<P> In early 2000 , both Roberson and Luckett were replaced with Williams and Farrah Franklin ; however , Franklin quit after five months , leaving the group as a trio . Their third album , Survivor ( 2001 ) , which contains themes the public interpreted as a channel to the group 's experience , contains the worldwide hits `` Independent Women '' , `` Survivor '' and `` Bootylicious '' . In 2002 , they announced a hiatus and re-united two years later for the release of their fourth and final studio album , Destiny Fulfilled ( 2004 ) . Destiny 's Child has sold more than sixty million records worldwide to date . Billboard magazine ranks the group as one of the greatest musical trios of all time , the ninth most successful artist / band of the 2000s , placed the group 68th in its All - Time Hot 100 Artists list in 2008 and in December 2016 , the magazine ranked them as the 90th most successful dance club artist of all - time . The group was nominated for 14 Grammy Awards , winning twice for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and once for Best R&B Song . </P>
what happened to the fourth member of destinys child
Franklin quit after five months , leaving the group as a trio