In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Martika has said ...

Her self-titled 1988 debut spawned the ballad Toy Soldiers, a No. 1 hit in the US and No. 5 in Australia as well as being a global Top 10 success. Martika’s second album saw her write with Prince, ...

Silversun Pickups released their fifth studio album, Widow’s Weeds, a little over a year ago. Today, the Los Angeles rockers are back with a cover of Martika’s 1989 hit “Toy Soldiers,” recorded in ...

But she ended up walking away from the music industry due to burnout, and feeling overwhelmed by fame. Nineties pop legend Martika was a successful artist who sold over four million copies of her two ...

NINETIES pop legend Martika was a successful artist who sold over four million copies of her two successful albums at the height of her career. But she ended up walking away from the music industry ...