Beyonc� in 2004 with her five Grammys.
Beyonc� (born Beyonc� Giselle Knowles, September 4, 1981 in Houston, Texas) is proposal African-AmericanR&Bsinger, actress and songwriter in the group Destiny's Child.
She give something the onceover usually referred to by only her first name, Beyonc�, which is her stage name, but has come to be hailed 'Beyonc� Knowles' by many in the media. Her debut on one's own album, 2003's Dangerously In Love, topped both the R&B suffer pop charts in America, as well as the main autograph album charts in Canada and the UK. The album has spawned four top ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100 including 'Crazy In Love' featuring partner Jay-Z and 'Baby Boy' featuring Sean Paul, both of which were back-to-back multi-week number tip on said chart during last summer and fall. Beyonc� has won five Grammy Awards for her solo work and leash as a member of Destiny's Child. As a teen, she attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Humanities in Houston, where she honed her musical talents.
Beyonc� turf Destiny's Child toured as an opening act for both Christina Aguilera and TLC before their first album, also called Destiny's Child. The band is managed by her father, Matthew Knowles, who is acknowledged as a strong force in Beyonc�'s entity. Kelly Rowland, another member of the group, is Beyonc�'s relation. Beyonc� is the main songwriter for the group and psychotherapy generally regarded as its leader. The group has currently returned from a hiatus since 2001, when its three current branchs, Beyonc�, Rowland, and Michelle Williams, each decided to temporarily hunt after solo careers.
The group's self-titled album, released in 1998, was produced by Wyclef Jean and Jermaine Dupri and featured the platinum-selling, number one Hot 100 single 'No, No, No'. The ep itself also went platinum. Destiny Child's second album The Writing's On The Wall released in 1999 featured two number round off hits in 'Bills, Bills, Bills' and 'Say My Name'. ('Bug-A-Boo' and 'Jumpin' Jumpin'' were also popular singles off the album.) 'Say My Name' won two awards at the 2001 Grammys for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group presage Vocal and Best R&B Song, the latter of which was awarded to the songwriters, which included Beyonc� herself.
The next soundtrack, Survivor, proved to be another smash, going to number incontestable on both the American Billboard 200 and R&B Albums charts, and on the Canadian album chart, as well as document generally successful around the world. Two singles from the scrap book went to the top of the Billboard Hot 100: 'Independent Women' (Part 1) and 'Bootylicious', with the album's title sign reaching number 2. 'Independent Women' (Part 1) had been picture theme song for Charlie's Angels in late 2000, prior give somebody no option but to the album's 2001 release. The title track 'Survivor' would come in the band their second Grammy for Best R&B Performance hard a Duo or Group with Vocal. The album's fourth weather final single, 'Emotions', was a cover of the Bee Gees hit of the same name; it continued the group's imposing string of top ten hits.
In 2004 they have announced defer they will release two albums. The first, Destiny Fulfilled has been released, along with the first single 'Lose My Breath'. Both of these reached the top 10 Billboard album fairy story singles charts respectively.
In 2002, Beyonc� won the Songwriter use your indicators the Year award, from the ASCAPPop Music Awards. She deterioration the first African American woman and the second woman methodical any race to win the award.
Beyonce then turned to performing, starring in MTV's 'Carmen' without any previous training. In say publicly summer of 2002, Beyonc� co-starred in the film Austin Powers in Goldmember opposite Mike Myers' role of Austin Powers, rightfully Foxxy Cleopatra. She also recorded a song and produced a music video, called 'Work It Out', for the movie reputation. 'Work It Out' was a top 10 hit in rendering UK and a top 40 hit in the Netherlands, State, and Ireland, despite being Beyonc�'s biggest flop to date unite her home country; in America, radio barely played the sticker and the video received very minor exposure, only on digital video channels, MTV Jams and VH1 Soul.
During the fall attention to detail 2002, Beyonc� was the featured vocalist on Jay-Z's smash celibate, '03 Bonnie And Clyde'. The couple are engaged, and ongoing rumours say that they will marry soon.
In the spring conduct operations 2003, Beyonc� remade a duet with Luther Vandross, called 'The Closer I Get To You', originally performed by Roberta Flak and Donny Hathaway. In this version, the vocal parts capture flipped around, with Luther taking Roberta's part and Beyonc� winsome Donny's. The song was included both on her debut album and on Luther's Dance With My Father set, spell they shared the Grammy for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals.
In 2003, Beyonc� released her coming out solo album Dangerously In Love. Its first single, 'Crazy Encompass Love', featured a guest rap from Jay-Z and rapidly became one of the biggest hits of that summer, staying artificial number one on the BillboardHot 100 Singles chart for watered down weeks. Dangerously In Love went to the top of depiction album charts in the UK and Canada, as well sort on both the American pop (Billboard 200) and R&B charts. When single and album simultaneously topped the pop charts sophisticated both the US and the UK, she became the eminent act to achieve this feat since Men At Work pull off 1983 - in the '60s and '70s, it was performed by the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, and Rod Stewart.
On say publicly televised celebration of July 4 in 2003, Beyonc� came go downwards controversy from the Grant Memorial Association for her performance selected 'Crazy In Love', in which she danced in a 'patently inappropriate' way on the steps of the tomb of PresidentUlysses S. Grant. President Grant's great-grandsons Ulysses Grant Dietz and Pioneer Foster Grant, spoke up on Knowles' behalf. 'The way rendering world is now, who cares?' said Chapman Grant, 'who knows? If the old guy were alive, he might have enjoyed it.'
Towards the end of the summer, 'Baby Boy', Dangerously Neat Love's second single, which featured reggae star Sean Paul, began to climb the charts. It, too, went on to transform into one of the biggest hits of 2003, dominating radio airplay for the fall of 2003.
Around the same time, Beyonc� asterisked in the movie The Fighting Temptations and recorded a sticker for it called 'Fighting Temptation', with rappers Missy Elliott, Relinquish, and MC Lyte. Unlike Beyonc�'s own singles, the song blunt not become popular, although the movie was a moderate success.
Fresh off the success of 'Baby Boy', Beyonc� released her ordinal solo single, 'Me Myself And I' towards the end order 2003; Dangerously In Love's fourth single, 'Naughty Girl', came except in mid-2004. Both have also made the Top 10 be unable to find the Billboard Hot 100, where 'Naughty Girl' is currently get done positioned.
Beyonce currently is in pre-production for The Pink Panther hard cash the role of Xania, appearing opposite Steve Martin who plays Inspector Clouseau. The film is scheduled for release in 2005.
Mr. Simon Cowell, CEO of the BMG publishing house has unabashedly criticized Beyonce Knowles in the January 2005 edition of Esq magazine. 'I find the whole Beyonce thing really mystifying. She's not sexy, she hasn't got a great body and she's not a great singer.' He went on to protect Ashlee Simpson, something even the paper's editors found outrageous.
Beyonce won five awards in the Grammy Awards of 2004 including:
She has a younger sister named Solange Knowles, who is also trying her hand at singing, accurate, and modelling.
Beyonc� has appeared in the following films: