Beyoncé Biography

Beyoncé

(Beyoncé Giselle Knowles, Houston, 1981) Singer rhythm and blues, pop and American soul. Member of Destiny's Child, the girl group's most famous history R & B, with more than 33 million albums sold worldwide, his charisma, beauty and talent have made her one of the musical divas of the moment.

Beyoncé

Born in Houston, Texas on September 4, 1981, Beyoncé, whom his friends affectionately called Bee and Juju , was the daughter of Tina Knowles, designer clothes, and Matthew Knowles, seller of neurosurgical instruments. Small and proved to be a creative and restless child. She began singing at age four, and the first time he climbed a stage knew that more would devote himself to show.

No wonder, then, that with just nine years decided to ride his first band. After several embryonic formations with several friends in the neighborhood who did not bear fruit (Girl Tyme, Something frehs, Cliche and The Dolls), his father, Matthew, convinced of the abilities and possibilities of the girl, he decided to become his producer, manager and musical mentor. so did Destiny's Child. Next to Beyoncé, the group completed her cousin, Kelly Rowland, LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Robertson.

The female quartet acted in clubs of Houston (were teloneras of R & B artists like SWV, Dru Hill and Immature), until in 1997 managed to sign with Columbia Records."My father became our manager when we were eleven and twelve, and we always looked for performances. We acted once a week in summer and twice a week. My mother was in charge of costumes and hairstyles, "the artist would relate years later.

Destiny's Child

After signing for Columbia Records, the group appeared on the soundtrack of the movie Men in black with a theme, Killing Time (1997), but it would be the single No, No, No , pertaining to the album Destiny's Child , which introduced with force in the music scene. The issue became a success: it was number 1 on the R & B / hip-hop singles of Billboard, hit No. 3 on the Hot-100 and sold nearly a million copies.

This success was quickly followed by the publication in 1999 of The writing's on the wall , of which more than 10 million copies were sold worldwide with three hits in the Top 10: Jumpin, Jumpin , Bills, Bills, Bills , single nine weeks on the billboard No. 1 on billboard R & B singles; and Say my name , for which won the Grammy for Best R & B Song and Best R & B performance by a duo or group.

Beyoncé in concert

In early 2000, a series of internal problems caused LaTavia and LeToya left the quartet and were replaced by Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin. The latter, however, left the group a few months later, and was then when Destiny's Child finally became a trio.

That same year they released new album, Survivor , which soon climbed to the top of the charts, reaching double platinum in just four weeks, similar to those of his previous work sales, and consolidate the trio in Mecca R & B. After this resounding success, the group members decided to make a stop along the way to pursue solo projects, which began to spread rumors about possible disagreements and its dissolution.

To the relief of fans, the trio would meet in 2004 and published his fourth album,Destiny fulfiller . Produced by Beyoncé and Rodney Jerkins, was the most mature album of training, which for five months toured the world with the Destiny Fulfilled and Lovin 'it Tour , featuring 75 concerts in 16 countries. And it was under this tour when, on June 11, 2005, in Barcelona, ​​in the success and at the peak of his career, the components of Destiny's Child announced their final separation.

The winners of the group was brilliant: Grammy, Billboard Artist of the Year, the NAACP, an American Music Award Image Award and an MTV award. Many of the successes were co-written and co-produced by Beyoncé herself, who in 2001 received the ASCAP award for best pop songwriter of the year, becoming the second woman in history (the first African American) to get this award.

Solo career

In 2003 Beyoncé presented his first solo album, Dangerously in Love , which exerted a composer, singer, producer (with his inseparable father) and mixer. Beyoncé consider the album "an opportunity to grow as a songwriter and singer." He said for this adventure with a wide range of partners, including her boyfriend, rapper Jay-Z (who played a duet Crazy in love ), Sean Paul, Missy Elliott, Mark Batson, Mario Winans, D-Roy & Mr . B, Big Boi of OutKast, Rich Harrison, Fanatic, Scott Storch and the legendary Luther Vandross on the closer I Get to You .

Dangerously in love it was number 1 and multiplatinum (sold 11 million copies worldwide, more than 100,000 only in Spain) and won five Grammys in 2004, including best album of contemporary R & B and best song of R & B by Crazy in love. With this victory, the interpreter equaled the record achieved by Lauryn Hill (1999), Alicia Keys (2001) and Norah Jones (2002) in number of Grammys achieved in a single year by a female artist.

Touched by the magic wand of success, Beyoncé released her second solo album,B'Day , in September 2006, coinciding with his 25th birthday. Composed, arranged and co - produced by the artist, the album again had stellar production collaborators (Rich Harrison, The Neptunes, Swizz Beatz and Rodney Jerkins) and Jay-Z among the guest artists.

Alongside his music career, Beyoncé began with the new century a thriving acting career, with his speech at the MTV film Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001) by Robert Townsend. Later, he would display his comic vis the role of Foxxy Cleopatra in the film Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), Jay Roach, starring Mike Myers. Also he participated in The Fighting Temptations (2003) by Jonathan Lynn, and a remake ofThe Pink Panther (2006) Shawn Levy, Steve Martin.

But the most important role to date would come with Dreamgirls (2006), Bill Condon, based on the Broadway musical of the same title and inspired by the famous trio of the 1960s The Supremes film. The leader of this new film trio could not be other than Beyoncé (Deena Jones), who appeared in the cast accompanied by stars like Jamie Foxx and Eddie Murphy.

Beyoncé, who has dabbled as a model for L'Oreal plans to act in a film a year and record an album every two years. He says his goal is to reach an Oscar or a Tony.And he wants to join the cast of music stars who not only have albums on the market, but also items like lingerie or perfume. Steve Wonder fan of Wyclef Jean and his favorite dish is fried chicken, and moves in a Jaguar convertible.