Tlc the group biography
Tlc the group biography
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TLC: The Tragic Real-Life Story
ByDaniel Johnson
At the dawn of the s, in Atlanta, Georgia, arguably the greatest girl group in pop music history was soon to launch into the music stratosphere.
According to Black Past, TLC is the best selling American girl group in music history, with over 65 million albums sold. As a trio, Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas released four studio albums in a decade and won 56 different awards, including five Grammys.
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Combining hip-hop from Left Eye and R&B from Chilli and T-Boz, with lyrics that ranged from spiritual to sexual, the group helped put Atlanta on the musical map and reshaped girl groups for the generations to follow.
It is not a coincidence that by the end of the decade, two of the most popular music acts, Outkast from Atlanta and the R&B/hip-hop girl group Destiny's Child, reflected TLC's influence.
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