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Survivor | ||||
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Studio album by Destiny's Child | ||||
Released | May 1, 2001 (United States) | |||
Recorded | 2000–2001 | |||
Genre | R&B, pop | |||
Length | 59:59 (Standard) | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Anthony Dent Ken 'K-Fam' Fambres 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 | ||||
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Singles from Survivor | ||||
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2011-8-31 Studio Album (7) - Compilation (2) Too Hot to Sleep.
Survivor is the third studio album by American girl group Destiny's Child, released by Columbia on May 1, 2001 in United States. The album involves production by Beyoncé 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 The Bee Gees's cover ballad Emotion.
The album debut at number one on the Billboard 200 chart on May 19, 2001 with first-week sales of a staggering 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]
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Conception
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 and 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, 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]
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 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 mad 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]
Reception
Commercial performance
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.[7] Within three months of its release, the album was certified three-time platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in recognition of three million units shipped to retailers in the United States.[8] The album was the seventh best-selling album of 2001, selling over 3.72 million copies during the year according to Nielsen SoundScan.[9] It was certified four-time platinum in January 2002,[8] having accumulated sales of 4.1 million copies in the United States.[10]
Survivor debuted at number one in several 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. 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 did not 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 2x platinum in recognition of two million albums sold across the continent, its sales have since surpassed the three million mark. In Canada, Survivor debuted at number one, selling over 31,000 copies in its first week, and it was certified 4x platinum (400,000 copies) in October 2003. In the United Kingdom, the album was certified 3x platinum; it spent four weeks at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart, and eventually sold 1,030,000. The album was certified 2x platinum in Australia. Survivor has sold over 10 million copies worldwide.
Critical reception
Professional ratings | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [11] |
Entertainment Weekly | (B+)[12] |
Blender | |
Slant Magazine | [13] |
The album garnered positive to mixed reviews. 'Survivor' received a score of 63/100 on Metacritic, indicating 'generally favorable reviews'. [14]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.' [15] 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.'[16]
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.
Tracklisting
- 'Independent Women Part 1' (B. Knowles, S. Barnes, C. Rooney, J. C. Olivier) 3:42
- 'Survivor' (B. Knowles, A. Dent, M. Knowles) 4:14
- 'Bootylicious' (B. Knowles, R. Fusari, F. Moore, S. Nicks) 3:28
- 'Nasty Girl' (B. Knowles, A. Dent, M. Bassi N. Hacket) 4:18
- 'Fancy' (B. Knowles, D. Wiggins, J. Rotem) 4:13
- 'Apple Pie à la Mode' (B. Knowles, R. Fusari, F. Moore) 2:59
- 'Sexy Daddy' (B. Knowles, D. Elliott) 4:07
- 'Independent Women Part 2' (B. Knowles, R. Stewart, E. Seats, B. Knowles, F. Comstock, D. Donaldson) 3:46
- 'Happy Face' (R. Fusari, C. Gaines, B. Knowles, B. Lee, F. Moore) 4:20
- 'Emotion' (B. Gibb, R. Gibb) 3:56
- 'Dangerously in Love' (B. Knowles, E, McCalla Jr.) 4:53
- 'Brown Eyes' (W. Afanasieff, B. Knowles) 4:49
- 'The Story of Beauty' (B. Knowles, K. Fambro) 3:32
- 'Gospel Medley' (Dedicated to Andretta Tillman) (B. Knowles, K. Franklin, R. Smallwood) 3:25
- 'You've Been So Good'
- 'Now Behold the Lamb'
- 'Jesus Loves Me'
- 'Total Praise'
- 'Outro (DC-3) Thank You' (B. Knowles, K. Rowland, M. Williams, R. Fusari, B. Lee, C. Gaines) 4:03
Credits and personnel
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Charts
Chart (2001) | Provider | Peak position | Certification | Sales |
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Australian ARIA Albums Top 50[17] | ARIA | 2 | 2x Platinum | 140,000 |
Austrian Albums Chart[17] | Media Control | 3 | Platinum | 20,000 |
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[17] | Ultratop | 1 | ||
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[17] | 5 | |||
Canadian Albums Chart[18] | CRIA | 1 | 4x Platinum | 400,000 |
Danish Albums Chart[17] | 1 | Platinum | 30,000 | |
Dutch Albums Chart[17] | MegaCharts | 3 | 2x Platinum | 160,000 |
Finnish Albums Chart[17] | 3 | Platinum[19] | 34,122[20] | |
French Albums Chart[17] | SNEP/IFOP | 11 | Gold | 250,000 |
German Albums Chart | Media Control | 5 | Platinum | 300,000+ |
Italian Albums Chart[17] | FIMI | 10 | 20,000 | |
New Zealand Albums Chart[17] | RIANZ | 1 | 2x Platinum | 30,000 |
Norwegian Albums Chart[17] | VG Nett | 8 | Platinum | 30,000 |
Polish Albums Chart | 1 | Gold | 30,000 [21] | |
Swedish Albums Chart[17] | GLF | 5 | Platinum | 100,000 |
Swiss Albums Chart[17] | Media Control | 2 | Platinum | 45,000 |
UK Albums Chart | BPI/The Official UK Charts Company | 1 | 3x Platinum | 1,030,000 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | Billboard | 1 | 4x Platinum | 4,300,000 |
U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 1 |
References
- ^'Best of the 2000s - Billboard 200 Albums'. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-decade-end/billboard-200-albums?year=2009&begin=181&order=position. Retrieved December 16, 2009.
- ^ abcdeKaufman, Gil (2005-06-13). 'Destiny's Child's Long Road To Fame (The Song Isn't Called 'Survivor' For Nothing)'. MTV News. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1504044/20050613/destinys_child.jhtml. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
- ^ ab'Destiny's Child Full Biography'. MTV News. http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/destinys_child/artist.jhtml. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
- ^ abcHeather Stas, Franklin Cumberpatch. 'Destiny's Child: News Feature: VH1.com'. Vh1. http://www.vh1.com/news/features/destinys_child/. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
- ^VanHorn, Teri (2000-12-08). 'Destiny's Child Solo CDs Won't Compete With Group, Each Other'. MTV News. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1375022/20001208/destinys_child.jhtml. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
- ^ ab'Destiny's Child: Survivors'. MTV. http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/d/destiny01/index2.jhtml. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
- ^Cohen, Jonathan (2001-05-09). 'Destiny's Child Shoot Straight To No. 1'. Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc). http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=862896. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
- ^ ab'Gold and Platinum'. Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=Survivor&artist=&format=ALBUM&debutLP=&multiPlat=&level2&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
- ^'Best-selling Albums Of 2001'. Billboard. AllBusiness.com. 2002-01-26. http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4661475-1.html. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- ^Whitmire, Margo (2005-11-02). 'Destiny's '#1's' Bows At The Top'. Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc). http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001432508. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
- ^Kellman, Andy. 'Review: Survivor'. Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1kd5vwxla9lk. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
- ^Browne, David. 'Survivor'. Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,108583,00.html. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
- ^Cinquemani, Sal (May 9, 2001). 'Destiny's Child: Survivor'. Slant Magazine. http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/destinys-child-survivor/52. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
- ^http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/destinyschild/survivor
- ^ Spin Magazine. July 2001.
- ^http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Adrkmikmabb29
- ^ abcdefghijklm'DESTINY'S CHILD - SURVIVOR (ALBUM)'. Swisscharts. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Destiny%27s+Child&titel=Survivor&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ^'Survivor (Album)'. Type 'Survior' in the space for 'title'. http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php.
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