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Izora Armstead
Izora Armstead
American singer
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The Weather Girls
The Weather Girls
American singing duo
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Jeanie Tracy
Jeanie Tracy
American musician
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Black Box
Black Box
Italian house music group
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C+C Music Factory
C+C Music Factory
American musical group
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Linda Clifford
Linda Clifford
American R&B, disco and house music singer and actress
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Evelyn King
Evelyn King
American singer
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Zelma Davis
Zelma Davis
liberian-born American singer-songwriter
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Loleatta Holloway
Loleatta Holloway
American singer (1946–2011)
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La Bouche
La Bouche
band
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Roberta Kelly
Roberta Kelly
American musician
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Kat DeLuna
Kat DeLuna
American singer, songwriter and dancer
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Donna Summer
Donna Summer
American singer and songwriter
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Joi Cardwell
Joi Cardwell
American musician
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Lamya
Lamya
British singer
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Vicki Sue Robinson
Vicki Sue Robinson
American musician (1954-2000)
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Kelis
Kelis
American singer–songwriter
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Raye
Raye
British recording artist; singer-songwriter
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Melanie C
Melanie C
British singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman
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Deborah Cooper
Deborah Cooper
American musician
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Lonnie Gordon
Lonnie Gordon
American musician
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Sylvester
Sylvester
American singer-songwriter
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Patra
Patra
Jamaican dancehall singer
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Deborah Cox
Deborah Cox
Canadian R&B singer-songwriter and actress
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Ultra Naté
Ultra Naté
American singer-songwriter
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Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor
American singer
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Juliet Roberts
Juliet Roberts
British musician
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Betty Wright
Betty Wright
American singer
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Petra Marklund
Petra Marklund
Swedish-Slovene singer and songwriter
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Lisa Stansfield
Lisa Stansfield
English singer, songwriter and actress (b.1966)
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The Ritchie Family
The Ritchie Family
American vocal group based in Philadelphia
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MØ
Danish musician, singer-songwriter
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Martha and the Vandellas
Martha and the Vandellas
American vocal group
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Thelma Houston
Thelma Houston
American singer and actor
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First Ladies of Disco
First Ladies of Disco
American girl group
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Martha Elaine Wash (born December 28, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer. Known for her distinctive and powerful voice, Wash first achieved fame as half of the Two Tons O' Fun, who sang backing vocals for the disco singer Sylvester including on his signature hit "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)". After gaining their own record deal, they released three consecutive commercially successful songs which all peaked at number two in the dance charts. The duo was renamed The Weather Girls in 1982 after they released the top-selling single "It's Raining Men", which brought them to mainstream pop attention. The Weather Girls released five albums and were heavily featured on Sylvester's albums.

After disbanding in 1988, Wash transitioned to house music as a featured artist on several successful songs. Her success on Billboard's Dance chart has earned her the honorific title The Queen of Clubland, with a total of fifteen number-one songs on the chart to date.

Wash is also noted for sparking legislation in the early 1990s that made vocal credits mandatory on CDs and music videos. Starting in the late-1980s, her studio vocals were used in numerous successful dance songs without her permission. Models lip-synced to her voice both in music videos and during live performances. As a result, Wash's identity was unknown and she was denied credit and royalties for many of the songs she recorded. This included platinum-selling song "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" as she had been labeled "unmarketable" due to her weight. Subsequently, in Rolling Stone, music critic Jason Newman described Martha Wash as "The Most Famous Unknown Singer of the '90s". In December 2016, Billboard magazine ranked her as the 58th most successful dance artist of all time.