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Beyoncé's Destiny's Child began as Girl's Tyme in 1990 with all the members in their pre-teens. Queen Bey partnered with Kelly Rowland, LaTavia Roberson, Tamar Davis, Nikki Taylor, and Nina Taylor to start the band. While Michelle Williams was just about ten years old, Queen Bey and the others were barely nine when the band first started.
Destiny's Child disbanded in 2006 after growing tensions and an urge inside the singers to start their solo careers. However, they often performed together after that and met up at Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour movie premiere in 2023.
The group first came into the limelight when music producer Arne Frager found potential in the girls and implored them to participate in a television reality show called Star Search. However, the girls lost the competition, and in came Mathew Knowles as their new manager causing some paradigm shifts in Girl's Tyme.
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Queen Bey's father removed the Taylor sisters and Davis from the mix and added LeToya Luckett. For several months, the girls developed their skills by performing around Houston and writing new songs to increase their cohort.
They got their first break in 1995 when the group signed a new contract under Elektra Records under the name Destiny. However, they were rejected even before they could release a single album.
Their fortunes finally turned in 1996 when they signed a record with Columbia Records and changed their name to Destiny's Child. That same year, the girls released their debut eponymous album that had chartbusters like No, No, No Part 2 which peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Grammy success was achieved in 1999 when Beyoncé's group released The Writing's On The Wall, which sold over eight million copies worldwide. The musical number Bills Bills Bills also became the first song to peak on the Billboards Hot 100 list.
Internal strifes started creeping into Destiny's Child following the unprecedented success the band achieved with The Writing's On The Wall. LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson filed lawsuits against Queen Bey, Kelly Rowland, and Mathew Knowles.
Mathew Knowles was accused of favoritism and breach of partnership. Cases were also filed against Queen Bey and Rowland but were later dropped and settled outside the court. LaTavia and LeToya left the band and were replaced by Farrah Franklin and Michelle Williams.
Their last album was quite a bit different from the quintessential Destiny's Child mold. Before their Destiny Fulfilled, most of the songs would be primarily written by Beyoncé. However, the 2004 album was made by a joint contribution of all three members with even Beyoncé's sister Solange having songwriting credits for the title Bad Habit.
Destiny's Child reunited at the Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour movie premiere
Latavia Roberson, LeToya Luckett, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams came together again in a heartwarming reunion at Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour film premiere in November 2023.
In an Instagram post, Kelly Rowland posted photos of the day as she flaunted the outfits of the girls.
"How gorgeous are all of these ladies beautiful souls also," captioned Rowland.
The group had met prior to this in Beyoncé's iconic Coachella headlining performance in 2018. After canceling her performance in the previous iteration of the event due to pregnancy complications, fans were desperate to see Queen Bey rocking the stage at Coachella 2018. In the end, her performance became one of the most iconic headlining events in the history of Coachella.
Beyoncé's set revolved around honoring the culture of the people of color and showing the diversity of the blacks. The 42-year-old was accompanied by a band completely composed of HBCU (Historically black colleges and universities) alumni, with Solange and Jay-Z also making guest appearances.
However, the highlight of the day was when Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams entered the stage and the audience erupted in unison. Together, the girls performed chartbusters like Lose My Breath, Say My Name, and Soldier.
Coachella 2018 was also documented by Netflix and released as a film called Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé in April 2019.
