Editing Snap! (section)

===Formation and first album===
Anzilotti and Münzing officially formed SNAP! in 1989, adopting the aliases Benito Benites and John "Virgo" Garrett III, as they believed the public harbored negative preconceived notions about German music.<ref name="Danceartistinfo.com: Snap! (Biography)">{{cite web |title=Danceartistinfo.com: SNAP! (Biography) |url=http://www.danceartistinfo.com/snapbiog.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126131833/http://www.danceartistinfo.com/snapbiog.htm |archive-date=26 January 2020 |access-date=19 November 2012 |publisher=Danceartistinfo.com}}</ref> Their debut hit, "[[The Power (Snap! song)|The Power]]", featuring American rapper [[Turbo B]] and singer [[Penny Ford]], peaked at No. 2 in Germany in April 1990 and remained in that position for five weeks, eventually earning Gold certification for sales of 250,000 units.<ref name="Allmusic: Snap! (Overview)"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.de/charts.asp?cat=s&country=de&year=1990&date=19900409&x=20&y=10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105114039/http://www.officialcharts.de/charts.asp?cat=s&country=de&year=1990&date=19900409&x=20&y=10|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 January 2015|title=Charts.de: Top 100 Single Official Media Control (09.04.1990)|publisher=Charts.de |work=[[Media Control Charts|Media Control]]|access-date=19 November 2012}}</ref><ref name="Snap!'s German Certification(s)">{{cite certification|region=Germany|title=|artist=SNAP!|type=|access-date=19 November 2012}}</ref> The single topped the charts in the United Kingdom, earning a Silver award for sales of 200,000 units.<ref name="UK's Singles/Albums Positions for Snap!">{{cite web |date=12 February 2015 |title=The Official Charts Company – SNAP! |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/snap |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217170733/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/snap/ |archive-date=17 February 2011 |access-date=12 February 2015 |publisher=The Official Charts Company}}</ref><ref name="UK's Certification Database">{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx|title=Certified Awards Search|publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]]|access-date=11 February 2015|archive-date=10 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710164143/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the U.S., it reached No. 2 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and was certified Platinum for 1,000,000 units sold.<ref name="Allmusic: Snap! (Awards)">{{cite web |title=AllMusic: SNAP! (Awards) |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/snap!-mn0000753347/awards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112075511/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/snap!-mn0000753347/awards |archive-date=12 January 2014 |access-date=19 November 2012 |website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref name="USA certification for The Power">{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22The+Power%22|title=RIAA: "The Power"|publisher=[[RIAA]]|access-date=19 November 2012}}</ref>

Jackie Harris was employed to mime Ford's vocals in the "Power" music video and left the group shortly thereafter, leading Ford to become the full-time lead singer. She recorded the second single, "[[Ooops Up]]", a reworking of "[[Oops Up Side Your Head|I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Ooops!)]]", a 1980 hit by [[the Gap Band]], for which Penny had previously been a backing singer.<ref name="Allmusic: Snap! (Overview)"/> "Oops Up" also reached No. 2 in Germany, spending nine weeks in that position.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Snap!&title=Ooops+Up&cat=s&country=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210164924/http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Snap%21&title=Ooops+Up&cat=s&country=de|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 December 2014|title=Charts.de: Ooops Up|publisher=Charts.de |work=[[Media Control Charts|Media Control]]|access-date=19 November 2012}}</ref> The single entered the top five in the UK, earning another Silver award, and received Gold certification in the U.S.<ref name="UK's Certification Database"/><ref name="USA certification for Ooops Up">{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Ooops+Up%22|title=RIAA: "Ooops Up"|publisher=[[RIAA]]|access-date=19 November 2012|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924142701/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Ooops+Up%22|url-status=live}}</ref> Further hits followed, including the Middle Eastern-influenced "Cult of Snap", which reached No. 3 in Germany and No. 8 in the UK, and "[[Mary Had a Little Boy]]", which peaked at No. 4 in Germany and again No. 8 in the UK.<ref name="UK's Singles/Albums Positions for Snap!"/><ref name="Germany's positions for Snap!">{{cite web |title=Charts.de: SNAP! |url=http://www.officialcharts.de/artist.asp?name=Snap!&country=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105133345/http://www.officialcharts.de/artist.asp?name=Snap%21&country=de |archive-date=5 January 2015 |access-date=11 February 2015 |publisher=charts.de |language=de}}</ref> The band's debut album, ''World Power'', reached No. 7 in Germany, No. 10 in the UK, and No. 30 in the U.S.<ref name="UK's Singles/Albums Positions for Snap!"/><ref name="Allmusic: Snap! (Awards)"/><ref name="Germany's positions for Snap!"/> It achieved Platinum status in Germany and Gold in the UK and U.S.<ref name="UK's Certification Database"/><ref name="Germany's positions for Snap!"/><ref name="USA certification for World Power">{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22World+Power%22|title=RIAA: "World Power"|publisher=[[RIAA]]|access-date=19 November 2012}}</ref>