Rozonda Thomas

@Pop Singers, Family and Family

Rozonda Thomas is an award winning American singer and songwriter

Feb 27, 1971

GeorgiaBlack SingersAmericanSingersPop SingersPisces Celebrities
Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: February 27, 1971
  • Nationality: American
  • Famous: Black Singers, Singers, Pop Singers
  • City/State: Georgia
  • Nick names: Chilli
  • Spouses: Dallas Austin
  • Known as: Rozonda Ocielian Chilli Thomas

Rozonda Thomas born at

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Unsplash
Birth Place

Rozonda Thomas started dating Dallas Austin at an early age. She became pregnant for the first time at the age of twenty. However, she chose to have an abortion. Later in June 1997, she gave birth to a son named Tron Austin. The couple broke up later on. She also dated Usher for a short while.

Unsplash
Personal Life

She founded a nonprofit organization named ‘Chilli’s Crew’ in 2012.

Unsplash
Personal Life

Rozonda Ocelian Thomas was born on 27th February 1971 in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States to Abdul Ali and Ava Thomas. Her mother is of African-American as well as Native American descent, while her father is of East Indian and Middle Eastern Background. She was raised by a single mother and didn’t meet her father until she was 25.

Unsplash
Childhood & Early Life

Thomas studied at Benjamin E. Mays High School, from where she graduated in 1989. Soon she started working as a back-up dancer for the R&B group Damian Dame.

Unsplash
Childhood & Early Life

In 1991, Rozonda Thomas joined the pop group TLC. Their debut album ‘Ooooooohhh… On The TLC Tip’ released in February 1992. The album was a huge success and peaked at the 14th position on the US Billboard 200 chart. It sold six million copies worldwide.

Unsplash
Career

The group’s second album ‘CrazySexyCool’ was released in November 1994. The album was a huge success, peaking at the 3rd position on the US Billboard 200. It sold over 11 million copies in the United States alone. The album was nominated for six Grammy Awards, out of which it won two.

Unsplash
Career

The group released their third album ‘FanMail’ in February 1999. It was meant to be a tribute to their fans who had sent them fan mail over the years. The album was a major hit and won three Grammy Awards out of eight nominations. It peaked at the first position on the US Billboard 200, and also sold around 318,000 copies in its first week itself!

Unsplash
Career

In the year 2000, Thomas played a main role in the Christmas TV film ‘A Diva’s Christmas Carol’. She also appeared in several TV shows such as ‘Living Single’ and ‘The Parkers’. She was seen in films such as ‘Hav Plenty’ and ‘Snow Day’ as well.

Unsplash
Career

She had also started working on her solo album in 2000. However, she stopped its production after the group began working on their fourth album ‘3D’ which was released in November 2002. The album was a success, peaking at the 6th position on the US Billboard 200. It sold 143,000 copies in its first week.

Unsplash
Career

The album ‘CrazySexyCool’ can be regarded as the most important work of Rozonda Thomas’s group ‘TLC’. The album was a huge success critically and commercially. It sold more than 23 million copies worldwide, which made it the group’s bestselling album. The album was also listed by Rolling Stone Magazine in their list of ‘The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time’. The album won several awards including two Grammys out of six nominations.

Unsplash
Major Works

‘FanMail’ was the third album by Thomas’ group ‘TLC’. It peaked at the first position on the US Billboard 200. It sold over ten million copies worldwide, making it the group’s second highest selling album. The album also charted in several other countries such as Belgium, Canada, Germany, Sweden, and the UK.

Unsplash
Major Works

Rozonda Thomas is also known for her supporting role in the biographical film ‘Marshall’. The film revolved around one of the first cases of Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Justice of the US Supreme Court. Though the film failed to do well commercially, it was praised by critics.

Unsplash
Major Works