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LeToya Luckett is a two-time Grammy Award winning American R&B singer with a successful solo career who is best known as a former founding member of the popular R&B group, "Destiny's Child". Luckett was born in Houston, Texas where from a young age she began singing at her local church. She performed her first solo at age 5 and soon thereafter met classmate and fellow "Destiny's Child" founder, Beyoncé Knowles. In 1993, Beyoncé Knowles, LaTiva Roberson, and Kelly Rowland invited Letoya Luckett to join them and form the R&B group, "Destiny's Child". The new quartet began working the Houston club circuit and eventually opened for popular R&B groups like "SWV", "Dru Hill", and "Immature". In 1998, they released their debut self-titled album. It was certified platinum, selling three million copies worldwide.
The single "No, No, No" made number one on the "Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks" and reached number three on the "Billboard Hot 100" list. Luckett and "Destiny's Child" followed the success of their debut album with 1999's "The Writing's on the Wall". This proved to be the group's breakthrough album, debuting at number six on the "Billboard 200" and eventually topping both the R&B and Pop charts. The hit single "Bills, Bills, Bills" became the group's first number one single. The runaway success of the album also produced the hit singles "Say My Name", "Bug a Boo", and "Jumpin' Jumpin'". Certified eight-times platinum, the album was one of the ten selling albums of 2000 and one of the all time best selling albums by a female group. In 2000, because of differences with "Destiny's Child" manager and Beyoncé Knowles' father, Mathew Knowles, LeToya Luckett and fellow group member LaTiva Roberson tried to secure "an additional business manager" to represent their interests in "Destiny's Child". Instead, when the video for "Say My Name" debuted, Luckett and Roberson discovered they had been replaced by Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin. The two ousted members began a new female R&B project, "Anjel". They recruited two new members and recorded a twenty two track demo. Issues with "Anjel's" production company ended the project and the four members went their separate ways. Luckett decided the time was right to pursue a solo career.
In 2003, she signed with Capitol Records and began work on her first solo album. In 2004, she released the promo single "You Got What I Need". She followed in 2006 with the much anticipated debut solo album, "LeToya". "LeToya" debuted on the "Billboard 200" in the number one position and quickly went platinum. The single "Torn" was a major hit and reached number two on "Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". The second single, "She Don't" reached number seventeen on the same chart. In April of 2009, Luckett will release her eagerly awaited second solo album, "Lady Love".
