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AboutVengaboys
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Dutch commercial house act produced by Wessel van Diepen & Dennis van den Driesschen, a 'latino dance troupe' spearheaded by DJ Danski and DJ Delmundo - two Spanish DJs who toured Spain and Ibiza in a bus between 1992 and 1997, bringing "provocative grooves and sexy lyrics" to beaches for impromptu and illegal dance and beach parties.
During 1995-96, four dancers/singers (Roy, Denice, Kim and Robin) - who had been regular guests at the beach parties - were added and the enlarged troupe toured beaches throughout Europe.
Initially the new foursome worked as dancers to 'spice up' the DJ sets. The act's first single "Up & Down" was released in March 1997 in selected countries (Germany, France, Italy, Scandinavia and Israel), becoming a huge success in Europe (e.g. making the top 5 in The Netherlands, Denmark, France and Spain), before making its way over to America. The UK really caught the 'Venga bug', with combined sales of the act's first 4 singles - 'Boom Boom Boom' (reached #1); 'We're Going To Ibiza' (#1); 'Up & Down' (#3) and 'We Like To Party) appraoching nearly 2 Million.
With global sales of over 10 Million singles and 5 Million copies of their first album, Vengaboys have proved to be the most commercially successful Dutch group after 2 Unlimited.
After years of hiatus, they now confirmed their return in 2010 composed of Kim, Denice, returning member Robin and the newest member Donny (Ma'Donny) with their come back brand new and official single to be released in UK this May 2010 then follows worldwide very soon which is entitled "Rocket To Uranus" which according to Kim: "This is the most gayest song ever.". They also finished shooting a music video for this single shot in London and L.A.
Sites: vengaboys.com, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, plus.google.com, instagram.com, Wikipedia, Bookogs
Members: Cor Sangers, Denise (28), Dennis Van Der Driesschen, Robin, Wessel Van Diepen
Variations: Vengaboys, Dirty Boy, Dirty Boys, Engaboys, The Venga Boys, The Vengaboys, V-Boys, Vegaboys, Venga, Venga Boy's, Venga Boys, Vengaboy, 反骨搭檔組
Vengaboys is a Dutch Dance-pop and Eurodance music group based in Rotterdam. The group was the brainchild of Dutch producers Wessel van Diepen and Dennis van den Driesschen (Danski and Delmundo) and consists of lead (female) vocalists Kim Sasabone and Denise Post-Van Rijswijk and male vocalists Robin Pors and Donny Latupeirissa.
The group enjoyed commercial success in the late 1990s. They are best known for their hit singles "We Like to Party", "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" and "We're Going to Ibiza" the latter two of which topped the charts in the United Kingdom. They have sold an estimated 25 million records worldwide. On 2 May 2001, the World Music Awards awarded Vengaboys with the award for best-selling dance group of the year. In 2019 Dutch online newspaper Nu.nl declared Vengaboys as the most successful Dutch pop group in history.
1997–1998: Formation and Up and Down
Dutch producers Danski and Delmundo initially found success organizing illegal beach parties during the summers. Danski and Delmundo recruited singer Kim Sasabone for the music videos, to form a group in 1997. The name Vengaboys was thought up during a recording session for another of Danski and Delmundo's projects, called Nakatomi. The group recorded several single tracks such as their two small Benelux hits "Parada De Tettas" and "To Brazil", which were released as singles before the release of the tracks as a debut album titled Up & Down - The Party Album in the Netherlands.
1998–1999: Second Line-up and The Party Album
In 1998, with the addition of the three new members Denise Post-Van Rijswijk, Roy den Burger and Robin Pors and existing member Sasabone, the now four-piece entered the UK chart at number 4 with "Up and Down" and their follow-up "We Like to Party (The Vengabus)" peaked at number 1 in Belgium[5] and was a Top 10 hit in other European countries, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. It reached number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100. Vengaboys released their second album, The Party Album, which included both old and new tracks. In June 1999, "Boom Boom Boom Boom" topped the charts in the UK, New Zealand and the Netherlands. "We Like to Party" was used in a Six Flags advertisement campaign in America, in which an elderly gentleman (Mr. Six) was dancing to the tune and picking up passengers. The Party Album! soared to the top of the charts in over 20 countries including the U.K., Canada, Germany, Benelux, Spain, South Africa, Thailand, Poland, Australia and Mexico. "We're Going to Ibiza", a reworking of Typically Tropical's 1975 number 1 hit "Barbados", also reached the top slot in September 1999. Their debut LP spent 30 consecutive weeks on the U.S. Billboard 200 and was certified gold (500,000 units) in November 1999. The Party Album! was re-released as Greatest Hits - Part 1, including five new songs. The Remix Album, released in late 1999, comprised new dance remixes of the songs from the Vengaboys' debut record.
2000–2002: Departure of Pors, The Platinum Album and Hiatus
Shortly before the release of their third studio album, Pors left the group to pursue a solo career and was replaced by dolphin trainer Yorick Bakker. The Platinum Album was released in early 2000, which saw continued success for the group. More UK and Canadian Top 10 hits followed: "Kiss (When the Sun Don't Shine)", "Shalala Lala" and "Uncle John from Jamaica" all charted, with the former going to number one on the Irish Charts.[citation needed] For their fourth single, the group gained a virtual member, the computer-animated Cheekah. The single "Cheekah Bow Bow (That Computer Song)" was not as successful as their previous singles. They released their single "Forever as One" in February 2001 with little promotion. The single charted at 28 in the UK, making it their worst-performing single. Shortly after this release, Denise Post-Van Rijswijk and Bakker left the group and were replaced by Lynn Bartels and Mark Jong a Pin. The group eventually disbanded for several years. During her departure, Denise Post-van Rijswijk gave birth to her first child.
2006–2009: Return on Stage and Line-up changes
In 2006, they returned to the club scene with new member Donny Latupeirissa a.k.a. Ma'Donny, replacing den Burger as Cowboy. In 2009, Pors returned to the group replacing Bakker. They toured university student union clubs in the UK and Ireland, most notably the UCD 2010 Ball, with an estimated 9000 attendees. Throughout 2008 and 2009, the group continued to tour on a small scale, while various rumors of new tracks including "Partylife" in 2008 and a re-release of old material in 2009 generated publicity.
2010–2011: Comeback and The Best of Vengaboys
In 2010, The Vengaboys started a comeback. Their comeback single, "Rocket To Uranus", a collaboration with singer-songwriter Pete Burns and American celebrity Perez Hilton, was only released in their home country in June. The video premiered on 6 June at the Dutch television station TMF, and in 2D and 3D formats on their own website and YouTube channel. They were due to release a Best of in Australia on 9 December 2011.
2012–2013: Single releases
In 2012, JJ Van Zon briefly took on the role of the Cowboy before Donny Latupeirissa returned to the group in November.[citation needed] Also in 2012, Vengaboys began performing a cover of T-Spoons song "Sex On The Beach" in their live shows. In January 2013 the group first performed "Hot, Hot, Hot", a cover of the 1983 hit originally by 'Arrow' during their National Tour in Australia. The song was released in July 2013 as a single, containing 13 remixes. The single was released worldwide except France on iTunes. Around that time, Kim Sasabone got pregnant. The group continued to maintain a busy tour schedule, with most shows based in Europe and Australia.
2014–2015: X-mas Party Album
On January 2014, Pors mentioned in an interview[citation needed] in Dubai that the group will continue to tour in Europe and are currently working on future shows in the Middle East and India, along with performing their greatest hits, their latest single, "Hot, Hot, Hot", and reportedly new unreleased tracks. He also stated that releasing new material is on their agenda for 2014. In May 2014 a new Remix from her Single "To Brazil" re-titled "2 Brazil" has been released. In November 2014 a new album was released called The X-mas Party Album with all the Vengaboys classic hits with a Christmas sound. Also, the single "Where Did My X-mas Tree Go" was released together with a new music video. A tour to South Africa was scheduled for December.
2015-2017: Australia and New Zealand Tour
In late February 2015, Denise Post-Van Rijswijk revealed that she was pregnant with her second child, a girl.
In 2016, the group toured Australia and New Zealand. In June, the Vengaboys hosted MTV Pride, a pop-up channel in the UK, dedicated to the LGBT community.
In November and December 2017, Vengaboys supported Steps at their Party on the Dancefloor Tour.
2019: 20th anniversary and Unplugged EP
In 2019, Vengaboys celebrated their 20th anniversary and released the songs "Boom, boom, Boom, Boom!! - Unplugged" and "We're going to Ibiza! - Unplugged" in June on an EP titled Unplugged #1's.
Profile:
Dutch commercial house act produced by Wessel van Diepen & Dennis van den Driesschen, a 'latino dance troupe' spearheaded by DJ Danski and DJ Delmundo - two Spanish DJs who toured Spain and Ibiza in a bus between 1992 and 1997, bringing "provocative grooves and sexy lyrics" to beaches for impromptu and illegal dance and beach parties.
During 1995-96, four dancers/singers (Roy, Denice, Kim and Robin) - who had been regular guests at the beach parties - were added and the enlarged troupe toured beaches throughout Europe.
Initially the new foursome worked as dancers to 'spice up' the DJ sets. The act's first single "Up & Down" was released in March 1997 in selected countries (Germany, France, Italy, Scandinavia and Israel), becoming a huge success in Europe (e.g. making the top 5 in The Netherlands, Denmark, France and Spain), before making its way over to America. The UK really caught the 'Venga bug', with combined sales of the act's first 4 singles - 'Boom Boom Boom' (reached #1); 'We're Going To Ibiza' (#1); 'Up & Down' (#3) and 'We Like To Party) appraoching nearly 2 Million.
With global sales of over 10 Million singles and 5 Million copies of their first album, Vengaboys have proved to be the most commercially successful Dutch group after 2 Unlimited.
After years of hiatus, they now confirmed their return in 2010 composed of Kim, Denice, returning member Robin and the newest member Donny (Ma'Donny) with their come back brand new and official single to be released in UK this May 2010 then follows worldwide very soon which is entitled "Rocket To Uranus" which according to Kim: "This is the most gayest song ever.". They also finished shooting a music video for this single shot in London and L.A.
Sites: vengaboys.com, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, plus.google.com, instagram.com, Wikipedia, Bookogs
Members: Cor Sangers, Denise (28), Dennis Van Der Driesschen, Robin, Wessel Van Diepen
Variations: Vengaboys, Dirty Boy, Dirty Boys, Engaboys, The Venga Boys, The Vengaboys, V-Boys, Vegaboys, Venga, Venga Boy's, Venga Boys, Vengaboy, 反骨搭檔組
Vengaboys is a Dutch Dance-pop and Eurodance music group based in Rotterdam. The group was the brainchild of Dutch producers Wessel van Diepen and Dennis van den Driesschen (Danski and Delmundo) and consists of lead (female) vocalists Kim Sasabone and Denise Post-Van Rijswijk and male vocalists Robin Pors and Donny Latupeirissa.
The group enjoyed commercial success in the late 1990s. They are best known for their hit singles "We Like to Party", "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" and "We're Going to Ibiza" the latter two of which topped the charts in the United Kingdom. They have sold an estimated 25 million records worldwide. On 2 May 2001, the World Music Awards awarded Vengaboys with the award for best-selling dance group of the year. In 2019 Dutch online newspaper Nu.nl declared Vengaboys as the most successful Dutch pop group in history.
1997–1998: Formation and Up and Down
Dutch producers Danski and Delmundo initially found success organizing illegal beach parties during the summers. Danski and Delmundo recruited singer Kim Sasabone for the music videos, to form a group in 1997. The name Vengaboys was thought up during a recording session for another of Danski and Delmundo's projects, called Nakatomi. The group recorded several single tracks such as their two small Benelux hits "Parada De Tettas" and "To Brazil", which were released as singles before the release of the tracks as a debut album titled Up & Down - The Party Album in the Netherlands.
1998–1999: Second Line-up and The Party Album
In 1998, with the addition of the three new members Denise Post-Van Rijswijk, Roy den Burger and Robin Pors and existing member Sasabone, the now four-piece entered the UK chart at number 4 with "Up and Down" and their follow-up "We Like to Party (The Vengabus)" peaked at number 1 in Belgium[5] and was a Top 10 hit in other European countries, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. It reached number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100. Vengaboys released their second album, The Party Album, which included both old and new tracks. In June 1999, "Boom Boom Boom Boom" topped the charts in the UK, New Zealand and the Netherlands. "We Like to Party" was used in a Six Flags advertisement campaign in America, in which an elderly gentleman (Mr. Six) was dancing to the tune and picking up passengers. The Party Album! soared to the top of the charts in over 20 countries including the U.K., Canada, Germany, Benelux, Spain, South Africa, Thailand, Poland, Australia and Mexico. "We're Going to Ibiza", a reworking of Typically Tropical's 1975 number 1 hit "Barbados", also reached the top slot in September 1999. Their debut LP spent 30 consecutive weeks on the U.S. Billboard 200 and was certified gold (500,000 units) in November 1999. The Party Album! was re-released as Greatest Hits - Part 1, including five new songs. The Remix Album, released in late 1999, comprised new dance remixes of the songs from the Vengaboys' debut record.
2000–2002: Departure of Pors, The Platinum Album and Hiatus
Shortly before the release of their third studio album, Pors left the group to pursue a solo career and was replaced by dolphin trainer Yorick Bakker. The Platinum Album was released in early 2000, which saw continued success for the group. More UK and Canadian Top 10 hits followed: "Kiss (When the Sun Don't Shine)", "Shalala Lala" and "Uncle John from Jamaica" all charted, with the former going to number one on the Irish Charts.[citation needed] For their fourth single, the group gained a virtual member, the computer-animated Cheekah. The single "Cheekah Bow Bow (That Computer Song)" was not as successful as their previous singles. They released their single "Forever as One" in February 2001 with little promotion. The single charted at 28 in the UK, making it their worst-performing single. Shortly after this release, Denise Post-Van Rijswijk and Bakker left the group and were replaced by Lynn Bartels and Mark Jong a Pin. The group eventually disbanded for several years. During her departure, Denise Post-van Rijswijk gave birth to her first child.
2006–2009: Return on Stage and Line-up changes
In 2006, they returned to the club scene with new member Donny Latupeirissa a.k.a. Ma'Donny, replacing den Burger as Cowboy. In 2009, Pors returned to the group replacing Bakker. They toured university student union clubs in the UK and Ireland, most notably the UCD 2010 Ball, with an estimated 9000 attendees. Throughout 2008 and 2009, the group continued to tour on a small scale, while various rumors of new tracks including "Partylife" in 2008 and a re-release of old material in 2009 generated publicity.
2010–2011: Comeback and The Best of Vengaboys
In 2010, The Vengaboys started a comeback. Their comeback single, "Rocket To Uranus", a collaboration with singer-songwriter Pete Burns and American celebrity Perez Hilton, was only released in their home country in June. The video premiered on 6 June at the Dutch television station TMF, and in 2D and 3D formats on their own website and YouTube channel. They were due to release a Best of in Australia on 9 December 2011.
2012–2013: Single releases
In 2012, JJ Van Zon briefly took on the role of the Cowboy before Donny Latupeirissa returned to the group in November.[citation needed] Also in 2012, Vengaboys began performing a cover of T-Spoons song "Sex On The Beach" in their live shows. In January 2013 the group first performed "Hot, Hot, Hot", a cover of the 1983 hit originally by 'Arrow' during their National Tour in Australia. The song was released in July 2013 as a single, containing 13 remixes. The single was released worldwide except France on iTunes. Around that time, Kim Sasabone got pregnant. The group continued to maintain a busy tour schedule, with most shows based in Europe and Australia.
2014–2015: X-mas Party Album
On January 2014, Pors mentioned in an interview[citation needed] in Dubai that the group will continue to tour in Europe and are currently working on future shows in the Middle East and India, along with performing their greatest hits, their latest single, "Hot, Hot, Hot", and reportedly new unreleased tracks. He also stated that releasing new material is on their agenda for 2014. In May 2014 a new Remix from her Single "To Brazil" re-titled "2 Brazil" has been released. In November 2014 a new album was released called The X-mas Party Album with all the Vengaboys classic hits with a Christmas sound. Also, the single "Where Did My X-mas Tree Go" was released together with a new music video. A tour to South Africa was scheduled for December.
2015-2017: Australia and New Zealand Tour
In late February 2015, Denise Post-Van Rijswijk revealed that she was pregnant with her second child, a girl.
In 2016, the group toured Australia and New Zealand. In June, the Vengaboys hosted MTV Pride, a pop-up channel in the UK, dedicated to the LGBT community.
In November and December 2017, Vengaboys supported Steps at their Party on the Dancefloor Tour.
2019: 20th anniversary and Unplugged EP
In 2019, Vengaboys celebrated their 20th anniversary and released the songs "Boom, boom, Boom, Boom!! - Unplugged" and "We're going to Ibiza! - Unplugged" in June on an EP titled Unplugged #1's.
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