Editing Vanity 6 (section)

{{Short description|American musical group}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2013}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Vanity 6
| image             = Vanity 6 1982 press photo.jpg
| caption           = Left to right: Brenda Bennett, Vanity, and Susan Moonsie (1982).
| background        = group_or_band
| birth_name        = 
| alias             = 
| origin            = [[Minneapolis]], Minnesota, U.S.
| genre             = {{flatlist|
* [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]<ref>{{cite web| url=https://themusic.com.au/news/vanity-six-lead-singer-and-prince-protege-passes-away-at-57/KNY7Oj08Pz4/16-02-16/| title=Vanity 6 Lead Singer & Prince Protege Passes Away at 57| publisher=[[The Music (magazine)|The Music]]| date=February 16, 2016| access-date= June 6, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Pop music|pop]]<ref>{{cite news|first= Jessica |last= Gelt |title= Prince protege Denise 'Vanity' Matthews dies at 57 |date= February 15, 2016 |newspaper= [[Los Angeles Times]] |url= http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-prince-protege-denise-vanity-matthews-dies-at-57-20160215-story.html |access-date= May 19, 2016}}</ref>
* [[funk]]<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Lynn |last= Norment |title= Prince's Intriguing Women |magazine= [[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]] |date= November 1987 |volume= 43 |issue= 1 |page= 168 |issn= 0012-9011 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=u8wDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA168}}</ref>
* [[rock music|rock]]<ref>{{cite magazine |first= Darren |last= Leon |title= Vanity sheds 'nasty girl' image in film |magazine= Monmouth |url= http://209.212.22.88/Data/RBR/1980-1989/1985/1985.06.09.pdf |date= June 9, 1985 |page= 5 |access-date= May 19, 2016 |archive-date= June 10, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160610164718/http://209.212.22.88/Data/RBR/1980-1989/1985/1985.06.09.pdf |url-status= dead }}</ref>
* [[synth-pop]]<ref>{{cite news|first= Pierre |last= Perrone |title= Vanity: Prince protégée who fronted the synth-pop trio The Hookers, fell prey to drug abuse and became a born-again Christian |date= February 23, 2016 |newspaper= [[The Independent]] |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/vanity-prince-prot-g-e-who-fronted-the-synth-pop-trio-vanity-6-fell-prey-to-drug-abuse-and-became-a-a6892006.html |access-date= May 19, 2016}}</ref>
}}
| years_active      = 1982–1983
| label             = [[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]]
| website           = 
| past_members      =
* [[Vanity (singer)|Vanity]]
* [[Brenda Bennett]]
* [[Susan Moonsie]]
}}

'''Vanity 6''' was an American female vocal trio that gained popularity in the early 1980s. They were protégées of musician [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]. Led by singer [[Vanity (singer)|Vanity]], they are known for their song "[[Nasty Girl (Vanity 6 song)|Nasty Girl]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/6875318/vanity-denise-katrina-matthews-prince-vanity-6-dies-at-57|title=Vanity, Former Prince Protégé & Leader of The Hookers, Dies at 57|magazine=Billboard|date=February 16, 2016|access-date=2019-05-04}}</ref> Vanity left in 1983 and the band was reformed as [[Apollonia 6]].