Question 1

Did En Vogue write their own songs?

Accepted Answer

Barely at first, then increasingly. Members are credited on 20 of the group's 90 tracks, and none of those come from the first two albums. Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy, the producers who assembled the group, wrote all of Born to Sing and Funky Divas and are credited on 54 tracks overall.

Question 2

Who wrote "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"?

Accepted Answer

Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy. It reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and no member of the group is credited on it.

Question 3

How many albums has En Vogue released?

Accepted Answer

Seven: Born to Sing in 1990, Funky Divas in 1992, EV3 in 1997, Masterpiece Theatre in 2000, The Gift of Christmas in 2002, Soul Flower in 2004 and Electric Café in 2018.

Question 4

Who is in En Vogue?

Accepted Answer

Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron and Maxine Jones have been there since 1989. Dawn Robinson sang on the first two albums and left in 1997. Amanda Cole and then Rhona Bennett followed.

Question 5

When did the members start writing?

Accepted Answer

EV3 in 1997 carries the first member credit, on one track. Masterpiece Theatre in 2000 is the first album where they write most of it, eight of fourteen.

Question 6

Which album sold the most?

Accepted Answer

Funky Divas, at 4,416,000 in the United States, certified 3x platinum. Born to Sing sold 1,700,000.

Question 7

Who are Foster and McElroy?

Accepted Answer

Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy, the Oakland production duo who auditioned the singers, formed the group and wrote its first two albums outright.

Question 8

How many records have they sold?

Accepted Answer

20 million worldwide.

Question 9

What awards have they won?

Accepted Answer

Funky Divas won an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album. "Hold On" won a Billboard Music Award and a Soul Train Award, and the "Free Your Mind" video won three MTV Video Music Awards.

Question 10

Why do some tracks credit the group rather than people?

Accepted Answer

Nine tracks, five on the debut and four on the Christmas album, credit the writing to En Vogue as a whole. Those credits are left as the group name rather than assigned to individual members.