Survivor (Destiny's Child album)

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Survivor
Survivor cover
Studio album by Destiny's Child
Released Flag of Poland April 30 2001r.
May 1, 2001r.
Recorded 2000–2001
Genre R&B, Pop
Label Columbia
CK-61063
Producer Beyoncé Knowles, Mark J. Feist, Trackmasters Entertainment, J. R. Rotem, Anthony Dent
Professional reviews
Destiny's Child chronology
The Writing's on the Wall
(1999)		 Survivor
(2001)		 Love: Destiny
(2001)
Singles from Survivor
  1. "Independent Women Part 1"
    Released: October 10, 2000
  2. "Survivor"
    Released: February 13, 2001
  3. "Bootylicious"
    Released: June 26, 2001
  4. "Emotion"
    Released: November 13, 2001
  5. "Nasty Girl"
    Released: April 2, 2002

Survivor is the third studio album by the American female R&B trio Destiny's Child, released on May 1, 2001 (see 2001 in music). Two of its singles, "Bootylicious" and "Independent Woman Part I", reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, and the title track, "Survivor", peaked at number two. Former Destiny's Child member Farrah Franklin appears on the international version of Survivor, on the tracks "Dance with Me", "Perfect Man", and "Independent Woman, Pt. 1", providing background vocals with Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland.

Contents

[edit] Sales and awards

Survivor debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, selling over 663,000 copies in its first week. Within two months of its release the album was certified triple platinum by the RIAA in recognition of three million copied sold to retailers in the United States. The album was the seventh best-selling album of 2001, selling over 3.72 million copies during the year according to Nielsen SoundScan. It was certified four times platinum on January 4, 2002, and has sold 4.3 million copies in the U.S. to date according to SoundScan, and over 440,000 copies through music club sales. It spent fourteen weeks in the top ten and forty six weeks on the Billboard 200, less than half the amount of time that Destiny's Child's previous album, The Writing's on the Wall (1999), spent on the chart.

Survivor debuted at number one in most of the countries it charted on including: the United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Austria, Belgium and Switzerland. It landed in the top ten in Poland, Sweden, Japan, France, Italy and Finland. Worldwide, the album sold five million copies in its first five weeks, and though in the U.S. it didn't perform as well as The Writing's on the Wall, worldwide it matched the success of the previous album and even surpassed it in some countries. In Europe the album was certified two times platinum in recognition of two million albums sold across the continent. In Canada Survivor debuted at number one, selling over 31,000 copies in its first week, and it was certified four times platinum (400,000 copies) in October 2003. In South Africa and the United Kingdom the album was certified three times platinum; it spent four weeks at number one on the UK Albums Chart, and eventually sold 1.02 million copies. The album was certified two times platinum in Australia. Survivor has sold 10 million copies worldwide.

The album won the Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for "Best R&B/Soul Album of the Year", the Teen Choice Award for "R&B/Soul Album of the Year - Group, Band, or Duo", and the American Music Award for "Favorite Pop/Rock Album". Destiny's Child won the Grammy Award for "Best R&B Vocal by Duo or Group" for the song "Survivor".

[edit] Track listing

# Title Time
1. "Independent Women Part 1"
Writers: B. Knowles, S. Barnes, C. Rooney, J. C. Olivier
Producers: Beyoncé Knowles, Poke & Tone, Cory Rooney		 3:41
2. "Survivor"
Writers: B. Knowles, A. Dent, M. Knowles
Producers: Beyoncé Knowles, Anthony Dent		 4:14
3. "Bootylicious"
Writers: B. Knowles, R. Fusari, F. Moore, S. Nicks
Producers: Beyoncé Knowles, Robert Fusari, Falonte Moore		 3:27
4. "Nasty Girl"
Writers: B. Knowles, A. Dent, M. Bassi N. Hacket
Producers: Beyoncé Knowles, Anthony Dent		 4:17
5. "Fancy"
Writers: B. Knowles, D. Wiggins, J. Rotem
Producers: Beyoncé Knowles, Dwayne Wiggins		 4:12
6. "Apple Pie À La Mode"
Writers: B. Knowles, R. Fusari, F. Moore
Producers: Beyoncé Knowles, Robert Fusari, Falonte Moore		 2:58
7. "Sexy Daddy"
Writers: B. Knowles, D. Elliott
Producers: Beyoncé Knowles, Damon Elliott		 4:07
8. "Independent Women Part 2"
Writers: B. Knowles, R. Stewart, E. Seats, B. Knowles, F. Comstock, D. Donaldson
Producer: Beyoncé Knowles, Rapture Stewart, Eric Seats		 3:45
9. "Happy Face"
Writers: R. Fusari, C. Gaines, B. Knowles, B. Lee, F. Moore
Producers: Beyoncé Knowles, Robert Fusari		 4:30
10. "Emotion"
Writers: B. Gibb, R. Gibb
Producers: Beyoncé Knowles, Mark Fiest		 3:56
11. "Dangerously in Love"
Writers: B. Knowles, E, McCalla Jr.
Producers: Beyoncé Knowles, Errol McCalla Jr.		 5:06
12. "Brown Eyes"
Writers: W. Afanasieff, B. Knowles		 4:47
13. "The Story Of Beauty"
Writers: B. Knowles, K. Fambro
Producers: Beyoncé Knowles, Ken "K-Fam" Fambres		 3:30
14. "Gospel Medley" (Dedicated to Andretta Tillman)
(You've Been So Good / Now Behold The Lamb / Jesus Loves Me / Total Praise)
Writers: B. Knowles, K. Franklin, R. Smallwood
Producer: Beyoncé Knowles		 3:26
15. "Outro (DC-3) Thank You"
Writers: B. Knowles, K. Rowland, M. Williams, R. Fusari, B. Lee, C. Gaines
Producers: Beyoncé Knowles, Rob Fusari		 4:01

[edit] Chart positions

Year Chart Position
2001 The Billboard 200 1

[edit] Credits

  • Mark J. Feist – Producer, Arranger, programming
  • Tony Maserati – mixing
  • Vladimir Meller – mastering
  • Dave Pensado – mixing
  • Nunzio Signore – guitar
  • Richard Travali – mixing
  • D'Wayne Wiggins – guitar, producer
  • Richard J. Davis – production coordination
  • James Hoover – engineer, vocal engineer
  • Walter Afanasieff – bass, programming, drum programming, arranger, producer, keyboards
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Poke – producer
  • Corey Rooney – producer
  • Jim Caruana – engineer
  • Dexter Simmons – mixing
  • Poke & Tone – producer
  • Brian Springer – engineer, vocal engineer
  • Flip Osman – assistant engineer, assistant
  • Jill Topol – stylist
  • Destiny's Child – main performer
  • Nick Thomas – mixing
  • Dan Workman – guitar, mixing, vocal engineer, engineer
  • Damon Elliott – producer, engineer
  • Troy Gonzalez – engineer
  • Anthony Dent – producer, engineer
  • Rob Fusari – producer
  • Beyoncé Knowles – vocals, songwriter, producer, vocal arrangement
  • Kelly Rowland – vocals, songwriter
  • Michelle Williams – vocals, songwriter
  • Farrah Franklin – vocals (international version)
  • Michael McCoy – assistant engineer
  • Wassim Zreik – assistant
  • Mathew Knowles – producer, executive producer
  • Tina Knowles – hair stylist, stylist
  • Orlando Calzada – engineer
  • Michael Conrader – engineer
  • Dave Way – mixing
  • Marla Weinhoff – prop stylist
  • Greg Bieck – keyboards, digital programming, drum programming, engineer, programming
  • Pete Krawiec – assistant engineer
  • Kent Huffnagle – engineer
  • Ramon Morales – engineer
  • Falonte Moore – producer
  • Errol McCalla – programming, producer
  • Bill Lee – producer
  • Woody Pornpitaksuk – author
  • Eric Seats – multi instruments
  • Robert Conley – programming
  • Terry T. – engineer
  • Thom Cadley – mixing
  • David Donaldson – keyboards, vocal engineer
  • Calvin Gaines – producer
  • David Gleeson – engineer
Preceded by
All for You by Janet		 Billboard 200 number-one album
May 19 – June 1, 2001		 Succeeded by
Lateralus by Tool
v • d • e
Destiny's Child
Beyoncé Knowles · Kelly Rowland · Michelle Williams
Farrah Franklin · LeToya Luckett · LaTavia Roberson
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