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Zelma Davis
Zelma Davis
Genres	R&B, dance
Occupations	Singer
Years active	1990 - present
Associated acts	C+C Music Factory

Zelma Davis is a Liberian-born singer who rose to fame, in the early 1990s, as one of the featured vocalists for the dance/hip hop act C+C Music Factory.

[edit] Work with C+C Music Factory

Upon C+C Music Factory's emergence onto the scene in late 1990, Davis was marketed as the principal vocalist of the ensemble—despite there having been several other female vocalists, in addition to her, who had provided the vocals to various tracks on the groups debut album, Gonna Make You Sweat. Davis appeared in the music video for the albums number one Hot 100 charting title track, where she lip-synced to vocals which had, in fact, been sung by Martha Wash.^[1]

Wash (who had also provided vocals to Black Box during the same period, and also saw that group use models to lip-sync to her voice in the music videos) did not appreciate the perception of Davis being the voice behind the hit song, and proceeded to file a lawsuit against the group. With this happening during the height of the Milli Vanilli lip-syncing scandal, Davis found herself being accused of being a "no talent" who was being featured by the group only because of her looks — despite her having actually performed a number of songs on their studio album Gonna Make You Sweat.

In 1994, Davis (along with Wash, whose lawsuit was settled out of court) reunited with the group to record C+C Music Factory’s second album, Anything Goes!^[1] to which Davis contributed the vocals on "I Found Love".^[2]

As part of C+C Music Factory, Davis peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart four times. C+C Music Factory was recognized with one Grammy Award nomination, five American Music Awards, five Billboard Music Awards, two MTV Music Video Awards, and several European, Japanese and Australian Music Awards.

On Tuesday, August 12, 2008, Zelma Davis and Amber released a remake of Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand's "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)".

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[1] Amazon.com: Anything Goes!: C+C Music Factory: Music

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