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Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (/ b i ˈ ɒ n s eɪ / ⓘ bee-ON-say; née Knowles; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter and businesswoman.
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American singer and songwriter Beyoncé has released eight...
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Beyoncé's seventh studio album Renaissance was released in...
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The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200...
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Beyoncé is also the most-awarded artist at the BET Awards,...
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Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was born at Park Plaza Hospital in Houston, Texas. Her mother is Tina Knowles (née Beyincé; currently Lawson) with her Creole descent, which means she has some African and French roots. Her father is Mathew Knowles, who is African American. Knowles went to several performing arts schools, and took part in singing and dancing...
In her youth, she started the girl group Girls Tyme. Her father Mathew became her manager. Knowles became very famous in the late 1990s. She became the lead singer of the R&B girl group Destiny's Child. The group became the world's best-selling girl group of all time, selling over 85 million records worldwide. Destiny's Child took a break from reco...
Knowles has a three-and-a-half octave mezzo-soprano vocal range. Other sources state that she possesses a contraltovocal range at age of 30s. Jon Pareles of The New York Times commented that her voice is "velvety yet tart, with an insistent flutter and reserves of soul belting". Jody Rosen notes that the hip hop era highly influenced Knowles' uniqu...
Acting career
Her first role in a movie was for the musical Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001). Her first major movie was Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002). The movie Dreamgirls (2006) was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards. Her other movies Cadillac Records (2008) and Obsessed(2009) did not do so well. In 2019, she starred as Nala in the 2019 drama-live action remake The Lion King.
Fashion
In 2005, Knowles and her mother created a fashion line called House of Deréon. In 2016, she also introduced a fitness-wear collection called Ivy Park.
Perfume
In 2010, she released her first perfume which she called Heat.
In 2010, Knowles was ranked first on Forbes list of the "100 Most Powerful and Influential Musicians in the World", and second on its list of the "100 Most Powerful and Influential Celebrities in the World". In 2012, she was named "World's Most Beautiful Woman" by Peoplemagazine.
Many of Knowles' recordings and movies were given many nominations, with many winning them. These include 24 Grammy Awards, 24 [MTV Video Music Awards], three [American Music Awards], a Billboard Millennium Award, and a star on the [Hollywood Walk of Fame] with Destiny's Child. In 2009, [Billboard (magazine)|Billboard] named her the Top Radio Songs...
In 2000, Knowles met Jay-Zand proposed her on his 38th birthday on December 4, 2007. The couple married on April 4, 2008. On January 7, 2012, she gave birth to their first daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, via natural birth in Lennox Hill Hospital, New York. Knowles is a feminist. In the February 2013 issue of GQ magazine she said, "You know, equality is ...
Beyoncé Archived 2009-01-05 at the Wayback Machine– official U.S. websiteBeyoncé at AllMusicBeyoncé discography at Discogs2 days ago · Beyoncé (born September 4, 1981, Houston, Texas, U.S.) is an American singer-songwriter and actress who achieved fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the R&B group Destiny’s Child and then launched a hugely successful solo career.