Biography
 
The time has come for any encyclopedia to print a picture of the Vengaboys for the word PARTY. Ever since the first signs of Venga-ism saw the light of day in the early nineties, there's been a constant party-vibe around the members.

In the summer of 1995, DJ's Danski and Delmundo teamed up with four of the regular guests at their infamous illegal beachparties, two girls and two boys. At first, the foursome worked as professional dancers for the DJ's to spice up their performances, giving away the most outrageous acts. Some of them included live animals, singing nuns, burning furniture and jerry cans of Vaseline.

The single 'Up and Down' was first released in March 1997. It went Top 5 in the Netherlands, Denmark, France, Spain… in fact, it was a big hit across Europe, reaching number 4 and a gold-status in the UK. The UK really caught the Venga-flu, where the band have already had two number one hits with 'Boom Boom Boom Boom' and 'We're Going To Ibiza'. Along with 'We like to Party', these four singles have given the band a combined sales total of almost 2 million singles in the UK alone.

The first Vengaboys-album, 'Greatest Hits', turned out to be a worldwide bestseller. It went platinum in the United Arabian Emirates, Sweden, Australia, Portugal, Spain, Mexico and India. The release in America, Malaysia, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic and South Africa meant gold, while sales in Belgium, the United Kingdom and Canada resulted in double platinum. In Holland and Chili, finally, sales of the Party Album made it to a stunning triple platinum. So far, the Vengaboys have sold over 10 million singles and 5 million copies of their first album, proving to be the most successful Dutch pop group ever. In March 2000, the Vengaboys released their second album, called 'The Platinum Album', which includes the chart-topping hit singles 'Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine)', 'Shalala lala', 'Uncle John From Jamaica' and 'Cheekah Bow Bow'. The expectations are that this album will exceed all previous sales. It has already lived up to it's title in Denmark, New Zealand, Venezuela and the United Arabian Emirates. The album has gone gold so far in The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain and Portugal.

During the release of the Platinum Album, the world got to know no less than two new Vengaboys: member Robin quit the group to pursue a solocareer. Yorick, his best friend and a former dolphin trainer, replaced him.

Besides their musical talents, the Vengaboys have always –sometimes unwillingly- found a way to draw the attention of the press. They once threw ten thousand dollars cash into the audience during a concert in Spain and promoted their single 'Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine)' by breaking the world record for the Longest Kiss ever: 34 hours, 17 minutes and 41 seconds! Also, an autograph-session in a warehouse in Tokyo had to be stopped when an immense amount of fans literally tore down the store, the band nearly survived a plane accident in Bombay and made European headlines by bluntly refusing an export award from the Dutch minister of business affairs.

At the end of 2001 Denise decided to leave the group. She was scared to fly. The cause of that was the terrorism attack at 11 september 2001. Denise was planning a solo career. At the beginning of 2003 she released her first single called: Straght up. Sadly her single flopped. At the beginning of 2002 also Yorick left the band. He got a role in a musical called "Alladin". After that only Kim and Roy where left. Two new members where added: Mark and Lilly. Not much is known of them.

The Vengaboys are now touring over the whole world. If they ever gonna release a new album is unknown.