Editing Arabesque (group) (section)

{{Short description|West German female vocal trio}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Arabesque
| image           = File:Arabesque,_1980.jpg
| caption         = The classic Arabesque lineup (1980): (From top) Jasmin Vetter, [[Sandra (singer)|Sandra Lauer]], [[Michaela Rose]]
| origin          = [[Frankfurt am Main|Frankfurt]], West Germany (now Germany)
| genre           = [[Euro disco]], [[Pop music|pop]], [[dance pop]]
| years_active    = 1977–1984, 2006-present
| label           = RCA/Victor
| associated_acts = Rouge, [[Sandra (singer)|Sandra]], [[Enigma (German band)|Enigma]], [[Michael Cretu]]
| website         = [http://arabesque-music.com www.arabesque-music.com]
| current_members = [[Michaela Rose]]<br />Sabine Kemper<br />Silke Brauner<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEfoC-9Hkx4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/lEfoC-9Hkx4| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=ARABESQUE original Michaela Rose "Hello Mr Monkey" (Moldova, Orhei)|last=ARABESQUE original Michaela Rose|date=17 January 2018|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
| past_members    = [[Sandra (singer)|Sandra Lauer]] (1979-1984)<br />Jasmin Vetter (1978-1984)<br />Elke Brückheimer (1979)<br />Heike Rimbeau (1978-1979)<br />Karen Ann Tepperis (1977-1978)<br />[[Mary Ann Nagel]] (1977-1978)
}}

'''Arabesque''' are an all-girl trio formed at the height of the [[euro disco|European disco]] era in 1977, in the West German city of [[Frankfurt am Main|Frankfurt]]. The group's changing lineup worked with the German composer Jean Frankfurter (Erich Ließmann).

Arabesque were especially popular in [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Billboard Nov 18, 1995|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZA0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA78|page=78|last1=Nielsen Business Media|first1=Inc|date=1995-11-18}}</ref> Their songs began being aired on Japanese late-night radio shows in the late 1970s, and with support from groups such as the [[Takenoko-zoku]], they became especially popular with teenagers and a driving force behind the popularity of Western music in Japan in the early 1980s. Their popularity also spread to [[South Korea]], Chinese-speaking countries and other parts of [[Asia]], [[Eastern Europe]] and [[Latin America]].