facts about beyonce knowles
Facts about Beyonce Knowles
A young living legend, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles, took her first step towards success at the tender age of seven, and has had nothing stopping her till date.
- Beyonce, along with her childhood friend, Kelly Rowland and two other classmates, formed 'Girl's Tyme'.
- The group made their debut in a talent show on television, but tasted failure.
- However, the group gave several performances at local events, which was just the beginning of their rising popularity.
- The group rose to fame in the late 1990s, when it signed a deal with Columbia Records and renamed itself as Destiny's Child.
- An album bearing the group name itself, that is, Destiny's Child, was released in 1998 which was an outstanding success and then there was no looking back.
- The all-female group went on to become one of the world's best-selling groups of all time. The album churned out the first major hit, 'No, No, No'.
- Later in the year 1999, the second album, The Writing's on the Wall gave the song 'Say My Name', which became a huge rage and went on to win a Grammy Award in the category of The Best R&&B song.
- The third album Survivor was released in 2001, earning the group a Grammy for Best R&&B Performance by a Group with Vocals for the title track.
- The same year, the group released a Christmas album titled 8 Days of Christmas that had Christmas songs.
- Cracks within the group widened, as each one wanted to pursue solo careers.
- Following a worldwide concert, Destiny's Child dissolved in the year 2005.
- In 2003, she made her debut solo album Dangerously in Love, which generated super-hits like, 'Crazy in Love' and 'Baby Boy', and became one of the most prominent and celebrated albums of that year.
- The album gave her five Grammys at the 2004 Grammy Awards.
- She released her second solo album B'Day on her 25th birthday in 2006, featuring the song 'Irreplaceable', which topped the charts in numerous countries.
- Her first worldwide concert was in 2007, wherein she gave ninety-seven stage performances.
- The same year, she re-released her album B'Day, which had five additional songs, one being 'Beautiful Liar', a duet with singer Shakira. The song was a huge rage, and was the number one chartbuster in several countries.
- She released her third solo album I Am... Sasha Fierce in 2008. The album was a mind-boggling success which had tracks like 'If I Were a Boy', 'Single Ladies' and 'Halo'.
- She received ten nominations in the 52nd Grammy Awards in 2010, and went to secure six awards in one night, a record currently tied with English singer and song-writer, Adele.
- Her fourth album 4, came out in 2011 and gave her the distinction of having her fourth consecutive number-one album in the US.
- The album was a mixed bag of successful and unsuccessful songs, but the song 'Love on Top' was a big success.
- The album earned her two Grammy nominations at the 54th Grammy Awards, without winning any.
- In 2001, she explored another field by bagging a role in the movie, Carmen: A Hip Hopera, featuring American actor Mekhi Phifer.
- She then appeared as the protagonist in the comic film Austin Powers In Goldmember opposite Mike Myers and released the track 'Work It Out' for the film, in 2002.
- In 2006, she starred in the musical film, Dreamgirls alongside Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy, and Jamie Foxx. Her performance earned her several nominations, one being, Best Actress at Golden Globe Awards.
- She also starred in the comedy film, The Pink Panther opposite Steve Martin.
- In 2008, she featured in a biopic film Cadillac Records based on singer Etta James, and received critical acclaim.
- She starred in Obsessed, a thriller, alongside American actress Ali Larter, in 2009.
- In 2013, she would be seen voicing for a character in the 3D animated movie, Epic.
- Knowles is a very prominent figure in the commercial segment too.
- She has been a part of a wide range of products from soft drinks, perfumes to beauty care products.
- Pepsi, L'Oréal, Tommy Hilfiger, Emporio Armani are some of the products she has endorsed along with the likes of Britney Spears, David Beckham, Jennifer Lopez, and Enrique Iglesias.
- She and her mother launched House of Dereon, a ready-to-wear clothing line, in the name of her maternal grandmother Agnèz Deréon.
- The clothing line is tag lined 'Couture.Kick.Soul', representing the three generations of women in the family.
- Her mother being a costume designer, designed clothes for the group.
- She is known to be an extremely charitable person.
- Along with her band mate, Kelly Rowland, she founded the Survivor Foundation, the charitable institution which aims to provide transitional housing to end homelessness, and has been of incredible help to the hurricane victims.
- At times, she has donated her absolute fee, earned from certain movies to rehabilitation centers.
- She has aided Earthquake Relief Fund and supported campaigns against child obesity.
- Done numerous shows to raise funds for the New York Police, Widows, to name a few.