Martika (album)

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Martika
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Studio album by
Martika
ReleasedOctober 18, 1988 (1988-10-18)
RecordedApril–May 1988
StudioTrax Recording (Hollywood, California)
Genre
Length41:59
Label Columbia
Producer Michael Jay
Martika chronology
Martika
(1988)		 Martika's Kitchen
(1991)
Alternative cover
Martika UK.jpg
European edition
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."If You're Tarzan, I'm Jane"
4:20
2."Cross My Heart"Jay3:52
3."More Than You Know"
  • Martika
  • Jay
  • Marvin Morrow
4:10
4."Toy Soldiers"
  • Martika
  • Jay
4:51
5."You Got Me Into This"Jay4:11
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Feel the Earth Move" Carole King 4:12
2."Water"
  • Martika
  • Sue Sheridan
  • Larry Treadwell
4:39
3."It's Not What You're Doing"
  • Robert Etoll
  • Jay
4:13
4."See If I Care"
  • Martika
  • Jay
  • Morrow
3:41
5."Alibis"
3:50

Personnel

Production

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart [9] 2
Austrian Albums Chart [10] 18
Canadian Albums Chart [11] 17
New Zealand Albums Chart [12] 11
Norwegian Albums Chart [13] 17
Swedish Albums Chart [14] 26
Swiss Albums Chart [15] 11
UK Albums Chart [16] 11
US Billboard 200 [17] 15
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [18] 20
European Albums ( Eurotipsheet ) [19] 36

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [20] 89

Sales and certifications

Certifications for Martika
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [21] 2× Platinum140,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [22] Platinum100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [23] Gold7,500^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [24] Gold50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [25] Platinum300,000^
United States (RIAA) [26] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Breihan, Tom (August 2, 2021). "The Number Ones: Martika's "Toy Soldiers"". Stereogum . Retrieved November 26, 2023. Martika is mostly a breezy, clubby lightweight teen-pop album...
  2. ↑ AllMusic review
  3. ↑ "Martika". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "UK Charts". official charts. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "BIOGRAPHY". martikamartika.com. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "MARTIKA | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com .
  7. ↑ "EIGHTH WONDER | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com .
  8. ↑ "Big Fun - Biography". Freenet-homepage.de. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  9. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Australian charts portal". australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  10. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Austria Top 40 - Hitparade Österreich". austriancharts.at. Archived from the original on 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  11. ↑ "Home". collectionscanada.gc.ca.
  12. ↑ Steffen Hung (2011-10-31). "New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  13. ↑ Steffen Hung (2006-06-15). "Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  14. ↑ Steffen Hung (2011-10-28). "Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  15. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  16. ↑ "MARTIKA | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com .
  17. ↑ "AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  18. ↑ https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  19. ↑ "European Hot 100 Albums" (PDF). Eurotipsheet . Vol. 7, no. 6. 10 February 1990. p. 22. OCLC   29800226 – via World Radio History.
  20. ↑ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Albums Chart – 1989 (61–100) (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 1)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  21. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1991 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  22. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Martika – Martika". Music Canada . Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  23. ↑ "New Zealand album certifications – Martika – Martika". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  24. ↑ Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p. 927. ISBN   84-8048-639-2 . Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  25. ↑ "British album certifications – Martika – Martika". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  26. ↑ "American album certifications – Martika – Martika". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved July 22, 2022.
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