Malaika (singer)

American singer

This article is about an American singer. For the South African musical group, see Malaika (group).

Malaika

Born|

Malaika LeRae Sallard

(1972-01-02) January 2, 1972 (age 52)

Seattle, Washington, U.S.

Other names| Malaika Sallard Johnson
Occupations|

* Singer
* songwriter

Years active| 1991–1996
Musical career
Genres|

* Dance-pop
* R&B
* soul
* urban

Instrument|

* Vocals

Labels|

* A&M (1992–93)
* Vestry (1995)

Musical artist

Malaika (born Malaika LeRae Sallard, January 2, 1972, in Seattle, Washington) 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.[1]

Sallard 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.[2]

## Discography

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### Albums

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Year  | Title

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1993  | Sugar Time

* Release date: June 8, 1993
* Record label: A&M Records
* Formats: LP, CD, CS

### Singles

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Year  | Title  | Peak chart positions  | Album

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CAN

| UK

[3] | USA
Dance  | R&B/
Hip-Hop  | Hot 100

[4] | CP
[5] | SS | Air | 100
[6] | Air | 100
1992  | "So Much Love"  | 6  | —  | 5  | 27  | —  | —  | 55  | 102  | Sugar Time
1993  | "Gotta Know (Your Name)"  | —  | 68  | 1  | 17  | 48  | 68  | 74  | 120
1995  | "Break It Down"  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | non-album single
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that region.

### Other contributions

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Year  | Title  | Role

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1992  | "You Win, I Win, We Lose" (on Finally by CeCe Peniston)  | background vocal

## See also

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* List of number-one dance hits (United States)
* List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

## References

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1. ^ Malaika, Biography, Billboard.com
2. ^ Koen, David (July 8, 1992). "HIP-HOP HOMEGIRLS". Phoenix New Times.
3. ^ "Artists". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
4. ^ "'Malaika's Canadian chart positions". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on August 28, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
5. ^ 'Malaika's US Dance chart positions'
6. ^ 'Malaika's US R&B/Hip-Hop chart positions'

## External links

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* Malaika at AllMusic
* Malaika on Discogs

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* MusicBrainz
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