Martika

Play Radio
Listen to Martika Radio, featuring artists like Tiffany, Debbie Gibson, Cathy Dennis, Samantha Fox and more…

687,036 plays (147,524 listeners)

Shop now at Amazon | Send Martika Ringtones to Cell
Buy
Add to my Library
Marta Marrero (born May 18, 1969 in Whittier, California, USA), better known as Martika, is a Cuban-American pop singer. As a child she dabbled in acting making her film debut as one of the dancing orphans in the film version of “Annie”. As a teen she would star as ‘Gloria’ on the syndicated children’s variety show ‘Kids Incorporated’. After outgrowing her role, Martika would turn her focus towards her first love, music.

Hooking up w/ producer Michael Jay, Martika landed a deal with Columbia Records. Martika’s self-titled debut album was released in the fall of 1988. But it wasn’t until 1989 that she broke through in a big way. By January her debut single “More Than You Know” was a US Top 20 smash. Her second single, a haunting ballad about addiction, entitled “Toy Soldiers” spent 2 weeks at #1 in the US during the summer of 1989. Up next was a dance/rock version of the Carole King classic “I Feel The Earth Move” which would eventually score Martika her 3rd Top 40 US hit. This song as well as her previous singles also became huge hits all over the world by charting high in the UK, Australia, Japan and Spain just to name a few. A fourth single was released in Europe and Australia entitled “Water”.

After the success of her debut, her label compiled a 4 song EP of Spanish language versions of 3 of her hits (“Water” was included as well but in it’s bilingual original state). It was during this time that Martika would perform throughout many Spanish speaking countries, and was heavily promoted to the US Latino market.
Read more… Edit bio

Popular tags: , , , ,  See more

Share this artist:

Top Albums

  • MARTIKA
    Martika Play
    Buy
  • Toy Soldiers: The Best Of Martika
    Martika Play
    Buy
  • Martika's Kitchen
    Martika Play
    Buy
  • More Than You Know - The Best Of Martika
    Martika Play
    Buy
See more

Top Tracks

1
794
2
160
3  
124
4
60
5
43
6
39
7
37
8  
29
9
26
10
21
10
21
12
18
12
18
12
18
15
12
Buy all tracks at Amazon MP3
See more

Shoutbox

Leave a comment. Log in to Last.fm or sign up (it’s free).
See all 113 shouts

Videos

See more

Listening Now

Top Listeners

See more

More Information

Links
Labels