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Early arrival for new Destiny's Child album
"Destiny Fulfilled," the first new album from Destiny's Child in three years, will arrive in stores on Nov. 15, a day earlier than originally scheduled.
"Advance word on 'Destiny Fulfilled' has created the potential for Internet leaks and 'burned' CD counterfeits to lead consumers to experience inferior and incomplete versions of the album," said a statement issued by the group's label. "In response to overwhelming consumer demand for the album, Destiny's Child and Columbia/Sony Urban Music have decided to break with the music industry's traditional Tuesday release practice and get 'Destiny Fulfilled' into stores as soon as possible."
"Destiny Fulfilled" is the R&B trio's follow-up to 2001's "Survivor," which has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide to date, according to the label.
The new album includes songs co-written by all three of Destiny's Child's members: Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams. Knowles, however, was "the key producer of all the album's tracks and the record's musical concepts and vocal arrangements are the result of her artistic vision," according to a press release.
Among the outside producers who had a hand in the album were Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Rich Harrison, Andre Harris & Vidal Davis, 9th Wonder, Bryan Michael Cox, Kendrick Dean, Rockwilder, Mario Winans and Erron Williams.
Destiny's Child is planning to embark on a five-month, 75-city world tour in 2005, but details about the trek's North American leg haven't been announced. The European leg is scheduled to launch May 14 in Copenhagen and runs for about a month.
The only current U.S. concert appearance on the trio's schedule is a Dec. 10 performance at New York City radio station Z100's Jingle Ball. Hilary Duff, Good Charlotte and Maroon5 are also on the bill.
On Thanksgiving Day, the group will give a brief halftime performance during the National Football League game between the Chicago Bears and the Dallas Cowboys at Texas Stadium in Irving.
Destiny's Child is also scheduled to appear on the Nov. 15 episode of the syndicated television talk show "Oprah."
