Bills, Bills, Bills Trivia Quiz

Answer: "The Writing's on the Wall" (1999)

The song essentially is about a young woman who finds that her boyfriend, who was so wonderful in the beginning, becomes increasingly reliant on her for money and she's had enough of it. It reached number one on the Hot 100 for a single week on July 17, 1999.

"The Writing's on the Wall" was the second album released by the group as a follow up to their self-titled debut album. The record received certification for eight million copies in the U.S. alone, and produced two number one singles and four top 40 singles on the Hot 100 in total.

Answer: The group members

Destiny's Child members Beyonce Knowles, LeToya Luckett,and Kelly Rowland wrote the song. Singer songwriter Kandi Burruss and the band's producer, Eric Phillips are also credited. The ladies are listed as songwriters on many of the tracks the group recorded.

Over the years, controversy has raised its ugly head in this matter. Questions as to whether Beyonce actually deserves the writing credits she received have come up over and over again. No definitive proof either way has ever been shown.

Answer: 9

Nine weeks was good enough to make it the longest running single at number one for 1999 on the R&B chart. The R&B chart lists the top 50 positions for any given week.

Answer: Multiple remixes of the same song

Twelve inch vinyl records have wider groove spacing than other records. Louder and better sound quality is the result. They are typically made for use in dance clubs. The CD version is five inches instead of the usual three inches. These records usually contain numerous versions of the same song.

"Bills, Bills, Bills" has five versions on both vinyl and CD singles release. These include the original album version, Digital Black-N-Groove Club Mix, A Capella, Maurice's Xclusive Livegig Mix, and Maurice's Xclusive Dub Mix.

Answer: Gold

In the music industry, certification awards are determined by either sales or shipments made to retailers. In the Unites States, they are determined by shipments. Gold is 500,000 copies, Platinum is 1,000,000 copies and 10,000,000 copies must be shipped to receive Diamond certification.

"Bills, Bills, Bills" was certified Gold on July 14, 1999. Destiny's Child released 23 singles altogether, with eight of them receiving certification. Five went Gold and three Platinum.

Answer: No name is given

The lyrics do not name any person. It is written in the first person with a young lady talking directly to her boyfriend. She accuses him of buying her gifts on her own credit card and racking up charges on her cell phone. She wants to know when he's going to start paying his share. The whole song is sort of like a Dear John letter as she breaks up with him in the end.

Answer: No

Unfortunately, Destiny's Child lost out to TLC and their hit song "No Scrubs" in both categories that year.

These were the first Grammy Award nominations for Destiny's Child. In all, the group received 14 nominations and won three Grammys.

Answer: Farrah Franklin

Franklin became a member along with Michelle Williams at the start of 2000. Their debut to the world was in the "Say My Name" music video. They replaced disgruntled members LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson.

Franklin was a member of the band for only five months. She was fired after missing a couple of shows and promotional appearances. She went on to make a song called "Get at Me" featuring Method Man but her music career never really took off.

Answer: Beyonce Knowles

Beyonce appears in the video wearing a pink and white dress. In her time with Destiny's Child, she shared lead vocals with Kelly Rowland while the other ladies were backup singers. She was only seventeen years old when the video was made.

"Bills, Bills Bills" was the fourth video out of 20 that were made by Destiny's Child. It was directed by Darren Grant.

Answer: Beauty salon

Very stylish video with a few wardrobe and hairstyle changes. The salon was chosen as the setting because Beyonce's mother Tina was a hairdresser for many years before founding the House of Dereon clothing line with Beyonce.