En Vogue: 1 Recording History
En Vogue: 1 Recording History
En Vogue: 1 Recording History
This article is about the American R&B group. For a the tradition of the 1950s/1960s female trios. The plan
denition of the term en vogue, see the Wiktionary was to recruit singers who possessed strong voices, noentry en vogue.
ticeably good looks, and intelligence. Auditions were
held in 1988, with Herron, Jones and Robinson making
the nal cut.[5] Like previous girl groups, En Vogue was
En Vogue is an American R&B/pop vocal group whose
original lineup consisted of Terry Ellis, Dawn Robinson, originally conceived as a trio, but after hearing Ellis audition, Foster and McElroy decided to create a quartet. At
Cindy Herron, and Maxine Jones.[1] Formed in Oakland,
California in 1989, they reached number two on the US rst, they selected the name For You. They shifted to
Hot 100 with the single "Hold On", which was taken from Vogue, but ultimately settled on En Vogue, upon learntheir 1990 debut album "Born to Sing". The groups 1992 ing that another group had already claimed the Vogue
follow-up album Funky Divas reached the top 10 in both moniker.
the US and UK, and included their second US number
two hit "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)", plus
the US top 10 hits "Giving Him Something He Can Feel"
and "Free Your Mind".
After forming, the group began working with their producers on their debut album. Recording began in August
1989 and wrapped up in December of the same year.[6]
Born to Sing was released on April 3, 1990. The album
peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard 200 chart and No. 3 on
Billboards R&B Albums Chart. The rst single, "Hold
On, was released to radio in late February 1990 and became a crossover pop hit, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard
Hot 100 singles chart, and No. 1 on both the R&B singles
and Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts. It later went to
No. 5 in the UK, and became a hit in Europe. The next
two singles, "Lies" and "You Don't Have to Worry, each
went to No. 1 on the Billboard R&B charts, while the
fourth and nal single, "Don't Go, charted at No. 3 on
the Billboard R&B. The album was later certied triple
platinum by the RIAA.
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Recording history
198991: Early beginnings and Born to in the spring of 1992. The album debuted at No. 8
Sing
on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Billboard R&B
and ultimately doubled the take of its predecessor, going multi-platinum. The albums rst two singles: "My
Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It), and "Giving Him
Something He Can Feel, both went top ten pop, and
peaked at No. 1 on the R&B charts. The next single,
"Free Your Mind" also went top ten. The nal two sin-
1 RECORDING HISTORY
gles "Give It Up Turn It Loose" and "Love Don't Love dition in the history of Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in
You" both were top forty hits.
Atlanta, which came in game ve of the 1996 World SeThe album went on to sell more than ve million copies ries.
being one of the best selling albums of the year, won
an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album, and was nominated for ve Grammy Awards. The
music video for Free Your Mind earned the group three
MTV Video Music Awards for Best Choreography,
Best Dance Video, and Best R&B Video. They were
also honored with Soul Trains prestigious Entertainer of
the Year Award. In addition to this, the group were featured in Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and Essence
among other major publications.
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199498: The departure of Robinson 1.4 200003: Masterpiece Theatre and new
and EV3
member
In 1995, En Vogue was amongst numerous female vocalists featured on the song Freedom for the soundtrack to Panther. Also in 1995, group member Terry Ellis recorded a solo album entitled Southern Gal, which
spun o the top ten R&B single Where Ever You Are
(although Back Down Memory Lane also got signicant airplay) and the group later made a cameo in the lm
Batman Forever.
In 1996, En Vogue recorded "Don't Let Go (Love)" for
the soundtrack to the motion picture Set It O. Released
in the autumn, it became the groups biggest hit to date;
the single peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100, No. 1 on
the R&B singles chart, and was certied platinum by the
RIAA. It, inadvertently, would also be the nal En Vogue
single to feature Robinson. One of Robinsons nal performances with her bandmates came in October of that
year, when the group sang the nal National Anthem ren-
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200407: Soul Flower and impromptu dome in New Orleans. They continue to tour throughout
the United States. In October 2010, the band performed
reunion
their rst UK show in 18 years in London.
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In August 2012, Maxine Jones, as well as Dawn Robinson, left the group and would begin their own En Vogue
with two new members and would be touring, releasing
solo albums and potentially another group album. During this time, they added new member Shaunt Usual to
their lineup and shot a photoshoot.[10][11] Herron and Ellis would continue to tour as En Vogue with Rhona Bennett. It was also soon announced that the members would
take each other to court for use of the En Vogue name;
a judge ruled that Herron and Ellis, as holders of the
groups LLC, had exclusive rights to the groups name.
Herron and Ellis led suit against Jones and Robinson,
demanding $1 million for unauthorized use of the name,
though the damages request was ultimately determined to
be without merit, as Herron and Ellis could not demonstrate harm done to the company from Joness use of the
name (although Robinson was named in the suit, she was
not directly involved in the dispute, as she had surrendered her rights to use the name herself when she de200811: Robinsons return and de- parted from the LLC years earlier).[12]
parture
On June 24, 2008, the original lineup of En Vogue appeared on the BET Awards, performing with Alicia Keys,
SWV and TLC as a tribute to girl groups of the 1990s.
With speculation abuzz, En Vogue received the twentyeighth highest number of hits on the Rock on the Net website for the month of June 2008. The following month,
the group ascended to the twelfth position. As of June
30, Robinson stated via an En Vogue Yahoo! fan site
that she had indeed returned to En Vogue. On August 6,
the original members appeared on Los Angeles KTLA
television station and announced that they have reunited
and would do spot dates around the country during the
latter part of 2008. The foursome kicked o the Americana at Brand Concert Series in Glendale, California that
same evening.[8] Furthermore, En Vogue performed at
the 2009 Essence Music Festival, at the Louisiana Super-
REFERENCES
5.1 Film
Television
6 See also
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7 References
[1] Biography - En Vogue Billboard.com.
February 17, 2015
Retrieved on
Members timeline
[2] http://www.billboard.com/articles/
pop-shop/girl-group-week/5901266/
top-10-girl-groups-of-all-time
Discography
[3] En Vogue | Music Artist | Videos, News, Photos & Ringtones | MTV. MTV.com
[4] <http://www.billboard.com/articles/
pop-shop/girl-group-week/5901266/
top-10-girl-groups-of-all-time
[5] Real.com - Article - En Vogue
[6] Don't think I can make it. By Denzil Foster, Thomas
McElroy, Will Townsend, Pharoah Davis, Warren Robinson & Andre Zachary part 2 - song, music - Copyright
Info. Faqs.org. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
[7] 2005 Issue of R&B Showcase Magazine features article on Gil www.rhythmandbluesshowcase.com to order.
heartfeltshowbiz.com.
[8] En Vogue My Lovin' You're Never Gonna Get It on
KTLA. YouTube. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
[9] New Music: En Vogue I'll Cry Later (Radio Rip)
Pop Addicts. Popaddicts.com. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
Tours
Funky Divas Tour (1992)
EV3 Tour (1997)
En Vogue Live! (2005)
En Vogue: 20th Anniversary Tour (201011)
Filmography
Bill-
External links
En Vogue at AllMusic
En Vogue on Twitter
En Vogue at the Internet Movie Database
En Vogue at Discogs
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