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[h3]Beyonce Giselle Knowles is the older of two children. Her father is Matthew Knowles, a former business salesman, who now works as Beyonce’s manager, and her mother is Tina Knowles (nee Beyince), a costume designer. Beyonce’s parents are both African Americans, and her maternal grandparents, Lumis and Agnez, were French-speaking Creoles from Louisiana. Beyonce’s very unusual christian name is derived from her mother’s maiden name, and she was christened with this name in recognition of her Creole heritage. [/h3]

Beyonce showed her gifts for singing and performing right from a very early age. By the time she was seven, she was attending dance school, and she distinguished herself as a soloist with the local church choir. She became the star student of her dancing school, and was greatly encouraged by her dancing teacher - as a child, Beyonce ended up winning over 30 dancing competitions.

As a teenager, Beyonce attended Alief Elsik High School, but also studied at Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. In her spare time she had teamed up with her childhood best friends LaTavia Roberson and Kelly Rowland, and together with LeToya Luckett, they formed a vocal foursome. They began singing at local functions, sometimes even in Beyonce’s mum’s hairdressing salon. The group called themelves Girl’s Tyme, and entered the TV talent show, Star Search - but alas, they weren’t successful. Beyonce’s father was nevertheless convinced that the girls had the talent to succeed, and decided to commit his time and energy to helping them secure a major recording contract. Despite the fact that he was earning a good salary working as a salesman for Xerox, Matthew Knowles left his day job in order to help promote Beyonce and her three singing companions.

The girls’ group changed its name several times - at various times they were called Girl’s Tyme, The Dolls, Something Fresh and Cliché, before the budding songstresses finally hit upon the name of Destiny’s Child. Beyonce’s mum Tina had suggested that they call themselves Destiny, but since that name was already taken, they decided to plump for Destiny’s Child. The group made their recording debut with a number called “Killing Time”, which was featured in the soundtrack to the 1997 hit movie, Men in Black. But they really hit the big time in 1998, with the Billboard Hot 100 number one single, “No, No, No, part 2”. The group went through quite a few upsets and changes as LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson decided to quit and pursue their own careers. But Destiny’s Child survived to become a threesome, and went on to become one of the top-selling R&B/pop ensembles of the new millennium, with four Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles, several top ten hits and no less than two number One albums to their credit.

Amazingly, Destiny’s Child debut album sold platinum soon after it was released in 1998. The album was produced by Wyclef Jean and Jermaine Dupri; perhaps the most famous track was the double platinum number-one single, “No, no, no Part 2”. Destiny’s Child followed up this phenomenal success with their second album, which was called “The Writing’s On The Wall, which was released in 1999. The most popular tracks on this album were the number One hits, “Bills, Bills, Bills” and “Say My Name”, as well as the very successful “Bug A Boo” and “Jumpin’ Jumpin’.” The song “Say My Name” also went on to win two awards at the 2001 Grammy Awards; “Best R&B Song” and “Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals”.
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The group’s next album, Survivor, was another huge success for the girls and made number One on both the Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, as well as the UK and Canadian Albums Charts. The tracks “Independent Woman Part I” and “Bootylicious” zoomed straight to the top of the Hot 100, while the title track, “Survivor”, reached number Two. By the time Destiny’s Child announced their intention to disband in 2005, they had established themselves as one of the most famous and top-selling female groups in recording history.

Beyonce’s individual career went from strength to strength, as she earned awards for her skills as a songwriter, as well as a singer. In 2001, she won the award for “Songwriter of The Year”, given to her by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Pop Music Awards, thus becoming the very first African-American woman to receive this award, and only the second woman ever to do so.

In addition to her singing and performing commitments with Destiny’s Child, Beyonce was also carving out time to work on solo recording projects. In July 2000, she released her debut solo single, “I Got That”, featuring the rapper Amil, but the single did not sell particularly well. Refusing to be discouraged, Beyonce persevered, and in late spring 2003, she released her debut solo album, called Dangerously in Love. This time, her solo work was a massive success, right from the word go. The album burst into the Billboard 200, going straight to Number One, and sold over 300,000 copies in its first week alone, and making platinum just three short weeks later, in June 2003. Phenomenally, the album went on to top the album charts all over the world.

In addition, the lead single on the album, which was a number called “Crazy in Love” soon became one of the biggest hits of that year. The song stayed at Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks running, and topped the singles charts in the UK and Ireland, as well as the USA. But even greater successes were still to come! That year, Beyonce’s single and album topped both charts at the same time, making her the first artist to achieve this astonishing level of sales since [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/1515:0/The_Beatles.htm]the Beatles[/urlnew], [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/1149:0/Rod_Stewart.htm]Rod Stewart[/urlnew] and Simon and Garfunkel in the Sixties and Seventies. To date, Beyonce is also not only the first, but also the only female recording artist ever to do this.

Beyonce was thus one of the biggest-selling artists of 2003, so it was hardly a surprise when she won no less than five Grammy Awards for her solo singing at the 2004 Grammy Awards ceremony: these awards included “Best Female R&B Vocal Performance” for Dangerously in Love”, “Best R&B Song” for “Crazy In Love”, and “Best Contemporary Album”.

In 2005, Beyonce released a song called “Check On It”, which was featured in the Destiny’s Child greatest hits compilation, and which subsequently became the soundtrack to the movie The Pink Panther, which came out in 2006. This track became another huge hit for Beyonce. Also in 2006, she released her second studio album, called B’Day, which was launched on 4 September, to coincide with her 25th birthday. It sold even better than its predecessors; in the first week alone, sales reached 541,000 copies in the US, giving Beyonce her highest first-week sales ever. The album’s lead single, “Deja Vu”, also became a number One hit on the US R&B charts.
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It’s hard to believe it, but alongside her amazingly busy recording career as both a solo and group artist, Beyonce also found time to launch yet another career - this time as a movie actress. In 2001, she co-starred with actor Mekhi Phifer in the MTV Tv movie, “Carmen: A Hip Hopera”. In summer 2002, she appeared in the highly successful movie, Austin Powers in Goldmember, where she played the part of Foxxy Cleopatra, alongside [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/577:0/Michael_Caine.htm]Michael Caine[/urlnew] and [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/71:0/Mike_Myers.htm]Mike Myers[/urlnew]. In 2003, she appeared with [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/1711:0/Cuba_Gooding_Jr.htm]Cuba Gooding Jr.[/urlnew] in the movie The Fighting Temptations, and recorded a track of the same name with female rappers [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/1575:0/Missy_Elliot.htm]Missy Elliott[/urlnew], MC Lyte and Free.

Most recently, Beyonce appeared in a movie called Dreamgirls, which is a movie adaptation of the 1980s hit Broadway musical based on the lives of the Tamla Motown female group, The Supremes. In this film, Beyonce played the part of Diana Ross, who also went on to pursue a phenomenally successful solo singing career. The movie Dreamgirls was a massive success, and Beyonce has gone on record as saying that this is her “first real acting film”. The film was released in December 2006, and opened at number three in the movie charts with an $8 million dollar opening weekend. So far, Dreamgirls has grossed over $100 million and was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Song, for “Listen” - for which it won two awards.

In addition to her outstandingly successful singing and acting career, Beyonce has also devoted a considerable amount of time and money to various charitable concerns. As part of Destiny’s Child, who recorded a song called “Stand Up For Love”, Beyonce lent her support as a world ambassador for the 2005 World Children’s Day programme of events. In conjunction with Kelly Rowland, her parents Matthew and Tina Knowles, as well as her sister Solange Knowles, Beyonce helped establish the Survivor Foundation, to help give aid to the victims of Hurricane Katrina and the storm evacuees in the Houston area. On a visit to Ethiopia, where she performed and met the President Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Beyonce also expressed her interest in becoming involved in humanitarian concerns in Ethiopia.

[i]Jane Bowles[/i]
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- Is born under the astrological star sign of Virgo.

- Her nicknames are JuJu, Mothe and Bee.

- Her trademark is wearing large earrings, both on and off stage.

- Is a big fan of Middle Eastern song and dance.

- Toured with Christina Aguilera as her opening act in 2000.

- Has her own clothing line, House of Dereon, named after her grandmother.

- Has incurred the wrath of animal rights activists for using fur in her clothing line.

- Her sister, Solange, has also released a solo album, and dances with Beyonce during concerts.

- Was voted No. 1 on VH1 100 Hottest Hotties.

- Is the sister-in-law of football player Daniel Smith.

- Has known R&B singer Alicia Keys since she was 14.

- Is a big fan of Aishwarya Rai.

- Her vital statistics are 33-26-42.

- In 2004, she starred in a Pepsi ad with Pink and Britney Spears.
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Cadillac Records (2008)

Dreamgirls (2006)

The Pink Panther (2005)

The Fighting Temptations (2003)

Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)

Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001)

Destiny's Child Live (2001)

Walt Disney World Summer Jam Concert (2000)
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[b]As a solo artist:[/b]

Beautiful Liar - with Shakira (2007)

Irreplaceable (2006)

Deja Vu - featuring Jay-Z (2006)

Check On It - Slim Thug (2006)

Baby Boy - featuring Sean Paul (2003)

Crazy in Love - featuring Jay-Z (2003)

Maureen O' Hara Wed 14th May - 7:00PM

Guns N' Roses Wed 14th May - 6:00PM

Confessions Of A Matchmaker 1 : John Tue 13th May - 10:00PM