Editing Vanity 6 (section)

=== Career ===
Their first single, "He's So Dull", failed to chart on the main US Hot 100 chart and was a minor hit in Australia and the Netherlands; it appeared in the film ''[[National Lampoon's Vacation]]''.<ref name="ned">{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Vanity+6|title=dutchcharts.nl > Discografie Vanity 6|language=nl|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=2016-02-20}}</ref><ref name="aus">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St. Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|edition=Illustrated|page=320|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref> 

The second single, "[[Nasty Girl (Vanity 6 song)|Nasty Girl]]", was also not a hit on the US Hot 100, but did become a hit on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|U.S. R&B]] chart, hitting number 7, and the [[Hot Dance Club Play|U.S. Dance]] chart, hitting number one.<ref>{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p21236|label=Vanity}}</ref> The song was a top 10 hit in the Netherlands,<ref name="ned" /> and a top 20 hit in the Flanders region of Belgium.<ref name="bel">{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/20c99/Vanity-6-Nasty-Girl|title=Ultratop > Vanity 6 – Nasty Girl|language=nl|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=2016-02-20}}</ref> "Nasty Girl" was featured in the film ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]'', although it was not included on the soundtrack. It was also featured in the 1983 sex comedy film ''[[Private School (film)|Private School]]'' and the 1996 black comedy film [[Girl 6]].

The third single, "Drive Me Wild", was another minor hit. [[Music video]]s were shot for all three singles. Their first and only album, ''[[Vanity 6 (album)|Vanity 6]]'', was eventually certified [[Music recording sales certification|gold]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vanity - Vanity 6|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Vanity+6&ti=Vanity+6&format=Album&type=#search_section|access-date=2022-01-01|website=RIAA|language=en-US}}</ref> Members of the group sometimes provided backing vocals on Prince's albums.{{Sfn|Tudahl|2018|p=391}} The group was the opening act of Prince's [[1999 Tour|1999 tour]] for his [[1999 (Prince album)|album with the same name]] in 1982 and 1983, which also featured [[The Time (band)|The Time]]. 

The hierarchy in the group caused friction between Vanity and Bennett.{{Sfn|Tudahl|2018|p=14}} Prince often put Bennett in charge of rehearsals and checking Vanity's vocals when Vanity saw herself as the one in charge of the group.{{Sfn|Tudahl|2018|p=14}} Vanity appeared in a [[Richard Avedon]] photoshoot with Prince with one of the photos being used on the cover of the April 28, 1983 issue of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Miller|first=Debby|date=1983-04-28|title=Prince's Hot Rock: The Secret Life Of America's Sexiest One-Man Band|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/princes-hot-rock-the-secret-life-of-americas-sexiest-one-man-band-67501/|access-date=2022-01-01|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> The issue also contained a two-page Avedon photo of Vanity 6. In 1983, Vanity recorded demos for a number of new songs, including "Sex Shooter", intended for the ill-fated second Vanity 6 album.{{Sfn|Tudahl|2018|p=78}} During pre-production of the movie ''[[Purple Rain (film)|Purple Rain]]'' in August 1983, Vanity decided to leave the group and relinquish her role in the film.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Draper|first=Jason|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EAVxDQAAQBAJ&dq=vanity+6+prince+1983&pg=PA34|title=Prince: Life and Times: Revised and Updated Edition|date=2016-11-01|publisher=Chartwell Books|isbn=978-0-7603-5363-9|pages=34|language=en}}</ref> Many possible reasons were given for her departure, such as disbursement of royalties, Prince being too controlling, and the end of their romantic relationship.<ref name=":1" />