| Sabrina Johnston | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Sabrina Gillison |
| Genres | Dance, hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1991–present |
Sabrina Johnston is an American singer, best known for her 1991 club anthem, "Peace", which reached the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart.
Career
Johnston grew up in the United States attending summer music camps, dance and voice classes before enrolling at Cheyney State University as a music major. Johnston released her debut single "Peace" in May 1991 on the small New York label JBR Records, and a debut US album titled Peace in the Valley was scheduled for release on the label. Johnston eventually released her debut album, 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 the Red Hot Organization's dance compilation album, Red Hot + Dance, contributing an original track, "Peace (Nu-Mix)", to raise awareness and money in support of the AIDS epidemic.
A second album, Sabrina, was released in Japan only in 1996, and re-titled Yum Yum for its US release in 1998. Johnston made an appearance as a backing vocalist on Lauryn Hill's "To Zion", from the 1998 album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| AUS | ||
| Peace |
|
143 |
| Yum Yum |
|
— |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Dance |
AUS |
IRE |
NOR |
SWE |
UK | |||||||
| 1991 | "Peace" | — | 24 | 14 | — | 23 | 8 | Peace | ||||
| "Friendship" | 30 | 64 | — | 9 | — | 58 | ||||||
| 1992 | "I Wanna Sing" | — | 115 | — | — | — | 46 | |||||
| "Gypsy Woman / Peace Remixes" (split single with Crystal 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
- ^ "Official Charts > Sabrina Johnston". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
- "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill liner notes". Discogs. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
- ^ Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Discography Sabrina Johnston". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 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. Retrieved February 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. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
- Peace: "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received September 13, 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- "Billboard > Sabrina Johnston > Chart History > Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 18, 2018. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- "The Irish Charts - All there is to know > Search results for Sabrina". Fireball Media. Retrieved January 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. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
