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.Wash began her music career as a backing singer for Sylvester. With fellow backing singer Izora Rhodes, she was half of Two Tons O' Fun, who would later be renamed The Weather Girls. As such, they were responsible for providing much of the firepower behind several of Sylvester's earliest releases — often their voices were mixed so that Sylvester was actually the background singer and Wash's and Rhodes's voices were up front. When they left to pursue a career on their own, they achieved success with a handful of disco-oriented tracks, culminating in the 1982 release "It's Raining Men", a worldwide hit that peaked at No. 2 on the UK singles chart, No. 1 in Australia, No. 1 on the Euro Hot 100, No. 46 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 34 on the U.S. R&B chart, and No. 1 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. It reached the top ten in numerous other countries. "It's Raining Men" receives regular play in dance clubs and R&B radio to this day: it stands as one of the classic songs of the late-disco and Hi-NRG era. The Weather Girls scored moderate, lesser-known hits with "Dear Santa (Bring Me a Man for Christmas)" and "No One Can Love You More Than Me" in 1985.