External links
- Malaika on DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
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