Malaika (singer)

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

Malaika
Background information
Birth name	Malaika LeRae Sallard
Also known as	Malaika Sallard Johnson
Born	January 2, 1972 (1972-01-02) (age 39)
Origin	Seattle, Washington, United States
Genres	Pop/dance, R&B/soul
Occupations	singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1991-96
Labels	A&M Records (1992-93) Vestry Records (1995)
Associated acts	CeCe Peniston
Website	Malaika

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]

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.^[2]

Discography

Albums

Year	Title
1993	Sugar Time Release date: June 8, 1993 Record label: A&M Records Formats: LP, CD, CS

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions								Album
		CAN Dance[3]	UK Singles Chart[4]	U.S. Dance[5]	U.S. Maxi	U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay	U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[6]	U.S. Hot 100 Airplay	U.S. Hot 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

Year	Title	Role
1992	"You Win, I Win, We Lose" (on Finally by CeCe Peniston)	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

References

1. ^ 'Malaika, Biography, Billboard'
2. ^ 'Phoenix New Times, Interview'
3. ^ 'Malaika's Canadian chart positions
4. ^ 'Malaika's UK chart positions'
5. ^ 'Malaika's US Dance chart positions'
6. ^ 'Malaika's US R&B/Hip-Hop chart positions'

External links

• Malaika on Myspace
• Malaika at Allmusic
• Malaika on Discogs
• Malaika on Facebook

Persondata
Name	Malaika
Alternative names	Sallard, Malaika LeRae
Short description
Date of birth	January 2, 1972
Place of birth	Seattle, Washington, United States
Date of death
Place of death