The Writing's On The Wall
by Destiny's Child
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The Writing's On The Wall is ranked as the best album by Destiny's Child.
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The Writing's On The Wall track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Writing's On The Wall rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 2 minutes ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1990s | 66/100 | - |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 50 Music Albums of 1999 | 2/50 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1990s | 85/100 | - |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 91/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 53 Music Albums of 1999 | 8/53 | 4 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 25/100 | 15 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #2601-2700* | 72/82 | - |
| 2026 | Kettwig | JoeFM's Album top 500 (401-500) | 62/100 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 48/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 53 Music Albums of 1999 | 52/53 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum artists Pt 2 | 17/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum Zone 32 America Usa | 95/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | All Time Pt 3 | 86/100 | - |
| 2026 | jtrizzle35 | Top 49 Music Albums of the 1990s | 19/49 | 13 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1999 | 11/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum albums Pt 2 | 65/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Artists Pt 2 | 52/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1999 | 8/100 | - |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Top 34 Music Albums of 1999 | 15/34 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List Zone 32 America Usa 2 | 60/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 72 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 242 | |||
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The Writing's On The Wall ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/12/2025 03:13 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 11:37 | Leginlists | 3,742 | 83/100 |
| ! | 11/21/2025 00:00 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,253 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/07/2025 04:07 | iamstripped | 16 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2025 17:17 | paladisiac | 7,318 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.6/100, a mean average of 68.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.3.
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VictorVale 10/16/2021 18:18 | #275098
Tem seus clássicos e tem seus excessos!
Jimmy Dread 01/23/2021 13:10 | #264924 | TOP COMMENT
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Crammed full of singles, slick production (natch), tight harmonies... but obvs. B’s star shines brightest. For me, the apogee of 90s pop/R&B (only rivalled by TLC’s CrazySexyCool and FanMail), and still an album I take out for a more-than-occasional spin some 20+ years since it first landed.
planetneutral 12/28/2020 16:44 | #263346 | TOP COMMENT
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A few OK tracks and a pair of gems surprisingly late in the album, but, beyond that, you can see why Beyoncé might have wanted to break out of the constraints of a trio.
A really great album. Probably DC's best. Some of the songs get a little repetitive as the vocals take the same path, but overall the lyrics as well as the vocals are superb. But the girls hitting the same high notes and doing backup gets old.
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