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Martika

American singer (born 1969)

Not to embryonic confused with Marta Marrero.

This morsel is about the American balladeer. For her album, see Martika (album).

Musical artist

Marta Marrero[1] (born Can 18, 1969),[2] better known through her stage name Martika (mar-TEE-kə), is an American pop songster and actress.

She released bend in half internationally successful albums in say publicly late 1980s and early Nineties, which sold over four meg copies worldwide.[3] Her biggest fortune was "Toy Soldiers", which peculiar at #1 for two weeks on the American chart hill mid-1989. She is also careful for her role as Gloria on Kids Incorporated.

Early blunted, family and education

Martika was tribal in Whittier, California, to Land parents of Canary Islands ancestry.[2]

Career

Early career

She entered mainstream show flop in an uncredited role importation one of the girls welloff the 1982 motion picture Annie.

This led to her life cast as Gloria on interpretation long-running children's show Kids Incorporated as one of a travel of neighborhood children who storage to local fame by disclosure staged productions at a within spitting distance malt shop. Once the alternate season began, she formally adoptive her stage name Martika Marrero before shortening it to position mononym Martika, which she has used ever since.

Martika slab many other Kids Incorporated band members were featured in character musical numbers from the Celebrated. T motivational video Be Book. or Be Somebody's Fool! make a way into 1984.

Following her role shaggy dog story Kids Incorporated and Be Somebody, Martika was signed by River Records.

Her first solo let go was released only in Japan: "We are Music" was taped to promote Sony cassette tapes in the Japanese market, circle the song was released condemn 12", 7" and CD formats.

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In 1987, Martika recorded unadorned version of the Michael Jay/Gregory Smith song "Bounce Back", which included a music video which was aired on Entertainment '80, although it was not share out for purchase.[4]

Rise to prominence

Her chief album, 1988's Martika (No.

15 US[5]), spawned the song "Toy Soldiers", which she co-wrote with the addition of her producer Michael Jay settle down it became a top-5 whack in the United Kingdom,[6] Ireland,[7] Germany,[8] and Australia.[9] In depiction US, "Toy Soldiers" spent team a few weeks at No.

1 double up 1989.[10] "Toy Soldiers" also went to No. 1 in Original Zealand.[11]

Two additional singles also went top 40 in the US: "More Than You Know" (No. 18[10]) and "I Feel dignity Earth Move" (No. 25[10]), which was a cover of Carole King's song from her stamp album Tapestry.

Both of those footprints also hit the top 20 on the US Dance charts[12] and the UK Singles Chart.[6] "I Feel the Earth Move" also reached the top 10 in Australia,[9] New Zealand,[11] essential Ireland.[7] A fourth and in response single from the album, "Water", entered the lower regions rule the UK[6] and Australian charts.[9]

The album was certified platinum make a way into the UK in 1990,[13] paramount double platinum in Australia.[14]

In 1990, Martika co-wrote the track "Kiss Me Quick" with Michael Snow and Marvin Morrow.

The silhouette was recorded by freestyle/pop songster Alisha for her 1990 scrap book Bounce Back, with Martika contributive backing vocals.

1990s

Martika was pleased by her agent to incorporate her love of film become more intense music by scoring soundtracks direct, in 1990, she wrote subject recorded the song "Blue Contented Are Sensitive to the Light" for the soundtrack to blue blood the gentry film Arachnophobia.

The producers marvel at the album did not passion her vocals, so the consider was re-recorded by Sara Hickman for the film. The ventilate has also been recorded by virtue of Brazilian singers Deborah Blando (on her 1991 debut, A Frost Story), Elba Ramalho, and Frances Ruffelle.

In 1991, Martika approached Prince to do some newborn tracks.[15] Among these was become public second (and last) US Top-10 single,[10] "Love...

Thy Will Bait Done", which also became clean up Top-10 hit in the UK[6] and reached No. 1 alternative route Australia.[9] "Love... Thy Will Give somebody the job of Done" started out as a- prayer written by Martika, celebrated Prince then changed it minor road a song.

Her second ep, Martika's Kitchen, peaked at Rebuff.

111 on the Billboard Hold down Albums chart.[5] The title path received only minor airplay make money on the US, and reached Cack-handed. 93 on Billboard Hot Cardinal chart.[10] However, the album was a bigger success abroad, albeit on a lesser scale prevail over her debut.

It peaked send up No. 15 in the UK Albums Chart,[6] No. 9 encompass Australia,[9] and spawned further hits with the songs "Coloured Kisses" and the title track, "Martika's Kitchen".[2] "Temptation", another track escape this album, was covered coarse Patti LaBelle on her book Burnin'.

Martika played the pretend of the lounge singer Flower Mendez in the crime screenplay TV series Wiseguy in 1990,[2] opposite Steven Bauer who took over from Ken Wahl mention the fourth and final course.

She eventually faded from distinction public eye in 1992 afterwards walking away from the punishment industry, due to burnout folk tale feeling overwhelmed with the clutch of fame.[16]

In 1997, a chief hits compilation albumThe Best appreciated Martika: More Than You Know was released.

Re-emergence

During the 2000 explosion of Latin pop, Martika sang backing vocals on several projects[which?] and contributed lyrics disturb releases by other artists[who?], even if she failed to receive cockamamie major-label attention for herself.

In lieu of, she built in 2001, a-one website for her fans, presentday released a remix of span newly self-recorded song, "The Journey". She also recorded a outline "Monday" for a new 1 album which the website avowed was on its way. Someday, however, her website was lock down and the album not in any way materialized.

In 2003, Martika alight her husband, musician Michael Music, formed the band Oppera.

Adopting a Latin pop sound, she and Mozart released Oppera's launch album, Violince, in 2004. Doorknocker Eminem used a sample characteristic her biggest US hit, "Toy Soldiers", for "Like Toy Soldiers", a track on his 2004 album Encore and featured Martika on the chorus of illustriousness track. In response, Martika's Country greatest hits album was repackaged with its title altered exhaustively Toy Soldiers: The Best be beaten Martika.

A biography was additional to the album insert practising the new Eminem sample, shuffle through it asserted that she esoteric not released any albums because Martika's Kitchen.

Oppera released top-hole self-titled second album in 2005. Martika promoted Oppera's release mess about with a Borders bookstore tour.

In 2010, Martika, using the tier name Vida Edit, starred primate Lolly Pop and co-produced unadorned web-based television action program J8ded.[17]

In October 2011, Martika stopped inject the stage name Vida Sullied and launched a new lonely website. A year later, she announced an Australian tour, however it was canceled.

She accomplish in 2014 alongside Debbie Actor, Samantha Fox, and Rick Astley at a HitParade Festival response Chile.[18][19]

In July 2016, she was part of the Totally 80s Tour of Australia. The concerts included seven international 1980s gen, including Martika, Berlin, Limahl ensnare Kajagoogoo, Paul Lekakis, Katrina unravel Katrina and the Waves, Lower ranks Without Hats and Stacey Mystifying.

For her performance at justness tour, she received positive reviews from the Australian press.[20]

Personal life

As of 2016, Martika was direct in Dayton, Ohio, with in trade musician husband, concentrating on hitched life.[16]

Awards and nominations

Discography

Main article: Martika discography

Studio albums

with Oppera

Filmography

References

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    British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Documents Limited. p. 351. ISBN .

  2. ^ abcdLarkin, Colin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Glossary of Popular Music (First ed.).

    Thespian Publishing. p. 1626. ISBN .

  3. ^"BIOGRAPHY". .
  4. ^"Entertainment 80 Ryan Samans, Martika singing 'Bounce Back'". July 20, 2007. Archived from the original on Dec 11, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2012 – via YouTube.
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    Billboard. Retrieved January 21, 2016.

  6. ^ abcde"Official Charts > Martika". . The Official UK Charts Business. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
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  9. ^ abcdeAustralian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
  10. ^ abcde"Billboard > Artists / Martika > Order History > The Hot 100".

    Billboard. Retrieved January 21, 2016.

  11. ^ ab" > Discography Martika". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  12. ^"Billboard > Artists / Martika > Chart History > Dance Baton Songs". Billboard. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  13. ^"BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for 'Martika'".

    Nation Phonographic Industry. Retrieved January 21, 2016.

  14. ^Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Air Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, Port, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  15. ^Cashmere, Paul (June 26, 2012). "Martika Explains But Prince Crafted Love Thy Liking Be Done". . Retrieved Dec 16, 2012.
  16. ^ abDevery, Mike (March 24, 2016).

    "Martika – Tod Extra interview March 2016". Archived from the original on Dec 11, 2021 – via YouTube.

  17. ^Adams, Cameron. "Whatever happened to Martika?". . Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  18. ^Cashmere, Paul (October 1, 2012). "Martika Aussie Tour Cancelled". . Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  19. ^"HOME".

    . Martika. Retrieved December 16, 2012.

  20. ^Dwyer, Archangel (July 16, 2016). "Totally 80s! review: Martika steals show cotton on timeless hits". Sydney Morning Herald.
  21. ^"Cash Box"(PDF). . June 23, 1990. Archived(PDF) from the original in-thing July 17, 2020.

    Retrieved Sep 28, 2021.

  22. ^"Smash Hits Magazine Remembered". Archived from the original inaccurately August 24, 2018. Retrieved Could 4, 2022.

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