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The Writing's on the Wall
Studio album by Destiny's Child
Released
July 27, 1999 (1999-07-27)
Recorded
June 1998 – March 1999
Genre
R&B[1]
pop[2]
Length
64:52
Label
Columbia
Producer
Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs
Beyoncé Knowles
Jovonn Alexander
D-Major
Chad "Dr. Seuss" Elliot
Missy Elliott
Donald Holmes
Anthony Hardy
Oshea Hunter
Rodney Jerkins
Eric Nealante Phillips
K-Fam
Daryl Simmons
Platinum Status
Chris Stokes
Gerard Thomas
D'wayne Wiggins
Kandi Burruss
Destiny's Child chronology
Destiny's Child
(1998)Destiny's Child1998 The Writing's on the Wall
(1999) The Platinum's on the Wall
(2001)The Platinum's on the Wall2001
Singles from The Writing's on the Wall
"Bills, Bills, Bills"
Released: June 14, 1999 (1999-06-14)
"Bug a Boo"
Released: August 23, 1999 (1999-08-23)
"Say My Name"
Released: November 7, 1999 (1999-11-07)
"Jumpin, Jumpin"
Released: July 4, 2000 (2000-07-04)
The Writing's on the Wall is the second studio album by American girl group Destiny's Child, released on July 27, 1999 by Columbia Records. The album was produced by Missy Elliott, Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Rodney Jerkins, Eric Nealante Phillips and Beyoncé among others and included guest appearances from rapper Missy Elliott and R&B trio Next. The Writing's on The Wall spawned four singles, including the number one-hits "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Say My Name". This is the last album with the group's original line-up. The album saw the group taking creative control from writing and producing their own tracks working closely with producer Eric Nealante Phillips and singer-songwriter Xscape member Kandi Burruss. "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Bug a Boo" were among the first songs written and produced by the group.
The album debuted at number six on the US Billboard 200 chart on August 14, 1999, with first-week sales of 132,000 units, and later peaked at number five on May 6, 2000. It earned Destiny's Child six Grammy nominations for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals (twice), Best R&B Song (twice), Record of the Year, and Song of the Year. The Writing's on the Wall was certified 8× Platinum by the RIAA on November 6, 2001, and has sold over 6 million copies in the United States alone.[3] Billboard magazine ranked The Writing's on the Wall at number 39 on the magazine's Top 200 Albums of the Decade.[4]
Contents
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1 Critical reception
2 Commercial performance
3 Controversy
4 Track listing
5 Personnel
6 Charts and certifications
6.1 Weekly charts
6.2 Year-end charts
6.3 Decade-end charts
6.4 Certifications
7 References
Critical reception[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic [5]
Chicago Sun-Times [6]
Entertainment Weekly B[2]
The Guardian [7]
NME 6/10[8]
Pitchfork 9.0/10[9]
Q [10]
Rolling Stone [11]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [12]
The Village Voice B+[13]
The Writing's on the Wall received generally favorable reviews from music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic gave the album four out of five stars, stating: "With their second album, Writing's on the Wall, Destiny's Child still suffers from slightly uneven songwriting, but it's nevertheless an assured step forward for the girl group. Not only are they maturing as vocalists, they are fortunate to work with such skilled, talented producers as Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Rodney Jerkins, D'Wayne Wiggins, Chad Elliot, Daryl Simmons, and Missy Elliott, who all give the quartet rich, varied music upon which to work their charm. So, even when the album fails to deliver memorable songs, it always sounds alluring, thanks to the perfect combination of vocalists and producers."[5] Rob Brunner from Entertainment Weekly gave the album the grade of B, stating: "Judging from The Writing's on the Wall, the second album from Destiny’s Child, it's not Briggs' fault. With his help, the Houston quartet (Beyonce, LaTavia, LeToya, and the unimaginatively monikered Kelly) prove themselves to be more capable of confident, inventive R&B than many of their contemporaries. Though Briggs is joined by a slew of trendy producers (including Elliott and Rodney Jerkins), Wall still manages to avoid sounding like a mere rehash of other people's hits. With a snaky lead vocal that slithers around staccato harmony parts, the aptly titled album opener "So Good" coolly mixes restrained production and playful melody. "Bills, Bills, Bills", the first single, is a sort of companion piece to "No Scrubs", taking on guys who seem perfect but turn into jerks once they get comfortable in a relationship. And "If You Leave", a duet with male vocal trio Next, is an ambitious collaboration that delivers despite its potentially lethal abundance of voices. Wall gets bogged down by too much banal balladry ("Stay", "Sweet Sixteen"), proving Destiny’s Child to be capable of sounding exactly like any other group of snooze-inducing slow-jammers. But more often they recognize the difference between extremes of pitch and extremes of passion, a distinction lost on many R&B balladeers (Blaque frequently fall for this trap, and they’d probably spend even more time screaming and yelling if they were a little better at it). Destiny’s Child have learned a thing or two from the Supremes, singers who knew how to use a well-placed pause or a quietly sung harmony to maximum effect. No, they haven’t managed to reach that lofty level on Wall, but if you're casting Motown '99, the album's worth a listen. Its best stuff is close enough to the spirit of the Supremes to at least win them a callback."[2] Robert Christgau gave the album the grade of B+, stating: "I like teenpop fine, but please, one song at a time. And since teenpop likes this glamorous femme quartet, individual songs are all a reasonable grownup would expect. Uh-uh. Lyrics are the usual problem–if there's a quotable quote here, I haven't noticed it. But that may just be because the multivalent harmonies, suavely irregular beats, and, not incidentally, deep-seated self-respect have been keeping me busy ever since I heard through the visuals."[13] Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stone, however, gave the album negative review, giving it the grade of two out of five stars, stating: "Destiny's Child blew up last summer with "No, No, No", which wiggled seductively while begging the question, Since there are four ladies in the group, shouldn't that be "No, No, No, No"? Or is one still making up her mind? The Houston R&B group's new hit, "Bills, Bills, Bills", takes the same three-out-of-four-divas approach to a classic pop sentiment: These gals don't want your love, just your money money money. But unlike TLC's "No Scrubs", "Bills" isn't sexy enough to get you up off your deadbeat ass. The track has too much fussy clutter, and the singers hang out the passenger side of TLC's ride, groveling for spare change like forty-niners who've been on the job since '29. The Writing's on the Wall has a similar case of the blahs. Despite OK moments like the "Waterfalls sequel "Sweet Sixteen", the Destiny children never find that one money tune that turns a no-no-no scrub into a yeah-yeah-yeah paying customer."[11] However, Nathan Brackett and Christian David Hoard from The New Rolling Stone Album Guide gave a more positive review and the grade of four out of five stars in 2004, five years after The Writing's on the Wall was released.[12]
Organization
Country
Accolade
Year
Source
Entertainment Weekly United States The 100 Best Albums From 1983 to 2008 (ranked 92) 2008 [14]
Vibe United States "The 150 Albums that Define the Vibe Era" 2007 [15]
NME United Kingdom 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (ranked 454) 2013 [16]
The Face United Kingdom The Face Recordings of the Year (ranked 9) 1999 [17]
Q United Kingdom "100 Women Who Rock the World" (ranked 77) 2002 [18]
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame United States "The Definitive 200: Top 200 Albums of All-Time" (ranked 160) 2007 [19]
NPR United States "The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women" (ranked 61) 2017 [20]
Commercial performance[edit]
In the United States the album debuted at number six on the US Billboard 200 on August 14, 1999, selling over 132,000 copies in its first week and slipped to number ten the following week with 100,000 copies. It remained in the top forty for most of 1999 and had sold over 1.6 million copies by the end of the year according to Nielsen SoundScan and was certified 2× platinum in January 2000. Nine months after its release The Writing's on the Wall, following the huge success of third single “Say My Name", returned to the top ten, peaking at number five on May 6, 2000. During its first year on the chart it spent forty-seven out of fifty-two weeks in the top forty (including eleven weeks in the top ten) or better and was the tenth best-selling album of 2000, selling 3.8 million copies during the year. The Writing's on the Wall enjoyed its best week of sales more than one year after its release when it sold over 163,000 units during the Christmas week of 2000, and by the release of the group's third album Survivor it had scanned 5.8 million in the United States and shipped over seven million copies. The Writing's on the Wall spent ninety-nine consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200 (from the summer of 1999 until the spring of 2001) and was certified 8× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on November 8, 2001. It has sold 6,347,000 copies to date in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan,[3] and over 700,000 at BMG Music Club.
Worldwide The Writing's on the Wall was a similarly huge hit and became one of the best-selling R&B albums of all-time. It achieved gold, platinum and multi-platinum status across Europe and was certified 2× platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) in early 2001 in recognition of two million albums sold in Europe. In Canada, the album peaked within the top on Canadian Albums Chart and was certified 5× platinum by Music Canada for selling over 500,000 copies. It was certified 3× platinum in the United Kingdom by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), in New Zealand by the Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ) and in Australia by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).
Controversy[edit]
Michelle Williams (above) and Farrah Franklin joined the group as replacements for Luckett and Roberson.
In December 1999, Luckett and Roberson attempted to split with their manager, claiming that he kept a disproportionate share of the group's profits and unfairly favored Knowles and Rowland.[21] While they never intended to leave the group, when the video for "Say My Name" surfaced in February 2000, Roberson and Luckett found out that two new members were joining Knowles and Rowland.[21] Prior to the video premiere, Knowles announced on TRL that original members Luckett and Roberson had left the group.[22] They were replaced by Michelle Williams, a former backup singer to Monica, and Farrah Franklin, an aspiring singer-actress.[23] Shortly after her stint with Monica, Williams was introduced to Destiny's Child by choreographer Braden Larson aka "Peanut Orlando", and was flown to Houston where she stayed with the Knowles family.[23]
In March 2000, Roberson and Luckett filed a lawsuit against Mathew Knowles and their former bandmates for breach of partnership and fiduciary duties. Following the suit, both sides were disparaging towards each other in the media.[21] Five months after joining, Franklin left the group. The remaining members claimed that this was due to missed promotional appearances and concerts. According to Williams, Franklin could not handle stress.[23] Franklin, however, disclosed that she left because of the negativity surrounding the strife and her inability to assert any control in the decision making.[21] Her departure was seen as less controversial. Williams, on the other hand, disclosed that her inclusion in the group resulted in her "battling insecurity": "I was comparing myself to the other members, and the pressure was on me."[23]
Towards the end of 2000, Roberson and Luckett dropped the portion of their lawsuit aimed at Rowland and Knowles in exchange for a settlement, though they continued the action against their manager. As part of the agreement, both sides were prohibited from speaking about each other publicly.[21] Roberson and Luckett formed another girl group named Anjel but also left it due to issues with the record company. Although band members were affected by the turmoil, Destiny's Child's success continued. The following years of their career were seen as the group's most successful stretch,[21] becoming a pop culture phenomenon.[22]
There was also controversy surrounding the rights to use the "Columbia" name and trademark for the album’s release in international markets. There were different rules for owning the rights to the "Columbia" brand name, depending on the market. For the album’s release in Japan, where Columbia Records’ parent company Sony does not use the "Columbia" name or trademark, for example, the label was re-branded as SME Records (SME is an abbreviation for Sony Music Entertainment), which is a sublabel of Sony Music Entertainment Japan, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation and operates independently from the American Sony Music Entertainment, of which Columbia Records is a part of.[24]
Track listing[edit]
The Writing's on the Wall – Standard edition
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1. "Intro (The Writing's on the Wall)"
Beyoncé Knowles
LeToya Luckett
Kelly Rowland
LaTavia Roberson
2:05
2. "So Good"
Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs
Kandi Burruss
Knowles
Luckett
Roberson
Rowland
She'kspere
Burruss
3:13
3. "Bills, Bills, Bills"
Briggs
Burruss
Knowles
Luckett
Roberson
Rowland
She'kspere 4:16
4. "Confessions" (featuring Missy Elliott)
M. Elliott
D. Holmes
G. Thomas
Missy Elliott 4:57
5. "Bug a Boo"
Briggs
Burruss
Knowles
Luckett
Roberson
Rowland
She'kspere 3:32
6. "Temptation"
Dwayne Wiggins
C. Wheeler
Knowles
Luckett
Roberson
Rowland
A. Ray
Dwayne Wiggins 4:05
7. "Now That She's Gone"
Chris Valentine
K. Fambro
D. Boynton
T. Geter
L. Simmons
A. Simmons
Fambro
Boynton
5:35
8. "Where'd You Go"
Knowles
Luckett
Roberson
Rowland
Platinum Status
Chris Stokes
Platinum Status
Chris Stokes
4:15
9. "Hey Ladies"
Briggs
Burruss
Knowles
Luckett
Roberson
Rowland
She'kspere 4:16
10. "If You Leave"
T. Turman
R. L. Huggar
Chad Elliot
Oshea Hunter
Chad Elliot
Oshea Hunter
4:35
11. "Jumpin', Jumpin'"
Chad Elliot
Knowles
Rufus Moore
Knowles
Chad Elliot
Jovonn Alexander
3:50
12. "Say My Name"
Rodney Jerkins
Fred Jerkins III
LaShawn Daniels
Knowles
Luckett
Roberson
Rowland
Darkchild 4:31
13. "She Can't Love You"
Briggs
Burruss
Knowles
I. Lindo
Luckett
Roberson
Rowland
She'kspere 4:04
14. "Stay" Daryl Simmons Simmons 4:51
15. "Sweet Sixteen"
Knowles
Rowland
Dwayne Wiggins
J. Watley
Wiggins 4:12
16. "Outro (Amazing Grace...)" (Dedicated to Andretta Tillman) John Newton 2:38
[show]International edition COL 494394 2
The Vinyl Classics
German special edition (Vinyl Classics)
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
17. "Get on the Bus" (featuring Timbaland)
M. Elliott
Tim Mosley
4:44
[show]Japanese edition
No.
Title
Length
17. "Bills, Bills, Bills" (Digital Black-N-Groove Club Mix[25]) 7:16
[show]Houston special edition
No.
Title
Length
17. "Can't Help Myself" 4:53
[show]Australian edition
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
17. "Get on the Bus" (featuring Timbaland)
M. Elliott
Tim Mosley
4:44
18. "No, No, No Part 1" (music video[26])
[show]EU limited platinum edition bonus CD COL 494394 6[27]
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1. "Bills, Bills, Bills" (Remix featuring Sporty Thievz) 4:00
2. "No, No, No Part 2" (featuring Wyclef Jean)
R. Fusari
Gaines
Brown
V. Herbert
3:33
3. "Say My Name" (Timbaland remix)
F. Jerkins III
Mosley
Jerkins
Knowles
Luckett
L. Daniels
Roberson
Rowland
Garrett
7:33
[show]UK limited edition bonus CD
European re-release COL 494394 5[28]
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
17. "Independent Women Part I" (Pasadena Remix) 3:42
18. "Independent Women Part II"
Knowles
Rapture Stewart
Eric Seats
Frank Comstock
David Donaldson
3:46
19. "8 Days of Christmas"
Errol McCalla
Knowles
3:31
20. "No, No, No Part 2" (featuring Wyclef Jean)
Robert Fusari
Calvin Gaines
Mary Brown
Vincent Herbert
3:28
Note
Tracks 1–15 end with a short spoken interlude which relates to the following song, which is spoken by the band members. Each interlude is in the style of the Ten Commandments and are listed on the front of the disc.
Personnel[edit]
Bill Ortiz – trumpet
Daryl Simmons – drum programming, keyboard programming
D'Wayne Wiggins – guitar, producer
Rodney Jerkins – producer
Claudine Pontier – assistant engineer
James Hoover – engineer
Steve Baughman – mixing assistant
Missy Elliott – performer
Jimmy Douglass – engineer
Prince Charles Alexander – mixing
Vince Lars – saxophone
Albert Sanchez – photography
Blake Eiseman – engineer
Dexter Simmons – mixing
Brian Springer – engineer
Joey Swails – engineer
Destiny's Child – main performer
Dan Workman – engineer
LaShawn Daniels – vocal producer
Anthony Hardy – producer
Beyoncé Knowles – lead vocals, background vocals
LeToya Luckett – background vocals, Lead vocals
LaTavia Roberson – background vocals, lead vocals
Mathew Knowles – executive producer, mixing
Kelly Rowland – lead vocals, background vocals
Michelle Williams – background vocals (re-issued version only on UK Limited Edition Bonus CD "Independent Women Part I & II")
Farrah Franklin – background vocals (re-issued version only on UK Limited Edition Bonus CD "Independent Women Part I & II")
Kenny Stallworth – assistant engineer
Donald "Lenny" Holmes – producer
Nealante – producer
K-Fam – producer
Gerard Thomas – producer
Chris Bell – engineer
Brad Gildem – engineer
Jean Marie Hurout – engineer, mixing
Kevin "Shekspere" Briggs – producer
Kevin "KD" Davis – mixing
Tara Geter Tillman – background vocals
Mike Calderon – engineer
Jon Gass – engineer
Thom "TK" Kidd – engineer
Tony Williams – drum programming
Vernon J. Mungo – engineer
Charts and certifications[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1999–2001)
Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[29] 2
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[30] 18
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[31] 8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[32] 19
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[33] 5
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[34] 16
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[35] 3
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[36] 15
French Albums (SNEP)[37] 32
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[38] 8
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[39][citation needed] 33
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[40] 6
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[41] 7
Scottish Albums (OCC)[42] 16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[43] 21
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[44] 23
UK Albums (OCC)[45] 10
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[46] 1
US Billboard 200[47] 5
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[48] 1
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1999)
Position
Australian Albums Chart[49]
13
Dutch Albums Chart[50]
44
UK Albums Chart[51]
78
US Billboard 200[52]
88
Chart (2000)
Position
Dutch Albums Chart[53]
42
UK Albums Chart[54]
22
US Billboard 200[55]
13
Chart (2001)
Position
UK Albums Chart[54]
82
US Billboard 200[56]
87
Decade-end charts[edit]
Chart (2000–09)
Rank
US Billboard 200[57]
39
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[58]
3× Platinum 210,000^
Belgium (BEA)[59]
Platinum 50,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[60]
5× Platinum 500,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[61]
Gold 25,000^
France (SNEP)[62]
2× Gold 200,000*
Germany (BVMI)[63]
Gold 250,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[64]
2× Platinum 200,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[65]
3× Platinum 45,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[66]
Gold 25,000*
Sweden (GLF)[67]
Gold 40,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[68]
Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[69]
3× Platinum 900,000^
United States (RIAA)[70]
8× Platinum 6,400,000[71]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[72]
2× Platinum 2,000,000*
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
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