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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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- Image
- Milli Vanilli and C. Michael Greene.jpg
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- 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
- name
- Milli Vanilli
- native label
- Milli Vanilli
- end of work period
- 1998-00-00
- IPA transcription
- /ˈmɪli vəˈnɪli/
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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.