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 + List of albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chartpositions AUS Peace Released: 1992 143 Yum Yum Released: 1998 —
Singles YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum US Dance AUSAustralian (ARIA Chart) peaks: Top 50 peaks: Top 100 peaks: "I Wanna Sing": N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the single's peak on the national chart. "Free, Gay & Happy": Peace: IRE NOR SWE UK1991 "Peace" — 24 14 — 23 8Peace "Friendship" 30 64 — 9 — 581992 "I Wanna Sing" — 115 — — — 46 "Gypsy Woman / Peace Remixes" (split single with Crystal Waters) — — — — — 35Red 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.
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