Destiny's Child Biography, Destiny's Child Music, Destiny's Child News, Destiny's Child Photos and more - KeepVid Music Artist NEWS Destiny's Child rose to become one of the most popular female R&B groups of the late '90s, eventually rivaling even TLC in terms of blockbuster commercial success. Their accomplishments came in spite of several abrupt personnel changes, which were accompanied by heated, well-publicized feuds in the media and the courts. In fact, for a time, Destiny's Child were known for that drama just as much as their music. Once the group stabilized again, though, they emerged with even more hitmaking power than ever before. Destiny's Child were formed in Houston, Texas, in 1990, when original members Beyoncé Knowles and LaTavia Roberson were just nine years old; the two met at an audition and became friends, and Knowles' father Mathew set about developing an act based on their singing and rapping, taking their name from a passage in the Book of Isaiah. Beyoncé's cousin Kelendria "Kelly" Rowland joined the group in 1992, and shortly thereafter they landed an appearance on Star Search, where they performed a rap song.

The quartet's lineup was finalized (for the time being) when LeToya Luckett joined in 1993, and they spent the next few years working their way up from the Houston club scene, eventually opening for artists like SWV, Dru Hill, and Immature. Finally, in 1997, Destiny's Child were offered a recording contract by Columbia. The group made its recorded debut on 1997's "Killing Time," a song included on the soundtrack of the blockbuster Men in Black. Their self-titled debut album was released in early 1998, featuring production by Wyclef Jean and Jermaine Dupri, among others. Its lead single, the Jean-produced "No No No," was a smash hit, selling over a million copies and topping the R&B charts. The follow-up singles -- "With Me" and "Get on the Bus," the latter of which was taken from the soundtrack of Why Do Fools Fall in Love? -- didn't quite duplicate the success of "No No No," although Destiny's Child would eventually go platinum (after the group's later success).

Destiny's Child reentered the studio quickly, bringing in producer Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs to handle the majority of their next record. Lead single "Bills, Bills, Bills" became the group's first number one pop hit (and second R&B number one) in the summer of 1999 and, paced by its success, the accompanying album, The Writing's on the Wall, entered the charts at number six upon its release. That was just the beginning of the group's breakout success. The second single, "Bug a Boo," didn't perform as well, but the third single, "Say My Name," was another massive hit, their biggest so far; it hit number one on both the pop and R&B charts for three weeks apiece in early 2000, and made Destiny's Child a pop-cultural phenomenon. However, at the peak of "Say My Name"'s popularity, the group splintered. In December 1999, Roberson and Luckett attempted to split with manager Mathew Knowles, charging that he kept a disproportionate share of the band's profits, attempted to exert too much control, and unfairly favored his daughter and niece.

While they never intended to leave the group, relations naturally grew strained, and when the video for "Say My Name" premiered in February 2000, many fans (not to mention Roberson and Luckett) were surprised to find two new members -- Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin -- joining Knowles and Rowland. Infuriated, Roberson and Luckett took legal action in March, suing both Knowles and their former bandmates for breach of partnership and fiduciary duties. A war of words followed in the press; meanwhile, the next Destiny's Child single, "Jumpin' Jumpin'," hit the Top Ten, and The Writing's on the Wall went on to sell a whopping eight million copies. The personnel-turnover drama still wasn't over; in July 2000, just five months after joining, Farrah Franklin split with the group. The official reason was that Franklin missed several promotional appearances and concert gigs, although in later interviews she spoke of too much negativity and too little control in the group environment. Now reduced to a trio, Destiny's Child was tapped to record the theme song for the film version of Charlie's Angels; released as a single in October, "Independent Women, Pt.

1" raced up the charts and spent an astounding 11 weeks at number one. Destiny's Child were now indisputable superstars, the biggest female R&B group on the scene, and they quickly began work on a new album to capitalize. In the meantime, toward the end of 2000, Roberson and Luckett dropped the portion of their lawsuit aimed at Rowland and Knowles in exchange for a settlement, though they continued to pursue action against Knowles' father; as part of the agreement, both sides were prohibited from ripping each other publicly. Beyoncé had long since emerged as the group's focal point, and on the third Destiny's Child album, she assumed more control than ever before, taking a greater hand in writing the material and even producing some of the record herself. While recording sessions were going on, Rowland released the first Destiny's Child solo track; "Angel" appeared on the soundtrack of Chris Rock's Down to Earth. Former members Roberson and Luckett also announced the formation of a trio called, coincidentally, Angel, and Farrah Franklin set about starting a solo career.

Survivor -- whose title was reportedly inspired by a DJ's crack about Destiny's Child members voting one another off the island, much like the popular CBS reality series -- hit stores in the spring of 2001, and entered the charts at number one. The first two singles, "Survivor" and "Bootylicious," were predictably huge hits, with the latter becoming the group's fourth number one pop single. A cover of Andy Gibb's "Emotion" was also successful, albeit less so, and Survivor sold well -- over four million copies -- but not as well as its predecessor. Toward the end of the year, the group released a holiday album, 8 Days of Christmas, and announced plans for a series of side projects, including solo albums from all three members (to be staggered over the next year and a half, so as to avoid competition). In early 2002, shortly after This Is the Remix was released to tide fans over, Roberson and Luckett sued the group again, claiming that some of the lyrics in "Survivor" made reference to them (in violation of the earlier lawsuit settlement).

The first Destiny's Child solo album, Michelle Williams' all-gospel project Heart to Yours, was released in April and featured a duet with gospel legend Shirley Caesar. Meanwhile, Beyoncé won a leading role opposite Mike Myers in the third Austin Powers film, Goldmember, playing blaxploitation-style heroine Foxy Cleopatra; her first solo single, the Neptunes-produced "Work It Out," appeared on the soundtrack, and her full solo album, Dangerously in Love, became a huge hit upon release in mid-2003. Despite much critical speculation, the trio reunited the following year and released Destiny Fulfilled in November 2004. In October 2005, the #1's compilation was issued, followed by the Live in Atlanta DVD and CD sets in 2006 and 2007. The members continued solo careers. Rowland had considerable success with Ms. Kelly and Here I Am, both of which reached the Top Ten. Meanwhile, Beyoncé, who married Jay-Z in 2008, solidified her status as the planet's biggest pop star with the platinum albums B'day, I Am...Sasha Fierce, and 4.

The group reunited in 2012 to record a new song, the Pharrell-produced "Nuclear," for the Love Songs compilation, which was released in January 2013 -- just prior to their halftime performance at Super Bowl XLVII. Destiny's Child was an American R&B girl group whose final and best-known line-up comprised Beyonc Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams. Formed in 1990 in Houston, Texas, Destiny's Child members began their musical endeavors as Girl's Tyme comprising, among others, Knowles, Rowland, LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett. After years of limited success, they were signed in 1996 to Columbia Records as Destiny's Child. Destiny's Child was launched into mainstream recognition following the 1999 release of their best-selling second album, The Writing's on the Wall, 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.nBoth Roberson and Luckett were soon replaced with Williams and Farrah Franklin; however, in 2000, Franklin left, leaving the group as a trio. Their third album, Survivor, 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). Destiny's Child has sold more than 60 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, and placed the group 68th in its All-Time Hot 100 Artists list in 2008.

The Biz With D: Interview w/ LaTavia Roberson x Lyrica Anderson x Wonder Broz 04/17 by My Fierce Wings Radio | Music Podcasts Lyrica Anderson LaTavia Marie Roberson is a 2x Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter-actress respectfully known as an original member of super girl-group Destiny's Child. An entertainment industry veteran since childhood, LaTavia landed her first national campaign as the face of [girl's hair product brand] "Just For Me" at age 8! That same year she became fast friends with a young Beyoncé Knowles whom she'd met during auditions for an all girl ensemble forming in Houston, TX. After both girls made the cut, they were encouraged to invite friends to rehearsals for additional tryouts. Overhearing her classmate Kelendria [Rowland] singing a Whitney Houston tune one day, found a wide eyed LaTavia instantly encouraging her friend to audition. Several months later Beyoncé extended similar invitations to her classmate Letoya Luckett, and the rest became history.

As the ensemble developed quite a bit of evolution followed: lineup, moniker and management changes eventually morphed the group into a foursome the world would come to know as Destiny's Child. The girl’s years of hard work and determination paid off in the form a major record deal with Sony/Columbia Records. Destiny’s Child’s first 2 albums earned LaTavia extensive singer/songwriter credits & garnered #1 hits like “Bills, Bills, Bills" & "Say My Name". LaTavia is now currently an new cast member for "R&B Divas: Atlanta. LeToya Luckett 08-28-09 | Black America Web LeToya Luckett 08-28-09 Continue reading LeToya Luckett 08-28-09 LeToya Luckett 08-28-09 04.13.2012 - <a href="" target="_blank">Letoya Luckett</a> talks with TJMS about being one of the stars of For Richer For Poorer, premiering Saturday, April 14th on GMC-TV. Watch her past In Studio Jam!

LeToya Nicole Luckett, professionally known as LeToya, is a two-time Grammy Award-winning American R&B singer, songwriter and entrepreneur. She is an original member of the R&B group, Destiny's Child, and has since pursued a successful solo career, topped the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. Luckett was born in Houston, Texas and grew up singing in her local church, Brentwood Baptist Church. Her father, a singer, spread the word of his daughter's talent. Luckett had the opportunity to sing her first church solo at the age of five. "The lady just gave me the mic one Sunday and I sang", she recalls. Shortly thereafter, she joined the children's choir and began performing in plays at her elementary school, where she met Beyoncé Knowles.

[ione_amazon_mp3 id="V20070822%2FUS%2Fblaameweb-20%2F8014%2Fe352b841-021e-43e1-bee7-09ee7be0f48c"] In 1993, Luckett joined the group, Destiny's Child alongside Knowles, Kelly Rowland and LaTavia Roberson. Graduating from the Houston club scene, the group began opening for such acts as Dru Hill, S.W.V. and Immature. Columbia Records signed Destiny's Child in 1997. In 1998, Destiny's Child released their self-titled debut album, "Destiny's Child", which included the singles "No, No, No" featuring Wyclef Jean and "With Me". They were also featured on the "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" soundtrack with the song, "Get on the Bus", featuring Tim Mosley (aka Timbaland), which was released as a single in Europe.

"Destiny's Child" toured as an opening act on TLC's "Fanmail Tour" and Christina Aguilera's debut tour. In 1999, "Destiny's Child" released their sophomore album, "The Writing's on the Wall". It became one of the biggest selling albums released by a female group and was certified eight-times platinum in the U.S. The album included four hit singles, "Bills, Bills, Bills", "Bug a Boo", "Say My Name" and "Jumpin' Jumpin'". During 2000, in the midst of the success of "The Writing's on the Wall", Luckett and fellow member LaTavia Roberson tried to make a break with their manager by writing a letter stating "they wanted an additional business manager since they felt they were losing communication with Mathew Knowles (Beyoncé Knowles' father)". The pair said at the time they were only looking to secure outside management, but they soon found themselves on the outs with the Knowles family. When the "Say My Name" music video debuted in February 2000, they were shocked to find themselves replaced by two new members, Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin.

After several months of media speculation, LeToya and LaTavia Roberson began auditioning young women for a new female R&B quartet. Naty Quinones and Tiffany Beaudoin made the cut. The group, "Anjel", recorded a 22-song demo in Atlanta. The production company which handled the group fell through and all the members of "Anjel" went their separate ways. In 2003, Luckett decided to pursue a solo career and signed with Capitol Records. She immediately began working on her debut solo album and, in 2004, she released her first track, "You Got What I Need", a promo single available exclusively on vinyl. Her self-titled debut album, "LeToya", was released on July 25, 2006. On the issue dated August 12, 2006, Luckett's debut album, "LeToya", debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200. As of December 2006, the album had been certified platinum, having shipped over 1,000,000 copies.

Her official first single, "Torn", was a ballad produced by Teddy Bishop. The song has reached number two on Billboard magazine's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, number thirty-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, number one on BET's 106 & Park countdown, and also number one on Urban Mediabase. Her second single, "She Don't", premiered on BET's "Access Granted" on July, 2006 and was a moderate success reaching number seventeen on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. 04.13.2012 – Letoya Luckett talks with TJMS about being one of the stars of For Richer For Poorer, premiering Saturday, April 14th on GMC-TV. Watch her past In Studio Jam! LeToya Nicole Luckett, professionally known as LeToya, is a two-time Grammy Award-winning American R&B singer, songwriter and entrepreneur. She is an original member of the R&B group, Destiny’s Child, and has since pursued a successful solo career, topped the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart and has been certified platinum by the RIAA.

Luckett was born in Houston, Texas and grew up singing in her local church, Brentwood Baptist Church. Her father, a singer, spread the word of his daughter’s talent. Luckett had the opportunity to sing her first church solo at the age of five. “The lady just gave me the mic one Sunday and I sang”, she recalls. Shortly thereafter, she joined the children’s choir and began performing in plays at her elementary school, where she met Beyoncé Knowles. In 1993, Luckett joined the group, Destiny’s Child alongside Knowles, Kelly Rowland and LaTavia Roberson. Graduating from the Houston club scene, the group began opening for such acts as Dru Hill, S.W.V. and Immature. Columbia Records signed Destiny’s Child in 1997. In 1998, Destiny’s Child released their self-titled debut album, “Destiny’s Child”, which included the singles “No, No, No” featuring Wyclef Jean and “With Me”.

They were also featured on the “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” soundtrack with the song, “Get on the Bus”, featuring Tim Mosley (aka Timbaland), which was released as a single in Europe. “Destiny’s Child” toured as an opening act on TLC’s “Fanmail Tour” and Christina Aguilera’s debut tour. In 1999, “Destiny’s Child” released their sophomore album, “The Writing’s on the Wall”. It became one of the biggest selling albums released by a female group and was certified eight-times platinum in the U.S. The album included four hit singles, “Bills, Bills, Bills”, “Bug a Boo”, “Say My Name” and “Jumpin’ Jumpin'”. During 2000, in the midst of the success of “The Writing’s on the Wall”, Luckett and fellow member LaTavia Roberson tried to make a break with their manager by writing a letter stating “they wanted an additional business manager since they felt they were losing communication with Mathew Knowles (Beyoncé Knowles’ father)”.

The pair said at the time they were only looking to secure outside management, but they soon found themselves on the outs with the Knowles family. When the “Say My Name” music video debuted in February 2000, they were shocked to find themselves replaced by two new members, Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin. After several months of media speculation, LeToya and LaTavia Roberson began auditioning young women for a new female R&B quartet. Naty Quinones and Tiffany Beaudoin made the cut. The group, “Anjel”, recorded a 22-song demo in Atlanta. The production company which handled the group fell through and all the members of “Anjel” went their separate ways. In 2003, Luckett decided to pursue a solo career and signed with Capitol Records. She immediately began working on her debut solo album and, in 2004, she released her first track, “You Got What I Need”, a promo single available exclusively on vinyl. Her self-titled debut album, “LeToya”, was released on July 25, 2006.

On the issue dated August 12, 2006, Luckett’s debut album, “LeToya”, debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200. As of December 2006, the album had been certified platinum, having shipped over 1,000,000 copies. Her official first single, “Torn”, was a ballad produced by Teddy Bishop. The song has reached number two on Billboard magazine’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, number thirty-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, number one on BET’s 106 & Park countdown, and also number one on Urban Mediabase. Her second single, “She Don’t”, premiered on BET’s “Access Granted” on July, 2006 and was a moderate success reaching number seventeen on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Related Latavia Roberson | The Luckey Star The Luckey Star Posted by According to MyFox Houston , Mother B is getting a monument in her honor that is set to be completed by September 4 (her birthday) and the gag is, she is not behind the project.

A trio of partners is working on the plan and they are seeking private donations to fund the monument. Armdeonce Ventures CEO Marcus Mitchell said, “We wanted to construct, like, a massive hall so as the doors open, if you donated to the monument, you’ll have a separate nameplate. There will be clips of Beyonce with Destiny’s Child and wardrobe like a mini museum.” So it’s like a Beyonce shrine, where fans can be a part of it. The backers of this idea hope to have the monument put in place by Sept. 4, which would be Bey’s 31st birthday. Information about exactly where this Beyonce place of worship would be located and what the layout and floorplan would be like was not immediately clear. It could end up being a pipe dream or a new tourist attraction. Posted by Rehearsals around the clock, high-pressure shows in giant stadiums, teenage hormones going crazy… it’s no wonder 16-year-old Kelly Rowland had the ­occasional ­meltdown.

The tears fell hard when manager Matthew ­Knowles, father of bandmate Beyonce, tore into her after a Destiny’s Child show where she had faltered during a dance routine he had drilled into “his” girls. “Where were you tonight, Kelly?” he bawled at her after a gig in Atlanta in 1997. “I watched you mess up 12 dance steps.” LaTavia Roberson, Kelly’s childhood friend and a founder member of the all-girl ­supergroup, recalls: “Matthew did not mince his words and it can be tough to take that kind of criticism when you are a little girl. We would try not to let it break us. “But Kelly was the sensitive one, and sometimes she would go to her room and cry.” Now 30, Kelly Rowland is queen of all she ­surveys… singer, dancer, songwriter, model and now X Factor judge. Her debut on British TV has been a triumph as she oozes confidence and class. She has come a long way from the young girl torn off a strip that night in Atlanta – and her personal fortune is now ­estimated at £12million.

LaTavia, now 29, says: “It’s ­ ­amazing how well Kelly has done since then. She has really ­blossomed and for me it has been fantastic to watch her become this strong, ­independent woman. “She is an inspiration to anyone, and I am honoured to call her my friend.” Today she reveals how she ­regrets losing her place in Destiny’s Child just as they were making it big in 1999 with hit singles Bills, Bills, Bills and Say My Name. She says she and original fourth member LeToya ­Luckett were both forced out after they sent a dis­gruntled letter to manager ­Matthew. Now she wishes she had ­discussed her feelings with Kelly and Beyonce beforegoing ahead but says she was too young to realise how serious the repercussions might be. The two girls lost their dream and Destiny’s Child went on to become one of the most successful girl bands in the world, selling 40 million records then launching successful solo careers. Today Latavia has a unique insight into Kelly’s struggle for success. They first met at school in Houston, Texas, at the age of nine, when Latavia was already friends with ­Beyonce.

She recalls when they were young children: “I would go to Kelly’s house to play. She was just as sweet as pie. Her mother worked as a nanny and eventually started working for my aunt, so they ­became like part of my family. “Beyonce would come over to Kelly’s house and we would go swimming, build tents, read magazines. We would play Barbies all the time. Kelly loved Whitney Houston and would sing her songs. I was like, ‘Hey, I’m in a band, you should come over and rehearse’. She came to Beyonce’s house to audition for her parents and the rest is history. ” The band were initially called Girl’s Tyme and the original line-up was completed when ­Beyonce met LeToya at her school. They changed their name to Destiny’s Child in 1993 and were subject from the start to a strict training regime as ­Beyonce’s dad tried to break them into the ­music business.

Matthew Knowles quit his job with a pharm­aceutical company to become their full-time ­manager and Latavia says he acted like an army drill sergeant, making them sing as they jogged in the park and rehearse dance routines in the ­family living room for hours on end. They even held joint prayer sessions to ask God to help them get the record deal they craved so much. It was like the famously regimented childhood of the Jackson Five. “We used to call him Joe Jackson,” says Latavia. “It’s not like he beat us with his belt or anything, but he was very strict. Beyonce was the only one brave enough to stand up to him.” “We worked really hard. It was ­rehearse, rehearse, ­rehearse. It would be the four of us and he was like a drill sergeant. When summertime came he would start a camp at his house in Houston. “He would make us wake up early in the ­morning and take us to Herman Park. There was a three-and-a-half mile track and we would sing while we jogged around it. Then we would go to the house and ­rehearse. “That’s what our days consisted of, seven days a week.

Looking back, working that hard did cost us our childhood. But at the time we were just focused on living out our dreams.” In 1996 Knowles asked the parents of the other three girls if he could ­become their guardian. The mothers of LaTavia and LeToya refused, but Kelly’s mother, who ran out on her drunk, abusive husband when Kelly was just three, agreed. From then on, she lived with the Knowles family in a cramped, two-bedroom ­apartment. LaTavia says: ­“Matthew and Tina would share one room and Beyonce, her sister Solange and Kelly would share the other. They had two single beds with pull-outs underneath. Looking back, it must have been ­stressful for the family.” LaTavia reveals how they were so ­determined to make it big that they used to stand in a circle and pray that they would get a recording ­contract. In 1997, their prayers were answered. “We were flown to New York for an audition and signed with Columbia records almost the same day,” she says. Destiny’s Child joined another all-girl band, TLC, on the road, and released their first hit single, No, No, No.

“Being on tour was very intense,” says LaTavia. “We were girls, we were going through puberty. Hormones were crazy. The schedule would be challenging… late nights and early days. “We always switched who was sharing rooms. One week I would be with Beyonce, the next with Kelly, then LeToya. Kelly was always very sweet. She was kinda shy, especially when she was younger. I am not going to say that Kelly had bad self-esteem, but she was timid. She was definitely the quiet one of the four of us. “LeToya was the jokester, I was the sassy one, Beyonce was the mamma and Kelly the sensitive one. Watching movies, she’d be the first to cry.” LaTavia reveals how she and LeToya began to have “serious issues” with ­their manager. “Things seemed unfair,” she says. “Beyonce and Kelly had cars. I’m not saying pay cheques were any ­different, but Matthew used to say a lot of crazy things like, ‘Y’all should be glad I’m giving you money’.

“We were happy for Matthew to stay on as manager, but we wanted another manager to work with him.” So LaTavia and LeToya wrote their fateful ­letter to Knowles expressing their concerns. The next thing they knew, says LaTavia, they were out. But they didn’t find out until they saw the video for Say My Name with two new girls in their places. They officially left Destiny’s Child in ­December 1999, when they were just 18. “My one regret is that I should have spoken to Beyonce and Kelly before I sent the letter,” says LaTavia. “That is the one thing I would have done different. I would have gone to my sisters and discussed it with them. After that, we didn’t speak for many years.” Her dreams of stardom crushed, LaTavia became an alcoholic and in 2006 went to jail having failed a drugs test while still on probation for a driving offence. But following a stint in rehab, she has now got her life back on track and plans to open a lingerie business. She has nothing but ­positive memories of her former ­bandmates.

“I saw Beyonce in 2003 and we just hugged and talked… it was so emotional,” she says. “I spoke to Kelly last year and I asked her, ‘Do you understand why we did what we did?’ She said, ‘Oh gosh, yes’. And that was enough for me. “I am convinced that if it was not for Matthew Knowles we would still be ­together as a band.” But she says: “We’ll always be sisters. Nothing can take that away from us.” Letoya Luckett - Watch Movies & TV-Shows with Letoya Luckett on 1ChannelMovie Real Name: LeToya Nicole Luckett Birth Place: Houston, Texas, USA Birth Date: March 11, 1981 Occupation: Actress, Soundtrack Letoya Luckett Biography LeToya Nicole Luckett, professionally known as LeToya, is a two-time Grammy Award-winning American R&B singer, songwriter and entrepreneur. She is an original member of R&B group Destiny's Child and has since pursued a successful solo career, topped the U.S.

Billboard 200 albums chart and has been certified platinum by the RIAA.Luckett was born in Houston, Texas and grew up singing in her local church Brentwood Baptist Church. Her father, a singer, spread the word of his daughter's talent. Luckett had the opportunity to sing her first church solo at the age of five. "The lady just gave me the mic one Sunday and I sang", she recalls. Shortly thereafter, she joined the children's choir and began performing in plays at her elementary school, where she met Beyoncé Knowles.In 1993, Luckett joined the group Destiny's Child alongside Knowles, Kelly Rowland and LaTavia Roberson. Graduating from the Houston club scene, the group began opening for such acts as Dru Hill, SWV, and Immature. Columbia Records signed Destiny's Child in 1997.In 1998, Destiny's Child released their self-titled debut album Destiny's Child, which includes the singles "No, No, No" featuring Wyclef Jean and "With Me".

They were also featured on the Why Do Fools Fall in Love soundtrack with the song "Get on the Bus" featuring Timbaland, which was released as a single in Europe. Destiny's Child toured as an opening act on TLC's Fanmail Tour and Christina Aguilera's debut tour.In 1999, Destiny's Child released their sophomore album, The Writing's on the Wall. It became one of the biggest selling albums released by a female group and was certified eight-times platinum in the U.S. The album includes four hit singles, "Bills, Bills, Bills", "Bug a Boo", "Say My Name" and "Jumpin' Jumpin'".During 2000, in the midst of the success of The Writing's on the Wall, Luckett and member LaTavia Roberson tried to make a break with their manager by writing a letter stating "they wanted an additional business manager since they felt they were losing communication with Mathew Knowles (Beyoncé Knowles' father)". The pair said at the time they were only looking to secure outside management, but they soon found themselves on the outs with Knowles family.

When the "Say My Name" music video debuted in February 2000, they were shocked to find themselves replaced by two new members, Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin.After several months of media speculation, LeToya and LaTavia Roberson began auditioning young women for a new female R&B quartet. Naty Quinones and Tiffany Beaudoin made the cut. The group, Anjel recorded a 22-song demo in Atlanta. The production company which handled the group fell through and all the members of Anjel went their separate ways.In 2003, Luckett decided to pursue a solo career and signed with Capitol Records. She immediately began working on her debut solo album and in 2004 she released her first track "You Got What I Need", a promo single available exclusively on vinyl.Her self-titled debut album, LeToya, was released on July 25, 2006.On the issue dated August 12, 2006, Luckett's debut album LeToya debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200.

As of December 2006, the album had been certified platinum, having shipped over 1,000,000 copies.Her official first single, "Torn", was a ballad produced by Teddy Bishop. The song has reached number two on Billboard magazine's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, number thirty-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, number one on BET's 106 & Park countdown, and also number one on Urban Mediabase. Her second single "She Don't" premiered on BET's Access Granted July, 2006 and was a moderate success reaching number seventeen on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Letoya Luckett Movies / TV-Shows Beyoncé Knowles biography, birth date, birth place and pictures Email Print Beyoncé Giselle Knowles , best known as Beyonce, born September 4, 1981 in Houston, Texas, United States is an African-American pop singer. By age 21, Beyoncé Knowles had become a pop culture icon as the lead singer of Destiny's Child and an actress in MTV Networks' Carmen: A Hip Hopera and the Mike Meyers film Austin Powers in Goldmember.

Her career began at age nine. "I've had the responsibility since I was fifteen of someone who is twenty-five or thirty, so now I have a lot of pressure," she told Paul Fischer of the Film Monthly Web site in July, 2002, "I employ a lot of people, I make a lot of adult decisions, and that has forced me to grow up a little faster." Success with Destiny's Child Knowles's father, Matthew, worked as a medical equipment salesman and her mother, Tina, owned and operated a hair salon. As a child in Houston, Knowles appeared regularly in local talent shows and beauty pageants. In 1990, at age nine, Knowles started performing as part of a singing and rapping duo with LaTavia Roberson, whom she met at an audition. In 1992, they added Kelendria "Kelly" Rowland, a school friend of Knowles. The trio spent their summer vacations practicing their act for up to five hours at a time and started to make the rounds of national auditions. They appeared on the television talent showcase Star Search, though they did not win.

In 1993 LeToya Luckett rounded out the group and the quartet began performing under the name Destiny's Child, with Knowles singing most of the leads. Matthew Knowles quit his day job and became the group's full-time manager and Destiny's Child became a popular opening act in Houston. In 1995 the group landed a recording contract with Elektra Records, but never released an album. The following year, Destiny's Child signed with Columbia Records and began to record tracks for its debut, self-titled album. Destiny's Child contained the No. 1 rhythm and blues and top-five pop hit "No, No, No," and the album eventually sold more than 1 million copies in the United States after its release in 1998. Its second album, The Writing's on the Wall, in 1999 made Destiny's Child into the most popular female vocal act in the country. The singles "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Say My Name" both hit No. 1 on the pop chart and the album eventually sold more than eight million copies.

"Say My Name" earned the group two Grammy Awards, at the 2000 ceremony, for best R&B song and best R&B performance by a duo or group. Soon after The Writing's on the Wall was released, Luckett and Roberson left the group, alleging that Matthew Knowles was favoring his daughter, with the agenda of making her a solo star. One replacement singer, Farrah Franklin, briefly joined the lineup while another, Michelle Williams, became a permanent part of the group, now performing as a trio. "We tried everything," Beyoncé Knowles, said of the controversy to Lucy O'Brien of Q in November, 2000, "Counseling with our church, our youth pastor. Rotating rooms. But it was two and two. Our vision of the group was different from theirs." She added, "It was a stressful time for Kelly and I. We were very depressed and hurt." In a profile by Jon Bream of the Minneapolis Star Tribune in September, 2000, Knowles was optimistic. "Controversy sells albums. If we didn't have the talent to back up the drama, we wouldn't be here.

We are stronger than ever--spiritually, mentally, and vocally." Carmen: A Hip Hopera The furor did not hurt sales of the group's third album, Survivor, which made its debut at No. 1 in May, 2001, and sold more than 4 million copies. That month, Knowles made her acting debut in the MTV production of Carmen: A Hip Hopera, playing the title role in an updated version of the opera by Georges Bizet. Andrew Druckenbrod of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called Knowles "as seductive a Carmen as you will ever see," while Aïda Mashaka Croal of the Africana Web site labeled her performance "irresistibly packaged. . . . I pity the young boys who are surely watching." Austin Powers in Goldmember Knowles then played Foxxy Cleopatra, a 1970s private investigator, in Austin Powers in Goldmember, with Mike Meyers. As Knowles told Michael Beach of the Adelaide, Australia Advertiser in September, 2002, she was "very, very scared" to take on a role in a sequel to two successful movies. "I don't know anything about anything yet.

But they made me feel comfortable. I didn't try to act like I knew what I was doing. I was just honest and I got through it." Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Knowles's sweetness plays nicely against the badass swagger of her talk and the fabulousness of her wardrobe and 'dos." Knowles began work on her next acting role, opposite Academy Award-winning actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. in the romantic musical-comedy The Fighting Temptations, scheduled for release in 2003. Meanwhile, Knowles and rap star Jay-Z released a duet, "Bonnie and Clyde," as the first single to Jay-Z's album, Blueprint II: The Gift and The Curse. Dangerously in Love, Knowles' debut solo album, appeared in June of 2003 and went multi-platinum, making her a superstar. The album, its singles, and its videos won her two MTV Music Awards in 2003 and five Grammies the following year.

She had become a superstar in her own right, continuing her acting career, dating Jay-Z, and signing a licensing agreement in early 2005 with the Tarrant Apparel Group for the clothing line she and her mother had created, The House of Dereon. Yet in 2004, Destiny's Child defied the critics who speculated they would break up by releasing a new album, Destiny Fulfilled. Knowles also recorded duets with Stevie Wonder and Slim Thug, winning a Grammy for the former and an MTV Video Music Award for the latter in 2006. Next, Knowles starred in The Pink Panther, released in February. Her second solo album, B'Day, hit stores in September. And at Christmastime, she starred alongside Eddie Murphy and Jamie Foxx in the musical Dreamgirls, playing the lead singer of the Dreamettes, a fictional 1960s pop vocal group resembling the Supremes. As 2007 began, with Dreamgirls in theaters and songs from B'Day, on the airwaves, Knowles was holding onto her status as the queen of R&B and translating it into Hollywood stardom.

That year, she won the Grammy Award for best contemporary R&B album, for B'Day. In 2009, Knowles released the album I Am... Sasha Fierce. On her Web site, she explained that the name refers to her imaginary alter ego: "I have someone else that takes over when it's time for me to work and when I'm on stage... that kind of protects me and who I really am." She added "Sasha Fierce is the fun, more sensual, more aggressive, more outspoken side and more glamorous side that comes out when I'm working and when I'm on the stage." Listeners evidently liked that fun, glamorous persona because by the end of June, 2009, the album had sold 4 million copies worldwide. However, Knowles was not about to rest on her success; she still wanted to grow as a musician and performer.

She wrote on her Web site, "Even though I've been very successful and very fortunate, I want to still be challenged and still be nervous and still be anxious about all the things that make my career exciting." September 13, 2009: Beyonce won the Video Music Award for Video of the Year Moonman, for Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It). January 31, 2010: Beyonce broke the record for the most Grammy Awards earned by a female performer in a single night; the star won a total of 6 trophies, including Song of the Year. January 31, 2010: Beyonce won six Grammy Awards, including best female pop vocal performance for ôHalo,ö best traditional R&B vocal performance for ôAt Last,ö best contemporary R&B album for I Am... Sasha Fierce, best female R&B vocal performance, best R&B song, and a shared award for song of the year, all for ôSingle Ladies (Put A Ring On It).ö Source: 52nd Annual Grammy Awards June 6, 2010: Beyonce won the MTV Movie Award for best fight (vs.

Ali Larter) for Obsessed. AWARDS Grammy Award, Recording Academy, Best R&B Song, 2000, for "Say My Name"; Grammy Award, Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group, 2000, for "Say My Name"; MTV Video Music Award, Best R&B Video, 2000, for "Say My Name"; Billboard Music Award, Artist of the Year, 2000; Billboard Music Award, Artist of the Year, Duo or Group, 2000; Billboard Music Award, Hot 100 Singles Artist of the Year, 2000; Billboard Music Award, Hot 100 Singles Duo/Group of the Year, 2000; NAACP Image Award, Outstanding Duro or Group, 2000, for The Writing's on the Wall; Sammy Davis, Jr.

Award, Entertainer of the Year, Soul Train Awards, 2001; American Society of Composers, Artists, and Performers, Songwriter of the Year Award, 2002; MTV Video Music Awards, MTV, for best female video and best choreography in a video, for "Crazy In Love," 2003; People's Choice Award, best female musical performer (shared with Faith Hill), 2004; .

Grammy Awards for best R&B song and best rap/sung collaboration for "Crazy in Love," best female R&B performance for "Dangerously in Love," best contemporary R&B album for Dangerously in Love and best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals for "The Closer I Get To You," with Luther Vandross, 2003; Radio Music Award, Top 40 artist of the year, 2004; Grammy Award for best R&B performance by a duo with vocals for "So Amazing" with Stevie Wonder, 2006; MTV Video Award for best R&B video for Check on It with Slim Thug, 2006; MTV Video Award for best R&B video, 2006; Grammy Award for best contemporary R&B album, 2007 (for B'Day); BET Awards for best video and best R&B female artist, both 2007 (for B'Day); International Artist Award, American Music Awards(for B'Day), 2007. * Albums with Destiny's Child * The Writing's on the Wall, Columbia, 1999. * Survivor, Columbia, 2001.

* 8 Days of Christmas, Columbia, 2001. * Destiny Fulfilled, Columbia, 2004. * Dangerously In Love, Columbia, 2003. * B'Day, Columbia, 2006. * I Am ... Sasha Fierce, Columbia, 2008. * 4, 2011 Letoya Luckett Speaking Fee & Booking Agent Contact Fee Range: Call for Booking Fee Travels From: Available Upon Request Available For: Corporate Appearances, Speaking Engagements, Autograph Signings, Endorsements, Meet & Greets and Keynote Speeches Letoya Luckett Booking Agent Information Contact Celebrity Talent Promotions now at 1-888-752-3532 to book Letoya Luckett for a guest appearance, motivational keynote speech, grand opening, autograph signing, product announcement, employee gathering, endorsement or speaking engagement. Our booking agents work on your behalf to get your organization the best price for your desired celebrity. Booking agents at Celebrity Talent Promotions can assist with booking speakers such as Letoya Luckett for speaking engagements or appearances.

Our agents have years of experience booking Actors, Musician, TV Personalities and can provide availability, fees and all costs associated with hiring Letoya Luckett for your next corporate event. If your company is interested in finding out booking fees and availability for Letoya Luckett call us at 1.888.752.3532. Letoya Luckett Biography LeToya Nicole Luckett (born March 11, 1981), known professionally as LeToya, is an American R&B singer-songwriter and actress. She was a member of the R&B group Destiny’s Child, with whom she won two Grammy Awards and released many successful commercial recordings. After signing a ... >>Read More LeToya Nicole Luckett (born March 11, 1981), known professionally as LeToya, is an American R&B singer-songwriter and actress. She was a member of the R&B group Destiny’s Child, with whom she won two Grammy Awards and released many successful commercial recordings. After signing a record deal with Capitol Records, she’s been having a successful solo career. Her solo debut album, LeToya (2006), topped the U.S.

Billboard 200 albums chart in July 2006 and was certified platinum by the RIAA in December 2006. The single, “Torn”, achieved records on BET’s top ten countdown show 106 & Park. She was also named “One of the Best New Artists of 2006” by AOL and the “Top Songwriter of 2006” by ASCAP. Luckett released a second solo album Lady Love on August 25, 2009 which debuted at #1 on the U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and #12 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. Luckett is also making a name for herself as an actress. She was the star of the movie Preacher’s Kid. She’s part of the cast of Killers and From The Rough and has a recurring role on the second season of HBO series Treme. Early life and career beginnings LeToya Nicole Luckett was born March 11, 1981 in Houston, Texas. Luckett grew up singing in her local Brentwood Baptist Church. She also had vocal lessons to become an opera singer.

Her father, who was also a singer, was very proud of his daughter’s vocal talents and tried to promote her in the music business. Luckett is the eldest of two children; she has a younger brother Gavin. Luckett was given the opportunity to sing her first church solo at the age of five (5). “The lady just gave me the mic one Sunday and I sang”, she recalled.Shortly thereafter, she joined the children’s choir and began performing in plays at her elementary school. One day, she walked to her desk in class to find a girl sitting in her seat. Luckett asked her teacher to remove the girl from her assigned seat, who turned out to be BeyoncÃ© Knowles. They later became friends, and she was invited to join Latavia and BeyoncÃ©’s singing group. Destiny’s Child Main article: Destiny’s Child In 1993, LeToya Luckett joined BeyoncÃ© Knowles, LaTavia Roberson, and Kelly Rowland to complete the Houston-based R&B group, Destiny’s Child.

After being signed and later dropped by Elektra Records, the group eventually signed with Columbia Records in 1997, but not before signing with Mathew Knowles as their official manager. According to the E! Television Special, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Knowles forced the girls to sign with him before they could sign with the label. LeToya’s mother requested the contracts be reviewed by an attorney, but Knowles denied the request. However, Luckett eventually signed with him and joined the group. After graduating from the Houston club scene, the group began opening for masive acts such as Dru Hill, SWV, and Immature, and released their 1998 self-titled debut album Destiny’s Child. The album spawned two singles: the platinum “No, No, No Part II” (featuring Wyclef Jean) and “With Me”. The group was featured on the Why Do Fools Fall in Love soundtrack with the song “Get on the Bus” (featuring Timbaland), and later toured as an opening act on TLC’s “Fanmail Tour” and Christina Aguilera’s debut tour. In 1999, the group released their second album, The Writing’s on the Wall.

The album became one of the biggest selling albums released by a female group, and was certified eight times platinum in the USA. The album spawned four hit singles: “Bills, Bills, Bills”, “Bug a Boo”, “Say My Name” and “Jumpin’ Jumpin'”. In late 1999, in the midst of the group’s rising success, Luckett and Roberson sent a letter to their management stating they wanted their own manager because of the increasing lack of communication from the group’s manager Mathew Knowles (who is also BeyoncÃ© Knowles’ father). The pair said they never wanted to fire Knowles, but they did want to secure outside management to represent them fairly. Soon after, Luckett and Roberson found themselves on the outs with Knowles family and the group they helped create. When the “Say My Name” music video debuted in February 2000, they were shocked to find themselves replaced by two new members, Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin. Luckett and Roberson filed a lawsuit against Matthew Knowles, BeyoncÃ© Knowles and Kelly Rowland, charging them with breach of partnership and fiduciary duties, and sought unspecified damages.

Luckett and Roberson withdrew the case against BeyoncÃ© and Kelly, but continued to sue Matthew Knowles. The case was eventually settled, with Luckett and Roberson continuing to receive royalties from their contributions as founding members of the group. When it seemed as if the drama had subsided, shortly following the release of Destiny’s Child’s Survivor, Luckett and Roberson filed another lawsuit against the group in March 2002. They claimed that the album’s lead single, “Survivor”, violated their previous settlement due to its lyrics, which they believed to reference the ugly split. Life after Destiny’s Child After several months of media speculation, it was announced via the MTV News website that Luckett and Roberson had created a new group called Anjel. After several auditions, Naty Quinones and Tiffany Beaudoin were selected as members. The group recorded a twenty-two-song demo in Atlanta, Georgia, with the help of R&B group Jagged Edge.The group also appeared in Jagged Edge’s video for “Where the Party at remix”. Unfortunately their production company (581 Entertainment) which handled the group fell through, and all the members of Anjel went on to pursue solo projects.

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Posted by Rehearsals around the clock, high-pressure shows in giant stadiums, teenage hormones going crazy… it’s no wonder 16-year-old Kelly Rowland had the ­occasional ­meltdown. The tears fell hard when manager Matthew ­Knowles, father of bandmate Beyonce, tore into her after a Destiny’s Child show where she had faltered during a dance routine he had drilled into “his” girls. “Where were you tonight, Kelly?” he bawled at her after a gig in Atlanta in 1997. “I watched you mess up 12 dance steps.” LaTavia Roberson, Kelly’s childhood friend and a founder member of the all-girl ­supergroup, recalls: “Matthew did not mince his words and it can be tough to take that kind of criticism when you are a little girl. We would try not to let it break us. “But Kelly was the sensitive one, and sometimes she would go to her room and cry.” Now 30, Kelly Rowland is queen of all she ­surveys… singer, dancer, songwriter, model and now X Factor judge. Her debut on British TV has been a triumph as she oozes confidence and class.

She has come a long way from the young girl torn off a strip that night in Atlanta – and her personal fortune is now ­estimated at £12million. LaTavia, now 29, says: “It’s ­ ­amazing how well Kelly has done since then. She has really ­blossomed and for me it has been fantastic to watch her become this strong, ­independent woman. “She is an inspiration to anyone, and I am honoured to call her my friend.” Today she reveals how she ­regrets losing her place in Destiny’s Child just as they were making it big in 1999 with hit singles Bills, Bills, Bills and Say My Name. She says she and original fourth member LeToya ­Luckett were both forced out after they sent a dis­gruntled letter to manager ­Matthew. Now she wishes she had ­discussed her feelings with Kelly and Beyonce beforegoing ahead but says she was too young to realise how serious the repercussions might be. The two girls lost their dream and Destiny’s Child went on to become one of the most successful girl bands in the world, selling 40 million records then launching successful solo careers.

Today Latavia has a unique insight into Kelly’s struggle for success. They first met at school in Houston, Texas, at the age of nine, when Latavia was already friends with ­Beyonce. She recalls when they were young children: “I would go to Kelly’s house to play. She was just as sweet as pie. Her mother worked as a nanny and eventually started working for my aunt, so they ­became like part of my family. “Beyonce would come over to Kelly’s house and we would go swimming, build tents, read magazines. We would play Barbies all the time. Kelly loved Whitney Houston and would sing her songs. I was like, ‘Hey, I’m in a band, you should come over and rehearse’. She came to Beyonce’s house to audition for her parents and the rest is history. ” The band were initially called Girl’s Tyme and the original line-up was completed when ­Beyonce met LeToya at her school. They changed their name to Destiny’s Child in 1993 and were subject from the start to a strict training regime as ­Beyonce’s dad tried to break them into the ­music business.

Matthew Knowles quit his job with a pharm­aceutical company to become their full-time ­manager and Latavia says he acted like an army drill sergeant, making them sing as they jogged in the park and rehearse dance routines in the ­family living room for hours on end. They even held joint prayer sessions to ask God to help them get the record deal they craved so much. It was like the famously regimented childhood of the Jackson Five. “We used to call him Joe Jackson,” says Latavia. “It’s not like he beat us with his belt or anything, but he was very strict. Beyonce was the only one brave enough to stand up to him.” “We worked really hard. It was ­rehearse, rehearse, ­rehearse. It would be the four of us and he was like a drill sergeant. When summertime came he would start a camp at his house in Houston. “He would make us wake up early in the ­morning and take us to Herman Park. There was a three-and-a-half mile track and we would sing while we jogged around it. Then we would go to the house and ­rehearse. “That’s what our days consisted of, seven days a week.

Looking back, working that hard did cost us our childhood. But at the time we were just focused on living out our dreams.” In 1996 Knowles asked the parents of the other three girls if he could ­become their guardian. The mothers of LaTavia and LeToya refused, but Kelly’s mother, who ran out on her drunk, abusive husband when Kelly was just three, agreed. From then on, she lived with the Knowles family in a cramped, two-bedroom ­apartment. LaTavia says: ­“Matthew and Tina would share one room and Beyonce, her sister Solange and Kelly would share the other. They had two single beds with pull-outs underneath. Looking back, it must have been ­stressful for the family.” LaTavia reveals how they were so ­determined to make it big that they used to stand in a circle and pray that they would get a recording ­contract. In 1997, their prayers were answered. “We were flown to New York for an audition and signed with Columbia records almost the same day,” she says. Destiny’s Child joined another all-girl band, TLC, on the road, and released their first hit single, No, No, No.

“Being on tour was very intense,” says LaTavia. “We were girls, we were going through puberty. Hormones were crazy. The schedule would be challenging… late nights and early days. “We always switched who was sharing rooms. One week I would be with Beyonce, the next with Kelly, then LeToya. Kelly was always very sweet. She was kinda shy, especially when she was younger. I am not going to say that Kelly had bad self-esteem, but she was timid. She was definitely the quiet one of the four of us. “LeToya was the jokester, I was the sassy one, Beyonce was the mamma and Kelly the sensitive one. Watching movies, she’d be the first to cry.” LaTavia reveals how she and LeToya began to have “serious issues” with ­their manager. “Things seemed unfair,” she says. “Beyonce and Kelly had cars. I’m not saying pay cheques were any ­different, but Matthew used to say a lot of crazy things like, ‘Y’all should be glad I’m giving you money’.

“We were happy for Matthew to stay on as manager, but we wanted another manager to work with him.” So LaTavia and LeToya wrote their fateful ­letter to Knowles expressing their concerns. The next thing they knew, says LaTavia, they were out. But they didn’t find out until they saw the video for Say My Name with two new girls in their places. They officially left Destiny’s Child in ­December 1999, when they were just 18. “My one regret is that I should have spoken to Beyonce and Kelly before I sent the letter,” says LaTavia. “That is the one thing I would have done different. I would have gone to my sisters and discussed it with them. After that, we didn’t speak for many years.” Her dreams of stardom crushed, LaTavia became an alcoholic and in 2006 went to jail having failed a drugs test while still on probation for a driving offence. But following a stint in rehab, she has now got her life back on track and plans to open a lingerie business. She has nothing but ­positive memories of her former ­bandmates.

“I saw Beyonce in 2003 and we just hugged and talked… it was so emotional,” she says. “I spoke to Kelly last year and I asked her, ‘Do you understand why we did what we did?’ She said, ‘Oh gosh, yes’. And that was enough for me. “I am convinced that if it was not for Matthew Knowles we would still be ­together as a band.” But she says: “We’ll always be sisters. Nothing can take that away from us.”

Question: When they had hits with "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Say My Name", Beyonc Knowles, Kelly Rowland, LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett were known as what?
Answer: Destiny's Child