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''3D'' is the fourth studio album by American girl group TLC. It was released by Arista Records on November 12, 2002, in the United States, seven months after the death of TLC member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. The album debuted at number six on the ''Billboard'' 200, and at number four on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, selling 143,000 copies sold in its first week of release and was met with positive reviews. The album nearly sold two million in the United States alone. ''3D'' earned TLC two Grammy Award nominations, and the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in 2002.〔()〕 3D produced 4 singles. The only three singles to chart were "Girl Talk", peaking at 3 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart; "Hands Up", which peaked at number 7 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart; and "Damaged", which managed to peak at 19 on the US Mainstream Top 40. ==Background information== During and after the release of ''FanMail'', Lopes made it known to the press on multiple occasions that she felt that she was unable to fully express herself working with TLC and Austin. Her contributions to the songs had been reduced to periodic eight-bar raps, and studio session singers such as Debra Killings often took her place on the background vocals for the group's songs. In its November 28, 1999 issue, ''Entertainment Weekly'' ran a letter from Lopes that challenged her group mates to record solo albums and let the fans judge which of the three was the most talented: "I challenge Tionne 'Player' Watkins (T-Boz) and Rozonda 'Hater' Thomas (Chilli) to an album entitled ''The Challenge''... a 3-CD set that contains three solo albums. Each (album)... will be due to the record label by October 1, 2000... I also challenge producer Dallas 'The Manipulator' Austin to produce all of the material and do it at a fraction of his normal rate. As I think about it, I'm sure LaFace would not mind throwing in a $1.5 million dollar prize for the winner." T-Boz and Chilli declined to take up the "Challenge", though Lopes always maintained it was a great idea. Things were heated between the ladies for some time, with Thomas speaking out against Lopes, calling her antics "selfish", "evil", and "heartless". TLC then addressed these fights by saying that they were very much like sisters that have their disagreements every now and then; as Lisa stated, "It's deeper than a working relationship. We have feelings for each other, which is why we get so mad at each other. I usually say that you cannot hate someone unless you love them. So, we love each other. That's the problem." The ladies eventually settled the feud, and The Challenge was never followed through. After the conclusion of the successful ''FanMail'' tour, the ladies, however, took some time off and pursued personal interests. Lopes was the first to begin recording her solo album, ''Supernova'', however it underperformed overseas, so it was cancelled, and was never released in the United States. During this time period, it was stated by Thomas she had begun working on a solo project and had realized that rumors of TLC's demise had taken over in the media. It was then that Thomas made a call to LaFace label-head L.A. Reid to discuss working on TLC's fourth studio album. After contacting Watkins, and soon after, Lopes, sessions for 3D had begun in the Fall of 2001. However, soon after recording had begun, sessions came to a halt, as Lopes began work on her second studio album, known as ''N.I.N.A (New Identity Non Applicable)'', and as Watkins was hospitalized in January 2002 due to complications stemming from her ongoing battle with sickle-cell anemia, Lopes eventually came to visit Watkins in the hospital and went back to the studio to record raps for ''3D''.〔 〕 In April 2002, as Watkins' condition improved greatly, Lopes disappeared to Honduras to do missionary work. On April 25, 2002, Lopes was killed in a car crash, leaving behind material that she had recorded for both ''N.I.N.A'' and ''3D''. She was 30 years old. Immediately after Lopes' funeral, Watkins and Thomas decided that they would complete the remainder of their fourth album, to be called ''3D'', which also featured production from Rodney Jerkins, The Neptunes, Raphael Saadiq, Missy Elliott and Timbaland. The decision was also made that TLC would continue on as a duo after the release and promotion of ''3D'' rather than replace Lopes, and they announced in 2009 that they would possibly begin recording a fifth studio album, but still refused to replace Lopes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「3D (TLC album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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