Milli Vanilli

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Milli Vanilli () was a pop duo founded in 1988 in Munich, Germany, comprising Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus. They combined pop, rap, R&B, disco and dance. The producer Frank Farian hired Brad Howell, John Davis, Charles Shaw, Jodie Rocco and Linda Rocco to sing on the records, and had Morvan and Pilatus pose as the performers, dancing and lip-syncing. Milli Vanilli's debut album, All or Nothing, was released in Europe in 1988 and was 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. Rumors spread that Milli Vanilli did not sing, owing to their French and German accents and a malfunction at a live show. After they pressured Farian to let them sing, in November 1990, Farian confirmed that their vocals were provided...

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