Tenitra Michelle Williams commonly known as Michelle Williams is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She is better known for being one third of the hugely successful R&B girl group Destiny's Child the best-selling female group of all time, according to the World Music Awards and Sony BMG.

Originally a backing vocalist for singer Monica, Williams, alongside Farrah Franklin, joined Destiny's Childin 2000 replacing former members LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson amidst much controversy. Following the departure of Franklin just five months later, Williams continued on with fellow members Beyoncé Knowles and Kelly Rowland as a trio. In 2002, after a series of commercial successes with the group, Williams released her number one Billboard Gospel album Heartto Yours, which became the biggest-selling gospel album of the year and spawned the single "Heard a Word." The album was followed by Do You Know in early 2004.

As well as having become a successful singer, Williams has also found success as a television and Broadway actress, yet she continues to return to the music. She released her first commercial pop album, Unexpected, on October 7, 2008; the lead single from the album, "We Break the Dawn", reached #1 on the Billboard Dance Charts while her second single "The Greatest" reached top 5 on the Billboard Dance Charts peak at #4 and Yahoo Top 100 Music Video. In conjunction with the release of her new album, Williams served as a judge on MTV's reality competition series "Top Pop Group" and will host the annual "World Music Awards" and recently record a remake of Rihanna's number one single Don't Stop The Music which peak at number 76 at Yahoo Top 100 Music Video.