DESTINY’S CHILD STORY

1997

Destiny’s Child signed with Columbia Records.

JULY
Destiny’s Child was introduced to the music world with their contribution to the soundtrack for Men In Black with “Killing Time.”

1998
# 45 Singles Artist of the Year

JANUARY
The single “No, No, No” hit the Top 40 and was certified gold.

FEBRUARY
Destiny’s Child released their debut LP, Destiny’s Child.
The single “No, No, No” was certified platinum.

MARCH
Destiny’s Child topped the Billboard R&B Singles chart with “No, No, No” for a week and the R&B Singles Sales chart for 2 weeks.

APRIL
Destiny’s Child had their 1st Top 10 hit with “No, No, No.”

MAY
“No, No, No” topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for a week.

JULY
Destiny’s Child hit the Top 40 with “Bills, Bills, Bills.”
Destiny’s Child was certified gold.

SEPTEMBER
Destiny’s Child won 3 Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards including Best R&B/Soul Single, Group, Band or Duo and Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist (”No, No, No”), and Best R&B/Soul Album of the Year, Group, Band, or Duo (Destiny’s Child) and was also nominated for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year (”No, No, No”).
Destiny’s Child could be heard on the soundtrack for Why Do Fools Fall In Love with “Get On The Bus.”

1999
# 38 Singles Artist of the Year

JULY
Destiny’s Child released The Writing’s On The Wall - the title “…spells out what will happen in a relationship if people treat each other a certain way. It really shows what’s really going on” said Knowles.
The single “Bills, Bills, Bills” was certified gold and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for a week, the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for a week, and the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart for 9 weeks.

AUGUST
The Writing’s On The Wall was certified gold.

SEPTEMBER
The Writing’s On The Wall was certified platinum.

OCTOBER
Destiny’s Child hit the Top 40 with “Bug A Boo.”

2000
# 2 Singles Artist of the Year

JANUARY
Destiny’s Child hit the Top 40 with “Say My Name.”
The Writing’s On The Wall was certified 2x platinum.

FEBRUARY
Destiny’s Child were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group (”Bills, Bills, Bills”).
Destiny’s Child were nominated for 2 Soul Train Awards for Best R&B/Soul Single, Group, Band, or Duo (”Bills, Bills, Bills”) and Best R&B/Soul Album, Group, Band, or Duo (The Writing’s On The Wall).
The gals were nominated for a Kids’ Choice Award for Favorite Song (”Bug A Boo”) and a Blockbuster Award for Favorite Group.
The groups line up changed when it was announced that LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson were no longer with the group (because of “creative differences”) and replaced with Farrah Franklin and Michelle Williams.

MARCH
Destiny’s Child appeared on the soundtrack to Romeo Must Die with “Perfect Man.”
The Writing’s On The Wall was certified 3x platinum and the single “Say My Name” was certified gold.
They hit the Top 10 with “Say My Name” which also topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, the Billboard R&B/Hip Hop chart for 3 weeks, and the Billboard Maxi-Singles Sales chart for 10 weeks.
Former members, Luckett and Roberson, filed a lawsuit against Destiny’s Child and their manager.

APRIL
Destiny’s Child appeared on VH1’s Divas 2000: A Tribute To Diana Ross.

MAY
Destiny’s Child hit #1 with “Say My Name.”
The Writing’s On The Wall was certified 4x platinum.
Destiny’s Child hit the Top 40 with “Jumpin, Jumpin.”

JUNE
Destiny’s Child were nominated for a Source Hip-Hop Music Award for R&B Artist of the Year.

JULY
Destiny’s Child began opening for Christina Aguilera’s tour running through October.
The gals were nominated for a VH1/Vogue Fashion Award for Most Stylish Band.
Destiny’s Child was certified platinum.
Destiny’s Child became a 3some when it was announced that Farrah Franklin would be leaving the group. Knowles said of Franklin’s departure: “We’re sorry that Farrah won’t be with us for the long run, but we wish her the best in the future. It wasn’t a management decision, it was a group decision. Destiny’s Child is going to be fine. We’ve done three or four shows already without Farrah and they’ve been phenomenal.”

AUGUST
Destiny’s Child were nominated for a MuchMusic Video Music Award for Best International Video (”Say My Name”).
The Writing’s On The Wall was certified 5x platinum.
The gals hit the Top 10 with “Jumpin, Jumpin” and topped the Billboard Maxi-Singles Sales chart for 1 week.

SEPTEMBER
Destiny’s Child hit #1 with “Jumpin, Jumpin.”
The girls won a MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video (”Say My Name”) and were also nominated for Best Group Video and Best Pop Video.
The girls also made it known during the month that they were going to remain a trio and not look for a 4th member to replace Franklin.
The Writing’s On The Wall was certified 6x platinum.
The girls also won 2 Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards for Best R&B/Soul Single, Group Band, or Duo (”Say My Name”) and R&B/Soul Album of the Year, Group, Band or Duo (The Writing’s On The Wall), and were also nominated for R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year (”Say My Name”).
The video for “Say My Name” was nominated for 2 Billboard Music Video Awards for Maximum Vision Video for Best R&B Clip of the Year.

OCTOBER
Destiny’s Child could be heard on the soundtrack for Charlie’s Angels with “Independent Woman Pt. 1″ which hit the Top 40 during the month.

NOVEMBER
Destiny’s Child hit the Top 10 with “Independent Woman Pt. 1.”
“Independent Woman Pt. 1″ topped Billboard Hot 100 chart for 11 weeks and the Hot 100 Airplay chart for 9 weeks.

DECEMBER
“Independent Woman Pt. 1″ hit #1 on The ARC Top 40 for 5 weeks.
“Independent Woman Pt. 1″ topped the singles charts in the UK and Canada.
“Independent Woman Pt. 1″ topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop chart for 3 weeks, the R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart for 3 weeks, the Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales chart for 6 weeks, and the Club Play chart for a week.
The video for the song also hit #1 on Canada’s MuchMusic.
Destiny’s Child topped Billboard Year-End Charts as Top Pop Artist, Top Pop Artist - Duo/Group, Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist - Duo/Group, Top Hot Dance Maxi-Single Sales Artist, and Top Hot Dance Maxi-Single Sales Artist - Duo/Group.

2001
# 1 Singles Artist of the Year (# 1 Group/Duo of the Year)

JANUARY
Destiny’s Child won an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Band/Duo/Group and were also nominated for Favorite Soul/R&B Album (The Writing’s On The Wall).
The group also reached an out-of-court settlement with former members Luckett and Roberson who filed a lawsuit last March.

FEBRUARY
Destiny’s Child won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group (”Say My Name”) and were also nominated for Record of the Year - “Say My Name” also won for Best R&B Song (writers: La Shawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney Jerkins, Beyoncé Knowles, LeToya Lucket, LaTavia Roberson & Kelly Rowland) and was nominated for Song of the Year - one last nomination went to Knowles for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (”Independent Woman Pt. 1″) (writers: Samuel Barnes, Beyoncé Knowles, Jean Claude Olivier & Corey Rooney). The trio also performed at the ceremony.
The Writing’s On The Wall was certified 7x platinum.
Destiny’s Child were nominated for a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Group, Band or Duo (”Independent Woman Pt. 1″).

MARCH
At the Soul Train Music Awards, Destiny’s Child received the Sammy Davis Jr. Award for ‘Entertainer of the Year.’
Destiny’s Child hit the Top 40 with “Survivor” and the Top 10 by the end of the month.
Destiny’s Child also won a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Duo or Group.
Destiny’s Child topped the MTV Video Countdown with “Survivor” for 7 weeks.

APRIL
Destiny’s Child won 2 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards for Favorite Group and Favorite Group - R&B and were nominated for Favorite Single (”Say My Name”), Favorite Song from A Movie, and Favorite Group - Pop.
The video for “Survivor” topped the MTV Top 20 and hit #1 the UK.
Destiny’s Child won a Kids’ Choice Award for Favorite Singing Group.
“Survivor” topped the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart for 5 weeks and the Top 40 Tracks chart for 2 weeks.

MAY
Destiny’s Child hit #1 for the 4th time with “Survivor” which spent 3 weeks at the top.
Destiny’s Child released their next LP Survivor with all 3 members sharing lead vocals. The LP includes a cover of the Bee Gees’ “Emotion.”
Destiny’s Child topped the UK singles chart for a week with “Survivor.”
Meanwhile, former member Farrah Franklin will be recording a solo LP.
Destiny’s Child also appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone and performed on Saturday Night Live.
Destiny’s Child topped the Billboard Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales chart for 8 weeks with “Survivor.”
Survivor topped the Billboard 200 LP chart for 2 weeks, the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop LP chart for 2 weeks (selling over 663,000 copies in the US its first week), and the Canada and UK (for 4 weeks) LP charts.

JUNE
Destiny’s Child hit the Top 40 with “Bootylicious” - which also hit the Top 10 by month’s end.
“Bootylicious” topped the MTV Video Countdown for 2 weeks.
Survivor was certified 2x platinum.
Destiny’s Child won a BET Award for Best Female Group.

JULY
Destiny’s Child topped the MTV Video countdown with “Bootylicious.”
Survivor was certified 3x platinum.
Destiny’s Child began touring as part of MTV’s TRL tour.

AUGUST
Destiny’s Child hit #1 on the ARC Weekly Top 40 for 2 weeks and topped the Billboard Hot 100 charts for 2 weeks with “Bootylicious.”
Destiny’s Child won a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for Best R&B/Soul Single: Group, Band or Duo (”Survivor”) and were nominated for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year (”Independent Woman Pt. 1″).
Destiny’s Child won a Teen Choice Award for Choice Pop Group.

SEPTEMBER
Destiny’s Child won a MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video (”Survivor”), and were also nominated for Best Group Video and Best Pop Video (”Survivor”), and Viewer’s Choice and Best Video from a Film (”Independent Woman Pt. 1″).
Destiny’s Child hit the top 40 with the remake of “Emotion.”
The girls could be heard on the All-Star Tribute benefit single “What’s Going On” (with proceeds going to AIDS and 9/11 charities).

OCTOBER
Destiny’s Child released a holiday LP - 8 Days Of Christmas with 3 tracks written by Beyoncé.
Destiny’s Child cancelled their European tour in wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Knowles stated: “We’re always excited when we perform for our fans in Europe and the UK. Postponing these shows was the hardest thing for us because we truly enjoy the fans. We made that decision the very last second after taking a hard look at the state of the world right now.”
The gals performed at The Concert For New York City benefit concert in New York City (later released as an LP) with proceeds going to 9/11 charities.
Destiny’s Child also performed in a Washington, DC concert benefiting the 9/11 attack victims.
The group took home a VH1/Vogue Fashion Award for Outrageous Group.

NOVEMBER
Destiny’s Child hit the Top 10 with “Emotion.”
The Writing’s On The Wall was certified 8x platinum.
Destiny’s Child were nominated for 3 MTV Europe Music Awards for Best Group, Best Song (”Survivor”), and Best R&B Act.

DECEMBER
8 Days Of Christmas was certified gold.
Destiny’s Child topped Billboard Year-End Charts as Top Pop Artist, Top Pop Artist - Duo/Group, Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist - Duo/Group, Top Hot Top 40 Artist, Top Hot Dance Maxi-Single Sales Artist, and Top Hot Dance Maxi-Single Sales (”Independent Woman Pt. 1″).

2002
Destiny’s Child: # 142 Singles Artist of the Year ~ Kelly : # 29 Singles Artist of the Year

JANUARY
Survivor was certified 4x platinum.
Destiny’s Child won 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Album and Favorite Soul/R&B Band/Duo/Group, and were nominated for Internet Artist of the Year.

FEBRUARY
Destiny’s Child won a Brit Award for Best International Group.
Destiny’s Child won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group (”Survivor”) and was also nominated for Best R&B Album (Survivor).
Former original members of Destiny’s Child (LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson) filed a lawsuit against the group stating that the single “Survivor” made disparaging comments about them.

MARCH
Destiny’s Child released a remix LP, This Is The Remix.
Destiny’s Child won 3 World Music Awards for World’s Best-Selling Artist or Group, World’s Best-Selling Pop Group, and World’s Best-Selling R&B Group.

APRIL
Michelle released her solo gospel LP - Heart To Yours.
The girls won a Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award for Favorite Singing Group.

MAY
Beyoncé was honored at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards as Songwriter of the Year.

JULY
Kelly could be heard on Nelly’s LP, Nellyville, with the Top 40 track “Dilemma.”
Michelle’s Heart To Yours topped the Billboard Gospel LP chart.
Destiny’s Child settled out-of-court the lawsuit filed by 2 former members.

AUGUST
Kelly and Nelly’s collaboration “Dilemma” hit the Top 10 and #1 by the end of the month where it stayed for 7 weeks.
Kelly and Nelly’s collaboration “Dilemma” topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for 10 weeks, the Hot 100 Airplay chart for 12 weeks, the Rap Singles chart for 10 weeks, the R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart for 9 weeks, and the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for 9 weeks .
Destiny’s Child won 2 Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards for Best R&B/Soul Single, Group, Band or Duo (”Emotion”) and R&B/Soul Album of the Year, Group, Band, or Duo (Survivor).

SEPTEMBER
Kelly and Nelly’s collaboration “Dilemma” topped the Billboard Top 40 Tracks chart for 7 weeks.

OCTOBER
Kelly hit the Top 40 solo with “Stole.”
Kelly’s solo LP, Simply Deep, was released.
Kelly began filming the horror film Freddy Vs. Jason.

NOVEMBER
Kelly and Nelly topped the UK Singles chart for 2 weeks with “Dilemma.”
Kelly hit the Top 10 solo with “Stole.”

DECEMBER
Simply Deep was certified gold.

2003
Kelly: # 87 Singles Artist of the Year

FEBRUARY
Kelly was nominated for a Soul Train Music Award for Music Video (”Dilemma” with Nelly).
Kelly won a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (”Dilemma” with Nelly) and was nominated for Record of the Year. Kelly also performed at the ceremony.
Kelly topped the UK LP chart for a week with Simply Deep.

MARCH
Kelly hit the Top 40 with “Can’t Nobody.”

JUNE
VH1: 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years includes “Say My Name” at # 79. d on the Today Show Summer Concert Series.

AUGUST
Kelly’s collaboration with Nelly was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video (”Dilemma” ).
Kelly could be seen in the horror film Freddy Vs. Jason.

NOVEMBER
Michelle began appearing on Broadway in the musical Aida.
Kelly could be heard on the soundtrack for Mona Lisa Smile with “I’ve Got The World On A String.”

2004
# 25 Singles Artist of the Year

JANUARY
Michelle released her 2nd solo LP, Do You Know.

JULY
Destiny’s Child could be heard on the compilation LP Unity - Athens 2004 Olympics with “I Know.”

SEPTEMBER
Destiny’s Child were back performing together in September on the TV show Play For A Billion.
Destiny’s Child hit the Top 40 with “Lose My Breath.”

OCTOBER
Destiny’s Child hit the Top 10 and #1 for 2 weeks with “Lose My Breath.”

NOVEMBER
Destiny’s Child released Destiny Fulfilled.
Destiny’s Child topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart and R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart with “Lose My Breath.”
Destiny’s Child hit the Top 40 with “Soldier.”

DECEMBER
Destiny’s Child topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 2 weeks with Destiny Fulfilled.
Destiny’s Child topped the Billboard Hot Dance Radio Airplay chart and Hot Digital Tracks chart with “Lose My Breath.”
Destiny’s Child performed on Saturday Night Live.
Destiny Fulfilled was certified 2x platinum.

Destiny’s Child was # 44 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart, and Kelly came in at # 467.

2005
# 7 Singles Artist of the Year ~ Kelly Rowland: # 121 Singles Artist of the Year

JANUARY
Destiny’s Child topped the Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play chart and Hot Dance Radio Airplay chart with the remixes of “Lose My Breath.”
Destiny’s Child hit the Top 10 with “Soldier.”
Destiny Fulfilled was certified 3x platinum.

FEBRUARY
Destiny’s Child was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group (”Lose My Breath”).
Destiny’s Child topped the Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play chart with the remixes of “Soldier.”
Destiny’s Child won a Soul Train Music Award for R&B/Soul Album, Group, Band or Duo (Destiny Fulfilled).
Destiny’s Child topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart and R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart with “Soldier.”

MARCH
Destiny’s Child hit the Top 40 with “Girl.”
Destiny’s Child won a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Duo or Group.

APRIL
The single “Lose My Breath” was certified gold.

MAY
The single “Soldier” was certified gold.

JUNE
Destiny’s Child announced they would be splitting up after their ‘Destiny Fulfilled… And Lovin’ It’ tour stating: “After a lot of discussion and some deep soul searching, we realized that our current tour has given us the opportunity to leave Destiny’s Child on a high note, united in our friendship and filled with an overwhelming gratitude for our music, our fans, and each other.”
Destiny’s Child hit the Top 40 with “Cater 2 U.”

JULY
On July 2nd, Destiny’s Child performed in Philadelphia as part of the worldwide Live 8 concerts. The mission of the concerts was to raise awareness of the on-going poverty in Africa and to pressure the G8 leaders to take action by doubling aid, canceling debt, and delivering trade justice for Africa.

AUGUST
The video for “Soldier” was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video. The video for “Lose My Breath” was nominated for Best Dance Video.

OCTOBER
Destiny’s Child released the hits collection #1’s.
Destiny’s Child topped the Billboard 200 LP chart and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with #1’s. The LP sold over 113,000 copies in the US its first week of release.
The single “Girl” was certified gold.

NOVEMBER
Rowland hit the Top 40 helping out Trina with “Here We Go.”
Destiny’s Child won 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Band/Duo/Group and Favorite Soul/R&B Album.
#1’s was certified platinum.

DECEMBER
Destiny’s Child topped the Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist - Duos/Group (singles & albums), Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album Artist - Group/Duo, Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Artist - Group/Duo, and Top Hot Dance Club Play Artist.

2006
Kelly Rowland: # 149 Singles Artist of the Year

FEBRUARY
Destiny’s Child were nominated for 4 Grammy Awards including Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group and Best R&B Song (awarded to the songwriters with Rodney Jerkins, Ricky Lewis and Robert Waller) (”Cater 2 U”), Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (”Soldier” with T.I. and Lil Wayne), and Best Contemporary R&B Album (Destiny Fulfilled).

AUGUST
Ousted group member LeToya Luckett released, LeToya, her debut LP and it topped the Billboard 200 LP chart.

SEPTEMBER
Destiny’s Child won a Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Award for Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist - Duo or Group.