SURVIVOR (DESTINY'S CHILD ALBUM)

'''Survivor''' is the third studio album by the 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.

Sales 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, which were the highest opening week sales by a girl group and the largest first week in the history of Columbia Records. Within two months of its release the album was certified triple platinum by the RIAA in recognition of three million copied 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 four times 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 nine other countries: 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 two times 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 four times platinum (400,000 copies) in October 2003. In South Africa and the United Kingdom the album was certified three times platinum; it spent four weeks at number one on the UK Albums Chart, and eventually sold 1.02 million copies. The album was certified two times platinum in Australia. ''Survivor'' has sold ten million copies worldwide. A controversal turn the the lyrics "I won't compromise my christianity" Beyonce has worn clothes to the contrary. As well as a sound similar to an orgasm in her music video featuring Sean Paul.
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

Main edition

#"Independent Women Part I"
#"Survivor/Michelle Interlude"
#"Bootylicious"
#"Nasty Girl"
#"Fancy"
#"Apple Pie à la Mode"
#"Sexy Daddy"
#"Independent Women Part II"
#"Happy Face/Kelly Interlude"
#"Emotion"
#"Dangerously in Love"
#"Brown Eyes/Beyoncé Interlude"
#"The Story of Beauty"
#"Gospel Medley: You've Been So Good/Now Behold the Lamb/Jesus Loves Me/Total Praise" (Dedicated to Andretta Tillman)
#"Outro" (DC-3) Thank You

Bonus Tracks

★ "Perfect Man" (Int. bonus track)

★ "Dance with Me" (Int. bonus track)

★ "My Heart Still Beats" (feat. Beyoncé - Int. bonus track)

★ "Survivor" (Maurice's Radio Mix - Japan only bonus track)

Credits

★ 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 ★ Ken 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