Destiny's Child (album)

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Destiny's Child
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Studio album by
Destiny's Child
ReleasedFebruary 17, 1998 (1998-02-17)
Recorded1997
Studio
  • House Of Music (Oakland, California)
  • Pajama Recording Studios (Oakland, California)
  • Digital Services (Houston, Texas)
  • Krosswire (Atlanta, Georgia)
  • LaCoCo (Atlanta, Georgia)
  • Live Oak Studios (Berkeley, California)
  • Chung King Studios (New York City)
  • Patchwerk (Atlanta, Georgia)
  • The Hit Factory (New York City)
  • Castle Oaks Studio (Calabasas, California)
  • Manhattan Ave Studio (Topanga, California)
Genre
Length56:09
Label
Producer
Destiny's Child chronology
Destiny's Child
(1998)		 The Writing's on the Wall
(1999)
Singles from Destiny's Child
  1. "No, No, No"
    Released: October 27, 1997 [3]
  2. "With Me"
    Released: January 20, 1998

Destiny's Child is the debut studio album by American R&B group of the same name, released by Ruffhouse, Columbia Records and Music World Entertainment on February 17, 1998. It features the singles "No, No, No" and "With Me", both of which preceded the album. "Killing Time" was also featured in "Men in Black: The Album" and released as a promotional single in 1997. Prior to release, the album was set to be called "Bridges". [4] The album spent twenty six weeks on the US Billboard 200 chart and peaked at number sixty-seven. To date the album has sold a total of 831,000 copies in America. In the United Kingdom, it reached the top fifty, peaking at number forty-five. It was re-packaged and re-released in several countries after the success of the follow-up album, The Writing's on the Wall (1999). The album was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics, including AllMusic and Rolling Stone, and won a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for Best R&B/Soul Album of the Year.

Contents

Singles

"Killing Time" was the first release of the album, it was featured on the Men In Black film and its accompanying soundtrack, from which it was released as a promotional single for, in 1997.

The first official single of the album was "No, No, No" in October 1997, where both Part 1 and Part 2 were released on the radio. It hit the top ten in 5 countries, and it hit #1 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Music videos were made for both versions of the song, both directed by Darren Grant.

"With Me" followed as the second single in 1998 as a moderate success, hitting the top 20 in Netherlands and the United Kingdom. A radio-only single in the US, it was not eligible to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but it hit the top 40 in some component charts. A music video for Part I was created, also directed by Darren Grant.

As the last release of the album, "Illusion" was released as a promotional single. Remixes by Maurice Joshua were commissioned for this release, where the group re-recorded their vocals exclusively for these remixes.

Commercial performance

Destiny's Child was a moderate chart success. It debuted at number sixty-nine on the US Billboard 200 during the week of March 7, 1998. [5] The album reached it peak at number sixty-seven in its fifth week and spent a total of 26 weeks on the chart. [6] On the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart the album peaked at number fourteen. [7] In July 1998, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) , and later earned a platinum certification on July 11, 2000, for 1 million shipped units. [8] Internationally the album album achieved greater success; it reached number twenty-nine on the Canadian Albums Chart, number thirty on the Dutch MegaCharts albums chart and number forty-five on the UK Albums Chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Music Week Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]

Rolling Stone gave the album a mixed review. [12] John Bush of the website AllMusic feels that "Destiny's Child isn't quite just another debut album from an R&B girl group... Their voices sound beautiful together. Still, much of the album sounds indistinguishable from all the other female groups out there. [9]

Legacy

While not a massive commercial success, the album has been retrospectively regarded as "a solid introduction to their twin strengths of sweeping ballads and tight harmonies." [13] [14] Jon O'Brien of Billboard recognized "No, No, No" as "one of the top-tier uptempos in Destiny’s Child’s catalog", further remarking that "[h]ad the rest of their debut album reached the same heights, their world domination would no doubt have come a little sooner." [15]

In 2022, Destiny's Child member Beyoncé recreated and interpolated their 1998 harmonies from opening track "Second Nature" on a duet version of "Make Me Say It Again, Girl" with original sampled act The Isley Brothers, peaking at number nine on the US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, twenty on the US Hot R&B Songs chart, and number one on the US Adult R&B Songs chart, remaining on the chart for 37 weeks. [16]

In a 2023 article celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the album release on the Recording Academy website, writer Sope Soetan remarked that the album "generally [held] up well... despite its middling commercial success." [17] However, when discussing the overall impact of the album, he lauded the project as "an artifact of the elements central to Destiny's Child's musical persona: The syncopated, rapid vocal style that Beyoncé innovated on "No, No, No Pt 2," and lyrical themes of romantic equity, mutual respect, self-confidence and autonomy, [which] would govern the band's career-defining hits and influence many of their contemporaries." [17]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes [18]

Destiny's Child – Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Second Nature"
5:09
2."No, No, No Part 2" (featuring Wyclef Jean)
3:27
3."With Me Part I" (featuring Jermaine Dupri)
3:26
4."Tell Me"
  • Robinson
  • Kelley
4:48
5."Bridges"
Wiggins4:02
6."No, No, No Part 1"
  • Brown
  • Herbert
  • Fusari
  • Gaines
  • Herbert
  • Fusari
4:07
7."With Me Part II" (featuring Master P)
4:14
8."Show Me the Way"
  • Darcy Aldridge
  • Carl Breeding
  • Jeffrey Bowden
 Carl Washington 4:19
9."Killing Time"
Wiggins5:09
10."Illusion" (featuring Wyclef Jean & Pras)
3:52
11."Birthday"
  • Knowles
  • Rowland
  • Roberson
  • Wiggins
Wiggins5:15
12."Sail On" Lionel Richie
4:04
13."My Time Has Come" (dedicated to Andretta Tillman)
  • Reed Vertelney
  • Sylvia Bennett-Smith
Bennett-Smith4:25
Total length:56:09
Destiny's Child – International edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Know That"
  • Rachel Oden
  • Andre Robinson
 Father Shaheed 4:24
Total length:60:33
Destiny's Child – Japanese edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Amazing Grace" John Newton 2:39
Total length:65:15
Destiny's Child – 2001 European reissue edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."You're the Only One"
  • Wiggins
  • Stinson
  • Mark Wilson
  • Herbert
  • Gaines
  • Fusari [a]
3:23
16."No, No, No" (Camdino Soul extended remix)
  • Brown
  • Herbert
  • Fusari
  • Gaines
6:34
17."DubiLLusions" (dub mix of "Illusions")
  • Hayes
  • Swain
  • Jolley
  • Ingram
  • John
 Maurice Joshua 7:33
Total length:78:03
Destiny's Child – US enhanced edition (bonus video)
No.TitleLength
1."Video Interviews with the Group and Each Member" 

Notes

Sample Credits

Personnel

Credits are taken from Destiny's Child liner notes. [20]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [27] 2× Platinum200,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [28] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [29] Platinum847,000 [30]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for Destiny's Child
RegionDateEdition(s)Format(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesFebruary 17, 1998Standard CD Columbia Records
JapanMarch 1, 1998 Sony Music Japan
United KingdomMarch 2, 1998Columbia Records

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