Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4, 1981) is vivienne westwood baga popular American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, and fashion designer. She sometimes performs under the stage name Beyoncé. Knowles rose to stardom as the founding member and lead singer of R&B supergroup Destiny\’s Child; the biggest selling all-female group in history. After a series of commercially successful records with the group, Knowles released her debut solo album, 2003\’s Dangerously in Love, which spawned the highly successful hit song \”Crazy in Love\”, and topped both the R&B and Billboard 200 charts in the U.S., and the main album charts in Canada and the United Kingdom. Knowles has won nine Grammy Awards — six for her solo work, and three as a member of Destiny\’s Child. She has a successful film career, having co-starred in Austin Powers in Goldmember, one of the highest grossing films of 2002, and having worked with Oscar-winning actors in each of her theatrical films. Early life Knowles is the elder of two children born to Mathew Knowles and Tina Beyince in Houston, Texas; her maternal grandparents, Lumis Beyince and Agnes Dereon (a seamstress), were French-speaking Creoles from Louisiana. Her parents decided on her first name as a tribute to her mother\’s surname. By age seven, she was attending dance school and was a soloist in her church choir. Her dance instructor took an interest in Knowles, personally taking her star student to various competitions. Knowles went on to win over 30 local singing and dancing competitions. Knowles and her former best friend LaTavia Roberson met Kelly Rowland and LeToya Luckett. They formed a quartet that would perform in their backyards and in Tina Knowles\’ hair salon. After singing at vivienne westwood bag local events, they got their break when they entered Star Search. The group, then named \”Girl\’s Tyme\”, were heartbroken after losing the competition. Matthew Knowles, Beyoncé\’s father and Rowland\’s legal guardian, decided to help the girls reach their dreams of becoming singers. He quit his six figure salary job as a multi-million dollar equipment salesman at Xerox to manage the vivienne westwood orb necklace group. This decision by Mathew eventually affected the whole family. Their income had been cut in half, causing the family to move into two different apartments. When the group was signed to Columbia in 1996, it gave the entire family a second chance at making things work. As a teenager, Knowles attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Art vivienne westwood jewellery s in Houston, where she showed her musical talents. She later went to Alief Elsik High School, also in Houston. Destiny\’s Child Main article: Destiny\’s Child Destiny\’s Child was o vivienne westwood pearl necklace riginally signed by Elektra in 1995, but were dropped before they could release their debut album. The quartet was signed to Columbia Records the following vivienne westwood gold necklace year, and their career took off. Destiny\’s Child rose to fame in 1998 with the Billboard top ten hit, \”No, No, No Part 2\”. Even after much publicized turmoil involving new and exiting group members, Destiny\’s Child (eventually a trio consisting of original members Knowles and Rowl vivienne westwood orb necklace vivienne westwood earrings and, with Michelle Williams) managed to become one of the most successful pop/R&B acts of the late 1990s/early 2000s, earning four number one Billboard Hot 100 singles, several top ten hits, and two number- one albums. The group also earned number ones on various other Billboard and non-Billboard charts. Knowles and Destiny\’s Child toured as an opening act for TLC before their self-titled d vivienne westwood orb pendant necklace ebut album Destiny\’s Child was released. The band was managed by her father, Matthew Knowles, who is acknowledged as a strong force in Beyoncé\’s life. Their 1998 platinum-selling debut album was produced by Wyclef Jean and Jermaine Dupri and featured the platinum-selling, number-one Hot 100 single \”No, No, No\”. The group\’s secondcheap vivienne westwood bags album, The Writing\’s on the Wall, released in 1999, featured two number-one hits in \”Bills, Bills, Bills\” and \”Say My Name\”. \”Bug A Boo\” and \”Jumpin\’, Jumpin\’\” were also popular singles from the album. \”Say My Name\” won two awards at the 2001 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Best R&B Song, the latter of which was awarded to the songwriters, which included Knowles.
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