Destiny's Child

Destiny's Child is an American pop group. Originally a duo and later a quartet, the group eventually became a trio, whose members are Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. According to the World Music Awards, they are the Best-Selling Female Group of All Time http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/01/AR2005090100233.html. On June 12, 2005 the group announced on tour in Barcelona that they would no longer perform together, instead pursuing individual careers in music, theater, television and film.

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On June 13, 2005, it was announced the group will disband after their world tour ends in the fall of 2005. http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/13/music.destinys.child.ap/index.html It was decided that the split would occur after the very last concert in Vancouver, Canada. The group first appeared on MTV's Total Request Live on June 21, 2005 to officially confirm their split. Their management decided to document their final tour for a special farewell DVD. The group will release their greatests hits album, #1's on October 25 http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1510101/09212005/destinys_child.jhtml?headlines=truehttp://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001179263, which includes three new songs. One of the new songs is titled Stand Up For Lovehttp://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1509765/20050916/destinys_child.jhtml?headlines=true. Lyrically the song is the anthem for World Children's Day, but relates to troubled times such as third world poverty, Hurricane Katrina, and the late 2004 Tsunami. The video for "Stand up for love" will be Destiny's Child last single.

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June 13 - 2005 - Vancouver, Canada - #1's - Stand Up For Love

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Beyoncé has several individual projects lined up including her starring role in the Dreamgirls movie as well as music for the soundtrack of that movie and the upcoming Pink Panther remake movie. Pink Panther is due to be released February 2006, whilst Dreamgirls is due for release late 2006 (filming begins in December 2005). Beyonce's singing can also be heard on forthcoming music projects including her duet with Soul legend Stevie Wonder on So Amazing: An All Star Tribute to Luther Vandross and her cover of Rose Royce's classic "Wishing on a star" featured on the soundtrack to the film Roll Bounce. Beyonce is launching her own clothing line House of Dereon with her mother, Tina, early 2006. Destiny's child modelled some of the clothing during their 2005 world tour and during the Fashion Rocks concert, which took place September 9th. Beyonce's second solo album is expected to be released in September 2006.

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Dreamgirls - Pink Panther - Stevie Wonder - Luther Vandross - Roll Bounce - House of Dereon - Fashion Rocks

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Kelly has some individual TV and music projects lined up.She is to appear in three upcoming episodes of US UPN sitcom "Girlfriends" in February 2006. She is featured on the upcoming new album llumination by soul greats Earth, Wind & Fire. Their album is in stores September 20th. Kelly's singing can be heard on their party joint "This Is How I Feel", produced by Organized Noize, also featuring rapper Big Boi of OutKast and singer Sleepy Brown http://www.tmhxone.com/otherside.html. She is also a featured artist on a song called "Here We Go Again", which impacted radio on September 13 and is already major gaining airplay looking set to achieve similar success to her duet with Nelly on the song "Dilemma". This is the second single from rapper Trina's new album Glamorest Life in stores October 4th and the video for this single was filmed in September and will impact the TV music channels in late October. Kelly has already began working on her second album, which is expected to be released in Spring 2006.

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"Girlfriends" - Earth, Wind & Fire - OutKast - Nelly - Trina's

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Michelle is one of the current spokepersons for The Gap and she is singing her cover of Soul Legand Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" in their new commericial. Michelle's cover version of this song is also featured on the soundtrack to film Roll Bounce. Michelle is also expected to release a new album sometime in 2006, it will be her third solo album. Unlike her fisrt two albums, her third may veer away from Gospel to mainstream R&B. Michelle is to appear in three upcoming episodes of US UPN sitcom "Half & Half" in February 2006. In August band-mate Kelly stated she was aware that Michelle was definitely in talks with Broadway again, so there may be more to come on the big stage from Michelle.

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The Gap - Al Green - Roll Bounce - "Half & Half"

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Mattel released Destiny's Child Barbie Collector Dolls in August 2005. With Destiny?s Child?s recent breakup announcement, this trio of dolls is expected to become a major collectors item.

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