Hidetoshi Nakata joined the team in 1995 and they also successfully recruited Brazilian-born Wagner Lopes and influential Korean international Hong Myung-Bo.

A then-unknown Anastacia finished in third place, but so impressed Lopes and the show's three judges, that she too scored a record deal.

After numerous talks with Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight, Lopes severed her solo deal with Arista ( despite remaining signed to the label as a member of TLC ) and signed with Knight's Tha Row Records, intending to record a second solo album under the pseudonym " N. I. N. A.

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:

His successor, Ruy de Pina, avoids these defects and, though not an artist like Lopes, gives a useful record of the reigns of Kings Duarte, Alfonso V, and John II.

Athletes such as Carlos Lopes, the Castro brothers, Fernando Mamede, all of whom are international medal and record winners, Rui Silva, Naide Gomes, Francis Obikwelu ( Europe ’ s fastest man nowadays, and silver medal in Athens 2004 ), Yuri Bilonog and Ionela Târlea are all athletes of Sporting's centenary generation that expresses and interprets Sporting ’ s drive for success on all fronts. She has big lips.

In 1975, Lopes stole 38 consecutive bases without getting caught, breaking a 53-year-old record set by Max Carey.

Lopes ' record was later broken by Vince Coleman in 1989.

With Oakland, Lopes teamed with Rickey Henderson to steal 158 bases, setting a new record for teammates.

The record producer decided to instead rework the songs for solo artist Daniel Lopes ' debut album, Shine On, in 2003.

Before her second solo album was completed, Lopes died in a car crash while filming a documentary in Honduras, which would later be released as The Last Days of Left Eye in 2007 on VH1.

Lopes was succeeded according to the special remainder by his nephew Ralph, the second Baronet, who assumed the surname of Lopes in lieu of Franco.

Henry Lopes, 1st Baron Ludlow, was a younger son of the second Baronet.

He was the second foreign-born person to play for Japan in the World Cup finals after Wagner Lopes, who played in the 1998 World Cup and also the third naturalized citizen to play for Japan after Lopes and another Brazilian-born Japanese citizen, Ruy Ramos.

Lopes was partly responsible for Anastacia's success, since Lisa hosted MTV's The Cut where Anastacia got her second break after her first break on BET's Comic View in 1992.

Davey Lopes led the game off with a single, stole second, and scored on a Reggie Smith single.

Garvey was part of the most enduring infield in baseball history along with third baseman Ron Cey, shortstop Bill Russell and second baseman Davey Lopes.

Gomes Eanes de Zurara ( c. 1410 – 1474 ), sometimes spelled Eannes or Azurara, was the second of the notable Portuguese chroniclers, after Fernão Lopes.

With the Dodgers, third baseman Cey was part of an All-Star infield that included Steve Garvey ( first baseman ), Davey Lopes ( second baseman ) and Bill Russell ( shortstop ).

He broke into the Dodger lineup as a replacement for the injured Davey Lopes at second base.

"-Davey Lopes, Dodgers second baseman from 1972 to 1981

Hatcher then singled in Lopes to make it 7 – 5, after which Denny Walling hit into a fielder's choice for the second out.

David Earle Lopes (; born May 3, 1945 in East Providence, Rhode Island ) is a former second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball.

Lopes spent nine seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers as their regular second baseman.

A rare blend of speed and power, Lopes hit a career-high 28 home runs in 1979, becoming one of only seven second basemen in NL history to have hit that many home runs in a season ( Rogers Hornsby, Davey Johnson, Jeff Kent, Ryne Sandberg, Juan Samuel and Chase Utley are the others ).

Before the 1982 season, the Dodgers sent Lopes to the Oakland Athletics to make room for rookie second baseman Steve Sax, breaking up the longest playing infield in history who had been starters since 1974.

** Davey Lopes ( second baseman, 1978 )

In turn, Lopes sent a reply through Entertainment Weekly issuing a " challenge " to Watkins and Thomas to release solo albums and let the public decide who was the " greatest " member of TLC:

After Fanmail, Lopes began to expand her solo career.

Lopes spent much of her free time after the conclusion of TLC's first headlining tour supporting Fanmail recording her debut solo album, " Supernova ".

In 1998, Lopes created the UNI Studios for the purpose of recording solo projects.

Lopes was the first to begin recording her solo album, Supernova.

Lopes eventually pursued solo stardom and recorded her first album Supernova, however it underperformed overseas and was never officially released in the United States.

Singles " Goin ' Down " and " Northern Star " were met with promising success, but the third single " Never Be the Same Again ", featuring TLC member Lisa " Left Eye " Lopes, became her first UK number-one single as a solo artist and a number-one single in the Netherlands, a Top Five hit in Germany and No. 2 in Australia.

It currently has eight members ( António Lopes – mandolim, guitar, vocal and percurssion ; Rui Coelho – mandolim, bass, solo guitar and singing ; Filomena Jorge – bass, rhythm guitar, solo guitar and singing ; Carlos Pereira – drums and percussion ; Judas Manhão Jorge – solo guitar ; Pedro Santos – bass and percurssion ; Isabel Carvalhal – singing and percussion ; A Yiu-keyboard ).

Their self-titled debut album was executive-produced by Lopes, who also made a cameo appearance on the album and in their music video " I Do ".

In 2008, Lopes ' family decided to work with producers at Surefire Music Group to create a posthumous album in her honor, " Eye Legacy ".

The songs on the album are a blend of funk ( Watkins ), hip-hop ( Lopes ), and R & B ( Thomas ), similar to the " new jack swing " sound popularized by producer Teddy Riley in the late 1980s ( and TLC's sound was sometimes cited as an example of the " new jill swing " genre ).

Lopes was released from rehab to attend the recording sessions, but the finished album featured significantly less of her raps and vocals.

Before the recording of their fourth album, 3D, Lopes originally wanted to withdraw from the group in order to see if they could duplicate their prior success without her contributions.

Returning from yet another hiatus after Lopes ' death, Watkins, Thomas and Austin 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.

TLC decided to finish the album 3D because Lopes had already completed her vocals for some songs, it would be their last album.

" You'll Never Be Alone ", the fourth single, reached number twenty-eight on the Adult Contemporary chart in the U. S. When the album was finally released in the United States in May 2002, she dedicated the album to Lisa " Left Eye " Lopes, who had died in a car wreck the month before.

The band eventually became a trio consisting of Colombian singer and guitarist Jorge Villamizar, Brazilian bassist André Lopes and Puerto Rican percussionist José Javier Freire before releasing an independent album Madera in 1999.

He collaborated with several other major artists, including Jason Dalyrimple of Soul for Real, Foxy Brown, and Lisa " Left Eye " Lopes, and the move towards hip hop increased with his 2001 album Schizophrenic.

The album yielded number-one hits such as " U Know What's Up ", produced by Eddie F and Darren Lighty which featured TLC member Lisa " Left-Eye " Lopes and the title track.