| Malaika | |||||
| Birth Name: | Malaika LeRae Sallard | ||||
| Alias: | Malaika Sallard Johnson | ||||
| Birth Date: | 2 January 1972 | ||||
| Birth Place: | Seattle, Washington, U.S. | ||||
| Years Active: | 1991–1996 | ||||
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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]
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | UK [3] | USA | ||||||||
| Dance | R&B/ Hip-Hop | Hot 100 | ||||||||
| CD [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. | ||||||||||