Survivor (Destiny's Child album)

Infobox Album
Name = Survivor
Type = studio
Artist = Destiny's Child


Released = flagicon|POL April 30 2001
May 1, 2001
Recorded = 2000–2001
Genre = Pop, dance-pop, R&B
Length = 52:51
Label = Columbia
CK-61063
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
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1kd5vwxla9lk link]
*"Entertainment Weekly" (B+) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,281193,00.html link]
*"Slant Magazine" Rating|3|5 [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=54 link]
Last album = "The Writing's on the Wall"
(1999)
This album = "Survivor"
(2001)
Next album = ""
(2001)
Misc = Singles
Name = Survivor
Type = studio
single 1 = Independent Women Part 1
single 1 date = October 10, 2000
single 2 = Survivor
single 2 date = February 13, 2001
single 3 = Bootylicious
single 3 date = June 26, 2001
single 4 = Emotion
single 4 date = November 13, 2001
single 5 = Nasty Girl
single 5 date = 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.

ales 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 3x platinum by the RIAA in recognition of three million copies 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 4x 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 2x 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 4x platinum (400,000 copies) in October 2003. In South Africa and the United Kingdom the album was certified 3x platinum; it spent four weeks at number one on the UK Albums Chart, and eventually sold 1.02 million copies. The album was certified 2x 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".

Track listing

# "Independent Women Part 1" (B. Knowles, S. Barnes, C. Rooney, J. C. Olivier) 3:41
# "Survivor" (B. Knowles, A. Dent, M. Knowles) 4:14
# "Bootylicious" (B. Knowles, R. Fusari, F. Moore, S. Nicks) 3:27
# "Nasty Girl" (B. Knowles, A. Dent, M. Bassi N. Hacket) 4:17
# "Fancy" (B. Knowles, D. Wiggins, J. Rotem)
# "Apple Pie á la Mode" (B. Knowles, R. Fusari, F. Moore) 2:58
# "Sexy Daddy" (B. Knowles, D. Elliott) 4:07
# "Independent Women Part 2" (B. Knowles, R. Stewart, E. Seats, B. Knowles, F. Comstock, D. Donaldson) 3:45
# "Happy Face" (R. Fusari, C. Gaines, B. Knowles, B. Lee, F. Moore) 4:30
# "Emotion" (B. Gibb, R. Gibb) 3:56
# "Dangerously in Love" (B. Knowles, E, McCalla Jr.) 5:06
# "Brown Eyes" (W. Afanasieff, B. Knowles) 4:47
# "The Story of Beauty" (B. Knowles, K. Fambro) 3:30
# "Gospel Medley: You've Been So Good/Now Behold the Lamb/Jesus Loves Me/Total Praise" (Dedicated to Andretta Tillman) (B. Knowles, K. Franklin, R. Smallwood) 3:26
# "Outro (DC-3) Thank You" (B. Knowles, K. Rowland, M. Williams, R. Fusari, B. Lee, C. Gaines) 4:01;Bonus Tracks
# "Perfect Man"
# "Dance With Me"
# "My Heart Still Beats" (Feat. Beyoncé)

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
*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

Charts

References

succession box
before = "All for You" by Janet
title = "Billboard" 200 number-one album
years = May 19 – June 1 2001
after = "Lateralus" by Toolsuccession box
before = "Free All Angels" by Ash
"8701" by Usher
title = UK number one album
years = May 12 2001 – May 25 2001
July 28 2001 – August 10 2001
after = "Reveal" by R.E.M.
"White Ladder" by David Gray