Destiny's Child 'fulfilled' by new album
The Sony Urban Music/Columbia album debuted this week at No. 19 on the Billboard 200, based on only three days of sales in the week ended November 14. It officially went on sale November 15.
For Destiny's Child members Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, however, the issue is not about sales. It is about the group singing together again. During the three-year break, each member released a solo project. Knowles still remains on the pop and R&B charts with Dangerously in Love, which snared multiple Grammy Awards.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. 'Obviously, it would feel good to be No. 1,' Knowles says of the new album. 'But we're not thinking competitively. We did this record for ourselves, not to sell a million the first week out. That doesn't mean as much to us as just the fact that three friends got back together to do another record. That was our destiny.'
Destiny Fulfilled finds the threesome making the transition into womanhood. With a decidedly more R&B stance, the album is a mature sequel to the act's 1999 album, The Writing's on the Wall. Each song introduces a new chapter in that journey--from love's exhilarating start (Lose My Breath) to its sometimes disappointing end (Through With Love). The second single Soldier features rappers T.I. and Lil' Wayne. Among the writer/producers the group worked with are Rodney Jerkins, Sean Garrett, 9th Wonder, Rockwilder and Mario Winans.
The album's lyrical content was drawn in part from conversations the three women had upon reuniting in the studio. Given prior commitments on their busy solo schedules, the trio had only three weeks together to record.