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TLC’s ‘No Scrubs’ Becomes Their First Song To Reach 1 Billion Streams on Spotify

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Congratulations are in order for TLC! The legendary girl group has finally reached the milestone of having over one billion streams of one of their hit singles on the streaming platform Spotify!

The 1999 hit single, “No Scrubs“, lifted from the album, ‘Fanmail‘, reached over a billion streams on Spotify, marking the first time a TLC track has hit this celebratory milstone. The song also celebrated its 25th anniversary earlier this year.

“No Scrubs” receives an average stream count of over 830k daily, accurate at the time of writing (March 31, 2024).

It is a rare achievement for a 90s song – the 26th song from that decade to pass the milestone and the 2nd song by a 90s female artist after the Spice Girls‘ debut 1996 hit, “Wannabe”.

The EP for the single was released in full last month to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The EP featured the radio edit, instrumental, a capella and an acoustic stripped edit with Left Eye‘s rap included.

Spotify remains as one of most lucrative sources of income to be generated by musicians through streaming on its platform. Spotify also commonly awards artists with a congratulatory plaque when a record is streamed past the billion milestone.

We’re sure the epic “Waterfalls won’t be too far behind to reach the billion milestone!

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TLC’s “No Scrubs” Reaches Top 10 Most Played 90’s Female Song in 2020

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With 2020 coming to a close, it has become a modern tradition for music listeners and users of the music streaming platform Spotify to share the results of the complete listening pattern for the year.

‘Spotify Wrapped‘ gives a retrospective round-up for each user on their listening habits from the last year. The annual snapshot usually very quickly trends on social media, with each person sharing their individual ‘Spotify Wrapped’ insights.

The best era, the 1990’s, produced some great titles in the list, especially the top female tracks, where TLC scored big, landing at No.2 with their super smash, “No Scrubs“, just behind the Spice Girls‘ “Wannabe”.

Destiny’s Child came 3rd with 1999’s “Say My Name”, making the top 3 a complete all girl group trump. The remaining list comprised of solo artists including Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez and Celine Dion.

“No Scrubs” actually reached a new milestone this year, when it achieved 500 million streams on Spotify. The track was also announced to be x5 platinum by the RIAA. 2020 has been a continued blessing to TLC.

Top streamed ’90s songs by female artists in 2020:

1. “Wannabe” by the Spice Girls (1996)

2. “No Scrubs” by TLC (1999)

3. “Say My Name” by Destiny’s Child (1999)

4. “…Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears (1998)

5. “Torn” by Natalie Imbruglia (1997)

6. “Believe” by Cher (1998)

7. “You’re Still the One” by Shania Twain (1998)

8. “Man! I Feel Like A Woman!” by Shania Twain (1999)

9. “Because You Loved Me (Theme from Up Close and Personal)” by Celine Dion (1996)

10. “Let’s Get Loud” by Jennifer Lopez (1999)

Find out what your listening style has been like this year on Spotify and share your results on social media!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX0CdFmUgZVDT?si=TItQTFSsS6GLodFE764iOQ

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Sony Release Classic TLC EP’s On 25th Anniversary of ‘CrazySexyCool’

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‘CrazySexyCool‘ was released 25 years ago on this day, on November 15, 1994. TLC‘s sophomore album went on to become a diamond-certified album, which was recently certified 14x platinum by the RIAA.

To celebrate the album’s milestone, Sony Music has decided to gift TLC fans with the official digital release of the four major singles lifted from the record-breaking project.

The four EP’s in question are; “Creep”, “Red Light Special”, “Waterfalls” and “Diggin’ On You“. The releases are available to stream on Spotify, and are available for purchase on iTunes.

25 years on and ‘CrazySexyCool’ continues to stand the test of time, remaining a favorite by millions across the world! Those who grew up with the album being the soundtrack to their lives will indeed remember the drama that surrounded the girls at it’s time of release — bankruptcy, arson and rumors of a break-up!

Despite serving time locked away in rehab during the creation of ‘CrazySexyCool’, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes made sure she used her leave time to work on the follow-up to 1992’s break-out hit, ‘Ooooooohhh… on the TLC Tip‘, which included her most iconic rap verse on their most important hit to date, “Waterfalls”.

Sony previously blessed TLC fans back in July 2017 with the release of their EP’s from their debut LP, including the festive release, “Sleigh Ride“, following the release of their final self-titled studio album.

Enjoy the best of the ‘CrazySexyCool’ remixes!

Happy 25th Birthday,  ‘CrazySexyCool’!