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Milli Vanilli was a pop and dance music
project formed by Frank Farian in Germany in
1988, fronted by Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus.
The group's debut album achieved high sales
internationally which earned them a Grammy
Award for Best New Artist in 1990. The act
sold over 30 million singles, 14 million
albums and became one of the most popular pop
acts in the late 80s and early 90s. However,
their success turned to infamy when their
Grammy was revoked after it was revealed that
the actual vocals on the record were not the
voices of Morvan and Pilatus.
Farian chose to feature vocals by Charles
Shaw, John Davis, Brad Howell, and twin
sisters Jodie and Linda Rocco; however, he
felt that those singers lacked a marketable
image. Thus, Farian recruited Fab Morvan and
Rob Pilatus, two younger and more photogenic
model/dancers he found in a Berlin dance
club, to front the act. The name "Milli
Vanilli" was taken from a local advertising
slogan in Turkey[citation needed].
Milli Vanilli's debut album All Or Nothing,
was released in Europe in mid 1988, with Rob
and Fab at the helm and nary to mention of
the actual singers. The success of the record
caught the attention of Arista Records, who
signed the duo, remixed some of the tracks,
added others, renamed it Girl You Know It's
True for the release of the American market
in early 1989. The U.S. version of the album
lead things off with the single the title
track which peaked at number 2 on the Hot 100
in April of that year and was certified
platinum (the song was a cover version of a
Numarx track published in 1987 on the US
Bluebird label). Even greater commercial
success followed, as the pair's next three
singles "Baby Don't Forget My Number", "Girl
I'm Gonna Miss You" and "Blame It On The
Rain" all hit number 1. A fifth and final
single "All or Nothing", also made the Top 5
in the beginning of 1990. Milli Vanilli's
meteoric rise to pop music superstardom
culminated with a Grammy Award for Best New
Artist on February 22, 1990.
The Truth about Milli Vanilli:
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=il5U6gm5bM4&fea
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