Destiny's Child: The Complete Story [Paperback]

Kelly Kenyatta (Author)

Book Description

The "Bootylicious Girls" - Beyonce, Kelly and Michelle - have gained a reputation as the hottest female band of the millennium, and have been unstoppable. This exciting biography is about the hottest female singing group in the world, which has won Grammies for best artist and best song, American Music Awards, Soul Train Awards, MTV Awards and Billboard Music Awards and continuously commands the #1 position on Billboard's charts for months at a time.

Destiny's Child: The Complete Story tells the group's tragedies, pain and sorrow. It details their climb to the heights of unlimited success and stardom, bringing them to the top of the charts as the #1 R&B female singing group in the world with hits such as "No! No! No!", "Say My Name", "Bills, Bills, Bills", "Jumpin', Jumpin'", "Independent Women", "Survivor" and "Bootylicious". The unstoppable, undeniably beautiful and talented group has recently complemented their celebrated music career by inking television roles and movie deals and signing to promote hair products and fashions. Destiny's Child: The Complete Story gives you all the details from day one, taking you back to their hometown of Houston, Texas, to New York City, California and every other city and country in the world that they have touched.

This exciting tell-all celebrity biography Destiny's Child: The Complete Story brings you up close and personal into the lives of Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. The three members of Destiny's Child have peaked sales of more than 20 million albums worldwide, all of which have been certified platinum.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Destiny's Child: The Complete Story, the Company's newest celebrity bio. is all that and more! After our success with Yes, Yes, Yes: The Unauthorized Biography of Destiny's Child (the story of the original members), the first book written about the group, we had many requests for a follow-up. Author Kelly Kenyatta did extensive research to bring the reader all the up-to-date information. The book tells you everything about the rise to success of the group including: how they got started, how the members feel about each other, how the survived their much publicized break-ups, their historic worldwide concert tour, their future plans and more.

About the Author

Kelly Kenyatta is a Chicago-based writer and freelancer journalist and holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in journalism. She has written for numerous publications including: Black Enterprise magazine, People magazine, the Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, and the Indianapolis Star News. She is also the author of Yes, Yes, Yes: The Unauthorized Biography of Destiny's Child and You Forgot About Dre: The Unauthorized Biography of Dr. Dre and Eminem.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Busta Book (September 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970222440
• ISBN-13: 978-0970222442
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,772,104 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3.0 out of 5 stars A Great Glimpse Into Destiny's Child, August 14, 2009

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Destiny's Child: The Complete Story
When there are huge artists that create a smash, the demand to read about them becomes greater as to know more. This little book by Kelly Kenyatta is an easy read for any child, young adult, or average person. While many details are missing and some information is glossed over, the book manages to paint the picture that Destiny's Child is like no other female singing ground in the world!

Once I started reading the beginning pages, it was apparent the book was filled with much enthusiasm, charisma, and interesting facts. It goes into a great deal of information on how Destiny's Child began, grew, the break-ups, the pain, the success, and the eventual super stardom.

From reading numerous books, there were some details like Kelly's accident with toes on a tour that were not thoroughly explained. Also, there was no love live information on any of the girls except for a photo of Beyonce and Jay-Z. Nothing was mentioned regarding their intimate personal lives, favorite things, or album sales with numbers.

It explores the first album and "The Writing's On The Wall" only. There were lots of photos of Solange [Beyonce's sister] that I found very insightful -as she doesn't get much coverage as she should. The book has an in depth look into why certain former members of the group left, and the consequences. However, not every spec of detail was put on how Michelle was spotted as compared to other books I've read. Also, very little information was put on Kelly Rowland's life that could have been added.

Overall, this is a nice glossed up sweet book to get a nice snap shot of how Destiny's Child began, struggled, and grew to be one of the most successful and famous groups ever! Since this is a kid's book as now I view from the product page, then it's perfectly understandable that the reading was such a breeze, the chapters very brief, and the vibe very rated G. This is great for the die-hard fan who must have it all. For a more in depth look I recommend, Soul Survivors: The Official Autobiography of Destiny's Child.

1.0 out of 5 stars Great pics--little else., December 4, 2003

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This review is from: Destiny's Child: The Complete Story (Paperback)

This book reads like a sugar-coated Ebony magazine article. Not worth the money.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Really is the Complete Story, December 5, 2001

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Michelle-Look-a-Like (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews

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This is the best Destiny's Child book because it tells you everything about the band since they first got together. It is an updated version of "Yes,Yes,Yes." There are more pictures and all the pictures are nice! This author writes about how great all the members are and were, current and past and I like that. I'll always be a LaTavia and LeToya fan although I love Bee, Kelly and Michelle. Watch out for the ex-members in a new group called Anjel!