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Grammy award rescinded from Milli Vanilli

Daily Express 19/11/1990

Milli Vanilli was a duo formed in Munich, Germany. They rose to fame thanks to their 1989 US album release "Girl You Know It's True". The album had been released in Europe previously as "All or Nothing" before being expanded for the US release. They won a Grammy award for Best New Artist in 1990.

On November 19th 1990 Milli Vanilli became the first act to ever lose a Grammy award when theirs was revoked. This occurred after it was revealed the vocals on their hit songs were in fact sung by studio performers and the duo had lip synced all performances of it.

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