Sabrina Johnston
Sabrina Johnston | |
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| Birth name | Sabrina Gillison |
| Genres | Dance,hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1991–present |
Sabrina Johnstonis an Americansinger,best known for her 1991clubanthem,"Peace",which reached the Top 10 in theUK Singles Chart.[1]
Career
[edit]Johnston grew up in theUnited Statesattending summer music camps, dance and voice classes before enrolling at Cheyney State University as a music major.[citation needed] Johnston released her debut single "Peace" in May 1991 on the small New York label JBR Records, and a debut US album titledPeace in the Valleywas scheduled for release on the label. Johnston eventually released her debutalbum,Peace,in 1992, which features her hit single of the same name. Further singles released from the album were "Friendship" and "I Wanna Sing". In the same year, Johnston appeared on theRed Hot Organization's dancecompilation album,Red Hot + Dance,contributing an original track, "Peace (Nu-Mix)", to raise awareness and money in support of theAIDSepidemic.
A second album,Sabrina,was released in Japan only in 1996, and re-titledYum Yumfor its US release in 1998. Johnston made an appearance as abacking vocalistonLauryn Hill's "To Zion", from the 1998album,The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.[2]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] | ||
| Peace |
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143 |
| Yum Yum |
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Singles
[edit]| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Dance [4] |
AUS [3] |
IRE [5] |
NOR [6] |
SWE [7] |
UK [1][8] | |||||||
| 1991 | "Peace" | — | 24 | 14 | — | 23 | 8 | Peace | ||||
| "Friendship" | 30 | 64 | — | 9 | — | 58 | ||||||
| 1992 | "I Wanna Sing" | — | 115 | — | — | — | 46 | |||||
| "Gypsy Woman / Peace Remixes"(split single withCrystal Waters) | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | Red Hot + Dance(by Various Artists) | |||||
| 1993 | "You Got Me (Love So Sweet)"(US only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | singles only | ||||
| 1994 | "Satisfy My Love" | — | — | — | — | — | 62 | |||||
| 1995 | "Free, Gay & Happy"(with Coming Out Crew) | — | 152 | — | — | — | 50 | |||||
| 1998 | "Reasons"(US only) | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | Yum Yum | ||||
| 2001 | "Lift You Up"(ITA only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | single only | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | ||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ab"Official Charts > Sabrina Johnston".Official Charts Company.RetrievedApril 10,2019.
- ^"The Miseducation of Lauryn Hillliner notes ".Discogs.RetrievedJuly 2,2010.
- ^abAustralian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
- Top 50 peaks:"australian-charts.com > Discography Sabrina Johnston".Hung Medien.RetrievedApril 10,2019.
- Top 100 peaks:Ryan, Gavin (2011).Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010(pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 147.
- "I Wanna Sing":"Response from ARIA re: Sabrina Johnston chart history, received February 14, 2018".Imgur.com.RetrievedFebruary 14,2018.N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the single's peak on the national chart.
- "Free, Gay & Happy":"Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received June 5, 2015".Imgur.com.Archivedfrom the original on 5 June 2015.RetrievedDecember 27,2015.
- Peace:"Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received September 13, 2016".Imgur.com.RetrievedSeptember 22,2016.
- ^"Billboard> Sabrina Johnston > Chart History > Dance Club Songs ".Billboard.Archived fromthe originalon May 18, 2018.RetrievedFebruary 14,2018.
- ^"The Irish Charts - All there is to know > Search results for Sabrina".Fireball Media.RetrievedJanuary 4,2016.
- ^"Sabrina Johnston - Norvegian Chart".norwegiancharts.com. October 16, 2015.
- ^"Sabrina Johnston - Swedish Chart".swedishcharts.com. October 16, 2015.
- ^"Official Charts > Coming Out Crew".Official Charts Company.RetrievedApril 10,2019.
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