On June 19, 2013, to have fun their 20th anniversary within the music trade, the group launched a Japan-exclusive compilation album titled TLC 20: Twentieth Anniversary Hits, which incorporates remastered versions of their old songs; as a gift for their Japanese followers, additionally they recorded a brand new model of “Waterfalls”, enlisting Japanese singer Namie Amuro to sing Lopes’s part. On December 12, 2014, TLC released a new Christmas music titled “Gift Wrapped Kiss”. Roughly 4.1 million viewers tuned in for the season finale of R U The Girl on September 20, 2005. “I Bet” was launched to radio and iTunes on October 4, 2005, but didn’t make it onto the charts. The winner of the present, 20-year-previous Tiffany “O’so Krispie” Baker, labored with Watkins and Thomas to record a new tune, “I Bet”, and so they performed it collectively throughout a reside live performance finale in Atlanta. TLC later carried out on the season finale of American Idol, which aired on May 25, 2011. On May 21, 2023, they carried out once more on the show for the primary time in eleven years, singing a medley of their hits, including “No Scrubs”, “Creep”, and “Waterfalls”, with contestant Lucy Love.
The group performed a set of their hits, including visible and vocal illustration of Lopes for the efficiency. The album fared higher than earlier compilation Now & Forever: The Hits, peaking at quantity 57 on the UK Albums Chart. It peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving TLC their first top-forty hit in over a decade. The album’s lead single, “Girl Talk”, peaked at quantity 28 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it their lowest-charting lead single ever. Upon its release, 3D debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 and was certified two times platinum by the RIAA for 2 million shipped within the United States. After six weeks on the chart, “Like a Virgin” reached the recent 100’s prime spot on December 22, tying Prince’s “When Doves Cry” as the quickest-rising number one single of the yr. It did not generate success overseas, except for Japan, the place it reached quantity two and achieved platinum from the RIAJ for 200,000 copies offered. However, the compilation was not launched in the United States until June 2005. The album debuted at quantity 53, with 20,000 copies bought.
However, they selected to hold on as a duo. Without persistently robust writing or a breakout star in its cast to hold it by means of the lengthy hours and empty spaces, nevertheless, disappointments like a scarcity of new races, no companion customization, and major efficiency problems and bugs take their toll. However, they finally passed on utilizing any of Lopes’s archive recordings as the obtainable source materials conflicted with the sound that they were recording for the album. During the development of their album, they petitioned Lisa Lopes’s brother Ron Lopes for help with making Left Eye’s presence on the album a risk since she had an abundance of unreleased material. Lopes seems vocally on 3D, as she had already accomplished her vocals for three songs for the brand new album, two of which have been included on the standard model. Watkins and Thomas subsequently stated that that they had been unable to gain clearance to use Lopes’s vocals for the brand new version of the track, but that Lopes would have authorised of getting Amuro on the observe. In 2003, LaFace launched the primary TLC’s greatest hits album titled Now & Forever: The Hits with a new music, “Come Get Some”, that includes Lil Jon and Sean P of the YoungBloodZ.
In June 2003, a year after the loss of life of Lopes, at Zootopia, an annual live performance hosted by New York radio station Z100 held at Giants Stadium, TLC appeared in what was introduced to be their last performance. In January 2014, TLC appeared at VH1’s “Super Bowl Concert Series” performing at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. In 2012, Watkins and Thomas appeared in British pop group Stooshe’s music video for his or her cowl version of “Waterfalls”. Stooshe later carried out “Waterfalls” on the 17th annual MOBO Awards on November 3, 2012, the place TLC was honored with Outstanding Contribution to Music. Watkins and Thomas made a special look on the Bet Awards on June 24, 2008. They, along with the unique members of En Vogue and SWV, performed in Alicia Keys’s tribute to woman teams. On June 25, 2004, Watkins and Thomas announced that they have been pitching a actuality television present that was finally picked up for improvement by UPN. On June 23, 2013, TLC received the Legend Award at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards Japan, at which in addition they carried out a medley of their hit singles.