FanMail

FanMail
Studio album by TLC
Released	February 23, 1999
Recorded	April – December 1998
Genre	Hip hop electronic R&B
Length	62:07
Label	LaFace Arista
Producer	Antonio "L.A." Reid (exec.) Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds (exec.) Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Dallas Austin
TLC chronology
CrazySexyCool (1994) FanMail (1999) 3D (2002)
Singles from FanMail
"No Scrubs" Released: January 23, 1999 "Unpretty" Released: July 10, 1999 "My Life" Released: August 21, 1999 "Dear Lie" Released: October 30, 1999

FanMail is the third studio album by American girl group TLC. It was released on February 23, 1999. It was released by LaFace Records. It features a more electronic and hip hop influence to the album, along with the group's signature R&B sound.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Entertainment Weekly	(B-)
Robert Christgau
Rolling Stone
Muzik
Q
Spin
NME

On the first day of release, the album sold 318,000 copies in the United States. It debuted at number one on the US Bollboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It also reached the top ten in Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The album was given eight Grammy Awards nominations. It won the Grammy Award for "Album of the Year". According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album sold 4,700,000 copies in the United States. It was certified 6x Platinum (6,000,000 copies shipped) by the RIAA.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"FanMail"	Dallas Austin	Cyptron	4:00
2.	"The Vic-E Interpretation - Interlude"	Austin	Cyptron	0:18
3.	"Silly Ho"	Austin	Cyptron	4:15
4.	"Whispering Playa - Interlude"	Austin, Marshall Lorenzo Martin	Dallas Austin	0:52
5.	"No Scrubs"	Kevin "Shekspere" Briggs, Kandi Burruss, Tameka Cottle	Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs	3:34
6.	"I'm Good at Being Bad"	James Harris III, Terry Lewis, Tony Tolbert, Tionne Watkins, Lisa Lopes, Martin, Giorgio Moroder, Pete Belotte, Donna Summer, Morris Dickerson, Charles Miller, Sylvester Allen, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, Leroy Jordan	Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis	5:39 / 4:38
7.	"If They Knew"	Austin, Ricciano Lumpkins, Lopes, Martin, Watkins	Austin, Lumpkins	4:04
8.	"I Miss You So Much"	Babyface, Daryl Simmons	Babyface, Simmons	4:59
9.	"Unpretty"	Austin, Watkins	Austin	4:39
10.	"My Life"	Jermaine Dupri, Tamara Savage, Lopes, Martin	Dupri (Co-produced by Carl So Lowe)	4:01
11.	"Shout"	Austin, Lopes, Martin, Watkins	Austin	3:59
12.	"Come On Down"	Diane Warren	Debra Killings, Austin	4:18
13.	"Dear Lie"	Babyface, Watkins	Babyface	5:10
14.	"Communicate - Interlude"	Austin	Austin	0:51
15.	"Lovesick"	Austin, Rozonda Thomas	Austin	3:53
16.	"Automatic"	Austin	Austin	4:31
17.	"Don't Pull Out on Me Yet"	Austin	Austin	4:33

Japanese bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
18.	"U in Me"	Austin	Austin	3:50
19.	"My Getaway"	Austin	Austin	3:50 My Getaway was also featured in the 2000 film Rugrats in Paris.