Beyonce Knowles Biography
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Beyonce Knowles was
born on September 4, 1981 in Houston, Texas. She
enjoyed music at an early age and even joined
her church’s choir as a child. She also took
opera classes while she was young.
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Under the
management of her father, Beyonce, her cousin
and two other girls joined together to form a
singing group. They performed together on Star
Search in 1992.
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The group performed
under different names at clubs and small
venues. They finally settled on the name of
Destiny’s Child. They then recorded and released
their first single “No, No, No” which went
straight up to the top of the pop charts,
followed by their self titled debut album
Destiny’s Child in 1997.
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They released their
second album, The Writings on the Wall in 1999,
which was an even bigger success with three
top-ten hits (“Bills, Bills, Bills,” Jumpin,
Jumpin,” and “Say My Name.”
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The group had
another hit song on the soundtrack for Charlie’s
Angels in 2000 entitled, Independent Women, pt.
1, where they were nominated for the
Grammy Award for Best
Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or
Other Visual Media and won the ASCAP Award for
Most Performed Songs from Motion.
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2001 brought the group
two Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song and Best R&B
Performance, but it also brought about a change
in the group with two members leaving, and a new
third member. However, the new trio stuck it
out and recorded the third
Destinys Child that
same year entitled Survivor, which gave
the group more awards, including another Grammy.
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In 2002, she tried to
stretch her talents outside of music and
partnered up with Mike Myers in Austin
Powers: Goldmembers. Her performance led to
the nomination of the MTV Movie Award for
Breakthrough Female Performance.
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In 2003, Beyonce
sampled the waters outside of the group and
recorded a hit single, “Bonnie and Clyde ‘03”
with Jay-Z which was nominated for the Grammy
Award for Record of the Year. That same year,
Beyonce released her first solo album,
Dangerously in Love. For someone that was
used to receiving awards, she was not
disappointed during the 2004 Grammy Awards where
she won five awards (Female R&B Vocal
Performance, R&B Performance by Duo or Group
With Vocals, Best R&B Song, Best Contemporary
R&B Album and with a nomination for Record of
the Year).
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She continued pursuing
acting along with her music career in 2003 and
had a critically acclaimed role in the movie
The Fighting Temptations where she was
nominated for the Image Award for Outstanding
Actress in a Motion Picture and the Black Reel
Award for Film: Best Actress. She was won the
Black Reel Award for Film: Best Song with Walter
Williams Sr.
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In 2004, she
reunited with Destiny's Child and released their
fourth album in November of that year,
Destiny Fulfilled to the delight of fans
everywhere.
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The trio known as
Destiny’s Child, while on their European tour,
announced on MTV (in June 2005) that they were
going to be breaking up to pursue their own
individual careers. The split would be official
after they finished up their world tour on
September 10, 2005 in Vancouver, British
Columbia.
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Destiny’s Child
appeared at the Live8 concert on July 2, 2005.
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In July of 2005,
singer-songwriter Jennifer Armour filed a
lawsuit against Beyonce claiming that the song
“Baby Boy” was partly stolen from a song she had
“shopped it around” to Beyonce’s people. The
hearing is scheduled for October 28, 2005.
This is not the first time this has occurred, Destiny’s Child was sued in 2003 for alleged
copyright infringement for the song “Survivor.”
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So what’s next for
this beautiful and talented singer and actress?
There is a rumor that she may be doing another
album with Destiny’s Child, another solo album
and look for her in the upcoming movie Pink Panther
in 2005 and Dreamgirls in 2006 where she
will be playing a Diana Ross like character.
Biography by Ian Ripley,
PopStarsPlus.com, Sr. Staff Writer
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