Milli Vanilli

For a moment, German dance pop duo Milli Vanilli were at the top of the music world. Their debut, All or Nothing, was a global hit packed with chart-climbing singles and they had just won a Grammy for Best New Artist. It was soon revealed, however, that members Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus were simply the faces of the music, not the voices, and their career came to a sudden and ignominious end. The public learned that they were models who publicly lip-synced to tracks recorded by studio vocalists Brad Howell, John Davis, Jodie Rocco, Linda Rocco, and Charles Shaw under the guidance of producer Frank Farian. They became the first act to be stripped of a Grammy Award. Following a period of public backlash and ridicule, Pilatus and Morvan rebranded as Rob & Fab, while the studio musicians emerged as the Real Milli Vanilli.