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En Vogue Plotting Comeback As 20 Year Anniversary Swings Around
By Liz "Red" Thomas ♦ Published 05/15/2009

Veteran R&B group En Vogue is set to celebrate their 20-year anniversary in the music industry with a major media blitz and stint of concert tours, reports AOL's BlackVoices.

En Vogue

The quartet -- consisting of original members Cindy Herron-Bragg, Terry Ellis, Dawn Robinson and Maxine Jones -- recently kicked off the anniversary with an appearance on the ABC talk show "The View" on Monday (May 11), and will continue with a slew of appearances and performances.

They will appear on a June 7 episode of A&E's "Private Sessions" as well. And then, En Vogue will be among the headliners at 15th Annual Essence Music Festival over Independence Day weekend in New Orleans, where they share stage with Beyonce, Maxwell, Anita Baker, Ne-Yo and Lionel Richie.

There are also rumors that they are shopping a reunion album with record labels, and possibly developing a new reality series.

En Vogue hit the scene in 1990 with their debut album, Born To Sing, spawning the smash, crossover pop single "Hold On." The album was eventually certified platinum, and earned them several awards that year including a Billboard Music Award, a Grammy, and a Soul Train Award.

According to Billboard magazine, they were the eighteenth most successful act of the 1990s, and one of the most popular and successful female groups of all time.

After the release of their sophomore album Funky Divas in 1992, En Vogue went through a little downtime, but still scored a top ten hit when they collaborated with Salt-N-Pepa for 1994's "Whatta Man."

In 1997, member Dawn Robinson left the group after difficult contractual negotiations reached a stalemate. Still, the remaining three members released EV3, which went on to hit gold sales.

Since then, the group utilized various replacement members in 2001 when founding member Jones left the group. It just never seemed to work.

Robinson returned to the group in 2005 to record "So What the Fuss" for Stevie Wonder's A Time To Love CD, and appeared with the girls later that year on the "VH1 Hip Hop Honors" tribute to Salt-N-Pepa.

After another three years, Robinson returned to the group again permanently in 2008 for a reunion concert during the Plymouth Jazz Festival in Trinidad and Tobago.

Now, En Vogue is back. In April 2009, the performed together at the Trumpet Awards (see the performance here Icon - Video).

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  • KD3

    Wow, what a vision of sexiness...

  • b.k.illa

    One of da greatest firl group of all time,Hands Down!!!!!

  • Truth

    I saw them in Vancouver Canada. They are the sexiest female r&b singers of our time!!!

  • Vengeance IS MINE!!!!!!!!

    HOPE Dawn Robinson WILL EASE UP ON ALL THAT "DIVA-ISH" ATTITUDE????

  • Philly-O

    Hell to the yeah, bout time we get some real R&B back.

  • http://ballerstatus.com Barry Tremble

    En Vogue is the epitome of a female vocal group who seems to have it all.... incredible beauty, style , voices,and presence....to top all that off they are a group of four.... which is so tremendously refreshing in that sense alone as I think of all the numerous female trios(zzzz)... WELCOME BACK EN VOGUE!!!! YOU ARE AND WILL ALWAYS BE AMERICAN MUSIC ROYALTY!!!!

  • HAWKEYE

    Ya'll make me wanna leave the one I'm with, start a new relationship with with ya'll! Damn, they're so fine, they know they fine too!!

  • Troy

    I am so ecstatic that the Funky Diva's are back and I hope that they find a record company and put out some more good harmonious funky soul pop music like they did before...These ladies have left an impression on the music industry most definitely and I'm so glad to hear they are back and can't wait for them to tour in my state as well as drop that CD....Love Ya En Vogue.

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