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TLC
TLC, formed in Atlanta in 1991, blended R&B and hip-hop influences with socially conscious lyrical content addressing safe sex and self-respect, distinguishing the group from more purely romantic or dance-oriented girl group contemporaries of the early 1990s. Their 1999 album FanMail sold more than 11 million copies, and the group's combined album sales rank among the highest of any American girl group in history, reflecting sustained commercial dominance across the entire decade of the 1990s. Member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes's 1994 arson of her boyfriend's mansion following a domestic dispute became one of the most widely covered controversies associated with the group, and Lopes's subsequent 2002 death in a car accident in Honduras ended TLC's original three-member lineup permanently. TLC's combination of genuinely socially conscious songwriting and massive mainstream commercial success, including hits like "Waterfalls" that directly addressed serious subjects like drug addiction and HIV within an accessible pop framework, made them one of the most substantively significant girl groups in R&B and pop music history.
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Destiny's Child
Destiny's Child, formed in Houston in the early 1990s, became one of the best-selling girl groups in music history, and their 1999 song "Say My Name" won multiple Grammy Awards, establishing the group as one of the defining R&B and pop acts of the late 1990s and early 2000s. The group underwent significant lineup changes early in their career, including a highly publicized 2000 departure of two original members that drew accusations of mistreatment and generated substantial media attention, before the group settled into its most commercially successful trio lineup featuring Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams. Beyoncé's subsequent solo career, becoming one of the most commercially and critically successful artists in popular music history, has retroactively elevated Destiny's Child's historical significance as the group where her career originated, though the group achieved massive commercial success independently of her later solo fame. Destiny's Child's combination of vocal harmony tradition, empowerment-themed lyrical content on songs like "Independent Women" and "Survivor," and Beyoncé's eventual superstar solo trajectory has made the group one of the most commercially and culturally significant girl groups in modern popular music history.
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