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Within Vinony's link graph, Milli Vanilli is referenced by 466 other articles, and connects out to National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, lip sync and Girl You Know It's True.
Vinony files it under 1988 establishments in West Germany, 1988 hoaxes and 1998 disestablishments in Germany.
Its subject is documented across 38 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Origin
- Munich , Germany
- Genres
- Pop, rap, R&B, dance, disco
- Years active
- 1988–1990 1997–1998
- Labels
- Arista Hansa
- Past members
- Fab Morvan Rob Pilatus
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- musical group
- Has part
- Rob Pilatus
- Genre
- contemporary R&B
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Record label
- Hansa Records
- Image
- Milli Vanilli and C. Michael Greene.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Milli Vanilli
- Commons category
- Milli Vanilli
- inception
- 1988-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1990-00-00
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- social media followers
- 662000
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best New Artist
- name
- Milli Vanilli
- native label
- Milli Vanilli
- end of work period
- 1998-00-00
- IPA transcription
- /ˈmɪli vəˈnɪli/
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Encyclopedic overview
Milli Vanilli (/ˈmɪli vəˈnɪli/) was a pop duo from Munich, Germany, that comprised Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus. The duo was founded in 1988 by the producer Frank Farian. They combined pop, rap, R&B, disco and dance music. Farian hired Brad Howell, John Davis, Charles Shaw, Jodie Rocco and Linda Rocco to sing on the records, and had Morvan and Pilatus dance and lip-sync for performances.
Milli Vanilli's debut album, All or Nothing, was released in Europe in 1988 and repackaged by Arista Records for the US as Girl You Know It's True in 1989. It spent eight weeks at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart and produced three number-one singles, making Milli Vanilli one of the most popular acts of the year. In 1990, they won three American Music Awards and the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Milli Vanilli” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.