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| Length = 64:52 | Label = Columbia | Producer = | Last album = ''Destiny's Child'' (1998) | This album = ''The Writing's on the Wall'' (1999) | Next album = ''Survivor'' (2001) | Misc = }} ''The Writing's on the Wall'' is the second studio album by American girl group Destiny's Child, released on July 27, 1999 in the United States. The album featured production from Missy Elliott, Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Rodney Jerkins, Eric Nealante Phillips, and Beyoncé among others and featured guest appearances from Missy Elliott and R&B trio Next. ''The Writing's on The Wall'' spawned four singles, including the number one-hits "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Say My Name". This is the last album with the group's original line-up. The album saw the group taking creative control from writing and producing their own tracks working closely with producer Eric Nealante Phillips and singer-songwriter Xscape member Kandi Burruss. "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Bug a Boo" were among the first songs written and produced by the group. The album debuted at number six on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart on August 14, 1999 with first-week sales of 132,000 units and later peaked at number five on May 6, 2000. It earned Destiny's Child six Grammy nominations for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals (twice), Best R&B Song (twice), Record of the Year and Song of the Year. ''The Writing's on the Wall'' was certified 8× Platinum by the RIAA on November 6, 2001. ''Billboard'' magazine ranked ''The Writing's on the Wall'' at number 39 on the magazine's Top 200 Albums of the Decade. ==Chart performance== 〕 | rev2 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev2Score = B | rev3 = Robert Christgau | rev3Score = B+ | rev4 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev4Score = | rev5 = ''The New Rolling Stone Album Guide'' | rev5Score = }} In the United States the album debuted at #6 on the ''Billboard'' 200 on August 14, 1999 selling over 132,000 copies in its first week and slipped to #10 the following week with 100,000 copies. It remained in the Top 40 for most of 1999 and had sold over 1.6 million copies by the end of the year according to Nielsen SoundScan and was certified 2× platinum in January, 2000. Nine months after its release ''The Writing's on the Wall'', following the huge success of its third single, the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number one "Say My Name", returned to the top ten peaking at #5 on May 6, 2000. During its first year on the chart it spent 47 out of 52 weeks in the Top 40 (including 11 weeks in the Top 10) or better and was the tenth best-selling album of the year 2000 selling 3.8 million copies during the year. ''The Writing's on the Wall'' enjoyed its best week of sales more than one year after its release when it sold over 163,000 units during Christmas week 2000, and by the release of the group's third album ''Survivor'' it had scanned 5.8 million in the U.S. and shipped over 7,000,000. ''The Writing's on the Wall'' spent 99 consecutive weeks on the ''Billboard'' 200 (from the summer of 1999 to the spring of 2001) and was certified eight-time platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on November 8, 2001. It has sold 6,347,000 copies to date in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan, and over 700,000 at BMG's Music Club. Worldwide ''The Writing's on the Wall'' was a similarly huge hit and became one of the best-selling R&B albums of all-time. It achieved gold, platinum and multi-platinum status across Europe and was certified 2× platinum by the IFPI in early 2001 in recognition of 2 million albums sold. In Canada the album peaked within the top and was certified 5× platinum (500,000 sales), it was certified 3× platinum in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Writing's on the Wall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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