FanMail is the third studio album by American girl group TLC. Released in February 23, 1999 in the United States, it was their first album in five years. The title of the album is a tribute to their fans who sent them fan mail during their hiatus. FanMail debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200, selling approximately 318,000 copies in its first week of release, and spent 5 non-consecutive weeks at #1. The album received 8 Grammy nominations at the 2000 Grammy Awards, including one for Album Of The Year, and won three. As of 2000, the album has been certified 6× Platinum by the RIAA, and is TLC' second best selling album after 1994's CrazySexyCool.FanMail is the third studio album by American girl group TLC. Released in February 23, 1999 in the United States, it was their first album in five years. The title of the album is a tribute to their fans who sent them fan mail during their hiatus. FanMail debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200, selling approximately 318,000 copies in its first week of release, and spent 5 non-consecutive weeks at #1. The album received 8 Grammy nominations at the 2000 Grammy Awards, including one for Album Of The Year, and won three. As of 2000, the album has been certified 6× Platinum by the RIAA, and is TLC' second best selling album after 1994's CrazySexyCool.false2022-11-30 23:47:27FanMail919991999-01-011999-01-0164Contemporary R&BR&B11435321307381cdd50b2-a4b7-4c7b-b191-06112a8a72a899790314-885a-4975-8614-9c5bc890364db66b980c-7f10-3507-88b8-9851bd9d9a51/media/data/media4/Music/TLC/FanMail/folder.jpgTLCTLCTLC is an American girl group formed in 1990 in Atlanta, Georgia. The group's best-known line-up was composed of Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas. The group enjoyed success during the 1990s, with nine top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including four number-one singles: "Creep", "Waterfalls", "No Scrubs", and "Unpretty". The group also recorded four multi-platinum albums, including CrazySexyCool (1994), which received a diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). TLC became the first R&B group in history to receive the million certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for FanMail (1999).
Having sold over 65 million records worldwide, TLC is the best-selling American girl group of all time. VH1 ranked TLC as the greatest female group, placing them at number 12 on the list of 100 Greatest Women in Music. Billboard magazine ranked TLC as one of the greatest musical trios, as well as the seventh-most-successful act of the 1990s. The group's accolades include four career Grammy Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards, and five Soul Train Music Awards.
Twenty years after their debut, TLC received the Outstanding Contribution to Music award at the 17th MOBO Awards and the Legend Award at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards Japan. Following Lopes' death in 2002, instead of replacing her, the remaining members chose to continue as a duo. In 2017, they released their eponymous fifth album TLC. In 2022, the group was inducted into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame.