Vengaboys
Sign in to saveVengaboys ( ) is a Dutch Eurodance music group based in Rotterdam consisting of lead and female vocalist Kim Sasabone, female vocalist Denise van Rijswijk and male vocalists Robin Pors and Donny Latupeirissa. Created by Dutch producers Wessel van Diepen (who selected the group members) and Dennis van den Driesschen (known as Danski and Delmundo), the group enjoyed commercial success in the late 1990s. They are best known for their hit singles "We Like to Party", "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!", and "We're Going to Ibiza", the latter two of which topped the UK Singles Chart and have sold an estimate
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- Vengaboys in 2009. From left to right: Robin Pors, Kim Sasabone, Donny Latupeirissa and Denise Post-Van Rijswijk
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- Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Kim Sasabone Denise van Rijswijk Robin Pors Donny Latupeirissa
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- Instance of
- musical group
- Official name
- Vengaboys
- Country
- Netherlands
- Genre
- Eurodance
- Country of origin
- Netherlands
- Official website
- vengaboys.com
- Image
- Vengaboys Gouden Pijl 2013 02.jpg
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- Vengaboys
- inception
- 1997-00-00
- start of work period
- 1997-00-00
- location of formation
- Amsterdam
- social media followers
- 2150000
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- History
- 1996–1998: Formation, ''Up and Down'', and ''The Party Album''
- 2000–2002: Departure of Pors, ''The Platinum Album'' and hiatus
- 2007–2009: Return on stage and line-up changes
- 2010–2013: ''The Best of Vengaboys''
- 2014–2015: ''X-mas Party Album''
- 2015–2017: Australia and New Zealand tour
- 2019: 20th anniversary and ''Unplugged'' EP
- 2020–2021: Covers and re-mixes
- Members
- Touring
- Timeline
- Discography
- Regional release
- Worldwide releases
- Tours
- See also
- References
- External links
Vengaboys ( ) is a Dutch Eurodance music group based in Rotterdam consisting of lead and female vocalist Kim Sasabone, female vocalist Denise van Rijswijk and male vocalists Robin Pors and Donny Latupeirissa. Created by Dutch producers Wessel van Diepen (who selected the group members) and Dennis van den Driesschen (known as Danski and Delmundo), the group enjoyed commercial success in the late 1990s. They are best known for their hit singles "We Like to Party", "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!", and "We're Going to Ibiza", the latter two of which topped the UK Singles Chart and have sold an estimated 25 million records worldwide.
Vengaboys won two World Music Awards in a row for World's Best-Selling Benelux Group in 2000 and 2001. In 2019, Dutch online newspaper Nu.nl called Vengaboys the most successful Dutch pop group in history.
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