Destiny is the fourth regular studio album by all-female German pop group No Angels, released by Polydor Records and Universal Music Domestic on 13 April 2007 in German-speaking Europe.

Recorded at the Sound Studio N in Cologne within a period of a few weeks only, Destiny is composed of uptempo songs and ballads that are subsequent continuations of the band's previous material such as Now...

Destiny was released to generally mixed to negative reviews from music critics, many of whom praised the band for their vocal performances but found the material too generic and cliché-addled.

[2] In September 2003, amid the release of their third album Pure, the remaining four band members of No Angels announced their separation in favor of a break following three years of intense touring, recording and promotional obligations.

[4] While Nadja Benaissa, Sandy Mölling, and Jessica Wahls responded gladly to her idea, fifth member Vanessa Petruo declined to meet with her former colleagues to discuss a permanent reformation due to her commitments as an independent solo artist.

[5] Since Mölling was putting the final touches on her second solo album Frame of Mind, which was expected to be released in May 2006,[4] the announcement of their reformation plans as well as the recording of new material were postponed until 2007.

[4] Meanwhile, the quartet met with their former vocal coach Nik Hafemann and Holger Roost-Macias, producer of the first installment of the Popstars series in which they were formed, at the Radisson Blu hotel in Frankfurt am Main to make plans on their comeback.

[4] Around the turn of the year 2006/2007, the group signed a recording contract with the Domestic Pop division of Universal Music and met with several Scandinavian musicians in Stockholm where they were presented pre-existing songs for potential inclusion on their new projects.

[6] Instead, the band focused on collecting and selecting adaptable songs with a "typical but contemporary No Angels sound", of which some were penned exclusively for the group by various songwriters from Sweden, England, and Australia.

[6] Production was provided by a large group of Scandinavian producers, including Tobias Gustafsson, Michel Zitron, Ivar Lisinski, Vincent Pontare, and Arnthor Birgisson, as well as Ulf Lindström and Johan Ekhé from duo Ghost.

[8] Twin, along with GrooveFactory, also co-produced "A Reason", a remake of the same-titled Dana Glover which has been described as a highbrow track, comprising a complex musical mixture by the likes of Tori Amos and Amanda Marshall.

[8] Tim Hawes and Pete Kirtley from British production duo Jiant provided co-production on the piano-led ballad "Make a Change", an English language cover of the 2003 song "Reste Encore", recorded by French girl band and fellow Popstars winners L5 and initially produced by Fred Fraikin.

[9] When asked about the album's lyrics and their tendency to post-break up issues, Benaissa commented: "I'd say, we're offering a broad range [of topics] with different directions [...] We just chose [the songs] for their statements, their energy and the feeling.

[13] While Mölling and Benaissa initially favored "Back Off" to be released as the first single from Destiny,[4] No Angels and their label eventually settled on the Redfly-penned mid-tempo ballad "Goodbye to Yesterday" to lead the album.

He believed to recognize semi-plagiarism on songs such as "Been Here Before" and "Make a Change" which he considered ripoffs of Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack" and En Vogue's "Don't Let Go" and added: "As much as one would wish for the four remaining Angels, they certainly did not shoot down the bird with their comeback.

"[22] Ruth Schneeberger und Jürgen Schmieder, writers for Süddeutsche Zeitung, noted that "listening to the album feels like chewing on an old Hubba Bubba, that is to squeezed to produce more bubbles."

[2] Although the group was aware that any placement other than number one would be interpreted as a commercial flop by the media, they were disappointed when their record company confirmed the impression by giving the band the choice of participating in the German pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 or being dropped.

"[31] Lucy Diakovska, also blaming the band's lack of courage for Destiny's underperformance, further acknowledged in an interview with Hamburger Abendblatt the following year: "In music, it's dangerous to do the same thing again and again.

"[32] In her 2010 autobiography Alles wird gut, Nadja Benaissa expressed her dislike of the album when she noted that follow-up Welcome to the Dance (2009) was the first No Angels project whose sound she supported wholeheartedly.