Martha Wash

Martha Wash (born December 28, 1953) is a two time Grammy nominated American R&B, pop, soul, and house singer and songwriter with a career spanning over five separate decades. Known for her distinctive and powerful dramatic soprano voice., Wash first achieved fame as one half of the successful duo The Weather Girls who released the multi platinum single It's Raining Men in 1982. After the duo disbanded in 1985 Wash made a successful transition into House music as a featured artist on several successful songs which has led her being dubbed by many as The Queen of Clubland with six Dance songs peaking at number one on the American Billboard Charts and a further four Dance songs peaking at number two, her most recent being the 2014 Tony Moran radio edit of I'm Not Coming Down.

Wash is also noted for spurring legislation in the 90s that made vocal credits mandatory on CDs and music videos after being denied proper credit (and royalties) for the million selling #1 song Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) after she had been labeled "unmarketable" due to her weight.