- Survivor (International Edition) · 2001
- The Writing's On the Wall · 1999
- #1's: Destiny's Child · 1999
- Destiny Fulfilled · 2004
- Habibi’s House at Knockdown Center, Mar 21, 2024 (DJ Mix) · 2024
- Destiny's Child: The Untold Story Presents Girls Tyme · 2019
- Destiny's Child: The Untold Story Presents Girls Tyme · 2019
- Destiny's Child: The Untold Story Presents Girls Tyme · 2019
- Destiny's Child: The Untold Story Presents Girls Tyme · 2019
- Destiny's Child: The Untold Story Presents Girls Tyme · 2019
- Destiny's Child: The Untold Story Presents Girls Tyme · 2019
- Destiny's Child: The Untold Story Presents Girls Tyme · 2019
- Destiny's Child: The Untold Story Presents Girls Tyme · 2019
Essential Albums
- The third album from Destiny’s Child is a group effort through and through, full of R&B-leaning dance music supercharged by the trio’s stellar harmonising. They strut on the slinky "Independent Women"; they’re defiant on the anthemic "Survivor", with its dramatic string flourishes; and they amp up the energy on the sassy club track "Bootylicious". Beyoncé co-wrote every song, save a shimmering cover of the Bee Gees’ “Emotion”, and the group confidently belts out sacred (“Gospel Medley”) and profane (“Sexy Daddy”) soul with equal passion and poise.
- Released in the summer of 1999, Destiny’s Child’s breakthrough sophomore smash The Writing’s on the Wall is more than just a collection of radio-conquering singles. It’s also the album that would reshape modern pop and R&B, while catapulting the career of the group’s lead-singer-turned-superstar, Beyoncé Knowles. The members of Destiny’s Child—which, in addition to Knowles, include LeToya Luckett, LaTavia Roberson and Kelly Rowland—were between 16 and 18 years old during the making of The Writing’s on the Wall. But the songs here—many of which were inspired by stories Knowles heard at her mother’s beauty salon—are decidedly grown-up, tackling such themes as heartbreak, infidelity and financial ruin. These were, clearly, relatable topics for millions of listeners, as evidenced by the success of tracks like “Bills, Bills, Bills” and “Say My Name.” Still, it’s the sound of The Writing’s on the Wall that would make the album so influential. While the group’s debut had coasted on a neo-soul vibe, The Writing’s on the Wall takes a futuristic, pop-centric approach, thanks in no small part to producers like Rodney Jerkins and Kevin Briggs. The live instrumentation that had been a staple of mid-1990s R&B was gone, replaced by harpsichord-synthesisers and booming 808s. This was the sound of Y2K R&B, one that would dominate clubs and FM playlists in the early 2000s and beyond, and make The Writing’s on the Wall one of the most pivotal pop releases of all time.
Albums
Artist Playlists
- The iconic trio's take-no-sass radio staples incite radical self-empowerment.
- Their high-energy pop clips ruled the ’90s and 2000s.
- Hip-poppers and belters who drew strength from their girl power.
- The girl groups and belters who paved the way for the R&B force.
- The independent women push into R&B's future on these album cuts.
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Appears On
More To Hear
- Their second No. 1 hit came with some major drama.
- This iconic song flipped the script on the gossip.
- “We your girls—don’t you know that we love you?”
- “No, No, No, Pt. 2” had everyone’s attention—and for good reason.
- This song flips the ’70s TV series 'Charlie’s Angels' on its head.
- ALL WOMEN EVERYTHING.
- ALL WOMEN EVERYTHING.
About Destiny's Child
Destiny’s Child may be the group that gave the world Beyoncé, but these R&B legends are much more than just a chapter in their most famous member’s history book. The group was formed in Houston in 1990 and, in what they thought would be their big break, got a spot on Star Search, where the six-person girl band was billed as the hip-hop rapping “Girls Tyme”. As anyone who has heard the snippet of the broadcast sampled on Beyoncé’s 2013 single “***Flawless” knows, they lost. That defeat led to the first of many band shake-ups and a name change. Come 1996, Destiny’s Child was born. Their self-titled debut album came out in 1998 led by the then quartet’s hit “No, No, No Part 2”, but their sophomore album was the group’s true breakthrough. The Writing’s On the Wall gave the world a new girl-power anthem in “Say My Name”, the club-ready “Jumpin’, Jumpin’”, and the No. 1 hit, “Bills, Bills, Bills.” It was on their third album, Survivor, that the now-iconic trio lineup of Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams was solidified and their status as an R&B supergroup was cemented. That album, largely cowritten by Beyoncé, not only made the word “Bootylicious” part of the modern parlance, but breakup mixtapes got two new additions in “Independent Women, Pt. I” and “Survivor”. Soon after that 2001 release, Rowland and Beyoncé started testing the water as solo artists, a sign of the band’s future. The group’s prophetically named Destiny Fulfilled came in 2004. With that final album, the artists went their separate ways, leaving a string of memorable, booty-shaking singles in their wake and fans always hopeful for the occasional reunion.
- ORIGIN
- Houston, TX, United States
- FORMED
- 1990
- GENRE
- R&B/Soul