Survivor is the third studio album by American girl group, Destiny's Child. It was first released by Columbia Records on May 1, 2001 in the United States. The album features production by lead singer Beyoncé Knowles and J.R. Rotem, with additional production from Poke & Tone, Cory Rooney and Mark J. Feist. Five singles were released from the album: Independent Women Part I, Survivor, Bootylicious, a cover of Samantha Sang's Emotion and Nasty Girl. In the US, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart on May 19, 2001 with first-week sales of 663,000 copies and stayed at number one for two consecutive weeks. It earned Destiny's Child three Grammy nominations for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, Best R&B Song, and Best R&B Album. Survivor was certified quadruple Platinum by the RIAA on January 7, 2002. Billboard ranked Survivor at number 70 on the magazine's Top 200 Albums of the Decade. The album went on to sell over 4.7 million copies in the United States. With sales over 12 million copies worldwide, it became the biggest-selling album in the 21st century by a girl group, and one of the most successful albums of all time by a girl group.
Tracklist[]
- Independent Women Part I
- Survivor
- Bootylicious
- Nasty Girl
- Fancy
- Apple Pie à la Mode
- Sexy Daddy
- Independent Women Part II
- Happy Face
- Emotion
- Dangerously In Love
- Brown Eyes
- The Story of Beauty
- Gospel Medley (Dedicated to Andretta Tillman)
- Outro (DC-3) Thank You