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((Short description|1980s American female singing trio))
((more citations needed|date=February 2016))
((Infobox musical artist
| name            = Apollonia 6
| image           =
| caption         = 
| birth_name      =
| alias           =
| origin          = [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]
| genre           = [[contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[Pop music|pop]], [[Minneapolis sound]], [[Freestyle music|freestyle]]
| years_active    = 1983–1985
| label           = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| website         =
| past_members    = [[Apollonia Kotero|Apollonia (Patricia Kotero)]]<br>[[Brenda Bennett]]<br>[[Susan Moonsie]]
))

'''Apollonia 6''' was a 1980s American female singing trio.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/554622/Apollonia-6 The New York Times] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307040636/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/554622/Apollonia-6 |date=March 7, 2016 ))</ref>

==Origin==
Recording artist [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] created the group [[Vanity 6]] in 1981, with singers [[Vanity (singer)|Vanity]] (Denise Matthews), [[Brenda Bennett]] and [[Susan Moonsie]]. After a number of disputes with Prince, Vanity left the group in 1983 to pursue solo endeavors. She also left behind a co-starring role in Prince's 1984 film ''[[Purple Rain (film)|Purple Rain]]''.

Searching for a replacement, the film's director, [[Albert Magnoli]], met aspiring actress and model [[Apollonia Kotero|Patricia Apollonia Kotero]]. Prince asked her to use her middle name, and as Apollonia she both stepped into the film ''Purple Rain'', and became lead vocalist in the group, which was renamed Apollonia 6.<ref>((cite news|last1=Canby|first1=Vincent|title='Purple Rain,' With Prince|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=950CE4D9143AF934A15754C0A962948260|access-date=22 April 2016|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 27, 1984))</ref>

The group released one [[Apollonia 6 (album)|self-titled album]],<ref name="LarkinGE">((cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=96))</ref> which featured [[Prince associates]] [[Jill Jones]] and [[Wendy & Lisa]] on backing vocals.

A four-track video was filmed, based on the Apollonia 6 album, directed by Brian Thomson (Australian production designer of the original stage versions of ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]'' and ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]''), scripted by Keith Williams (concept writer for music videos by [[Phil Collins]], [[Ray Parker Jr.]], and [[Donna Summer]]), with a cast consisting of [[Ricky Nelson]], [[Edy Williams]] and [[Buck Henry]]. Shot in a Los Angeles film studio in 1985, and produced by [[Great Britain|British]] video firm Limelight, the video never went beyond rough cut. Footage from the project has appeared on many social networking sites, such as [[YouTube]].

==Dissolution==
((unreferenced section|date=April 2021))
Prince had originally intended his classic tracks "[[Manic Monday]]" (later recorded by [[The Bangles]]), "[[17 Days (song)|17 Days]]" (later used as the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] to "[[When Doves Cry]]"), "[[Take Me with U]]" (released on the ''[[Purple Rain (album)|Purple Rain]]'' soundtrack) and "[[The Glamorous Life]]" (recorded by [[Sheila E.]] in 1984) for the ''Apollonia 6'' album. Apollonia 6 were slated to open the ''Purple Rain'' tour with Prince and Sheila E., but that idea was scrapped after the group returned from a promotional tour of Europe. However, Apollonia 6 did appear on a few select dates of the Purple Rain tour, usually during the "Baby I'm a Star" encore. One such moment is documented in the "I Would Die 4 U" and "Baby I'm a Star" performance on the VHS of ''[[Prince and the Revolution: Live]]'', filmed in Syracuse, March 30, 1985.

After the group's demise, Kotero continued working on TV shows such as ''[[Falcon Crest]]'' and in films for the next decade. She released a solo album in 1988 entitled ''Apollonia''.

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
* ''[[Apollonia 6 (album)|Apollonia 6]]'' (1984)

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of singles, with selected chart positions
! rowspan="2"| Title
! rowspan="2"| Year
! colspan="5"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! scope="col" style=font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br /><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/apollonia/chart-history/hsi/|title=Apollonia Chart History - Hot 100|website=Billboard.com|access-date=April 25, 2021))</ref>
! scope="col" style=font-size:90%;"| [[Dance Club Songs|US<br />Dance]]<br /><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/apollonia/chart-history/dsi/|title=Apollonia Chart History: Dance Club Songs|website=Billboard.com|access-date=August 31, 2023))</ref>
! scope="col" style=font-size:90%;"| [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US<br />R&B]]<br /><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/apollonia/chart-history/bsi/|title=Apollonia Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|website=Billboard.com|access-date=August 31, 2023))</ref>
! scope="col" style=font-size:90%;"| [[Dutch Single Top 100|NLD]]<br /><ref>((cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Apollonia+6&titel=Sex+Shooter&cat=s=|title=Apollonia Chart History - Dutch Charts|website=Dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=October 30, 2021))</ref>
! scope="col" style=font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL<br />(FL)]]<br /><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/7e9c/Apollonia-6-Sex-Shooter|title=Apollonia Chart History - Belgian Charts|website=ultratop.be – Ultratop Belgian Charts|accessdate=October 22, 2022))</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Sex Shooter]]"
| rowspan="2"| 1984
| style="text-align:center;"|85
| style="text-align:center;"|32
| style="text-align:center;"|19
| style="text-align:center;"|16
| style="text-align:center;"|15
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Apollonia 6 (album)|Apollonia 6]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Blue Limousine"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|19
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|}

==References==
((Reflist))

((Apollonia 6))

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[[Category:Apollonia 6| ]]
[[Category:American dance girl groups]]
[[Category:American dance music groups]]
[[Category:American feminist musicians]]
[[Category:Musical trios from Minnesota]]
[[Category:Musical groups from the Twin Cities]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1983]]
[[Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1985]]
[[Category:1983 establishments in Minnesota]]
[[Category:1985 disestablishments in Minnesota]]
[[Category:Vocal trios]]
[[Category:Warner Records artists]]

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