Survivor (Destiny's Child album)

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Survivor
Studio album by Destiny's Child
Released May 1, 2001 (United States)
Recorded 2000–2001
Genre R&B, pop, gospel
Length 59:37 (Standard)
Label Columbia
Producer Anthony Dent
K-Fam
Mark J. Feist
Rob Fusari
Beyoncé Knowles
Errol "Poppi" McCalla Jr
Falonte Moore
Poke & Tone
Rapture & E. Seats
Cory Rooney
J. R. Rotem
Dwayne Wiggins
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: September 14, 2000
  2. "Survivor"
    Released: February 13, 2001
  3. "Bootylicious"
    Released: May 20, 2001
  4. "Emotion"
    Released: November 13, 2001
  5. "Nasty Girl"
    Released: April 2, 2002

Survivor is the third studio album by American girl group Destiny's Child. It was first released by Columbia on May 1, 2001, in the United States. The album involves production by lead singer Beyoncé Knowles and J.R. Rotem with additional production from Poke & Tone, Cory Rooney and Mark J. Feist. Survivor spawned four singles, including the number one-hits "Bootylicious" and "Independent Women Part 1", the Beyoncé-penned "Survivor" and a cover of The Bee Gees' ballad "Emotion".

In the US, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart on May 19, 2001 with first-week sales of 663,000 units and stayed at number one for two weeks straight. It earned Destiny's Child three Grammy nominations for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, Best R&B Song, and Best R&B Album. Survivor was certified quadruple Platinum by the RIAA on January 7, 2002. Billboard magazine ranked Survivor at number 70 on the magazine's Top 200 Albums of the Decade.[1]

Contents

[edit] Conception

[edit] Background

In December 1999, LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson tried to split with their manager, Mathew Knowles, claiming that he was keeping too much of the group's profits and that he favored Beyoncé Knowles and Kelly Rowland.[2] When the music video for "Say My Name" debuted in February 2000, Roberson and Luckett found out that they were being replaced with Michelle Williams, a former backup singer for Monica, and Farrah Franklin, an aspiring singer-actress.[2] In July 2000, just five months after joining, it was announced that Franklin would be leaving the group.[2] According to the group, Franklin missed a handful of promotional appearances and concerts and was asked to leave the group.[2] Franklin stated that she quit because of negative vibes in the group and her inability to assert any control in decision making.[2]

[edit] Recording

After emerging as the group's focal point, Knowles assumed more control taking a greater hand in writing the material and even producing some of the record herself.[3] Knowles wrote and produced almost every single track on the album, although, Knowles didn't intend to write and produce most of the songs on the album.[4] She explained, "I only wanted to do like three songs ... The label kept saying, Do another song, do another song, do another song. It wasn't planned. It wasn't like I said, OK, I'm going to take charge."[4] The album was originally planned to be called Independent Women, but was later changed to Survivor because of the turmoil that has coincided with the group.[5]

The song "Survivor" was inspired by a joke that a radio station had made about the fact that three members had already left the group.[6] Knowles was inspired to take the negative comment and turn it into a positive thing by writing a song out of it.[6] Knowles wrote the song "Bootylicious" on a plane flight to London while listening to the track "Edge of Seventeen" by Stevie Nicks when the word "Bootylicious" just popped in to her head.[4] While recording sessions were going on, Rowland recorded the song "Angel" which appeared on the soundtrack of Down to Earth.[3]

[edit] Reception

[edit] Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (63/100)[7]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[8]
Entertainment Weekly (B+)[9]
Blender 4/5 stars
Slant Magazine 3/5 stars[10]
Robert Christgau (2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)[11]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars 2004[12]

The album garnered positive to mixed reviews. "Survivor" received a score of 63/100 on Metacritic, based on 17 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[7] Entertainment Weekly praised the album saying that "(Survivor) is the divas' premature, but inevitable growing pains album." Spin Magazine commented that "Survivor is relentlessly inventive in its recombinations."[13] But New York Magazine was less impressed saying: "All fifteen tracks are one-dimensional disses and dismissals of scantily clad women, vengeful boyfriends, and the group's assorted doubters." Allmusic commented that: "As contrived and calculated as a Mariah Carey record, only without the joy."[14]

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". Survivor itself was nominated for Best R&B Album.[15]

[edit] Commercial performance

Survivor, entered the Billboard albums chart at number one with the highest first-week sales figures (more than 663,000) of any female group in the SoundScan era and the highest first-week sales figures of any album in Columbia Records' history.

Survivor debuted at number one in over nine countries, including the United Kingdom where it was certified 3x Platinum by BPI for sales of over 900,000 and went on to sell over a million copies. It also reached number one in Canada, selling over 31,000 copies in its first week (and was eventually certified 4x Platinum, for sales of 400,000 copies), as well as debuting or peaking in the top ten in Australia, Sweden, Japan, France, Italy, Finland and Poland.

With Survivor, Destiny's Child became the first US female group to have a number one album on the UK charts since Diana Ross & the Supremes hit the position 24 years ago with a greatest hits package. Survivor is the first album of original studio material (i.e., not a greatest hits collection) by a female American group to hit number one in the 43-year history of the UK chart. With two number one UK singles ("Independent Women Part I" and "Survivor"), Destiny's Child holds the record for most number one UK singles by any US female group. The last female American group to have a number one UK single was The Bangles with "Walk Like an Egyptian" in 1987.

"Survivor", the album's title track, spent six weeks at the number-two position on the Billboard Hot 100. "Independent Women Part I" (also featured in the remake film Charlie's Angels and on its soundtrack) occupied the number one slot on Billboard's Hot 100, R&B and dance charts. The video for the following single from Survivor, "Bootylicious", featured a cameo by Stevie Nicks.

In Europe the album was certified 2x Platinum in recognition of two million albums sold across the continent; its sales have since surpassed the three million mark. The album was certified 2x Platinum in Australia. The IFPI reported that Survivor was the 3rd best-selling album worldwide of 2001 with 7.8 million copies sold during the year. The album has sold over 10 million copies worldwide.[16]

[edit] Track listing

[edit] US edition

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Independent Women Part I"   B. Knowles, S. Barnes, C. Rooney, J. C. Olivie Beyoncé Knowles, Poke and Tone, Cory Rooney 3:42
2. "Survivor" (includes "Bootylicious" prelude) B. Knowles, A. Dent, M. Knowles Beyoncé Knowles, Anthony Dent 4:14
3. "Bootylicious"   B. Knowles, R. Fusari, F. Moore, S. Nicks Beyoncé Knowles, Rob Fusari, Falonte Moore 3:28
4. "Nasty Girl"   B. Knowles, A. Dent, M. Bassi N. Hacket Beyoncé Knowles, Anthony Dent 4:18
5. "Fancy"   B. Knowles, D. Wiggins, J. Rotem Beyoncé Knowles, Dwayne Wiggins 4:13
6. "Apple Pie à la Mode"   B. Knowles, R. Fusari, F. Moore Beyoncé Knowles, Rob Fusari, Falonte Moore 2:59
7. "Sexy Daddy"   B. Knowles, D. Elliott Beyoncé Knowles, Damon Elliott 4:07
8. "Independent Women Part II"   B. Knowles, R. Stewart, E. Seats, F. Comstock, D. Donaldson   3:46
9. "Happy Face" (includes "Emotion" prelude) B. Knowles, R. Fusari, C. Gaines, B. Lee, F. Moore Beyoncé Knowles, Rob Fusari, Calvin Gaines, Bill Lee, Falonte Moore 4:20
10. "Emotion"   B. Gibb, R. Gibb Beyoncé Knowles, Mark Fiest, Matthew Knowles 3:56
11. "Dangerously in Love"   B. Knowles, E. McCalla Jr Beyoncé Knowles, Errol "Poppi" McCalla Jr. 4:53
12. "Brown Eyes" (includes "The Story of Beauty" prelude) B. Knowles, W. Afanasieff Beyoncé Knowles 4:49
13. "The Story of Beauty"   B. Knowles, K. Fambro Beyoncé Knowles, Ken "K-Fam" Fambro 3:32
14. "Gospel Medley" (Dedicated to Andretta Tillman) B. Knowles, K. Franklin, R. Smallwood Beyoncé Knowles 3:25
15. "Outro (DC-3) Thank You"   B. Knowles, K. Rowland, M. Williams, R. Fusari, B. Lee, C. Gaines Beyoncé Knowles, Rob Fusari, Bill Lee, Calvin Gaines 4:03

[edit] International edition

Cat. number: Europe COL 501783 2,[17] Australia 501703 2[18]

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Independent Women Part I"   B. Knowles, S. Barnes, C. Rooney, J. C. Olivie Beyoncé Knowles, Poke and Tone, Cory Rooney 3:42
2. "Survivor" (includes "Bootylicious" prelude) B. Knowles, A. Dent, M. Knowles Beyoncé Knowles, Anthony Dent 4:14
3. "Bootylicious"   B. Knowles, R. Fusari, F. Moore, S. Nicks Beyoncé Knowles, Rob Fusari, Falonte Moore 3:28
4. "Nasty Girl"   B. Knowles, A. Dent, M. Bassi N. Hacket Beyoncé Knowles, Anthony Dent 4:18
5. "Fancy"   B. Knowles, D. Wiggins, J. Rotem Beyoncé Knowles, Dwayne Wiggins 4:13
6. "Apple Pie à la Mode"   B. Knowles, R. Fusari, F. Moore Beyoncé Knowles, Rob Fusari, Falonte Moore 2:59
7. "Sexy Daddy"   B. Knowles, D. Elliott Beyoncé Knowles, Damon Elliott 4:07
8. "Perfect Man"   B. Knowles, R. Stewart, E. Seats Rapture Stewart, Eric Seats 3:41
9. "Independent Women Part II"   B. Knowles, R. Stewart, E. Seats, F. Comstock, D. Donaldson   3:46
10. "Happy Face"   R. Fusari, C. Gaines, B. Knowles, B. Lee, F. Moore Beyoncé Knowles, Rob Fusari, Calvin Gaines, Bill Lee, Falonte Moore 4:20
11. "Dance With Me"   B. Knowles, C. Schack, K. Karlin Beyoncé Knowles, Soulshock & Karlin 3:43
12. "My Heart Still Beats" (feat. Beyoncé) (includes "Emotion" prelude) B. Knowles, W. Afanasieff Walter Afanasieff, Beyoncé Knowles 4:08
13. "Emotion"   B. Gibb, R. Gibb Beyoncé Knowles, Mark Fiest, Matthew Knowles 3:56
14. "Brown Eyes"   B. Knowles, W. Afanasieff Walter Afanasieff, Beyoncé Knowles 4:49
15. "Dangerously in Love" (includes "The Story of Beauty" prelude) B. Knowles, E, McCalla Jr Beyoncé Knowles, Errol "Poppi" McCalla Jr. 4:53
16. "The Story of Beauty"   B. Knowles, K. Fambro Beyoncé Knowles, Ken "K-Fam" Fambro 3:32
17. "Gospel Medley" (Dedicated to Andretta Tillman) B. Knowles, K. Franklin, R. Smallwood Beyoncé Knowles 3:25
18. "Outro (DC-3) Thank You"   B. Knowles, K. Rowland, M. Williams, R. Fusari, B. Lee, C. Gaines Beyoncé Knowles, Rob Fusari, Bill Lee, Calvin Gaines 4:03

[edit] Credits and personnel

  • 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
  • K-Fam – 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

[edit] Charts

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[19] 2
Austrian Albums Chart[19] 3
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[19] 1
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[19] 5
Canadian Albums Chart[20] 1
Danish Albums Chart[19] 1
Dutch Albums Chart[19] 1
Finnish Albums Chart[19][21] 3
French Albums Chart[19] 11
German Albums Chart[22] 1
Italian Albums Chart[19] 10
Japanese Albums Chart[23] 12
New Zealand Albums Chart[19] 1
Norwegian Albums Chart[19] 8
Polish Albums Chart 1
Swedish Albums Chart[19] 5
Swiss Albums Chart[19] 2
UK Albums Chart 1
US Billboard 200 1
US R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 1

[edit] Certifications and sales

Country Provider Certification Sales
Australia ARIA 2× Platinum 140,000
Austria IFPI Platinum 20,000
Brazil[24] ABPD Gold[25] 100,000
Canada[20] CRIA 4× Platinum 400,000
Denmark[19] IFPI Platinum 30,000
Netherlands[19] IFPI 2× Platinum 160,000
Finland[19] IFPI Platinum[21] 34,122
France[19] SNEP Gold 250,000
Germany[22] BVMI Platinum 300,000
New Zealand[19] RIANZ 2× Platinum 30,000
Norway[19] IFPI Platinum 30,000
Poland ZPAV Gold[26] 30,000
Sweden[19] IFPI Platinum 100,000
Switzerland[19] IFPI Platinum 45,000
United Kingdom BPI 3× Platinum 900,000
United States RIAA 4× Platinum[27] 4,000,000

[edit] Chart precession and succession

Preceded by
All for You by Janet Jackson		 Billboard 200 number-one album
May 19 – June 1, 2001		 Succeeded by
Lateralus by Tool
Preceded by
Free All Angels by Ash
8701 by Usher		 UK number one album
May 12, 2001 – May 25, 2001
July 28, 2001 – August 10, 2001		 Succeeded by
Reveal by R.E.M.
White Ladder by David Gray

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