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About||other uses|The writing on the wall (disambiguation)italic titleInfobox album| Name = The Writing's on the Wall| Type = studio| Artist = Destiny's Child | Cover = DC The Writing's on the Wall low.jpg| Released = Start date|1999|7|27| Recorded = October 1998–April 1999| Genre = Contemporary R& B|R& B , hip hop music|hip hop | Length = 64:52| Label = Columbia Records|Columbia | Producer = Jovonn Alexander, Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs , D-Major, Chad "Dr. Cuess" Elliot, Missy Elliott , Donald Holmes, Anthony Hardy, Oshea Hunter, Rodney Jerkins , K-Fam, Beyoncé Knowles , Daryl Simmons, Platinum Status, Chris Stokes (record producer)|Chris Stokes , Gerard Thomas, D'wayne Wiggins , Kandi Burruss | Last album = '' Destiny's Child (album)|Destiny's Child (1998) | This album = 'The Writing's on the Wall (1999) | Next album = '' Survivor (Destiny's Child album)|Survivor (2001) | Misc =Singles| Name = The Writing's on the Wall| Type = studio| Single 1 = Get on the Bus (song)|Get on the Bus | Single 1 date = February 23, 1999| Single 2 = Bills, Bills, Bills | Single 2 date = June 15, 1999| Single 3 = Bug a Boo | Single 3 date = September 25, 1999| Single 4 = Say My Name | Single 4 date = January 14, 2000| Single 5 = Jumpin', Jumpin'|Jumpin, Jumpin | Single 5 date = July 18, 2000 'The Writing's on the Wall ' is the second album by United States|American girl group Destiny's Child , released on July 27, 1999 in the United States . The album featured production from Missy Elliott , Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs , Rodney Jerkins , and Beyoncé among others and featured guest appearances from Missy Elliott and R& B trio (music)|trio Next (band)|Next . ''The Writing's on The Wall'' spawned four singles, including the number one-hits " Bills, Bills, Bills ", " Say My Name ", " Jumpin', Jumpin'|Jumpin, Jumpin " and " Bug a Boo ". This is the last album with the group's original line-up.
The album saw the group taking creative control from writing and Record producer|producing their own tracks working closely with producer Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs and singer-songwriter Xscape (band)|Xscape member Kandi Burruss . "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Bug a Boo" were among the first songs written and produced by the group.
The album debut at number six on the Billboard 200| Billboard 200 chart on August 14, 1999 with first-week sales of 132,000 units and later peaked at number five on May 6, 2000. It earned Destiny's Child six Grammy Award|Grammy nominations for Grammy Award for Best R& B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R& B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals (twice), Grammy Award for Best R& B Song|Best R& B Song (twice), Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year . and Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year . ''The Writing's on the Wall'' was certified 8× Music recording sales certifications|Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA on November 6, 2001. The album has sold over 12 million copies worldwide.cite web|url= http://www.vagalume.com.br/especiais/disco-a-disco-beyoncedestinys-child.html |title=Disco a Disco - Beyoncé/Destiny's Child |publisher=Vagalume.com.br |date= |accessdate=2011-02-20cite web|url= http://www.musicstarx.net/biography/biography-destinys-child/|title=Destiny's Child Biography and Sales
Billboard (magazine)|Billboard magazine ranked ''The Writing's on the Wall'' at number 39 on the magazine's Top 200 Albums of the Decade.cite web|url= http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-decade-end/billboard-200-albums? year=2009& begin=181& order=position|title=Best of the 2000s - Billboard 200 Albums|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|accessdate=December 16, 2009
Chart performance
Album ratings| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = Rating|4|5cite web|url=Allmusic|class=album|id=r425330|pure_url=yes |title=|title=allmusic ((( The Writing's on the Wall > Overview )))|publisher= Allmusic . Rovi Corporation |last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|accessdate=January 4, 2012 | rev2 = Entertainment Weekly | rev2Score = (B)cite web|url= http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,272373,00.html |title=Music Review - The Writing's on the Wall (1999) - Destiny's Child|work= Entertainment Weekly |publisher= Time Inc.|Time Inc |first=Rob|last=Brunner|date=July 16, 1999|accessdate=January 4, 2012 In the United States the album debuted at #6 on the Billboard 200| Billboard 200 on August 14, 1999 selling over 132,000 copies in its first week and slipped to #10 the following week with 100,000 copies. It remained in the Top 40 for most of 1999 and had sold over 1.6 million copies by the end of the year according to Nielsen SoundScan and was certified 2× platinum in January, 2000. Nine months after its release ''The Writing's on the Wall , following the huge success of its third single, the Billboard Hot 100| Billboard Hot 100 number one "Say My Name", returned to the top ten peaking at #5 on May 5, 2000. During its first year on the chart it spent 47 out of 52 weeks in the Top 40 (including 11 weeks in the Top 10) or better and was the tenth best-selling album of the year 2000 selling 3.8 million copies during the year. The Writing's on the Wall'' enjoyed its best week of sales more than one year after its release when it sold over 163,000 units during Christmas week 2000, and by the release of the group's third album Survivor it had scanned 5.8 million in the U.S and shipped over 7,000,000. ''The Writing's on the Wall spent 99 consecutive weeks on the Billboard'' 200 (from the summer of 1999 to the spring of 2001) and has been certified eight-time platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on November 8, 2001 and has sold over 6.3 million copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan and over 700,000 at BMG's Music Club.
Worldwide ''The Writing's on the Wall'' was a similarly huge hit and became one of the best-selling R& B albums of all-time. It achieved gold, platinum and multi-platinum status across Europe and was certified 2× platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI in early 2001 in recognition of 2 million albums sold. In Canada the album peaked within the top and was certified 5× platinum (500,000 sales), it was certified 3× platinum in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia. The album has sold over 13 million copies worldwide.cite web|url= http://www.vagalume.com.br/especiais/disco-a-disco-beyoncedestinys-child.html |title=Disco a Disco - Beyoncé/Destiny's Child |publisher=Vagalume.com.br |date= |accessdate=2011-02-20cite web|url= http://www.musicstarx.net/biography/biography-destinys-child/|title=Destiny's Child Biography and Sales
Track listing
# "Intro (The Writing's on the Wall)" ( Beyoncé Knowles , LaTavia Roberson , Kelly Rowland , LeToya Luckett ) – 2:05 # "So Good" ( Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs , Kandi Burruss , B. Knowles, L. Luckett, L. Roberson, K. Rowland) – 3:13 # " Bills, Bills, Bills " (E. Phillips, Kandi, B. Knowles, L. Luckett, K. Rowland, L.Roberson) – 4:16 # "Confessions" (featuring Missy Elliott ) (M. Elliott, D. Holmes, G. Thomas) – 4:57 # " Bug a Boo " (K. Briggs, Kandi, B. Knowles, L. Luckett, L. Roberson, K. Rowland) – 3:32 # "Temptation" (Dwayne Wiggins, C. Wheeler, A. Ray, B. Knowles, K. Rowland, L. Luckett, L. Roberson) – 4:05 # "Now That She's Gone" (Chris Valentine, K. Fambro, D. Boynton, T. Geter, L. Simmons, A. Simmons) – 5:35 # "Where'd You Go" (P. Status, C. Stokes, L. Roberson, L. Luckett, K. Rowland, B. Knowles) – 4:15 # "Hey Ladies" (K. Briggs, Kandi, B. Knowles, L. Luckett, L. Roberson, K. Rowland) – 4:16 # "If You Leave" (featuring Next (band)|Next ) (T. Turman, R. L. Hugger, C. Elliot, O. Hunter) – 4:35 # " Jumpin', Jumpin'|Jumpin, Jumpin " (R. Moore, Chad Elliot, B. Knowles) – 3:50 # " Say My Name " ( Rodney Jerkins , Fred Jerkins III , LaShawn Daniels , B. Knowles, L. Luckett, K. Rowland, L. Roberson) – 4:31 # "She Can't Love You" (K. Briggs, Kandi, B. Knowles, L. Luckett, K. Rowland, L. Roberson) – 4:04 # "Stay" (Darryl Simmons) – 4:51 # "Sweet Sixteen" (D. Wiggins, J. Watley, B. Knowles, K. Rowland) – 4:12 # "Outro" ( Amazing Grace ... Dedicated to Andretta Tillman) ( John Newton ) – 2:38 tracklist| collapsed=yes | headline = International edition COL 494394 2 The Vinyl Classics German special edition (Vinyl Classics) | writing_credits = yes | title17 = Get on the Bus (song)|Get on the Bus | note17 = featuring Timbaland | writer17 = M. Elliott, Tim Mosley | length17 = 4:44
tracklist| collapsed=yes | headline = Australian edition | writing_credits = yes | title17 = Get on the Bus (song)|Get on the Bus | note17 = featuring Timbaland | writer17 = M. Elliott, Tim Mosley | length17 = 4:44 | title18 = No, No, No (Destiny's Child song)|No, No, No Part 1 | note18 = music videocite web|url= http://www.discogs.com/Destinys-Child-The-Writings-On-The-Wall/release/803439 |title=Destiny's Child - The Writing's On The Wall (CD, Album) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2011-02-20 | writer18 = | length18 =
tracklist| collapsed=yes | headline = EU limited platinum edition bonus CD http://www.discogs.com/Destinys-Child-The-Writings-On-The-Wall/release/2006743 Destiny's Child The Writing's On The Wall BELGIUM PLATINUM EDITION (4943946) | writing_credits = yes | title1 = Bills, Bills, Bills | note1 = Remix) (featuring Sporty Thievz | writer1 = | length1 = 4:00 | title2 = No, No, No (Destiny's Child song)|No, No, No Part 2 | note2 = featuring Wyclef Jean | writer2 = Robert Fusari, Calvin Gaines, Mary Brown, Vincent Herbert | length2 = 3:33 | title3 = Say My Name | note3 = Timbaland remix | writer3 = F. Jerkins III, T. Mosely, R. Jerkins, L. Luckett, L. Daniels, B. Knowles, L. Roberson, K. Rowland, S. Garrett | length3 = 7:33
tracklist| collapsed=yes | headline = UK limited edition bonus CD European re-release COL 494394 5 http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp? catalogid=170648 Destiny's Child The Writing's On The Wall UK DOUBLE CD (170648) | writing_credits = yes | title17 = Independent Women|Independent Women Part I | note17 = Pasadena Remix | writer17 = B. Knowles, Sam Barnes, Cory Rooney, Jean-Claude Olivier | length17 = 3:42 | title18 = Independent Women Part II | writer18 = B. Knowles, Rapture Stewart, Eric Seats, Frank Comstock, David Donaldson | length18 = 3:46 | title19 = 8 Days of Christmas | writer19 = Errol McCalla, B. Knowles | length19 = 3:31 | title20 = No, No, No (Destiny's Child song)|No, No, No Part 2 | note20 = featuring Wyclef Jean | writer20 = R. Fusari, C. Gaines, M. Brown, V. Herbert | length20 = 3:28
Michelle Williams – background vocals (re-issued version only on UK Limited Edition Bonus CD "Independent Women Part I & II")
Farrah Franklin - background vocals (re-issued version only on UK Limited Edition Bonus CD "Independent Women Part I & II")
Kenny Stallworth – assistant engineer
Donald "Lenny" Holmes – producer
K-Fam – producer
Gerard Thomas – producer
Chris Bell – engineer
Brad Gildem – engineer
Jean Marie Hurout – engineer, mixing
Kevin "Shekspere" Briggs – producer
Kevin "KD" Davis – mixing
Tara Geter Tillman – background vocals
Mike Calderon – engineer
Jon Gass – engineer
Thom "TK" Kidd – engineer
Tony Williams – drum programming
Vernon J. Mungo - engineer
col-end
Charts
Chart (1999)
Provider
Peak position
Certification
Australian Australian Recording Industry Association
Australian Recording Industry Association
2
3× Platinum (210,000)
Austrian Albums Chart
Media Control Charts
18
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Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart
Ultratop
8
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Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chartcite web
19
Canada Top 50 Albums
Canadian Recording Industry Association
2
5× Platinum (500,000)
Danish Albums Chart
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16
Gold (30,000)
Dutch Albums Chart
MegaCharts
3
2× Platinum (160,000)
Finnish Albums Chart
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15
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French Albums Chart
SNEP/ IFOP
32
Gold (150,000)
German Albums Chart
Media Control Charts
21cite web
Gold (250,000)
Japanese Albums Chartcite web
Oricon
33
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New Zealand Albums Chart
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
6
3× Platinum (45,000)
Norwegian Albums Chart
VG Nett
6
Gold (30,000)
Swedish Albums Chart
GLF
21
Gold (50,000)
Swiss Albums Chart
Media Control
23
Gold (45,000)
UK Albums Chart
British Phonographic Industry
10
3× Platinum (900,000)
U.S. Billboard 200
Billboard (magazine)
5
8× Platinum (8,000,000)
U.S. Top R& B/ Hip-Hop Albums
2
References
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