Destiny's Child

Members: Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams

Home town: Houston, Texas

Discography:


Destiny's Child (1998)
The Writing's On The Wall (1999)
Survivor (2001)

"We're not Boyz II Men, but this represents us progressing from girls to young women," says Beyoncé, "Although we're still young," she adds, "we've seen quite a lot in the last year or so. We've travelled and matured personally so we wanted to reflect that in our music."
"We wanted the whole album to be a concept and into that concept we wanted to work in great songs with a new sound," says Kelly.
The main theme of the album is love and relationships, not unlike their self-titled debut album. However what sets the two albums apart is that while the first takes a more positive look at love, ‘The Writings On The Wall’ covers not only love, but also the other things that are involved in a relationship.
"It's about the realness of life, the grey areas," emphasizes LaTavia. "It's a story that takes you on a journey."
"We called the album The Writing's On The Wall because this album really spells out what will happen in a relationship if people treat each other a certain way," explains Beyoncé. "It really shows what's really going on."
"People might say, 'y'all are all gold-diggers' when they hear 'Bills, Bills, Bills,'" says LeToya , "but it's totally different. This song is about a relationship where the guy starts out really nice, caring and considerate but three or four months down the line he starts slacking, borrowing your car and when he gives it back to you, the tank is on empty. He'll use your cell-phone and run it up, he'll buy you gifts with your own money."
"But we want to make one thing clear" interjects LaTavia. "It's not a man-hating song. In fact, we know probably more women do it than men. We wrote about it because I myself have been through something similar and I have a lot of older friends who are going through the exact same thing."
"Before we went in the studio we told the record company that we wanted to have a new producer with a brand new sound," explains Kelly, "That was a blessing because it really sets us apart from everyone else."
Beyoncé says, "Most people don't realize that we really have dedicated our lives to this. Some people in Houston used to say we were crazy trying to get a record deal because no one's ever really done it from there before. But we are proof that whatever you put your mind to you can achieve. This is just the start for us, believe me."
Destiny’s Child have opened for artists such as Immature, Boyz II Men, Dru Hill, Das EFX and SWV before getting their own deal with Columbia Records.
In Europe, their success is due to songs such as ‘No, No, No’, Get On The Bus’ and ‘Bills Bills Bills’. Really only the true R&B lovers have taken much interest in the songs in between these. However, this doesn’t mean that they aren’t popular. For example, on their last European tour they made 18 performances in 17 days, as well as scores of TV appearances and interviews. Destiny's Child’s flava is shown only too well on their current album ‘The Writing's On The Wall’, most of which they wrote and produced themselves.
‘Bills Bills Bills’, was co-written and produced by Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs as were "So Good" and "Bug A Boo". Also featured on the album are the production skills of Rodney Jerkins ("Say My Name"), Missy ("Confessing"), Daryl Simmons ("Stay"), Chad Elliot ("If You Leave Her" featuring Next),and Dwayne Wiggins ("Temptation").
As well as working on ‘The Writings On The Wall’ they have featured on the ‘Life’ soundtrack, on a song with R Kelly called "Stimulate Me".
Wyclef may not have collaborated with them on their latest album but he did help them out in a different way. "When we told Wyclef the album title he mentioned the Bible when the Ten Commandments were written on a wall for Moses. He suggested we try to tie that idea in with the album so that's how we came up with Destiny's Child's commandments of relationships which precede each song."


Yes, it's official! LaTavia and LeToya have left the group and have been replaced by Farah and Michelle. The first release since the new line up was announced is 'Say My Name'.

[18.07.00]
Jumpin' Jumpin' released from their album 'Writings On The Wall' featuring production from Jermaine Dupri and raps from Da Brat, newcomer Lil' Bow Wow, and JD himself.

[17.10.00]
Destiny's Child release 'Independent Women' as featured on the soundtrack to the new re-make of the cult classic Charlie's Angels starring Lucy Liu, Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz. However, Destiny's Child are minus one member -Farah Franklin.




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