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Jomanda | |
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| Origin | New Jersey, United States |
| Genres | House [1] |
| Years active | 1988–1994 |
| Labels | Big Beat/Atlantic Records |
| Past members | Cheri Williams Joanne Thomas (deceased) Renee Washington |
Jomanda was an American female house music vocal trio from New Jersey. Members included Joanne Thomas, Cheri Williams, and Renee Washington.
Jomanda had several hits on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart during the first half of the 1990s, including "Got a Love for You," which reached #1 in 1991. The song also crossed over to the mainstream, going top 40 (peaking at #40) on the US Billboard Hot 100.
In 1993, the trio returned to #1 on the dance chart with "Don't You Want Me", a track credited to Felix featuring Jomanda.
The song "Make My Body Rock" appeared in Dance! Online, a multiplayer online casual rhythm game, and in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas .
Group member Joanne Thomas died in October 2003, after a three-year battle with colon cancer.[ citation needed ]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Dance | US R&B | UK | |||
| 1988 | "Make My Body Rock (Feel It)" | — | 6 | — | 44 | Someone to Love Me |
| 1989 | "Don't You Want My Love" | — | 10 | — | 79 | |
| 1991 | "Got a Love for You" | 40 | 1 | 66 | 43 | |
| 1992 | "The True Meaning of Love" | — | 7 | — | — | |
| 1993 | "I Like It" | 83 | 29 | 43 | 67 | Nubia Sou |
| "Back to You" | — | — | 96 | — | ||
| "Never" | — | — | — | 40 | ||
| 1994 | "I Cried the Tears" [2] | — | 15 | — | — | |
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album | ||||||||||
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| UK [2] [3] | AUS [4] | AUT [5] | BEL (FLA) [6] | FIN [7] | GER [8] | IRE [9] | NED [10] | NOR [11] | SWE [12] | SWI [13] | ||||
| 1992 | "Don't You Want Me" (Felix feat. Jomanda) | 6 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | #1 | |
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