Martha Wash

For nearly five decades, Martha Wash’s powerhouse voice has dominated the airwaves – from chart-topping disco hits with Sylvester and The Two Tons, to The Weather Girls' iconic It’s Raining Men, to #1 dance hits like C+C Music Factory's Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now), Black Box’s Strike It Up, and her own Give It You and Carry On, plus commercials, soundtracks and much more. Even as her own songs battled it out on the charts, she bravely battled an industry that insisted she be heard – but not seen, credited, or properly paid – for her artistry. And she won, changing the playing field for all the artists who followed her.