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.

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

Singles YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum CAN UK USADanceR&B/ Hip-HopHot 100 CD CP SS Air 100 Air 1001992"So Much Love" 6 — 5 27 — — 55 102 Sugar Time1993"Gotta Know (Your Name)" — 68 1 17 48 68 74 1201995"Break It Down" — — — — — — — — non-album single "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that region.

Other contributions YearTitleRole1992"You Win, I Win, We Lose" (on Finally by CeCe Peniston) background vocal