Milli Vanilli was a German-French R&B duo from Munich. The group was founded by Frank Farian in 1988 and consisted of Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus. Their debut album, All or Nothing in Europe, reconfigured as Girl You Know It’s True in the United States, achieved international success.
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Milli Vanilli was a German-French R&B duo from Munich. The group was founded by Frank Farian in 1988 and consisted of Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus. Their debut album, All or Nothing in Europe, reconfigured as Girl You Know It’s True in the United States, achieved international success. They became one of the most popular pop acts in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with millions of records sold. However, their success turned to infamy when it was discovered that they did not sing any of the vocals on their music releases. They ended up returning their Grammy Award for Best New Artist. They recorded a comeback album in 1998 titled Back and in Attack, but its release was cancelled after Rob pilatus died at the age of 32. All ornothing was repackaged as Girl you Know It’s True and released in 1989. It was a major success, producing five singles that entered the top five of the Billboard Hot 100, three of which went to number one. It spent seven weeks atop the Billboard Top 200 and 78 weeks on the Top 200 charts overall. In January 1990, it was certified 6× platinum by the RIAA after spending six weeks at the top of the charts. By December, it’s been released as a single again, but it’s never been repacked as an album. The album was repacked in 1999 and it was repaged as All orackaged and released as Girl or Nothing or Nothing 2. In March and April, Pilatus and Morvan were touring Spain, France and Italy, lip-syncing to the pre-recorded tracks and thrilling crowds with their distinct style — spandex shorts, thigh-high boots and cornrow hair extensions.
Although they were focused on becoming famous, they struggled with poverty. Pilatus said: ‘We lived in a project. We had no money. We never had a hit before we went along with it, so we played with fire and now we know it’s too late. We know we never had it, but now we have a hit and we know we’re going to have to go through with it’ The duo reunited in Munich, where they attempted to find work as backing singers, then formed their own act. After adopting the name Milli vanilli, they recorded an album for a small German label that sold just a few thousand records. Farian signed the duo to a contract on 1 January 1988, obligating him to record 10 songs a year. But the group’s singing in the recording studio did not impress Farian. The final mix of \”Girl You Know it’s True\” was finished by studio performers—including Charles Shaw, John Davis, Brad Howell, Jodie Rocco and Linda Rocco—in March andApril. Farian produced and wrote most of the material on the album All or nothing, which was released in Europe in November 1988. The group’s first single, ‘I’ve Got A Secret,’ went to No. 1 in the U.S. in January 1989.
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