Beyonce Knowles is a Grammy award-winning artist, famous for her vocals, videos and live shows.
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Beyonce Knowles was born 4 September 1981 in Houston, Texas. She attracted the audience as the first R & B group Destiny Child lead singer. She started her career with her first album “Dangerously in Love”, becoming one of the leading music artists with sold out tours and whole host of awards. She worked in many films including “Dream girls”. She married one of hip-hop artist Jay-Z in 2008. In December 2013, she surprised the public by releasing her fifth studio album titled as Beyoncé.
Early Life
The singer and actress Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was born in Houston, Texas on 4 September, 1981. She began singing at an early age, competing
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She made her acting debut in 2001 with a starring role in MTV's Carmen: A Hip Hopera and then co-starred with Mike Myers in Gold member spy parody. Beyoncé took center as a solo artist by releasing her first album, Dangerously in Love which was registered in 2003. This was a great success for them both commercially and critically. Millions of copies were sold and they won five Grammy Awards. Album Beyoncé collaborated with a number of different artists such as Missy Elliott, Sean Paul and Jay-Z. It has been said that Jay-Z was dating Beyonce but the couple kept their relationship a secret from public. Destiny's Child released their last studio album, “Destiny fulfilled” in …show more content…
The guests at the wedding were Beyonce’s mother Tina Knowles, her father and manager Matthew, her sister Solange, Destiny's Child members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams and friend Gwyneth Paltrow.
The couple continued to work hard and released, “I am ... Sasha Fierce” in 2008. Beyoncé launched two big hits—"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it)" and "If I Were a Boy." Beyoncé also runs a clothing line called House of Dereon with her mother, in addition to acting and singing. She also launched a perfume named Heat, in 2010. Throughout her career, she has served as a spokesperson and model for several other brands, including L'Oreal and Tommy Hilfiger.
Beyonce performed a private concert for Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi on New Year's Eve in 2010. She donated the money gained from the event to the victims of the Haitian earthquake. After her appearance at Super Bowl XLVII, Beyoncé sang the song live at a press conference. She also added that she would "absolutely be singing live" at the NFL's biggest event of the year, according to The Huffington
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On the night of December 13, 2013 Beyoncé, released her fifth self-titled album on iTunes. The album caught many people by surprise because Beyoncé did not set a date for the album, nor did she use any promotion; she did release a video on her Instagram asking her followers if they “were ready”. The buzz spread through social media like wildfire. With no promotion or warning, Beyoncé album took the world by storm and made it for her audience and critics to take in the album and its contents. Many people loved the album for not only its catchy songs, but also the growth and “looser” conservative Beyoncé.
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