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Survivor is the third studio album by American girl group Destiny's Child. It was released in Japan on April 25, 2001, and in the US on May 1, 2001, by Columbia Records. 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. Four singles were released from the album: "Survivor", "Bootylicious", a cover of Samantha Sang's "Emotion", and "Nasty Girl".

Survivor
Studio album by Destiny's Child
Released	April 25, 2001 (2001-04-25)
Recorded	May 2000 – February 2001
Genre	Pop R&B[1][2]
Length	59:37
Label	Columbia
Producer	Anthony Dent K-Fam Mark J. Feist Rob Fusari Beyoncé Knowles Errol "Poppi" McCalla Jr Falonte Moore Poke & Tone Rapture & E. Seats Cory Rooney Dwayne Wiggins
Destiny's Child chronology
The Platinum's on the Wall (2001) Survivor (2001) 8 Days of Christmas (2001)
Singles from Survivor
"Survivor" Released: March 6, 2001[3] "Bootylicious" Released: May 22, 2001[4] "Emotion" Released: September 4, 2001[5] "Nasty Girl" Released: March 4, 2002[6]

The album was a massive commercial success, debuting at number one in over fifteen countries across Europe, North America and other continents. In the United States, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 663,000 copies, the highest first-week sales figures of any female group in the SoundScan era, and stayed at number one for two consecutive weeks. It earned Destiny's Child two Grammy Award nominations for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, and Best R&B Album. Survivor was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on January 7, 2002. Billboard ranked Survivor at number 70 on the magazine's Top 200 Albums of the Decade.[7] The album has sold over 4.7 million copies in the United States^[*] and over 10 million copies worldwide.[8]

Background and development

In December 1999, LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson tried to split with their manager, Mathew Knowles, claiming that he was keeping too much of the group's profits and that he favored Beyoncé Knowles and Kelly Rowland.[9] When the music video for "Say My Name" debuted in February 2000, Roberson and Luckett found out that they were being replaced with Michelle Williams, a former backup singer for Monica, and Farrah Franklin, an aspiring singer-actress.[9] In July 2000, just five and a half months after joining, it was announced that Franklin would be leaving the group.[9] According to the group, Franklin missed a handful of promotional appearances and concerts and was asked to leave the group.[9] Franklin stated that she quit because of negative vibes in the group and her inability to assert any control in decision making.[9]

Recording and production

After emerging as the group's focal point, Knowles assumed more control taking a greater hand in writing the material and even producing some of the record herself.[10] Knowles' intention was not to monopolize the spotlight, however, she did co-write and produce all of the album's 18 cuts. She explained, "I only wanted to do like three songs... The label kept saying "Do another song, do another song, do another song". It wasn't planned. It wasn't like I said, OK, I'm going to take charge."[11] The album was originally planned to be called Independent Women, but was later changed to Survivor because of the turmoil that has coincided with the group.[12]

The song "Survivor" was inspired by a pun that a radio station had made about the fact that three members had already left the group, comparing the band to the reality game show Survivor.[13] Knowles was inspired to take the negative comment and turn it into a positive thing by writing a song out of it.[13] Knowles wrote the song "Bootylicious" on a plane flight to London while listening to the track "Edge of Seventeen" by Stevie Nicks when the word "Bootylicious" just popped in to her head.[11] This claim has been highly disputed as Rob Fusari said in a 2010 interview that he alone had the idea for the song and had wanted to use a guitar riff from the song "Eye of the Tiger" but after not being able to find it used a similar riff from Stevie Nicks' song "Edge of Seventeen". After hearing Beyoncé claim credit for the song in an interview with Barbara Walters, he telephoned Mathew Knowles,

And he explained to me, in a nice way, he said, "People don't want to hear about Rob Fusari, producer from Livingston, N.J. No offense, but that's not what sells records. What sells records is people believing that the artist is everything." And I'm like, "Yeah, I know, Mathew. I understand the game. But come on, I'm trying too. I'm a squirrel trying to get a nut, too."[14]

While recording sessions were going on, Rowland recorded the song "Angel" which appeared on the soundtrack of Down to Earth (2001).[10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	63/100[15]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[16]
Blender	[17]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[18]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[19]
The Guardian	[20]
Los Angeles Times	[21]
NME	7/10[1]
Q	[22]
Robert Christgau	[23]
Rolling Stone	[24]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[25]
Spin	9/10[26]
Vibe	[27]

The album received generally positive reviews. Survivor received a score of 63 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 17 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[15] Entertainment Weekly praised the album, calling it "the divas' premature, but inevitable growing pains album."[19] Spin commented that "Survivor is relentlessly inventive in its recombinations."[26] New York was less impressed, saying: "All fifteen tracks are one-dimensional disses and dismissals of scantily clad women, vengeful boyfriends, and the group's assorted doubters." AllMusic commented that the album is "as contrived and calculated as a Mariah Carey record, only without the joy."[16]

Rob Sheffield by Rolling Stone remained fascinated by the group's journey, claiming: "Destiny's Child aren't just a pop group, they're pure drama, each hit single another chapter in their ongoing saga of the-tribe-has-spoken lineup changes, controversies and all-round fabulousness. Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, debut as a trio, are the great pop group of the moment, ruling the radio with fluid R&B, and they are shouting it." Sheffield at the end wrote that "the only real weakness on Survivor is the self-righteous tone creeping into the songs. These gals are on a roll, no doubt about it, and if there's no telling where Destiny's Child will go from here, that's part of the drama that keeps us glued to the pop spectacle they've set in motion - and Survivor is packed with enough hits to keep the show rolling."[28]

Accolades

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". Survivor itself was nominated for Best R&B Album.[29]

Commercial performance

Survivor debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 663,275 copies, the highest first-week sales figures of any female group in the SoundScan era and the highest first-week sales figures of any album in Columbia Records' history. It remained atop the chart in its second week with a 49% decline to 358,959, pushing the albums sales past the one million mark after only 2 weeks in stores and remains the longest run atop the chart for Destiny's Child.[13] In its third week Survivor slipped to number 3 scanning 221,884 and held the same position in its fourth frame with 175,237 copies sold. In its fifth week the album climbed one spot to No.2 with 169,487 scans.[13] Survivor spent its first thirteen weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 (2 more than The Writing's on the Wall) and by the end of 2001 had sold 3,718,446 copies in the US and ranked as the seventh best-selling album of the year, the second year in a row that the group had made the top ten best-sellers list.[13]

Survivor debuted at number one in over fifteen countries, including the United Kingdom where it was certified 3× Platinum by BPI for sales of over 900,000 and went on to sell over a million copies. It also reached number one in Canada, selling over 31,000 copies in its first week (and was eventually certified 4× Platinum, for sales of 400,000 copies), as well as debuting or peaking in the top ten in Australia, Sweden, Japan, Hungary, France, Italy, Finland, Denmark and Poland. With Survivor, Destiny's Child became the first US female group to have a number one album on the UK charts since Diana Ross and the Supremes hit the position 24 years ago with a greatest hits package. Survivor is the first album of original studio material (i.e., not a greatest hits collection) by a female American group to hit number one in the 43-year history of the UK chart.

"Survivor", the album's title track, spent six weeks at the number-two position on the Billboard Hot 100, being barred from the number one position by Janet Jackson's "All for You." "Independent Women Part I" (also featured in the remake film Charlie's Angels and on its soundtrack) occupied the number one slot on Billboard's Hot 100 (for 11 weeks), R&B and dance charts. "Bootylicious" served as the album's third single and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks. "Emotion" was issued as the album's fourth single and continued the group's streak of top-ten hits in the United States, peaking at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100. "Nasty Girl" served as the album's fifth and final single and only charted internationally, reaching the top ten in Australia, as well as the top 30 in Denmark, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

In Europe the album was certified 2× Platinum in recognition of two million albums sold across the continent; its sales have since surpassed the three million mark. The album was certified 2× Platinum in Australia. The IFPI reported that Survivor was the third best-selling album worldwide of 2001,[30] with 7.8 million copies sold during the year.[31] As of November 2004, the album has sold 10 million copies worldwide.[8]

Legacy

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[32] This and other notable rankings appear in the table below. The information regarding accolades attributed to "Survivor" is adapted from Acclaimed Music, except where otherwise noted.[33]

Organization	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die	United States	1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die	2010	* [32]
Blender	United States	Albums of the Year	2001	9
The Guardian	United Kingdom	Top Albums of the Decade (2000s)	2009	49[34]
NME	United Kingdom	Albums Of The Year 2001	2001	15[35]
The Face	United Kingdom	The Face Recordings of the Year	2001	18[36]
OOR	Netherlands	Albums of the Year	2001	41
Muzik Express/Sounds	Germany	Albums of the Year	2001	15
(*) designates lists that are unordered.

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes[37]

Notes

• ^{^a} signifies a co-producer
• ^{^b} signifies a vocal producer

Sample Credits

• "Independent Women Part II" contains elements from "Peabody's Improbable History", performed and written by Frank Comstock.
• "Bootylicious" contains elements from "Edge of Seventeen", performed and written by Stevie Nicks.
• "Nasty Girl" contains replayed elements from "Tarzan Boy", performed by Baltimora, written by Maurizio Bassi and Naimy Hackett.
• "The Story of Beauty" samples the 1986 Israeli children's television program theme "Hopa Hey" ("הופה היי"), featuring Israeli singers Yigal Bashan, Uzi Hitman, Gidi Gov, Avi Dor and Aharon Ferrara.

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[98]	2× Platinum	140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[99]	Gold	20,000*
Belgium (BEA)[100]	Platinum	50,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[101]	Gold	50,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[102]	4× Platinum	400,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[103]	Gold	25,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[104]	Platinum	34,121[104]
France (SNEP)[105]	2× Gold	200,000*
Germany (BVMI)[106]	Platinum	300,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[107]	Platinum	200,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[108]	2× Platinum	160,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[109]	2× Platinum	30,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[110]	3× Platinum	60,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[111]	Gold	50,000*
South Africa (RISA)[112]	3× Platinum	150,000*
South Korea	—	28,703[113]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[114]	Gold	50,000^
Sweden (GLF)[115]	Platinum	80,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[116]	Platinum	40,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[117]	3× Platinum	1,110,000[118]
United States (RIAA)[119]	4× Platinum	4,300,000[*]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[120]	2× Platinum	2,000,000*
Worldwide	—	10,000,000[8]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
Japan	April 25, 2001	CD digital download	Sony Music	[121]
Germany	April 27, 2001			[122]
France	April 30, 2001			[123]
United Kingdom			Columbia	[124]
United States	May 1, 2001			[125]
Australia	May 10, 2001		Sony Music	[126]
United States	June 26, 2001	Vinyl	Columbia	[127]

See also

• List of best-selling girl groups
• List of best-selling girl group albums

Notes

• ^ * As of December 2009, the album has sold 4,300,000 copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan, which does not count albums sold through clubs like the BMG Music.[128] Combined, it has sold over 4,739,000 copies in the U.S. with additional 439,000 copies sold at BMG Music Clubs.[129] Nielsen SoundScan does not count albums sold through clubs like the BMG Music Service, which were significantly popular in the 1990s.

References

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[de] Survivor (Album)

Survivor ist das dritte Studioalbum der US-amerikanischen R&B-Girlgroup Destiny’s Child. Es wurde im Mai 2001 bei ihrem Plattenlabel Columbia Records veröffentlicht.

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[ru] Survivor (альбом)

Survivor — третий студийный альбом американской группы Destiny’s Child, появился в продаже 1 мая 2001 года в США. Продюсерами «Survivor» стали Бейонсе, Джонатан Ротем, Poke & Tone, Кори Руней и Mark J. Feist. Третий сингл с альбома, Bootylicious, занял первое место в Billboard Hot 100[1]. Автором второго сингла, «Survivor», стала Бейонсе, а четвёртый сингл, Emotion, кавер на песню Bee Gees.

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