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.

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.

Discography

Albums

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!Year

!Title

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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|1993

|align="left"|Sugar Time

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

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Singles

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! rowspan="4"|Year

! rowspan="4"|Title

! colspan="8"|Peak chart positions

! rowspan="4"|Album

|- style="font-size:smaller;"

!colspan="1" rowspan="2" width="25"| CAN <br><br><br>

!rowspan="3" width="25"| UK<br><br><br><br>

!colspan="6" width="150"| USA

|- style="font-size:smaller;"

! colspan="2" width="50"|Dance

! colspan="2" width="50"|R&B/ <br>Hip-Hop

! colspan="2" width="50"|Hot 100

|- style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="25"| CD<br>

! width="25"| CP<br>

! width="25"| SS

! width="25"| Air

! width="25"| 100<br>

! width="25"| Air

! width="25"| 100

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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|1992

|align="left"|"So Much Love"

| 6

| —

| 5

| 27

| —

| —

| 55

| 102

|rowspan="2"| Sugar Time

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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|1993

|align="left"|"Gotta Know (Your Name)"

| —

| 68

| 1

| 17

| 48

| 68

| 74

| 120

|-

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|1995

|align="left"|"Break It Down"

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| <small>non-album single</small>

|-

|colspan="11" style="font-size: 8pt"| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that region.

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Other contributions

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!Year

!Title

!Role

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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|1992

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

| background vocal

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See also

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

References

  • Malaika on Discogs