Albums by Destiny's Child
ALBUMDestiny's Child: The Untold Story Presents Girls TymeDestiny's Child
ALBUM#1's: Destiny's ChildDestiny's Child
ALBUMDestiny FulfilledDestiny's Child
ALBUM8 Days of Christmas (Deluxe Version)Destiny's Child
ALBUMSurvivor (International Edition)Destiny's Child
ALBUMThe Writing's On the WallDestiny's Child
ALBUMDestiny's ChildDestiny's Child
Destiny's Child's Popular Music Videos
Say My Name
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Bootylicious
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Soldier (feat. T.I. & Lil Wayne)
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Lose My Breath
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8 Days of Christmas
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Survivor
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Bills, Bills, Bills
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Say My Name (TWOTW 20 Edition)
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Cater 2 U
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Jumpin', Jumpin'
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Artist Playlists
Destiny's Child Essentials
Follow the trio's path to fulfillment in this overview of their illustrious career.
Destiny's Child Video Essentials
Their high-energy pop clips ruled the ’90s and 2000s.
Inspired by Destiny's Child
Hip-poppers and belters who drew strength from their girl power.
Destiny's Child: Influences
The girl groups and belters who paved the way for the R&B force.
Destiny's Child: Deep Cuts
The independent women push into R&B's future on these album cuts.
Artist Biography
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.
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.
Hometown
Houston, TX, United States
Genre
R&B/Soul