In , TLC nonetheless regrouped and entered the studio together to work on material for a new album. Meanwhile, Lopes ' solo debut, Supernova , was scheduled for release and then scrapped on several occasions.
It eventually came out overseas, but domestically Arista pulled the plug. Meanwhile, TLC 's recording was halted when Watkins was hospitalized for complications with her anemia.
At the beginning of , Lopes announced that she had signed a solo deal with the infamous Suge Knight 's new label, Tha Row, for which she would begin recording a follow-up to the unreleased Supernova under the name N.
New Identity Non-Applicable. She never got the chance. While vacationing in Honduras, Lopes lost control of a vehicle she was driving and died after a head trauma on April 25, The surviving members of TLC completed 3D , the album on which they had been working, and released it that November.
Although none of its singles entered the Top Ten, the album itself debuted at number six and went double platinum. Said to be TLC 's last performance, the duo performed with a video projection of Lopes. Two years later, they co-starred in R U the Girl, a nine-episode reality television program on the UPN network, in which singers competed for the award of contributing to a TLC single.
After additional touring, TLC recorded a new album supported with crowdfunding. The self-titled set was released in , led by the nostalgic single "Way Back," featuring Snoop Dogg.
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Watkins continued to battle her condition and eventually became a spokesperson for the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America in the late s.
At the conclusion of the tour, TLC decided to take more control of their careers and thus informed Perri Reid that they no longer wished her to be their manager. Reid released the group from its management deal, but they remained signed to Pebbitone, and Reid continued to receive a share of their earnings.
Lopes was released from rehab to attend the recording sessions, but the finished album featured significantly less of her raps and vocals. However, in the midst of their apparent success, the members of TLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on July 3, They sought to renegotiate their contract with LaFace, under which they only received seven percent of the revenues from their album sales, and to dissolve their association with Pebbitone.
Both Pebbitone and LaFace countered that TLC simply wanted more money and were in no real financial danger, resulting in two years of legal debates before the cases were finally settled in late TLC eventually began working with other producers for the FanMail album, until finally negotiating with Austin, who produced the bulk of FanMail and gave the album a futuristic, more pop-based feel.
The group went on a worldwide tour simply named FanMail Tour. Before the recording of their fourth album, 3D, Lopes originally wanted to withdraw from the group in order to see if they could duplicate their prior success without her contributions.
Lopes eventually pursued solo stardom and recorded her first album Supernova, however it underperformed overseas and was never officially released in the United States. Before her second solo album was completed, Lopes died in a car crash while filming a documentary in Honduras, which would later be released as The Last Days of Left Eye in on VH1. The decision was also made that TLC would retire after the release and promotion of 3D, rather than replace Lopes and continue.
Lopes had already completed her vocals for four songs and the remainder were performed by the remaining group members alone, who eulogized Lopes on a number of the tracks. TLC kemudian membubarkan diri. L'album ha vinto numerosi premi, tra cui due Grammy Awards, e ha sfornato quattro singoli che sono finiti tutti nella top5 della classifica statunitense, tra cui i numeri 1 Creep e Waterfalls. A distanza di 15 anni, nel , l'ormai duo ritorna con un album di inediti, il primo senza la voce di Left Eye, dal titolo omonimo TLC.
Nel il canale musicale VH1 ha classificato la band al dodicesimo posto tra le Migliori Donne della storia della musica. De groep werd in opgericht in Atlanta, Georgia en kende in de jaren negentig succes. De groep nam ook vier op, waaronder , die een diamantcertificering ontving van de Recording Industry Association of America. Met meer dan 85 miljoen platen wereldwijd is TLC de best verkopende Amerikaanse meidengroep. VH1 rangschikte TLC als de grootste vrouwelijke groep en plaatste ze op nummer 12 van de lijst van.
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