  The 1990's not only started a
new decade, but marked the beginning of a
musical success journey for En Vogue. The
female vocal quartet hailed from San
Francisco and originally consisted of Dawn
Robinson, Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron, and
Maxine Jones.
 # 34
Singles Artist of the Year
En Vogue released their first
LP, Born
To Sing, with their first Top 10 pop
and R&B hit, "Hold On" and the hit
"Lies."
En Vogue hit the Top 40 with
"Hold On."
 Born
To Sing was certified gold and the
single "Hold On" was certified
platinum.
En Vogue hit the Top 10 with "Hold On."
En Vogue hit the Top 40 with
"Lies."
Born
To Sing was certified platinum.
En Vogue were
nominated for 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Dance Single ("Hold On") and Favorite Dance New Artist.
En Vogue were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group (Born
To Sing).
 En Vogue won a Soul Train Music
Award for Best Single by a Duo/Group ("Hold On").
En Vogue released Remix
To Sing.
 # 2
Singles Artist of the Year
 En Vogue's sophomore LP, Funky
Divas spawned their first #1 hit,
"My Lovin' (Never Gonna
Get It)"
and carried their success into the dance
clubs and onto the video screens. En Vogue
broke new ground in video with their
futuristic "Free Your Mind" video and had
hits with the remake of "Giving Him Something He
Can Feel," "Love Don't Love You," and "Give it Up, Turn It
Loose."
En Vogue hit the Top 40 with
"My Lovin' (Never Gonna
Get It)."
En Vogue hit the Top 10 with "My Lovin' (Never Gonna
Get It)."
En Vogue topped the Billboard
Top 40 Radio Monitor chart for 4 weeks with
"My Lovin' (Never Gonna
Get It)."
 En Vogue topped the Billboard
Top R&B Albums chart for 2 weeks with Funky
Divas.
Funky
Divas was certified gold and the
single "My Lovin' (Never Gonna
Get It)"
was certified gold.
En Vogue hit #1 for 2 weeks with
"My Lovin' (Never Gonna
Get It)."
En Vogue topped the Billboard
R&B Singles chart for 2 weeks with "My Lovin' (Never Gonna
Get It)."
Funky
Divas was certified platinum.
En Vogue hit the Top 40 with
"Giving Him Something He
Can Feel."
En Vogue topped the Billboard
Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales chart for
2 weeks with "My Lovin' (Never Gonna
Get It)."
 The single "Giving Him Something He
Can Feel" was certified gold.
En Vogue topped the Billboard
R&B Singles chart for 1 week with "Giving Him Something He
Can Feel."
The video for "My Lovin' (Never Gonna
Get It)"
won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Choreography (Travis Payne, Frank
Gatson & Lavelle Smith) and was nominated
for Best Group Video, Best Dance Video, Best Direction, Best Editing, and Best Cinematography.
En Vogue hit the Top 40 with
"Free Your Mind."
En Vogue hit the Top 10 with "Free Your Mind."
Funky
Divas was certified 2x platinum.
The single "Free Your Mind" was certified
gold.
En Vogue hit the Top 40 with
"Give it Up, Turn It
Loose."
 # 13
Singles Artist of the Year
En Vogue won an
American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album (Funky
Divas) and was nominated for Favorite Soul/R&B
Band/Duo/Group.
En Vogue hit the Top 10 with "Give it Up, Turn It
Loose."
En Vogue were nominated
for 3 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group (Funky
Divas), Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group and Best Music Video, Short Form ("Free Your Mind").
Funky
Divas was certified 3x platinum.
En Vogue hit the Top 40
with "Love Don't Love You."
En Vogue were honored at the
Soul Train Music Awards with the Sammy Davis,
Jr. Entertainer of the Year award, and won 2
awards for Best R&B Album, Group and Best
R&B Group.
 Continued success was
found with their EP, Runaway
Love.
En Vogue hit the Top 40 with
"Runaway Love."
En Vogue teams up with
another successful "girls group,"
the rap sensation Salt-N-Pepa, and their hit, "Whatta Man."
En Vogue's video for
"Free Your Mind" won 3 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Choreography, Best Dance Video, and Best R&B Video, and was nominated for
Video of the Year, Best Direction, Best Cinematography, Viewer's Choice, and Best Group Video.
En Vogue hit the Top 10 with "Runaway Love."
En Vogue hit
the Top 40 helping out Salt-N-Pepa with "Whatta Man."
Rolling
Stone: "The 100 Top Music Videos" included "Free Your Mind" at # 81.
 # 118
Singles Artist of the Year
 En Vogue returned to the Top 40
helping out Salt-N-Pepa with
"Whatta Man."
En Vogue won a American Music
Award for Favorite
Soul/R&B Band/Duo/Group.
En Vogue returned to the Top 10 with "Whatta Man."
En Vogue along with Salt-N-Pepa topped the Billboard
Hot Rap Singles chart for 2 weeks with "Whatta Man."
En Vogue were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Give it Up, Turn It
Loose").
The video for "Whatta Man" won 3 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Dance Video, Best R&B Video, and Best Choreography, and was also
nominated in that category for "Runaway Love."
En Vogue were nominated for an American Music
Award along with Salt-N-Pepa for Favorite
Soul/R&B Single ("Whatta Man").
En Vogue were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Whatta Man" with Salt-N-Pepa).
 # 58
Singles Artist of the Year
 En Vogue hit the Top 40 with
"Don't Let Go (Love)" from the Set
It Off soundtrack.
En Vogue hit the Top 10 with "Don't Let Go (Love)."
The single "Don't Let Go (Love)" was certified
gold.
 # 11
Singles Artist of the Year
The single "Don't Let Go (Love)" was certified
platinum. "Don't Let Go (Love)" topped the
Billboard R&B Singles chart for a week.
En Vogue were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Don't Let Go (Love)").
 After time off for marriages,
babies, movie appearances (Batman
And Robin) and solo attempts, En Vogue
returned as a trio with their LP, EV3.
The quartet became a trio early
in the year when Dawn Robinson left the group
amicably to pursue a solo career. The
remaining members wished Robinson good luck,
and have vocally adapted their harmonies to
fill the void.
En Vogue brought back their
futuristic flava in their video for the hit
"Whatever" which hit the
Top 40.
"Whatever" hit the Top 10 by month's end.
EV3 was certified platinum
and the single "Whatever" was certified
gold.
En Vogue hit
the Top 40 with "Too Gone, Too Long."
En Vogue
appeared on the Soul
Food soundtrack with "You Are
The Man."
En Vogue hit the Top 10 with "Too Gone, Too Long."
 En Vogue were
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite
Soul/R&B Band.
En Vogue had a minor hit with
"No Fool No More" from the film Why
Do Fools Fall In Love.
En Vogue was nominated for a Grammy Award for
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group
("Don't Let Go (Love)").
 En Vogue released a hits
collection: The
Best Of En Vogue.
MTV: 100
Greatest Videos Ever Made includes
"My Lovin' (Never Gonna
Get It)"
at # 59.
 # 109
Singles Artist of the Year
 En Vogue released Masterpiece
Theatre.
En Vogue hit the Top 40 with
"Riddle."
Jones left the group.
VH1: 100
Greatest Videos includes:
# 87
- "Whatta Man"
(with Salt-N-Pepa).
 En Vogue released another hits
collection The
Very Best Of En Vogue.
En Vogue were nominated
for a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for Best
R&B/Soul Album: Group, Band or Duo (Masterpiece
Theatre).
Amanda Cole joined the group for
almost 2 years.
Dawn Robinson
released a solo LP - Dawn.
En Vogue ranked
# 48 on VH1: 100
Sexiest Artists.
 En Vogue
released The
Gift Of Christmas.
En Vogue could be heard on the
soundtrack for Deliver
Us From Eva with "Easy."
 En Vogue released a new LP Soulflower with a new member,
Rhona Bennett.
# 49 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
The 4 original members of En
Vogue were back together again by the end of
the year.
VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 90's included "Whatta Man" at # 23
and "My Lovin' (Never Gonna
Get It)"
at # 43.
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Born To Sing
Released: April, 1990
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 21
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Party"
- "Strange" - "Lies" -
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" -
"Hold On" - "Part
Of Me" - "You Don't Have To
Worry" - "Time Goes On" -
"Just Can't Stay Away" -
"Don't Go" - "Luv
Lines" - "Waitin' On You" |
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Remix To Sing
Released: November, 1991
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Hold On" (Hip Hop
Remix) - "Lies" (New Jack
Remix) - "You Don't Have To
Worry" (Club Remix) -
"Strange" (House Remix) -
"Time Goes On" (Dance Remix) -
"Silent Night" (Happy Holiday
Mix) |
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Funky Divas
Released: March, 1992
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 8
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "This Is
Your Life" - "My Lovin' (Never
Gonna Get It)" - "Hip Hop
Lover" - "Free Your Mind" -
"Desire" - "Giving Him
Something He Can Feel" - "It
Ain't Over Till The Fat Lady Sings"
- "Give It Up, Turn It
Loose" -
"Yesterday" - Hooked On Your
Love" - "Love Don't Love You" - "What
Is Love" - "Thanks
(Prayer)" |
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Runaway Love (EP)
Released: September, 1993
Billboard
peak:
# 49
Tracks: "Runaway Love" (EP Version)
- "Whatta Man" (with
Salt-N-Pepa) - "Hip Hop Lover"
(Hip Hop Remix) - "Desire"
(Dancehall Remix) - "What Is
Love" - "Runaway Love" (Extended
Version) |
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EV3
Released: June, 1997
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 8
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Whatever" - "Don't Let Go (Love)" -
"Right Direction" - "Damn
I Wanna Be Your Lover" - "Too Gone, Too Long" -
"You're All I Need" - "Let
It Flow" - "Sitting By Heaven's
Door" - "Love Makes You Do
Thangs" - "What A Difference A
Day Makes" - "Eyes Of A
Child" - "Does Anybody Hear
Me" |
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The Best Of En Vogue
Released: June, 1999
Tracks: "My Lovin' (Never
Gonna Get It)" - "Hold On" - "Whatta Man" (with
Salt-N-Pepa) - "Free Your Mind" - "Don't Let Go (Love)" - "Giving Him
Something He Can Feel" - "No
Fool No More" - "Whatever" - "Lies" - "Give It Up, Turn It
Loose" - "Runaway Love" - "Too Gone, Too Long" - "Let
It Flow" - "Love Don't Love You" |
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Masterpiece Theatre
Released: May, 2000
Billboard
peak:
# 67
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Riddle" - "No
No No (Can't Come Back)" -
"Falling In Love" - "Love
U Crazy" - "Sad But True"
- "Love Won't Take Me Out" -
"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be,
Will Be)" - "Beat Of Love"
- "Latin Soul" - "Work It
Out" - "Those Dogs" -
"Number One Man" |
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The Very Best Of En
Vogue
Released: August, 2001
Tracks: "Hold On" - "Free Your Mind" - "My Lovin' (Never
Gonna Get It)" - "Don't Let Go (Love)" - "Give It Up, Turn It
Loose" - "Whatta Man" (with
Salt-N-Pepa) - "Lies" - "Whatever" - "Love Don't Love You" - "You
Don't Have To Worry" - "Waitin'
On You" - "Runaway Love" - "Giving Him
Something He Can Feel" -
"Don't Go" - "Let It
Flow" - "Hold On" (Hip Hop
Remix) |
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The Gift Of Christmas
Released: October, 2002
Tracks: "Oh
Christmas Tree Greeting" - "I
Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" -
"Have Yourself A Merry Little
Christmas" - "Jingle
Bells" (Euro Mix) - "Snowy
Nights" - "My Christmas" -
"Merry Christmas Baby" -
"This Christmas" - "That's
What Christmas Means To Me" -
"With My Honey" - "Oh Holy
Night" - "What Child Is
This" - "Jingle Bells"
(Rock Version) |
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Soulflower
Released: February 24, 2004
Tracks: "Losin' My
Mind" - "Ez-A-Lee" -
"Ooh Boy" - "All You
See" - "Dissed Him" -
"Ooh La La" - "Piece Of My
Love" - "Stop" -
"Heaven" - "Everyday"
- "Nearly Lost" - "Million
Different Ways" -
"Careful" - "How Do I Get
Over" - "New Day Callin'" |
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Electric Cafe
Released: April 6, 2018
Tracks: "Blue
Skies" - "Deja Vu" -
"Rocket" - "Reach 4
Me" - "Electric Cafe" -
"Life" - "Love The
Way" - "Oceans Deep" -
"Have A Seat" (featuring Snoop
Dogg) - "I'm Good" - "So
Serious" |
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40 chart run (from the ARC Weekly Top
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including track listings and sound
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