American singer and songwriter Martha Wash has released three studio albums, one compilation album, and 34 singles. She has a total of 12 number-one hits on Billboard's Dance chart to date. Her success has earned her the honorific title The Queen of Clubland.Martha Wash: The Most Famous Unknown Singer of the '90s Speaks Out. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on May 17, 2017
In 1989, Wash recorded several songs for Italian house music group Black Box. They released a single called "I Don't Know Anybody Else", which featured Wash's recorded vocals. The song became Wash's first number-one hit on Dance chart as a featured artist. Their success was followed by the release of their next single "Everybody Everybody" (1990), and later "Strike It Up" (1991). Wash, who was not a core member of the group, did not receive proper sleeve credits on the songs until she won a lawsuit against the distributing record label for royalties and directly contributed to legislation ensuring proper credit for vocalists on both songs and music videos.Lawsuits Seek Truth In Music Labeling. New York Times. Retrieved July 14, 2008 In the same year, she featured on another single called "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" by C+C Music Factory. The song achieved success peaking at number-one on many international charts and became certified platinum.
In January 1993, Wash released her debut self-titled album. The album spawned the number one Dance hits "Carry On" and "Give It to You". In 1997, American DJ and producer Todd Terry released an album, Ready for a New Day. The album featured the number-one Dance singles "Keep on Jumpin'" and "Something Goin' On", which also featured Wash and Jocelyn Brown. In 1998, Wash released her greatest hits album The Collection. The lead single "It's Raining Men...The Sequel", which featured RuPaul, peaked at number twenty-two on the Club Play chart. She released "Catch the Light", which became her tenth number-one song on Billboard'''s Dance Chart. The final single "Come" was also release which chart in the top-five.
In January 2013, Wash release her second album Something Good. The album spawn the singles: "I've Got You", "It's My Time", and the top-charted single "I'm Not Coming Down". In January 2020, Wash released her third album Love & Conflict''.
Albums Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions US USR&BMartha Wash | Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2017 USHeatPublished by Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (March 13, 1993). Billboard's Heatseekers Albums Chart. Billboard, Volume 105: No. 11, Page 34. Retrieved from https://books.google.com Martha WashReleased: February 23, 1993 Label: RCA Formats: CD, cassette 169 42 8 Something GoodReleased: January 10, 2013 Label: Purple Rose Formats: CD, digital download — — — Love & ConflictReleased: January 6, 2020 Label: Purple Rose Format: Digital download, streaming — — —
Compilation albums Title Album details The CollectionReleased: January 27, 1998 Label: Logic Records Formats: CD
Singles As main performer Title Year Peak chart positions CertificationsAlbum USPeak chart positions for singles in the US: Martha Wash: Black Box & Martha Wash: C and C Factory & Martha Wash: US R&B US Dance BELPeak chart positions for singles in Belgium: Martha Wash: Black Box & Martha Wash: C and C Factory & Martha Wash: FRAPeak chart positions for singles in France: Black Box & Martha Wash: C and C Factory & Martha Wash: GERPeak chart positions for singles in Germany: Todd Terry feat. Martha Wash And Jocelyn Brown: Black Box & Martha Wash: C and C Factory & Martha Wash: IREPeak chart positions for singles in Ireland: Black Box & Martha Wash: C and C Factory & Martha Wash: NLDPeak chart positions for singles in the Netherlands: Martha Wash: Black Box & Martha Wash: C and C Factory & Martha Wash: NZPeak chart positions for singles in New Zealand: Black Box & Martha Wash: C and C Factory & Martha Wash: UKPeak chart positions for singles in the UK: Martha Wash: Black Box & Martha Wash: C and C Factory & Martha Wash: "You're My One and Only (True Love)"(with Seduction) 1989 23 56 3 — — — — — — 92 Nothing Matters Without Love "I Don't Know Anybody Else"(with Black Box) 23 10 1 21 9 12 2 25 9 4 Dreamland "Everybody Everybody"(with Black Box) 1990 8 2 1 29 11 41 6 29 11 16 "Fantasy"(with Black Box) — — — 20 21 16 3 18 28 5 ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"(with C+C Music Factory) 1 1 1 5 43 1 13 1 2 3 RIAA: 2× PlatinumC&C MUSIC FACT. — GONNA MAKE YOU SWEAT (EVERYBODY DANCE NOW). Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved on May 17, 2017 BPI: Silver Gonna Make You Sweat "Strike It Up"(with Black Box) 1991 8 16 1 13 26 26 8 4 29 16 Dreamland "Open Your Eyes"(with Black Box) — — — — 45 44 — — — 48 "Hold On"(with Black Box) 1992 — — — — — — — — — — "Carry On" — 97 1 — — — — 38 — 49 Martha Wash "Give It to You" 1993 90 48 1 — — — — — — 37 "Runaround" — — 10 — — — — — — 49 "So Whatcha Gonna Do" — — — — — — — — — — "It's Raining Men...The Sequel"(featuring RuPaul) 1998 — — 22 — — — — — — 21 The Collection "Catch the Light" — — 1 — — — — — — 45 "Come" — — 4 — — — — — — 64 "It's Raining Men" 2000 — — — — — — — — — 56rowspan="3" "Listen to the People" — — 14 — — — — — — — "You Lift Me Up" 2005 — — 5 — — — — — — — "I've Got You" 2011 — — — — — — — — — — Something Good "It's My Time" 2013 — — — — — — — — — — "I'm Not Coming Down" 2014 — — 2 — — — — — — — "Come into the Light" 2018 — — — — — — — — — —rowspan="1" "Like Fire" 2019 — — — — — — — — — — Love & Conflict "It All Gets Back" 2020 — — — — — — — — — —rowspan="1"
As featured performer Title Year Peak chart positions CertificationsAlbum US US R&B US Dance BEL CANPeak chart positions for singles in Canada: Martha Wash: Black Box & Martha Wash: C and C Factory & Martha Wash: GER IRE NLD NZ UK "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (C+C Music Factory featuring Martha Wash, Zelma Davis, and Trilogy) 1994 40 11 1 38 1 41 — 18 2 27 Anything Goes! "Keep on Jumpin'"(Todd Terry featuring Martha Wash and Jocelyn Brown) 1996 — — 1 — 2 — 24 47 — 8 Ready for a New Day "Something Goin' On"(Todd Terry featuring Martha Wash and Jocelyn Brown) 1997 — — 1 7 11 93 — 64 — 5 BPI: SilverNote: search for "Todd Terry". BPI. Retrieved on February 3, 2019 "Ready for a New Day"(Todd Terry featuring Martha Wash) 1998 — — — — — — — — — 20 "Keep Your Body Working"(Tony Moran featuring Martha Wash) 2007 — — 1 — — — — — — —The Event "Free People"(Tony Moran featuring Martha Wash) 2015 — — 1 — — — — — — —rowspan="5" "Show Some Love"(First Ladies of Disco) — — 6 — — — — — — — "N2U"(Showtek featuring Martha Wash and Eva Shaw) 2016 — — — — — — — — — — "I Didn't Know"(Serhat featuring Martha Wash) 2017 — — 25 — — — — — — — "Don't Stop Me Now"(First Ladies of Disco) 2019 — — 9 — — — — — — —
Soundtrack appearances Song Year Movie "Breakin' The Ice" 1986 Gung Ho "Mr. Big Stuff" 1994 D2: The Mighty Ducks "I'm Still Standing" 1996 The First Wives Club "Magic Charms" 1997 Kiss Me, Guido "Come into the Light"2019Wholly Broken "What a Day" (featuring Jenifer Kocher Demeo and Ryan Hilliard)
See also The Weather Girls discography
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