What is Vanity 6?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Vanity 6 | image = | caption = | background = group_or_band | birth_name = | alias = | origin = [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]], U.S. | genre = {{hlist|[[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>|[[Soul music|soul]]<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= November 25, 2022 |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>}} | years_active = 1982–1983 | label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] | associated_acts = {{hlist|[[Prince (musician)|Prince]]|[[The Revolution (band)|The Revolution]]|[[The Original 7ven (band)|The Time]]|[[Apollonia 6]]}} | website = | past_members = [[Vanity (singer)|Vanity]] (deceased)<br/>[[Brenda Bennett]]<br/>[[Susan Moonsie]] }} '''Vanity 6''' was an American [[gir