Destiny's Child were formed in Houston, TX, in 1990, when original members Beyonc? Knowles and LaTavia Roberson were just nine years old; the two met at an audition and became friends, and Knowles' father Mathew set about developing an act based on their singing and rapping, taking their name from a passage in the Book of Isaiah. Beyonc?'s cousin Kelendria "Kelly" Rowland joined the group in 1992, and shortly thereafter they landed an appearance on Star Search, where they performed a rap song. The quartet's lineup was finalized (for the time being) when LeToya Luckett joined in 1993, and they spent the next few years working their way up from the Houston club scene, eventually opening for artists like SWV, Dru Hill, and Immature. Finally, in 1997, Destiny's Child was offered a recording contract by Columbia.The group made its recorded debut on 1997's "Killing Time," a song included on the soundtrack of the blockbuster Men in Black. Their self-titled debut album was released in early 1998, featuring production by Wyclef Jean and Jermaine Dupri, among others. Its lead single, the Jean-produced "No No No," was a smash hit, selling over a million copies and topping the R&B charts. The follow-up singles -- "With Me" and "Get on the Bus," the latter of which was taken from the soundtrack of Why Do Fools Fall in Love? -- didn't quite duplicate the success of "No No No," although Destiny's Child would eventually go platinum (after the group's later success). Destiny's Child re-entered the studio quickly, bringing in producer Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs to handle the majority of their next record. Lead single "Bills, Bills, Bills" became the group's first number one pop hit (and second R&B number one) in the summer of 1999, and paced by its success, the accompanying album, The Writing's on the Wall, entered the charts at number six upon its release.

The Writing's On The Wall has generated three Top 10 hits on the Billboard R&B singles chart: "Jumpin Jumpin," "Say My Name," and "Bills, Bills, Bills," which spent nine weeks at #1 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart (longer than any other record in the #1 position in 1999). In the summer of 1999, "Bills, Bills, Bills" was the #1 song on R&B radio for four weeks in a row. Both "Bills Bills Bills" and "Say My Name" topped the Hot 100 and the R&B Singles charts. "Jumpin Jumpin," the fourth single from The Writing's On The Wall, has topped the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay and Top 40 Mainstream Airplay charts as well as the SoundScan Dance Maxi-Single Sales chart; the record has achieved Top 10 or better status on the R&B Singles chart, the Top 40 Rhythm Airplay chart, the Hot 100 Singles chart, the Top 40 Mainstream Airplay chart and the Maxi-Single Sales chart. "Bills, Bills, Bills" secured two Grammy nominations for Destiny's Child: Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal and Best R&B Song. "Bills, Bills, Bills" was cowritten, in part, by Destiny's Child's Beyonce Knowles and Kelly Rowland and Kandi Burruss of Xscape. Destiny's Child's videos have become mainstays on MTV and VH1, who featured the group on "Divas 2000: A Tribute To Diana Ross." "Say My Name" won the Best R&B Video Award at the 16th Annual MTV Video Music Awards. Led by founding members Beyonce Knowles and Kelly Rowland, Destiny's Child burst onto the music scene in 1997 with the multi-platinum #1 single, "No, No No," from their self-titled debut album. Michelle Williams joined the group in February 2000. Destiny's Child toured with Christina Aguilera in Summer 2000.

The week of October 24, 2000, Destiny's Child had two singles on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart: "Independent Women Part I" at #9, reaching 65 million listeners & "Jumpin Jumpin" at #5, reaching 75 million listeners. At the end of November 2000, during its fourth straight week at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Destiny's Child's "Independent Women Part I" also reached the largest audience (140.4 million listeners) in the history of monitored airplay, breaking the record set in May 1999 by TLC's "No Scrubs." In December 2000, Destiny's Child won four Billboard Music Awards: Artist Of The Year, Artist Of The Year, Duo/Group, Hot 100 Singles Artist Of The Year and Hot 100 Singles Duo/Group Of The Year. The Billboard Awards honor the year's #1 artists and songs as determined by record sales and radio airplay. Winners were decided by the 2000 year-end charts compiled from Billboard's weekly charts published from December 1999 to December 2000. The trio has been nominated as Favorite Singing Group in the 14th edition of the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. The awards ceremony, to be hosted by Rosie O'Donnell, will be held on April 21, 2001, in Santa Monica, California, and broadcast live on Nickelodeon. Destiny's Child has been nominated in five categories--more than any other of this year's nominees--at the 7th Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Group of the Year; Favorite Group, R&B; Favorite Group, Pop; Favorite Single (for "Say My Name") and Favorite Song from a Movie (for "Independent Women Part I" from Charlie's Angels -- Music From The Motion Picture.) The Blockbuster Entertainment Awards ceremony will be held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on April 11, 2001, and will be televised on FOX. On February 21, 2001, Destiny's Child took home two Grammy Awards: Best R&B Song ("Say My Name") and Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group ("Say My Name"). Destiny's Child were presented the prestigious Sammy Davis, Jr. Award for Entertainer Of The Year at the Soul Train Awards ceremony on February 28, 2001. "Say My Name" earned Destiny's Child the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Duo or Group presented on March 1, 2001