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Milli Vanilli's Grammy Taken; Academy Board Preempts Duo's Return of Award

The Washington Post | November 20, 1990 | Copyright

Pop duo Milli Vanilli was stripped of its 1990 Grammy Award yesterday, the first time that the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has taken back one of its coveted trophies.

Following the revelation last week that Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan didn't sing a note on "Girl You Know It's True," the album credited to them as Milli Vanilli, the lip-sunk stars announced they would relinquish their Grammy for Best New Artist today.

But the academy beat them to it. Its 34-member board of trustees, contacted one at a time by phone, voted to rescind the award Milli…

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