Destiny's Child

Destiny's Child is the debut studio album by American R&B group of the same name, released by Columbia Records and Music World Entertainment on February 17, 1998. It features the singles "No, No, No" and "With Me", both of which preceded the album. "Killing Time" was also featured in "Men in Black: The Album" and released as a promotional single in 1997. Prior to release, the album was set to be called "Bridges". The album spent twenty six weeks on the US Billboard 200 chart and peaked at number sixty-seven. To date the album has sold a total of 831,000 copies in America. In the United Kingdom, it reached the top fifty, peaking at number forty-five. It was re-packaged and re-released in several countries after the success of the follow-up album, The Writing's on the Wall (1999). The album was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics, including AllMusic and Rolling Stone, and won a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for Best R&B/Soul Album of the Year. Singles "Killing Time" was the first release of the album, it was featured on the Men In Black film and its accompanying soundtrack, from which it was released as a promotional single for, in 1997. The first official single of the album was "No, No, No" in October 1997, where both Part 1 and Part 2 were released on the radio. It hit the top ten in 5 countries, and it hit #1 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Music videos were made for both versions of the song, both directed by Darren Grant. "With Me" followed as the second single in 1998 as a moderate success, hitting the top 20 in Netherlands and the United Kingdom. A radio-only single in the US, it was not eligible to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but it hit the top 40 in some component charts. A music video for Part I was created, also directed by Darren Grant.