What is the nationality of the singer who beat out Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard for the top spot on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart?
Pour Some Sugar on Me "Pour Some Sugar on Me" is a song by the English rock band Def Leppard from their 1987 album "Hysteria". It reached number 2 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 on 23 July 1988, behind "Hold On to the Nights" by Richard Marx. "Pour Some Sugar on Me" was ranked #2 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 80s" in 2006.
Malaika (singer) Malaika (born Malaika LeRae Sallard, January 2, 1972, in Seattle, Washington) also known under name Malaika Sallard Johnson, is a female African American dance singer from Seattle, Washington. During her short lived music career she recorded only one album entitled "Sugar Time", which managed two Top 5 hits on the US "Billboard" Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, including her number #1 single, "Gotta Know (Your Name)" in 1993.