| Andrea Martin | |
| Birth Name: | Andrea Monica Martin |
| Birth Date: | 1972 4, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | New York City, U.S. |
| Death Place: | New York City, U.S. |
| Genre: | R&B, soul, adult contemporary, electronic dance music |
| Occupation: | Singer, songwriter, record producer |
| Years Active: | 1989–2021 |
| Label: | Roc Nation, Arista |
Andrea Monica Martin (April 14, 1972 – September 27, 2021) was an American R&B singer-songwriter and record producer.
She was primarily known for writing hit songs (often with longtime partner Ivan Matias) for artists like Toni Braxton ("I Love Me Some Him"), Monica ("Before You Walk Out of My Life"), Angie Stone ("Wish I Didn't Miss You"),[1] En Vogue ("Don't Let Go (Love)"), SWV ("You're the One"), and British singer Leona Lewis ("Better in Time"). She wrote a number of hits in both the UK and the US, as well as non-charting singles for the likes of Paloma Faith ("Trouble with My Baby"), Nelly ("Fly Away"), RBD ("Wanna Play") and Jennifer Hudson ("I Still Love You").
A major in vocal music, Andrea graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in 1990.
In 1998, Martin released her only album The Best of Me, as well as a few singles. Her single "Let Me Return the Favor" reached No. 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1998, and her single "Share the Love" was remixed for clubs and peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Dance Charts in June 1999. That same year, she appeared in concert on BET's Girls Night Out, headlining with then-Arista labelmates Monica, Faith Evans, Deborah Cox, and Shanice.[2] She appeared as a backup vocalist on many albums.
Martin died at a hospital in New York City on September 27, 2021, at age 49.[3] [4]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [5] | US R&B [6] | US Dance [7] | BEL (FL) [8] | |||
| "Let Me Return the Favor" | 1998 | 82 | 32 | — | — | The Best of Me |
| "Share the Love" | 1999 | — | — | 4 | — | |
| "Middle of the Night" (with Hani) | 2006 | — | — | — | — | non album-release |
| "I Still Love You" (with Switch) | 2011 | — | — | — | 55 | |
| "Someone Loves You Honey" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | |
| "We Are One" (with CJ Fly) | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Without You" (with TCTS and Boston Bun) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B<br /> | US Dance | GER [9] | NZ | |||
| "Set It Off" (Organized Noise featuring Andrea Martin & Queen Latifah) | 1996 | 105 | 51 | 43 | 11 | 65 | Set It Off soundtrack |
| "Money Talks" (Lil Kim featuring Andrea Martin) | 1997 | — | — | — | — | — | Money Talks soundtrack |
| "The More I Love You" (M.F.F. featuring Andrea Martin) | 2002 | — | — | 12 | — | — | non album-release |
| "So What" (Antigen featuring Andrea Martin) | 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Story of My Life" (Disconfect featuring Andrea Martin) | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Higher Ground" (Hani featuring Andrea Martin) | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "No More" (Hani featuring Andrea Martin) | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "This Ain't Love" (Après featuring Andrea Martin) | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Sleep" (Michael Woods featuring Andrea Martin) | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Always" (Toddla T featuring Andrea Martin & Silkki Wonda) | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | Foreign Light |
| "Magnet" (Toddla T featuring Andrea Martin) | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Right Now" (Rudo Brody featuring Andrea Martin & Dot Demo) | — | — | — | — | — | non album-release | |
| "Live Forever" (Nicolaas featuring Andrea Martin) | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Only for a Man like You" (Antigen featuring Andrea Martin) | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "All I Want" (Secondcity x Paul Woolford featuring Andrea Martin) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "All My Life" (L'Tric featuring Andrea Martin & Sean Declase) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Shut Up and Kiss Me" (Sankhab featuring Andrea Martin) | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Palm Reader (Remix)" (Frisco Cosme featuring Andrea Martin) | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Set It Off"[10] | 1996 | Organized Noise, Queen Latifah | Set It Off soundtrack |
| "Money Talks"[11] | 1997 | Lil Kim | Money Talks soundtrack |
| "No Man Should Be Loenly"[12] | 2009 | Reggae Got Soul | |
| "Catch Ya"[13] | 2010 | Dennis | Blonde |
| "Drama Queens"[14] | 2011 | Stress | Renaissance II |
| "What's the Point?" | |||
| "Take My Life"[15] | 2013 | Pusha T | Wrath of Caine |
| "Nothing to Lose"[16] | 2014 | Freemasons | Shakedown |
| "W.T.L"[17] | 2015 | Redlight | X Colour |
| "Never See the Light"[18] | Flux Pavilion | Tesla | |
| "Last Night I Dreamed"[19] | Pudgee | Unreleased 92–98 | |
| "We Are Not Broken"[20] | Men in My Head, I.O.U. | Fallen Ash | |
| "Crying in My Sleep"[21] | Shift K3Y | Off the Record | |
| "Me Pt2"[22] | 2016 | Dot Demo | Outer Body Experience |
| "Always"[23] | 2017 | Toddla T, Silkki Wonda | Foreign Light |
| "Beast" | Toddla T, Stefflon Don | ||
| "Blackjack21" | Toddla T | ||
| "Faithful Skit" | |||
| "Foreign Light" | Toddla T, Coco | ||
| "Magnet" | Toddla T | ||
| "Ungrateful" | |||
| "Won't Admit It's Love" | Toddla T, CASisDEAD | ||
| "The Getaway"[24] | 2019 | Bas de Beer | Having Another Bailey |
| "Ain't No Use in Crying"[25] | 2020 | The Anti Valentine Album | |
| "I've Got a Love 4 You" | |||
| "The Good Man" | |||
Notes
| Year | Song | Artist | Chart position | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R&B | Hot 100 | Club | UK | |||||||
| 1995 | "Before You Walk out of My Life" | Monica | 1 | 7 | align="center" | - | 22 | |||
| "All I Can Do" | Tina Moore | 48 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | ||
| "Anything" | J. Quest | 94 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | ||
| "Hooked on You" | Silk | 12 | 54 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | |||
| "It's All About You" | Adina Howard | 58 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | ||
| 1996 | "You're the One" | SWV | 1 | 5 | align="center" | - | 13 | |||
| "Only Love" | The Braxtons | 52 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | ||
| "I Got Somebody Else" | Changing Faces | 49 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | ||
| "Set It Off" | Organized Noize featuring Queen Latifah | 51 | 105 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | |||
| 1997 | "Can't Let Go" | Laurneá | 20 | 55 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | ||
| "I Love Me Some Him" | Toni Braxton | 9 | 19 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | |||
| "Don't Let Go (Love)" | En Vogue | 1 | 2 | align="center" | - | 5 | ||||
| "It's All About You" (a.k.a. "It's All About U") | SWV | 32 | 61 | align="center" | - | 36 | ||||
| 1998 | "Be Alone No More" | Another Level | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | 6 | |
| "Let Me Return The Favor" | Andrea Martin | 82 | 32 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | |||
| "Stay" | Room Service | 63 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | ||
| 1999 | "Still in My Heart" | Tracie Spencer | 36 | 88 | 39 | align="center" | - | |||
| 2002 | "Wish I Didn't Miss You" | Angie Stone | 31 | 79 | 1 | 30 | ||||
| 2003 | "Breathe" | Blu Cantrell feat. Sean Paul | 83 | 70 | 17 | 1 | ||||
| "Loneliness" (a remake of "Share the Love") | Tomcraft | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | 1 | ||
| 2005 | "Make Things Right" (interpolating "Before You Walk out of My Life") | Lemon Jelly | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | 33 | |
| 2006 | "I Wasn't Kidding" | Angie Stone | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | 17 | align="center" | - | |
| 2008 | "Better in Time" | Leona Lewis | align="center" | - | 11 | align="center" | - | 2 | ||
| 2009 | "Give It to Me Right" | Melanie Fiona | 57 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | 41 | ||
| "It Kills Me" | Melanie Fiona | 1 | 49 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | |||
| "Face Drop" | Sean Kingston | align="center" | - | 61 | align="center" | - | 66 | |||
| 2010 | "Tell Me You Love Me" | Leela James | 71 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | |
| 2013 | "Lose to Win" | Fantasia | 39 | 102 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | ||
| "Think About It" | Naughty Boy ft. Wiz Khalifa & Ella Eyre | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | 78 | ||
| 2015 | "Love Revolution" (interpolating "Share the Love") | Will Young | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | 103 | |
| 2017 | "More Than Friends" (interpolating "Don't Let Go (Love)") | James Hype featuring Kelli-Leigh | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | 8 | |
UK chart data from polyhex.com