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LaTavia Marie Roberson (born November 1, 1981 in Houston, Texas) is an American R&B singer and songwriter, as well as an original member of female group Destiny's Child. Since parting ways with the group, she has ventured into the realm of acting and is currently recording solo material for a possible solo career. She currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... Before you can upload images you will need to register an account Only use this if you hold the copyright on the image. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... â€œHoustonâ€ redirects here. ... Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallasâ€“Fort Worthâ€“Arlington Area Ranked 2nd - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 kmÂ²) - Width 773 miles (1,244 km) - Length 790 miles (1,270 km) - % water 2. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Rhythm and blues (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Pop music (disambiguation). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Destinys Child was an American R&B group. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Girls Tyme was the original group name of the group that became Destinys Child. ... is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... â€œHoustonâ€ redirects here. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Destinys Child was an American R&B group. ... Nickname: Location in Fulton County and the state of Georgia Coordinates: , Country State Counties Fulton, DeKalb Government - Mayor Shirley Franklin (D) Area - City 132. ...

Destiny's Child

At the age of nine, LaTavia and former best friend Beyoncé Knowles formed a group with other local girls, which eventually became Destiny's Child. After singing at local events, they got their break when they entered Star Search. The group, then named "Girl's Tyme", were heartbroken after losing the competition. The group then developed in to a quartet, the members being Beyoncé Knowles, LeToya Luckett, Kelly Rowland, and LaTavia. They also underwent several name changes—Girl's Tyme, the Dolls, Something Fresh, and Cliché—before sticking with Destiny's Child. Graduating from the Houston club scene, the group began opening for such acts as Dru Hill, SWV, and Immature. They were shortly signed to Elektra Records in which LaTavia and Beyoncé made a video for the song "One Time". They were later dropped but Columbia Records signed Destiny's Child again in 1997. Destinys Child was an American R&B group. ... BeyoncÃ© Giselle Knowles (IPA pronunciation: [1]) (born September 4, 1981) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director, actress, dancer, and fashion designer. ... Destinys Child was an American R&B group. ... BeyoncÃ© Giselle Knowles (IPA pronunciation: [1]) (born September 4, 1981) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director, actress, dancer, and fashion designer. ... LeToya Nicole Luckett (born in March 11, 1981), known professionally as LeToya, is an American R&B singer, songwriter. ... Kelly Rowland (born Kelendria Trene Rowland on February 11, 1981) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful R&B girl group Destinys Child, the best-selling female band of all time (according to... Girls Tyme was the original group name of the group that became Destinys Child. ... Dru Hill is an American singing group, most popular during the late 1990s, whose repertoire included R&B, soul, and gospel music. ... SWV, also known as Sisters With Voices, is an American female R&B trio from New York that formed as three school friends in 1990: Cheryl Coko Gamble-Clemons (born June 13, 1974), Tamara Taj Johnson-George (born April 1974), and Leanne Lelee Lyons (born July 17, 1973). ... IMx, formerly known as Immature, is an American hip-hop and R&B boy band. ... Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, and today operates under Atlantic Records Group. ... Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ...

Yet,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. Destinys Child is the debut album released by the same-titled R&B group. ... No, No, No is the debut single by Destinys Child. ... Nelust Wyclef Jean (IPA: ) (born October 17, 1972) is a Haitian-American rapper, guitarist, producer, and member of the hip hop trio The Fugees. ... With Me, the second single in the UK, is a R&B song performed by American group Destinys Child for their debut studio album Destinys Child (1998). ... Why Do Fools Fall in Love is a 1998 romantic drama, written by Tina Andrews and directed by Gregory Nava. ... Get on the Bus was the third single from girl group Destinys Child. ... Timothy Z. Mosley (born March 10, 1971), better known as Timbaland, is an American musical composer and R&B record producer and rapper whose style influenced both genres even helping to blur the distinction between the two, as well as Pop and Dance music. ... TLC was an American music group, whose repertoire spans R&B, hip hop and pop. ... FanMail is the 3rd album released by TLC. FanMail debuted at #1 on the Billboard Charts, where it sat for 5 weeks and the album won the 2000 Grammy Awards Best R&B Album. ... Christina MarÃa Aguilera (born December 18, 1980) is an American [[pop music pop singer, songwriter, video director, and producer. ...

In 1999, Destiny's Child released their second 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'". The Writings on the Wall is the second album released by R&B group Destinys Child and their final release as a quartet. ... Bills, Bills, Bills was the first single from Destinys Childs second album The Writings on the Wall. ... Bug a Boo was the second single from Destinys Childs second album The Writings on the Wall. ... Say My Name is a number-one single by American R&B group Destinys Child for the Columbia label, released in early 2000 (see 2000 in music). ... Alternate Cover Jumpin, Jumpin is a song recorded by Destinys Child. ...

During 2000, in the midst of the success of The Writing's on the Wall, Roberson and member LeToya Luckett tried to make a break with manager Mathew Knowles (Beyoncé Knowles' father) as they believed that he favored Knowles and was retaining too much of the group's profits. The pair said at the time they were only looking to secure outside management, but they soon found themselves on the outs with Knowles. [1] When the "Say My Name" video debuted in February 2000, they were shocked to find themselves replaced by two new members, Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin. LeToya Nicole Luckett (born in March 11, 1981), known professionally as LeToya, is an American R&B singer, songwriter. ... Mathew Knowles is an American record executive and manager. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Farrah Destiny Franklin (born on May 3, 1981 in Fresno, California to an Italian father and an African American mother) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, model and former member of Destinys Child. ...

Roberson and Luckett filed a lawsuit in March 2000 against Mathew Knowles and the group. This began a media battle in which the two sides exchanged barbs in magazine and newspaper interviews. Near the end of 2000, they agreed to a settlement that required them to drop the part of their lawsuit that targeted their former group members (though they retained the suit against Mathew Knowles) and required both sides to stop disparaging each other in public. Image File history File linksMetadata DC_The_Writing's_on_the_Wall_low. ... Image File history File linksMetadata DC_The_Writing's_on_the_Wall_low. ...

When it seemed as if the drama had subsided, shortly following the release of Destiny's Child remix album This Is the Remix in March 2002, Roberson and Lucket filed another suit against Destiny's Child. They claimed that the first single, "Survivor", from Destiny's Child's 2001 album Survivor violated their previous settlement due to its lyrics which they believed to reference the ugly split. The song featured such lyrics as "Now that you out of my life, I'm so much better, You thought that I'd be weak without you, But I'm stronger, You thought that I'd be broke without you, But I'm richer, You thought I wouldn't grow without you, Now I'm wiser, Thought that I'd be helpless without you, But I'm smarter, You thought that I'd be stressed without you, But I'm chillin', You thought I wouldn't sell without you, Sold 9 million". To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Survivor in an R&B song written by American singer-songwriter BeyoncÃ© Knowles, Anthony Dent, and Mathew Knowles for Destinys Childs third studio album Survivor (2001). ... Survivor is an album released by female R&B trio Destinys Child in 2001. ...

Anjel

After several months of media speculation, LeToya and LaTavia 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 with the help of Jagged Edge. Unfortunately the production company which handled the group fell through and all the girls from Anjel went their separate ways. However most of the recorded tracks leaked onto the Internet. The label was 581 Entertainment, ran by Jagged Edge, under So So Def while it was still under Columbia. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Nativida (born Nadia Quinones 16 January 1984) was in a band called Anjel with Tiffany Beaudoin and ex-Destinys Child members LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett. ... Tiffany Beaudoin is a 23 year old Alto vocalist from Houston, Texas. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Jagged Edge are an American R&B singing group that were originally signed through Jermaine Dupris SoSo Def Records to Columbia Records. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Solo career

In July 2006 it was confirmed by LaTavia herself said that she has been secretly recording her debut album on and off since March. So far she has collaborated with producers such as Scott Storch and hopes to work with Houston rappers Mike Jones and Slim Thug in the future, but was quick to point out this is in no way an attempt to recreate the success of former bandmate LeToya Luckett. Scott Spencer Storch (born December 16, 1973) is a Canadian-American[1] entertainer, hip hop, pop, R&B, Reggaeton record producer and an occasional rapper. ...

Currently, she is in the studio working on her self-titled debut that should appear sometime this year, with help from Swizz Beatz, Polow Da Don and Andre 3000 of OutKast. Kasseem Dean (born September 13, 1978) better known by his stage name Swizz Beatz, is a New York-based American hip hop record producer/rapper of Puerto Rican & African American descent. ... Polow da Don (born Polow-Freache Jamal Fincher Jones) is an Atlanta-based music producer who rose to fame in late 2005 and early 2006 through hits singles by artists including Ludacris, Jamie Foxx, Kelly Rowland, Pussycat Dolls, Fergie, and Kelis. ... Andr 3000 (born Andr Benjamin on May 27, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an African American hip hop artist and producer; one half of the successful and avant-garde hip-hop duo OutKast. ... OutKast is a Grammy award winning American hip hop duo based out of East Point, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. ...

Discography (With Destiny's Child)

Discography

Albums

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Singles

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Categories: Articles with unsourced statements since March 2007 | All articles with unsourced statements | 1981 births | Living people | African-American singers | American female singers | American rhythm and blues singers | People from Houston | People from Atlanta | Destiny's Child members | Members of girl groups | Grammy Award winners The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ... Destinys Child was an American R&B group. ... BeyoncÃ© Giselle Knowles (IPA pronunciation: [1]) (born September 4, 1981) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director, actress, dancer, and fashion designer. ... Kelly Rowland (born Kelendria Trene Rowland on February 11, 1981) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful R&B girl group Destinys Child, the best-selling female band of all time (according to... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... LeToya Nicole Luckett (born in March 11, 1981), known professionally as LeToya, is an American R&B singer, songwriter. ... Farrah Destiny Franklin (born on May 3, 1981 in Fresno, California to an Italian father and an African American mother) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, model and former member of Destinys Child. ... The discography of the R&B group Destinys Child. ... Destinys Child is the debut album released by the same-titled R&B group. ... The Writings on the Wall is the second album released by R&B group Destinys Child and their final release as a quartet. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Singles from 8 Days of Christmas Released: 2004 8 Days of Christmas is the fifth album and only Christmas album by Destinys Child, released in the United States in October 2001 (see 2001 in music). ... Alternate cover Single Remix Tracks is the first remix album by R&B group Destinys Child. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Alternative cover Limited edition cover Singles from Destiny Fulfilled Released: November 1, 2004 Released: November 2, 2004 Released: May 3, 2005 Released: July 19, 2005 Destiny Fulfilled is the fourth studio album by American R&B trio Destinys Child. ... #1s is a compilation album released by R&B group Destinys Child. ... This DVD is features the Destinys Childs Greatest Hits Videos from album Destinys Child and The Writings On The Wall No, No, No {Part 1} No, No, No (Part 2) (feat. ... Destinys Child World Tour was filmed during their show at Rotterdam, Holland. ... Destinys Child: Live in Atlanta features Destinys Child performing live in Atlanta, Georgia at Philips Arena on July 15, 2005 during their Destiny Fulfilled. ...

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