Sabrina Johnston is an American

singer Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define singi ...

, best known for her 1991 club

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, "

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", which reached the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart.

Career

Johnston grew up in the

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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

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, ''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

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's dance

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, ''

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'', contributing an original track, "Peace (Nu-Mix)", to raise awareness and money in support of the

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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

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's "To Zion", from the 1998

, ''

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''.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnston, Sabrina Living people American women singers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women