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- BeyoncƩ Knowles
- Kelly Rowland
- Michelle Williams
- Formerly: LeToya Luckett, LaTavia Robertson, Farrah Franklin
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Destiny's Child began when eight-year-old BeyoncƩ Knowles met LaTavia Robertson while auditioning for a competed in Star Search. Instead of showing off their incredible vocal harmonies on the show, they rapped!
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Pssst! Want to know what they BeyoncĆ© and Kelly looked like as kids? Take a peek at the video for "Grown Woman," which uses real footage of them as young performers! Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā
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Destiny's Child's first album, entitled Destiny's Child, spawned their 1996 hit "No, No, No." A few months after the release of thier second album, The Writing's On The Wall, LaTavia Robertson and LeToya Luckett left the group because of problems with their management. They were then replaced by Michelle Williams and dancer Farrah Franklin. But it wasn't long until Farrah Franklin kinda disappeared. Farrah Franklin stopped showing up for promotional stuff and the group announced that she had "moved on."
Despite the revolving , 1999's The Writing's On the Wall really made people take notice. The CD included popular dance hits like "Say My Name," "Bills,Bills,Bills" and "Jumpin' Jumpin'." In 2000, Destiny's Child had a hit on the Charlie's Angels Soundtrack with "Independent Woman Part 1" and their success continued with 2001's disc, Survivor.
"Bills, Bills, Bills," was one of Destiny's first hits, check it out! Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 36a67
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After the release of Destiny Fulfilled.
To this day BeyoncĆ© continues to be the most successful former DC member, although Kelly Rowland has had an active career in pop music as well, and Michelle Williams moved out of pop and into gospel music for good. The former remain friends to this day (especiallyĀ BeyoncĆ© and Kelly!)
Kelly, BeyoncƩ and Michelle
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- The name of the Destiny's Child disc, Survivor, was inspired by a DJ's comments about the band voting each other out, much like the popular CBS show.
- Kelly Rowland got married in March 2005 to Dallas Cowboys star, Roy Williams.
- Michelle WilliamsĀ released her third gospel album around Christmas 2004.
- Beyonce Knowles is classically trained as an opera singer.
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