En Vogue

En Vogue
En Vogue (2017)
General information
Genre (s)	Contemporary R&B , soul , rock
founding	1988
Current occupation
singing	Cindy Herron
singing	Terry Ellis
singing	Dawn Robinson (1990-1996, 2005, 2008)
former members
singing	Rhona Bennett (2004-2008)
singing	Amanda Cole (2001-2003)
singing	Maxine Jones (1989-2001; 2003; 2004-2012)

En Vogue ( . French "fashion") is a US-based , consisting exclusively of women R & B - and Soul - band from Oakland .

history

En Vogue was founded in 1988 by US hit producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy , former members of the Club Nouveau disco group . The original line-up consisted of the former Miss Black California Cindy Herron , Maxine Jones , Dawn Robinson and Terry Ellis , with the current line-up of 2006 except Dawn Robinson still or all original members being active again, along with newcomer Rhona Bennett.

En Vogue have sold over 18 million albums and singles worldwide. They have won 7 MTV Video Music Awards, more than any other girl group in MTV history. The group was named the second most successful group of the 1990s and the 18th most successful act of the 1990s by Billboard Magazine .

The best known hits include the titles My Lovin '(You're Never Gonna Get It) , Free Your Mind , Whatta Man and Don't Let Go (Love) .

In 2004, the so far last studio album Soul Flower was released . A year later, in 2005, the group earned a Grammy nomination for collaborating with Stevie Wonder and Prince on the joint single So What the Fuss .

In October 2007 a new single Glamorous was released in the BeNeLux states as a collaboration with the Belgian singer Natalia. In 2008 En Vogue performed in Belgium with Natalia at two sold out show concerts in the Sportpaleis ( Antwerp ). Another special guest was Shaggy . The concert duo ran in 2008 under Natalia Meets En Vogue feat. Shaggy 2008 .

Discography

En Vogue (2009)

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1990	Born to Sing	-	-	-	UK23 silver (13 weeks)UK	US21st platinum (69 weeks)US	First published: April 3, 1990
1992	Funky divas	DE58 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	UK4th gold (30 weeks)UK	US8th × 3 Triple platinum (86 weeks)US	First published: March 24, 1992
1997	EV3	DE9 (13 weeks) DE	AT21 (10 weeks) AT	CH7 (15 weeks) CH	UK9 silver (12 weeks)UK	US8th platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: May 27, 1997
2000	Masterpiece Theater	DE22 (8 weeks) DE	-	CH28 (11 weeks) CH	-	US67 (5 weeks) US	First published: May 23, 2000
2018	Electric cafe	-	-	-	-	-	First published: April 6, 2018

more publishments

• 2002: The Gift of Christmas
• 2004: Soul Flower

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1998	Best of	DE61 (1 week) DE	AT37 (1 week) AT	-	UK39 silver (3 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 19, 1998

more publishments

• 2001: The Very Best Of
• 2005: Hold On and other Hits
• 2005: The Essentials
• 2007: The Platinum Collection

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1993	Runaway Love	-	-	-	-	US49 (19 weeks) US	First published: September 21, 1993

more publishments

• 1991: Remix to Sing

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks	[↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1990	Hold on Born to Sing	-	-	-	UK5 (13 weeks) UK	US2 platinum (25 weeks)US	First published: February 23, 1990
	Read Born to Sing	-	-	-	UK44 (4 weeks) UK	US38 (11 weeks) US	First published: June 27, 1990
	You Don't Have to Worry Born to Sing	-	-	-	UK94 (1 week) UK	-	First published: October 24, 1990
1992	My Lovin '(You're Never Gonna Get It) Funky Divas	DE23 (15 weeks) DE	AT13 (9 weeks) AT	CH16 (16 weeks) CH	UK4 (12 weeks) UK	US2 gold (30 weeks)US	First published: March 1, 1992
	Giving Him Something He Can Feel Funky Divas	DE46 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK16 (11 weeks) UK	US6th gold (24 weeks)US	First published: June 4, 1992
	Free Your Mind Funky Divas	-	-	-[UK: ↑]		US8th gold (20 weeks)US	First published: August 24, 1992
	Give It Up, Turn It Loose Funky Divas	-	-	CH36 (1 week) CH	UK22 (4 weeks) UK	US15 (20 weeks) US	First published: November 5, 1992
1993	Love Don't Love You Funky Divas	-	-	-	UK64 (1 week) UK	US36 (16 weeks) US	First published: January 29, 1993
	Runaway Love Runaway Love	-	-	-	UK36 (3 weeks) UK	US51 (10 weeks) US	First published: September 21, 1993
	What a Man Runaway Love / Very Necessary	DE39 (14 weeks) DE	AT27 (2 weeks) AT	-	UK7th silver (10 weeks)UK	US3 (29 weeks) US	First published: December 2nd, 1993 with Salt 'n' Pepa
1996	Don't Let Go (Love) EV3	DE7th gold (23 weeks)DE	AT9 (12 weeks) AT	CH4th gold (31 weeks)CH	UK5 platinum (23 weeks)UK	US2 platinum (35 weeks)US	First published: October 22, 1996
1997	Whatever EV3	DE92 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	UK14 (5 weeks) UK	US16 gold (15 weeks)US	First published: July 1, 1997
	Too Gone, Too Long EV3	-	-	-	UK20 (3 weeks) UK	US33 (17 weeks) US	First published: September 23, 1997
1998	No Fool, No More Best Of	-	-	-	-	US57 (8 weeks) US	First published: September 22, 1998
2000	Riddle Masterpiece Theater	DE62 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH56 (16 weeks) CH	UK33 (2 weeks) UK	US92 (4 weeks) US	First published: March 22, 2000

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2002	Free Your Mind, Free Your Mind	DE71 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First release: May 2002 Sub7even feat. En Vogue
2007	Glamorous Everything and More	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 29, 2007 Natalia Druyts feat. En Vogue

Web links

Commons : En Vogue  - Collection of Images

• Official website (English)
• En Vogue at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Music Sales Awards: DE CH UK US