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THE WRITTING'S ON THE WALL More informations about the second Destiny's child album !

THE WRITTING'S ON THE WALL

1. Intro (The Writing's On The Wall)
2. So Good
3. Bills, Bills, Bills
4. Confessions (featuring Missy Elliott)
5. Bug A Boo
6. Temptation
7. Now That She's Gone
8. Where'D You Go
9. Hey Ladies
10. If You Leave (featuring Next)
11. Jumpin', Jumpin'
12. Say My Name
13. She Can't Love You
14. Stay
15. Sweet Sixteen
16. Outro (Amazing Grace...dedicated to Andretta Tillman)

+ Bonus Track for Europe: Get On the Bus (feat. Timbaland)

The Writing's on the Wall is the second album released by the Destiny's Child and their final release as a quartet. The album was released on July 27, 1999 and features the singles "Bills, Bills, Bills", "Say My Name", and "Jumpin, Jumpin".The album went 9x platinum in the U.S. and has sold 13 million worldwide so far It was the biggest selling album of 1999 and 2000 by a female group and won Best R&B/Soul Album of the Year at the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards. In The UK the album's sold over 1,000,000 copies so far.

Singles

Released July 27, 1999 (U.S.)
June 26, 1999 (UK)
Recorded 1998–1999 in Canadian Music Studios Toronto, Ontario
Genre R&B, soul, hip hop
Length 63:54
Label Columbia (CK-69870)
Producer Rodney Jerkins, Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Missy Elliott, Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland

Chart

In the United States the album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 on August 14, 1999 selling over 132,000 copies in its first week. It remained in the Top 20 for most of 1999 and had sold over 1.6 million copies by the end of the year and was certified 2x 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 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 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 spent 99 consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200 (from the summer of 1999 to the spring of 2001) and was certified 9x platinum by the RIAA on November 8, 2001 and has sold over 6.2 million copies in the United States so far. 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 2x platinum by the IFPI in early 2001 in recognition of 2 million albums sold. In Canada the album peaked within the top and was certified 5x platinum (500,000 sales), it was certified 3x platinum in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.

Promotion

In summer 2000 Beyoncé, Kelly, Michelle and former member Farrah hit the road with fellow pop songstress Christina Aguilera on her tour which helped expose them toan even wider pop fan base.During the fall they also toured Europe where The Writing's on the Wall was re-issued with four bonus tracks including their hit single "Independent Women Part 1".

Personnel

Bill Ortiz – trumpet
Daryl Simmons – drum programming, keyboard programming
D'Wayne Wiggins – guitar, producer
Rodney Jerkins – producer
Claudine Pontier – assistant engineer
James Hoover – engineer
Steve Baughman – mixing assistant
Missy Elliott – performer
Jimmy Douglas – engineer
Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander – mixing
Vince Lars – saxophone
Albert Sanchez – photography
Blake Eiseman – engineer
Dexter Simmons – mixing
Brian Springer – engineer
Joey Swails – engineer
Destiny's Child – main performer
Dan Workman – engineer
LaShawn Daniels – vocal producer
Anthony Hardy – producer
Beyoncé Knowles – lead vocals, background vocals
LeToya Luckett – background vocals (lead vocals on "Can't Help Myself")
LaTavia Roberson – background vocals (lead vocals on "Sweet Sixteen" and "Can't Help Myself")
Mathew Knowles – executive producer, mixing
Kelly Rowland – lead vocals, background vocals
Farrah Franklin – background vocals (re-issued version only)
Michelle Williams – background vocals (re-issued version only)
Kenny Stallworth – assistant engineer
Donald "Lenny" Holmes – 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