<Tr> <Th> Past members </Th> <Td> Beyoncé Knowles Kelly Rowland Michelle Williams LaTavia Roberson LeToya Luckett Farrah Franklin </Td> </Tr> <P> Destiny's Child was an American girl group whose final and best - known line - up comprised Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams . Formed in 1997 in Houston, Texas, Destiny's Child members began their musical career as Girl's Tyme, formed in 1990, comprising Knowles, Rowland, LaTavia Roberson, and LeToya Luckett among others . After years of limited success, the quartet were signed in 1997 to Columbia Records and Music World Entertainment as Destiny's Child . Destiny's Child was launched into mainstream recognition following the release of their best - selling second album, The Writing's on the Wall (1999), which contained the number - one singles "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Say My Name". Despite critical and commercial success, the group was plagued by internal conflict and legal turmoil, as Roberson and Luckett attempted to split from the group's manager Mathew Knowles, citing favoritism of Knowles and Rowland . </P> <P> In early 2000, both Roberson and Luckett were replaced with Williams and Farrah Franklin; however, Franklin quit after five months, leaving the group as a trio . Their third album, Survivor (2001), which contains themes the public interpreted as a channel to the group's experience, contains the worldwide hits "Independent Women", "Survivor" and "Bootylicious". In 2002, they announced a hiatus and re-united two years later for the release of their fourth and final studio album, Destiny Fulfilled (2004). </P> <P> Destiny's Child has sold more than sixty million records worldwide to date . Billboard magazine ranks the group as one of the greatest musical trios of all time, the ninth most successful artist / band of the 2000s, placed the group 68th in its All - Time Hot 100 Artists list in 2008 and in December 2016, the magazine ranked them as the 90th most successful dance club artist of all - time . The group was nominated for 14 Grammy Awards, winning twice for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and once for Best R&B Song . </P>

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