Sabrina Johnston is an American
singer
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, best known for her 1991
club
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Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a '' Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album '' kelsea''
Brands and enterprise ...
anthem
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, "
Peace
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", which reached the Top 10 in the
UK Singles Chart
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Career
Johnston grew up in the United States
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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 album
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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 Red Hot Organization
Red Hot Organization (RHO) is a not-for-profit, 501(c) 3, international organization dedicated to fighting AIDS through pop culture.
Since its inception in 1989, over 400 artists, producers and directors have contributed to over 15 compilati ...
's dance compilation album, ''Red Hot + Dance
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Pop star George Michael was instrumental in bringing the project to fruition and ...
'', 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
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on Lauryn Hill
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's "To Zion", from the 1998 album
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, ''The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
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''.
Discography
Albums
Singles
References
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Living people
American women singers
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women