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Beyoncé - Wikipedia. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles- Carter (; born September 4, 1. American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Beyoncé performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child. She rose to fame in the late 1. R& B girl- group Destiny's Child.

Managed by her father, Mathew Knowles, the group became one of the world's best- selling girl groups in history. Their hiatus saw Beyoncé's theatrical film debut in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2. Dangerously in Love (2. The album established her as a solo artist worldwide, earned five Grammy Awards, and featured the Billboard Hot 1. Crazy in Love" and "Baby Boy". Following the break- up of Destiny's Child in 2.

B'Day (2. 00. 6), which contained the top- ten singles "Déjà Vu", "Irreplaceable", and "Beautiful Liar". Beyoncé also continued her acting career, with starring roles in The Pink Panther (2. Dreamgirls (2. 00. Obsessed (2. 00. 9). Watch Entourage Hindi Full Movie.

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Her marriage to rapper Jay- Z and portrayal of Etta James in Cadillac Records (2. I Am.. Sasha Fierce (2. Sasha Fierce and earned a record- setting six Grammy Awards in 2. Song of the Year for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)". Beyoncé took a hiatus from music in 2.

Her critically acclaimed fifth album, Beyoncé (2. Watch Honour Online Ibtimes. With the release of the widely acclaimed Lemonade, Beyoncé had the best- selling album of 2. Billboard 2. 00 chart. Throughout her career, Beyoncé has sold an estimated 1.

Destiny's Child,[9][1. She has won 2. 2 Grammy Awards and is the most nominated woman in the award's history.

She is also the most awarded artist at the MTV Video Music Awards, with 2. The Recording Industry Association of America recognized Beyoncé as the Top Certified Artist in America during the 2. In 2. 00. 9, Billboard named her the Top Radio Songs Artist of the Decade, the Top Female Artist of the 2. Millennium Award in 2.

In 2. 01. 4, she became the highest- paid black musician in history and was listed among Time's 1. Forbes listed her as the most powerful female in entertainment of 2. Person of the Year.[2. Early life. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was born in Houston, Texas, to Celestine "Tina" Knowles (née Beyincé), a hairdresser and salon owner, and Mathew Knowles, a Xerox sales manager.[2.

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (/ b iː ˈ j ɒ n s eɪ /; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston.

Beyoncé's name is a tribute to her mother's maiden name.[2. Beyoncé's younger sister Solange is also a singer and a former back up dancer for Destiny's Child.

Solange and Beyoncé are the first sisters to have both had No. Mathew is African American, while Tina is of Louisiana Creole descent (African, Native American, and French).[2. Through her mother, Beyoncé is a descendant of Acadian leader Joseph Broussard.[2. Beyoncé attended St. Mary's Montessori School in Houston, where she enrolled in dance classes.

Her singing talent was discovered when dance instructor Darlette Johnson began humming a song and she finished it, able to hit the high- pitched notes.[3. Beyoncé's interest in music and performing continued after winning a school talent show at age seven, singing John Lennon's "Imagine" to beat 1. In fall of 1. 99. Beyoncé enrolled in Parker Elementary School, a music magnet school in Houston, where she would perform with the school's choir.[3.

She also attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts[3. Alief Elsik High School.[2. Beyoncé was also a member of the choir at St. John's United Methodist Church as a soloist for two years.[3. When Beyoncé was eight, she and childhood friend Kelly Rowland met La. Tavia Roberson while in an audition for an all- girl entertainment group.[3. They were placed into a group called Girl's Tyme with three other girls, and rapped and danced on the talent show circuit in Houston.[3.

After seeing the group, R& B producer Arne Frager brought them to his Northern California studio and placed them in Star Search, the largest talent show on national TV at the time. Girl's Tyme failed to win, and Beyoncé later said the song they performed was not good.[4.

In 1. 99. 5 Beyoncé's father resigned from his job to manage the group.[4. The move reduced Beyoncé's family's income by half, and her parents were forced to move into separated apartments.[2. Mathew cut the original line- up to four and the group continued performing as an opening act for other established R& B girl groups.[3.

The girls auditioned before record labels and were finally signed to Elektra Records, moving to Atlanta Records briefly to work on their first recording, only to be cut by the company.[2. This put further strain on the family, and Beyoncé's parents separated. On October 5, 1. 99. Dwayne Wiggins's Grass Roots Entertainment signed the group. In 1. 99. 6, the girls began recording their debut album under an agreement with Sony Music, the Knowles family reunited, and shortly after, the group got a contract with Columbia Records.[3. Career. 19. 97–2. Destiny's Child. The group changed their name to Destiny's Child in 1.

Book of Isaiah.[4. In 1. 99. 7, Destiny's Child released their major label debut song "Killing Time" on the soundtrack to the 1. Men in Black.[4. 1] The following year, the group released their self- titled debut album,[4. No, No, No". The album established the group as a viable act in the music industry, with moderate sales and winning the group three Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards for Best R& B/Soul Album of the Year, Best R& B/Soul or Rap New Artist, and Best R& B/Soul Single for "No, No, No". The group released their Multi- Platinum second album The Writing's on the Wall in 1. The record features some of the group's most widely known songs such as "Bills, Bills, Bills", the group's first number- one single, "Jumpin' Jumpin'" and "Say My Name", which became their most successful song at the time, and would remain one of their signature songs. Say My Name" won the Best R& B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and the Best R& B Song at the 4.

Annual Grammy Awards.[3. The Writing's on the Wall sold more than eight million copies worldwide.[4. During this time, Beyoncé recorded a duet with Marc Nelson, an original member of Boyz II Men, on the song "After All Is Said and Done" for the soundtrack to the 1. The Best Man.[4. 4]Le. Toya Luckett and Roberson became unhappy with Mathew's managing of the band and eventually were replaced by Farrah Franklin and Michelle Williams.[3.

Beyoncé experienced depression following the split with Luckett and Roberson after being publicly blamed by the media, critics, and blogs for its cause.[4. Her long- standing boyfriend left her at this time.[4. The depression was so severe it lasted for a couple of years, during which she occasionally kept herself in her bedroom for days and refused to eat anything.[4. Beyoncé stated that she struggled to speak about her depression because Destiny's Child had just won their first Grammy Award and she feared no one would take her seriously.[4. Beyoncé would later speak of her mother as the person who helped her fight it.[4.

Franklin was then dismissed, leaving just Beyoncé, Rowland, and Williams.[4. The remaining band members recorded "Independent Women Part I", which appeared on the soundtrack to the 2. Charlie's Angels. It became their best- charting single, topping the U.

S. Billboard Hot 1. In early 2. 00. 1, while Destiny's Child was completing their third album, Beyoncé landed a major role in the MTV made- for- television film, Carmen: A Hip Hopera, starring alongside American actor Mekhi Phifer.

Set in Philadelphia, the film is a modern interpretation of the 1. Carmen by French composer Georges Bizet.[5.

When the third album Survivor was released in May 2. Luckett and Roberson filed a lawsuit claiming that the songs were aimed at them.[3. The album debuted at number one on the U. S. Billboard 2. 00, with first- week sales of 6. The album spawned other number- one hits, "Bootylicious" and the title track, "Survivor", the latter of which earned the group a Grammy Award for Best R& B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.[5.