Destiny's Child Essay

Destiny’s Child was a Grammy-Award winning American R&B girl group which mainly consisted of lead singer Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. It was founded in 1997 in Houston, Texas. The initial founders of this musical group were Knowles, Rowland, LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett who began their music career in the pre-teens under the name Girls’ Tyme (Billboard). After many years of struggling, they had a contract with the Columbia Records and later changed their name to Destiny’s Child. This was after the release of the second album, The Writings on the Wall, which consisted of Bills, Bills, Bills and Say My Name.
They had tremendous success, but this did not prevent waves from hitting the group. Due to the internal conflict and legal chaos LaTavia and LeToya attempted to split the group and were soon replaced by Williams and Farrah Franklin. Farrah did not stay long in the group. In 2000 she left, leaving the group a trio. The trio’s third album, Survivor, was released in 2001 and
This recording featured in the soundtrack Men In Black. The first album was released on February 17, 1998 with the album’s first single being No, No, No which featured two versions of the song. Part 2 featured The Fugees member, Wyclef Jean. The subsequent singles such as With Me and Get On The Bus failed to hit the success of the No, No, No single which sold over 1 million copies. Their next hit single was Bills, Bills, Bills but this was after the group recruited more producers and talented vocalists in the group such as Kevin “She’kspere” Briggs. The Writing’s on the Wall, would later appear at number six just immediately after its release (Tyler, n.p). Say My Name was their all-time hit single on both the pop and R&B charts for three consecutive weeks. It made the group popular in the early 2000s. However, at the peak of Say My Name’s popularity, the group began internal wrangles