Believe it or not, there was once a time when R&B joined Pop and Country music as being one of the music industry’s highest selling genres.

Alas, as one is reminded of far too often, those days are long- seeing the genre struggle to compete with its ever lucrative and far more aggressive sister, Hip Hop.

Now, as they prepare their hotly anticipated 2013 American Music Awards set, TLC have revealed that they know of record labels and artists who have purchased sizeable amounts of their albums just to ensure favourable first week numbers for themselves.

How the above ties into their thoughts on Lady GaGa?

Watch below…

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Your thoughts?