Bootylicious
Destiny’s Child · 2000Destiny's Child — Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams — recorded 'Bootylicious' for their third album Survivor, with Beyoncé and Rob Fusari producing the track, which incorporated a sample of Stevie Nicks's 'Edge of Seventeen' that required Nicks's direct approval to clear. Released in 2001 on Columbia Records, 'Bootylicious' reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became a cultural touchstone, with its lyrics celebrating body confidence introducing the word 'bootylicious' into mainstream vocabulary and eventually the Oxford English Dictionary. The track remains one of Destiny's Child's most recognisable hits and is widely cited as an early example of body-positive messaging in mainstream pop and R&B, with its distinctive guitar riff sample continuing to be celebrated as one of the most inventive uses of a rock sample in early-2000s R&B production.
