Milli Vanilli was a pop and dance music group formed by Frank Farian in Germany in 1988, fronted by the duo of Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus. The group's debut album achieved high sales internationally which earned them a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1990. The group sold over 30 million singles, 14 million albums and become one of the most popular pop groups in the late 80s and early 90s. However, their success turned to infamy when their Grammy was revoked after it was revealed that the lead vocalists did not actually sing on the record. History Beginning Farian chose to feature vocals by Charles Shaw, John Davis, Brad Howell, and twin sisters Jodie and Linda Rocco, even though he felt that those musicians lacked a marketable image. Thus, Farian recruited Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus, two younger and more photogenic model/dancers he found in a Berlin dance club, to front the project. The name "Milli Vanilli" was taken