<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Music video </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "No Scrubs" on YouTube </Td> </Tr> <P> "No Scrubs" is a song recorded by American girl group TLC for their third studio album FanMail (1999). LaFace Records and Arista Records released it as the album's lead single on February 2, 1999 . The song was written by Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs alongside former Xscape members, Kandi Burruss and Tameka "Tiny" Cottle . The single version containing self - written rap by Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes was not included on the album FanMail, and later appeared in a slightly shorter edit on Now and Forever: The Hits and 20 . "No Scrubs" was the first time for Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas taking the sole lead vocals on any TLC single . </P> <P> "No Scrubs" was met with international success . It became TLC's third number - one single and eighth top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 . It also earned them their second Grammy Award nomination for Record of the Year . "No Scrubs" is one of TLC's signature songs and was the second - biggest Hot 100 single of 1999 in the U.S., only behind Cher's "Believe", according to Billboard's year - end charts . On the decade end chart for 1990--99, "No Scrubs" was ranked at number 33 . The single was certified 2 × Platinum in the UK and Platinum in New Zealand . </P>

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