TLC was formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 1991. It consist of Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas. They signed a contract with LaFace Records on August 16, 1991 and immediately began recording their first album into January 1992. On February 25, 1992 TLC released their debut album, Ooooooohhh… On the TLC Tip. It was certified four times Platinum in the U.S. by the RIAA and in 2003,according to Nielsen SoundScan, it sold 4.3 million copies in the U.S., while shipping over 6 million copies worldwide. On November 15, 1994, TLC released it’s sophomore album, CrazySexyCool. The album features two Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits: "Creep" and "Waterfalls". The album became one of the most successful R&B/ Hip-Hop albums ever released, shipping over eleven million records domestically and selling fifteen million worldwide. On February 23, 1999, they released Fan Mail. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart, with 318,000 copies sold and remained at #1 for 5 weeks. The album received eight nominations. "No Scrubs" won Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group and Best R&B Song and Fanmail won Best R&B Album. In early 2002, just before the release of TLC’s fourth Album, 3D, Lopes was killed in a car accident in Honduras. Watkins and Thomas promoted 3D as a duo, and in 2005, hosted a reality television show, R U the Girl, with a grand prize of a chance to record a song and perform once in concert with the surviving group members.
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