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They appeared before software support was available, the technique is called "someone else is singing".

• vintermann 3y ago
  I think that was mainly a film phenomenon, and the playback singers were credited. It's really damning when you look back how technically good 80s pop singers were, compared to 90s. Even artists obviously promoted by the music industry as eye candy for teenagers - think Samantha Fox and Morten Harket - had really solid vocal skills. The Spice Girls, not so much...
  • rzzzt 3y ago
    Well, I only have one international example (and some local ones), so I agree that this wasn't a widely applied practice: https://www.biography.com/musicians/milli-vanilli-lip-sync-scandal https://www.biography.com/musicians/milli-vanilli-lip-sync-s...
    • vintermann 3y ago
      It's kind of famous for being a scandal, and also for their technical difficulties in faking live shows. It's kind of the waterline: they tried to do something a lot of later acts succeeded at with technology, but the technology wasn't there yet and it led to embarrassment.
• fsagx 3y ago
  "Milli Vanilli"