En Vogue

This article is about the American R&B group. For a definition of the term "en vogue", see the Wiktionary entry en vogue.
En Vogue
En Vogue posing before a sunset
En Vogue in 2018
(L–R): Terry Ellis, Rhona Bennett, and Cindy Herron
Background information
OriginOakland, California, U.S.
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DiscographyEn Vogue discography
Years active1989–present
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Past members
Websiteenvoguemusic.com

En Vogue is an American vocal girl group whose original lineup consisted of singers Terry Ellis, Dawn Robinson, Cindy Herron, and Maxine Jones.[1] Formed in Oakland, California, in 1989, En Vogue reached No. 2 on the US Hot 100 with the single "Hold On", taken from their 1990 debut album Born to Sing. The group's 1992 follow-up album Funky Divas reached the top 10 in both the US and UK, and included their second US number two hit "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" as well as the US top 10 hits "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" and "Free Your Mind".

In 1996, "Don't Let Go (Love)" became the group's third, and most successful single, to reach number two in the US, and became their sixth number one on the US R&B chart. Scoring more number one singles on the US R&B chart than any other female group other than The Supremes.[2] Robinson left the group in 1997 shortly before the release of their third album EV3, which reached the US and UK top 10. Jones left the group in 2001, Amanda Cole joined shortly thereafter. However, in 2003, Cole left the group, and Rhona Bennett joined the group during the recording of their album Soul Flower. In 2005, the original members briefly united before disassembling again. In 2009, the original members once again reunited for their "En Vogue: 20th Anniversary". Shortly after the tour, Robinson and Jones again departed from En Vogue, with Bennett rejoining the group as a trio.

En Vogue has sold 20 million records worldwide.[3][4][5] The group has won seven MTV Video Music Awards, three Soul Train Awards, two American Music Awards, and received seven Grammy nominations.[6] They are the first and only female group to be awarded the Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year. In December 1999, Billboard magazine ranked the band as the 19th most successful recording artist of the 1990s. They ranked as the second most successful female group of the 1990s.[7] In March 2015, Billboard magazine named the group the ninth most-successful girl group of all time.[8] Two of the group's singles ranks in Billboard's most successful girl group songs of all-time list, "Don't Let Go (Love)" (#12) and "Hold On " (#23).[9] Billboard lists them as the third most successful female R&B group of the past 25 years, after TLC and Destiny's Child and seventh most successful group overall.[10]

  1. ^ Biography – En Vogue Billboard.com. Retrieved on February 17, 2015
  2. ^ "En Vogue | Biography, Music & News". Billboard.
  3. ^ "En Vogue return this summer with new album, Electric Cafe". Entertainment Weekly. March 27, 2017.
  4. ^ "Ring in 2016 with En Vogue". Fox 10. 20 November 2015. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Remember En Vogue? Well they're BACK!". Metro. 17 April 2015.
  6. ^ En Vogue | Music Artist | Videos, News, Photos & Ringtones | MTV. MTV.com
  7. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 25 December 1999 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ^ "Top 10 Girl Groups Of All Time". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Top 40 Biggest Girl Group Songs of All Time on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
  10. ^ "The Top 50 R&B / Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years". Billboard.