TLC is an American girl group whose repertoire spans R&B, hip hop,pop,[1][2] funk and new jack swing. TLC originally comprised singer Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, rapper Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes (until her death in 2002) and singer Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas. The group was very successful in the 1990s and early 2000s in spite of numerous spats with the law, each other, and the group’s record label and management.
Billboard magazine ranked TLC as one of the greatest musical trios.[3] Between 1990 and 2002, the group had ten Top 10 US singles, four of which went to number one; four multi-platinum albums; and won five Grammys.[4] At the end of 1999, TLC was ranked as the seventh most successful act of the 1990s by Billboard. In 2008, the group was inducted into the All Time Hot 100 Artist Hall of Fame by the same magazine, at 56th place. That year it was also listed as the #25 R&B/hip-hop artist of the preceding 25 years. [5] Worldwide they have sold more than 65 million records[6] and are ranked as the best-selling American female group of all time.[7] In 2012, TLC ranked 12th on VH1’s 100 Greatest Women in Music, and as the number-one all-girl group.
