Beyonc Giselle Knowles-Carter[2] (/bijnse/ bee-YON-say) (born September 4, 1981),[3][4] is an American recording artist and actress.

Born and raised in Houston, e!as, s"e per#ormed in $arious singing and dancing competitions as a c"i%d, and rose to #ame in t"e %ate 199&s as %ead singer o# '(B gir%)group *estin+,s -"i%d. .anaged b+ "er #at"er .at"e/ 0no/%es, t"e group became one o# t"e /or%d,s best)se%%ing gir% groups o# a%% time. "eir "iatus sa/ t"e re%ease o# Be+onc1,s debut a%bum, Dangerously in Love (2&&2), /"ic" estab%is"ed "er as a so%o artist /or%d/ide3 it so%d 11 mi%%ion copies, earned #i$e 4ramm+ A/ards and #eatured t"e Billboard number)one sing%es 5-ra6+ in 7o$e5 and 5Bab+ Bo+5. 8o%%o/ing t"e disbandment o# *estin+,s -"i%d in 2&&9, s"e re%eased "er second so%o a%bum, B'Day (2&&:), /"ic" contained "its 5*1;< =u5, 5>rrep%aceab%e5 and 5Beauti#u% 7iar5. Be+onc1 a%so $entured into acting, /it" a 4o%den 4%obe)nominated per#ormance in Dreamgirls (2&&:), and starring ro%es in The Pink Panther (2&&:) and Obsessed (2&&9). Her marriage to rapper ?a+)@ and portra+a% o# Atta ?ames in Cadillac Records (2&&8) in#%uenced "er t"ird a%bum, I m!!! "asha #ierce (2&&8), /"ic" sa/ t"e birt" o# "er a%ter)ego Sas"a 8ierce and earned a record)setting si! 4ramm+ A/ards in 2&1&, inc%uding Song o# t"e Bear #or 5Sing%e 7adies (Cut a 'ing on >t)5. Be+onc1 tooD a "iatus #rom music in 2&1& and tooD o$er management o# "er career3 $ (2&11) /as subseEuent%+ me%%o/er in tone, e!p%oring 19F&s #unD, 198&s pop, and 199&s sou%.[9] Her #i#t" studio a%bum, Beyonc% (2&12), /as critica%%+ acc%aimed and /as distinguis"ed #rom pre$ious re%eases b+ its e!perimenta% production and e!p%oration o# darDer t"emes. A se%#)described 5modern)da+ #eminist5,[:] Be+onc1,s songs are o#ten c"aracteri6ed b+ t"emes o# %o$e, re%ations"ips, and monogam+, as /e%% as #ema%e se!ua%it+ and empo/erment. Gn stage, "er d+namic, "ig"%+ c"oreograp"ed per#ormances "a$e %ed to critics "ai%ing "er as one o# t"e best entertainers in contemporar+ popu%ar music. "roug"out a career spanning 1: +ears, s"e "as /on 1F 4ramm+ A/ards and so%d o$er 118 mi%%ion records as a so%o artist[F] and :& mi%%ion /it" *estin+,s -"i%d,[8] maDing "er one o# t"e best)se%%ing music artists o# a%% time.[9][10] "e 'ecording >ndustr+ Association o# America recogni6ed Be+onc1 as t"e op -erti#ied Artist in America during t"e 2&&&s decade. [11][12] >n 2&&9, Billboard named "er t"e op 'adio Songs Artist o# t"e *ecade,[12] t"e op 8ema%e Artist o# t"e 2&&&s and t"eir Artist o# t"e .i%%ennium in 2&11.[14][15] >n 2&12, s"e /as a%so inc%uded in Time maga6ine,s %ist o# t"e 1&& most in#%uentia% peop%e in t"e /or%d.[1:]

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1 Aar%+ %ife 2 -areer 2.1 199FH2&&1I *estin+,s -"i%d 2.2 2&&2H&FI Dangerously in Love, B'Day, and Dreamgirls 2.2 2&&8H1&I .arriage, I m!!! "asha #ierce, and Cadillac Records 2.4 2&11H12I $ and mot"er"ood 2.9 2&12HpresentI Beyonc% 2 Cersona% %i#e 2.1 8ami%+ 2.2 Co%itics 2.2 Jet /ort" 4 Artistr+ 4.1 =oice and song/riting 4.2 >n#%uences 4.2 Stage and a%ter ego 4.4 Cub%ic image 9 7egac+

: Honors and a/ards F Gt"er $entures F.1 Andorsements F.2 8as"ion %ines F.2 C"i%ant"rop+ 8 *iscograp"+ 9 8i%mograp"+ 1& ours and residenc+ s"o/s 11 See a%so 12 Jotes 12 'e#erences 14 A!terna% %inDs

Early life
Be+onc1 4ise%%e 0no/%es /as born in Houston to Kero! sa%es manager .at"e/ 0no/%es and "airdresserLsa%on o/ner -e%estine Ann 5 ina5 Be+inc1.[17][18] .at"e/ is A#rican)American, /"i%e ina is o# 7ouisiana -reo%e descent (/it" A#rican, Jati$e American, 8renc", and 1L1:t" >ris", ancestr+). [19] [20] "roug" "er mot"er, Be+onc1 is a descendant o# Acadian %eader ?osep" Broussard.[19] Be+onc1,s name is a tribute to "er mot"er,s maiden name.[2&] Be+onc1,s +ounger sister So%ange is a%so a recording artist and actress.[21] Be+onc1 /as educated at St. .ar+,s A%ementar+ Sc"oo% in 8redericDsburg, e!as, /"ere s"e enro%%ed in dance c%asses. Her singing ta%ent /as disco$ered /"en dance instructor *ar%ette ?o"nson began "umming a song and s"e #inis"ed it, "itting t"e "ig")pitc"ed notes.[22] Be+onc1,s interest in music and per#orming continued a#ter /inning a sc"oo% ta%ent s"o/ at age se$en, singing ?o"n 7ennon,s 5>magine5 to beat 19 and 1:)+ear)o%ds.[23][24] >n #a%% o# 199&, Be+onc1 enro%%ed in CarDer A%ementar+ Sc"oo%, a music magnet sc"oo% in Houston, /"ere s"e /ou%d per#orm /it" t"e sc"oo%,s c"oir.[29] S"e a%so attended t"e High School for the Performing n! "is# l $rts[2%] and %ater A%ie# A%siD Hig" Sc"oo%. [20][27] Be+onc1 /as a%so a member o# t"e c"oir at St. ?o"n,s Mnited .et"odist -"urc" as a so%oist #or t/o +ears.[28] Aged eig"t, Be+onc1 and c"i%d"ood #riend 0e%%+ 'o/%and met 7a a$ia 'oberson /"i%e in an audition #or an a%%)gir% entertainment group.[29] "e+ /ere p%aced into a group /it" t"ree ot"er gir%s as 4ir%,s +me, and rapped and danced on t"e ta%ent s"o/ circuit in Houston.[2&] A#ter seeing t"e group, '(B producer Arne 8rager broug"t t"em to "is Jort"ern -a%i#ornia studio and p%aced t"em in "tar "earch, t"e %argest ta%ent s"o/ on nationa% = at t"e time. 4ir%,s +me #ai%ed to /in, and Be+onc1 %ater said t"e song t"e+ per#ormed /as not good.[31][32] >n 1999 Be+onc1,s #at"er resigned #rom "is ;ob to manage t"e group. [22] "e mo$e reduced Be+onc1,s #ami%+,s income b+ "a%#, and "er parents /ere #orced to mo$e into separated apartments.[2&] .at"e/ cut t"e origina% %ine)up to #our and t"e group continued per#orming as an opening act #or ot"er estab%is"ed '(B gir% groups.[29] "e gir%s auditioned be#ore record %abe%s and /ere #ina%%+ signed to A%eDtra 'ecords, mo$ing to At%anta 'ecords brie#%+ to /orD on t"eir #irst recording, on%+ to be cut b+ t"e compan+.[2&] "is put #urt"er strain on t"e #ami%+, and Be+onc1,s parents separated. Gn Gctober 9, 1999, */a+ne Niggins,s 4rass 'oots Antertainment signed t"e group. >n 199:, t"e gir%s began recording t"eir debut a%bum under an agreement /it" Son+ .usic, t"e 0no/%es #ami%+ reunited, and s"ort%+ a#ter, t"e group got a contract /it" -o%umbia 'ecords.[22]

Career
19972001: Destiny's Child
&ain article' Destiny's Child

*estin+,s -"i%d per#orming 5Sa+ .+ Jame5, a sing%e t"at garnered critica% and commercia% success, a%ong /it" t/o 4ramm+ A/ards

"e group c"anged t"eir name to *estin+,s -"i%d in 199:, based on a passage in t"e BooD o# >saia". [24] >n 199F, *estin+,s -"i%d re%eased t"eir ma;or %abe% debut song 50i%%ing ime5 on t"e soundtracD to t"e 199F #i%m, &en in Black.[22] "e #o%%o/ing +ear, t"e group re%eased t"eir se%#)tit%ed debut a%bum, [21] scoring t"eir #irst ma;or "it 5Jo, Jo, Jo5. "e a%bum estab%is"ed t"e group as a $iab%e act in t"e music industr+, /it" moderate sa%es and /inning t"e group t"ree Sou% rain 7ad+ o# Sou% A/ards #or Best '(BLSou% A%bum o# t"e Bear, Best '(BLSou% or 'ap Je/ Artist, and Best '(BLSou% Sing%e #or 5Jo, Jo, Jo5. "e group re%eased t"eir mu%ti)p%atinum second a%bum The (riting's on the (all in 1999. "e record #eatures some o# t"e group,s most /ide%+ Dno/n songs suc" as 5Bi%%s, Bi%%s, Bi%%s,5 t"e group,s #irst number)one sing%e, 5?umpin, ?umpin,5 and 5Sa+ .+ Jame5, /"ic" became t"eir most success#u% song at t"e time, and /ou%d remain one o# t"eir signature songs. 5Sa+ .+ Jame5 /on t"e Best '(B Cer#ormance b+ a *uo or 4roup /it" =oca%s and t"e Best '(B Song at t"e 42rd Annua% 4ramm+ A/ards.[29] The (riting's on the (all so%d more t"an eig"t mi%%ion copies /or%d/ide.[21] *uring t"is time, Be+onc1 recorded a duet /it" .arc Je%son, an origina% member o# Bo+6 >> .en, on t"e song 5A#ter A%% >s Said and *one5 #or t"e soundtracD to t"e 1999 #i%m, The Best &an.[29] 7e o+a 7ucDett and 'oberson became un"app+ /it" .at"e/,s managing o# t"e band and e$entua%%+ /ere rep%aced b+8arra" 8ranD%in and .ic"e%%e Ni%%iams.[29] Be+onc1 e!perienced depression #o%%o/ing t"e sp%it /it" 7ucDett and 'oberson a#ter being pub%ic%+ b%amed b+ t"e media, critics, and b%ogs #or its cause.[2:] Her %ong)standing bo+#riend %e#t "er at t"is time.[2F] "e depression /as so se$ere it %asted #or a coup%e o# +ears, during /"ic" s"e occasiona%%+ Dept "erse%# in "er bedroom #or da+s and re#used to eat an+t"ing.[28] Be+onc1 stated t"at s"e strugg%ed to speaD about "er depression because *estin+,s -"i%d "ad ;ust /on t"eir #irst 4ramm+ A/ard and s"e #eared no one /ou%d taDe "er serious%+. [29] Be+onc1 /ou%d %ater speaD o# "er mot"er as t"e person /"o "e%ped "er #ig"t it.[28] 8ranD%in /as dismissed, %ea$ing ;ust Be+onc1, 'o/%and, and Ni%%iams.[4&] "e remaining band members recorded 5>ndependent Nomen Cart >5, /"ic" appeared on t"e soundtracD to t"e 2&&& #i%m, Charlie's ngels. >t became t"eir best)c"arting sing%e, topping t"e M.S. Billboard Hot 1&& c"art #or e%e$en consecuti$e /eeDs.[29] >n ear%+ 2&&1, /"i%e *estin+,s -"i%d /as comp%eting t"eir t"ird a%bum, Be+onc1 %anded a ma;or ro%e in t"e . = made)#or)te%e$ision #i%m, Carmen' )i* )o*era, starring a%ongside American actor .eD"i C"i#er. Set in C"i%ade%p"ia, t"e #i%m is a modern interpretation o# t"e 19t" centur+ opera Carmen b+ 8renc" composer 4eorges Bi6et.[41] N"en t"e t"ird a%bum "urvivor /as re%eased in .a+ 2&&1, 7ucDett and 'oberson #i%ed a %a/suit c%aiming t"at t"e songs /ere aimed at t"em.[29] "e a%bum debuted at number one on t"e M.S. Billboard 2&&, /it" #irst)/eeD sa%es o# ::2,&&& copies so%d.[42] "e a%bum spa/ned ot"er number)one "its, 5Boot+%icious5 and t"e tit%e tracD, 5Sur$i$or5, t"e %atter o# /"ic" earned t"e group a 4ramm+ A/ard #or Best '(B Cer#ormance b+ a *uo or 4roup /it" =oca%s.[42] A#ter re%easing t"eir "o%ida+ a%bum + Days o, Christmas in Gctober 2&&1, t"e group announced a "iatus to #urt"er pursue so%o careers.[29]

200207: Dangerously in Love, B'Day, and Dreamgirls

Be+onc1 per#orming 5Bab+ Bo+5, /"ic" spent nine consecuti$e /eeDs at number one on t"e Billboard Hot 1&&c"art[44]

>n ?u%+ 2&&2, Be+onc1 continued "er acting career p%a+ing 8o!!+ -%eopatra a%ongside .iDe .+ers in t"e comed+ #i%m, ustin Po-ers in .oldmember,[49] /"ic" spent its #irst /eeDend atop t"e MS bo! o##ice and grossed OF2 mi%%ion.[4:] Be+onc1 re%eased 5NorD >t Gut5 as t"e %ead sing%e #rom its soundtracD a%bum /"ic" entered t"e top ten in t"e M0, Jor/a+, and Be%gium.[4F] >n 2&&2, Be+onc1 starred opposite -uba 4ooding, ?r., in t"e musica% comed+ The #ighting Tem*tations as 7i%%+, a sing%e mot"er /"om 4ooding,s c"aracter #a%%s in %o$e /it".[48] "e #i%m recei$ed mi!ed re$ie/s #rom critics but grossed O2& mi%%ion in t"e M.S.[49][50] Be+onc1 re%eased 58ig"ting emptation5 as t"e %ead sing%e #rom t"e #i%m,s soundtracD a%bum, /it".iss+ A%%iott, .- 7+te, and 8ree /"ic" /as a%so used to promote t"e #i%m.[91] Anot"er o# Be+onc1,s contributions to t"e soundtracD, 5Summertime5, #ared better on t"e MS c"arts.[92] Be+onc1,s #irst so%o recording /as a #eature on ?a+)@,s 5,&2 Bonnie ( -%+de5 t"at /as re%eased in Gctober 2&&2, peaDing at number #our on t"e M.S. Billboard Hot 1&& c"art.[92] Her #irst so%o a%bum Dangerously in Love /as re%eased on ?une 24, 2&&2, a#ter .ic"e%%e Ni%%iams and 0e%%+ 'o/%and "ad re%eased t"eir so%o e##orts.[94] "e a%bum so%d 21F,&&& copies in its #irst /eeD and debuted atop t"e Billboard 2&&.[99] As o# 2&12 it remains Be+onc1,s best)se%%ing a%bum, /it" 11 mi%%ion copies so%d /or%d/ide.[9:] Be+onc1 /as t"e #irst artist in t/ent+ +ears and #irst /oman in c"art "istor+ to "a$e bot" an a%bum and sing%e debut on top o# t"e M0 and MS c"arts at t"e same time. [57][58] "e a%bum,s %ead sing%e, 5-ra6+ in 7o$e5, #eaturing ?a+)@, became Be+onc1,s #irst number)one sing%e as a so%o artist in t"e MS.[99] "e sing%e 5Bab+ Bo+5 a%so reac"ed number one,[44] and sing%es, 5.e, .+se%# and >5 and 5Jaug"t+ 4ir%5, bot" reac"ed t"e top)#i$e.[:&] "e a%bum earned Be+onc1 a t"en record)t+ing #i$e a/ards at t"e 4:t" Annua% 4ramm+ A/ards3 Best -ontemporar+ '(B A%bum, Best 8ema%e '(B =oca% Cer#ormance #or 5*angerous%+ in 7o$e 25, Best '(B Song and Best 'apLSung -o%%aboration #or 5-ra6+ in 7o$e5, and Best '(B Cer#ormance b+ a *uo or 4roup /it" =oca%s #or 5 "e -%oser > 4et to Bou5 /it" 7ut"er =andross.[:1] >n Jo$ember 2&&2, s"e embarDed on t"e *angerous%+ in 7o$e our in Aurope and %ater toured a%ongside .iss+ A%%iott and A%icia 0e+s #or t"e =eri6on 7adies 8irst our in Jort" America.[:2] Gn 8ebruar+ 1, 2&&4, Be+onc1 per#ormed t"e American nationa% ant"em at Super Bo/% KKK=>>>, at t"e 'e%iant Stadium in Houston, e!as.[:2] A#ter t"e re%ease o# Dangerously in Love, Be+onc1 "ad p%anned t Beyonc Giselle Knowles-Carter[2] (/bijnse/ bee-YON-say) (born September 4, 1981),[3][4] is an American recording artist and actress. Born and raised in Houston, e!as, s"e per#ormed in $arious singing and dancing competitions as a c"i%d, and rose to #ame in t"e %ate 199&s as %ead singer o# '(B gir%)group *estin+,s -"i%d. .anaged b+ "er #at"er .at"e/ 0no/%es, t"e group became one o# t"e /or%d,s best)se%%ing gir% groups o# a%% time. "eir "iatus sa/ t"e re%ease o# Be+onc1,s debut a%bum, Dangerously in Love (2&&2), /"ic" estab%is"ed "er as a so%o artist /or%d/ide3 it so%d 11 mi%%ion copies, earned #i$e 4ramm+ A/ards and #eatured t"e Billboard number)one sing%es 5-ra6+ in 7o$e5 and 5Bab+ Bo+5. 8o%%o/ing t"e disbandment o# *estin+,s -"i%d in 2&&9, s"e re%eased "er second so%o a%bum, B'Day (2&&:), /"ic" contained "its 5*1;< =u5, 5>rrep%aceab%e5 and 5Beauti#u% 7iar5. Be+onc1 a%so $entured into acting, /it" a 4o%den 4%obe)nominated per#ormance in Dreamgirls (2&&:), and starring ro%es in The Pink Panther (2&&:) and Obsessed (2&&9). Her marriage to rapper ?a+)@ and portra+a%

o# Atta ?ames in Cadillac Records (2&&8) in#%uenced "er t"ird a%bum, I m!!! "asha #ierce (2&&8), /"ic" sa/ t"e birt" o# "er a%ter)ego Sas"a 8ierce and earned a record)setting si! 4ramm+ A/ards in 2&1&, inc%uding Song o# t"e Bear #or 5Sing%e 7adies (Cut a 'ing on >t)5. Be+onc1 tooD a "iatus #rom music in 2&1& and tooD o$er management o# "er career3 $ (2&11) /as subseEuent%+ me%%o/er in tone, e!p%oring 19F&s #unD, 198&s pop, and 199&s sou%.[9] Her #i#t" studio a%bum, Beyonc% (2&12), /as critica%%+ acc%aimed and /as distinguis"ed #rom pre$ious re%eases b+ its e!perimenta% production and e!p%oration o# darDer t"emes. A se%#)described 5modern)da+ #eminist5,[:] Be+onc1,s songs are o#ten c"aracteri6ed b+ t"emes o# %o$e, re%ations"ips, and monogam+, as /e%% as #ema%e se!ua%it+ and empo/erment. Gn stage, "er d+namic, "ig"%+ c"oreograp"ed per#ormances "a$e %ed to critics "ai%ing "er as one o# t"e best entertainers in contemporar+ popu%ar music. "roug"out a career spanning 1: +ears, s"e "as /on 1F 4ramm+ A/ards and so%d o$er 118 mi%%ion records as a so%o artist[F] and :& mi%%ion /it" *estin+,s -"i%d,[8] maDing "er one o# t"e best)se%%ing music artists o# a%% time.[9][10] "e 'ecording >ndustr+ Association o# America recogni6ed Be+onc1 as t"e op -erti#ied Artist in America during t"e 2&&&s decade. [11][12] >n 2&&9, Billboard named "er t"e op 'adio Songs Artist o# t"e *ecade,[12] t"e op 8ema%e Artist o# t"e 2&&&s and t"eir Artist o# t"e .i%%ennium in 2&11.[14][15] >n 2&12, s"e /as a%so inc%uded in Time maga6ine,s %ist o# t"e 1&& most in#%uentia% peop%e in t"e /or%d.[1:]

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1 Aar%+ %ife 2 -areer 2.1 199FH2&&1I *estin+,s -"i%d 2.2 2&&2H&FI Dangerously in Love, B'Day, and Dreamgirls 2.2 2&&8H1&I .arriage, I m!!! "asha #ierce, and Cadillac Records 2.4 2&11H12I $ and mot"er"ood 2.9 2&12HpresentI Beyonc% 2 Cersona% %i#e 2.1 8ami%+ 2.2 Co%itics 2.2 Jet /ort" 4 Artistr+ 4.1 =oice and song/riting 4.2 >n#%uences 4.2 Stage and a%ter ego 4.4 Cub%ic image 9 7egac+ : Honors and a/ards F Gt"er $entures F.1 Andorsements F.2 8as"ion %ines F.2 C"i%ant"rop+ 8 *iscograp"+ 9 8i%mograp"+ 1& ours and residenc+ s"o/s 11 See a%so 12 Jotes

 12 'e#erences 14 A!terna% %inDs

Early life
Be+onc1 4ise%%e 0no/%es /as born in Houston to Kero! sa%es manager .at"e/ 0no/%es and "airdresserLsa%on o/ner -e%estine Ann 5 ina5 Be+inc1.[17][18] .at"e/ is A#rican)American, /"i%e ina is o# 7ouisiana -reo%e descent (/it" A#rican, Jati$e American, 8renc", and 1L1:t" >ris", ancestr+). [19] [20] "roug" "er mot"er, Be+onc1 is a descendant o# Acadian %eader ?osep" Broussard.[19] Be+onc1,s name is a tribute to "er mot"er,s maiden name.[2&] Be+onc1,s +ounger sister So%ange is a%so a recording artist and actress.[21] Be+onc1 /as educated at St. .ar+,s A%ementar+ Sc"oo% in 8redericDsburg, e!as, /"ere s"e enro%%ed in dance c%asses. Her singing ta%ent /as disco$ered /"en dance instructor *ar%ette ?o"nson began "umming a song and s"e #inis"ed it, "itting t"e "ig")pitc"ed notes.[22] Be+onc1,s interest in music and per#orming continued a#ter /inning a sc"oo% ta%ent s"o/ at age se$en, singing ?o"n 7ennon,s 5>magine5 to beat 19 and 1:)+ear)o%ds.[23][24] >n #a%% o# 199&, Be+onc1 enro%%ed in CarDer A%ementar+ Sc"oo%, a music magnet sc"oo% in Houston, /"ere s"e /ou%d per#orm /it" t"e sc"oo%,s c"oir.[29] S"e a%so attended t"e High School for the Performing n! "is# l $rts[2%] and %ater A%ie# A%siD Hig" Sc"oo%. [20][27] Be+onc1 /as a%so a member o# t"e c"oir at St. ?o"n,s Mnited .et"odist -"urc" as a so%oist #or t/o +ears.[28] Aged eig"t, Be+onc1 and c"i%d"ood #riend 0e%%+ 'o/%and met 7a a$ia 'oberson /"i%e in an audition #or an a%%)gir% entertainment group.[29] "e+ /ere p%aced into a group /it" t"ree ot"er gir%s as 4ir%,s +me, and rapped and danced on t"e ta%ent s"o/ circuit in Houston.[2&] A#ter seeing t"e group, '(B producer Arne 8rager broug"t t"em to "is Jort"ern -a%i#ornia studio and p%aced t"em in "tar "earch, t"e %argest ta%ent s"o/ on nationa% = at t"e time. 4ir%,s +me #ai%ed to /in, and Be+onc1 %ater said t"e song t"e+ per#ormed /as not good.[31][32] >n 1999 Be+onc1,s #at"er resigned #rom "is ;ob to manage t"e group. [22] "e mo$e reduced Be+onc1,s #ami%+,s income b+ "a%#, and "er parents /ere #orced to mo$e into separated apartments.[2&] .at"e/ cut t"e origina% %ine)up to #our and t"e group continued per#orming as an opening act #or ot"er estab%is"ed '(B gir% groups.[29] "e gir%s auditioned be#ore record %abe%s and /ere #ina%%+ signed to A%eDtra 'ecords, mo$ing to At%anta 'ecords brie#%+ to /orD on t"eir #irst recording, on%+ to be cut b+ t"e compan+.[2&] "is put #urt"er strain on t"e #ami%+, and Be+onc1,s parents separated. Gn Gctober 9, 1999, */a+ne Niggins,s 4rass 'oots Antertainment signed t"e group. >n 199:, t"e gir%s began recording t"eir debut a%bum under an agreement /it" Son+ .usic, t"e 0no/%es #ami%+ reunited, and s"ort%+ a#ter, t"e group got a contract /it" -o%umbia 'ecords.[22]

Career
19972001: Destiny's Child
&ain article' Destiny's Child

*estin+,s -"i%d per#orming 5Sa+ .+ Jame5, a sing%e t"at garnered critica% and commercia% success, a%ong /it" t/o 4ramm+ A/ards

"e group c"anged t"eir name to *estin+,s -"i%d in 199:, based on a passage in t"e BooD o# >saia". [24] >n 199F, *estin+,s -"i%d re%eased t"eir ma;or %abe% debut song 50i%%ing ime5 on t"e soundtracD to t"e 199F #i%m, &en in Black.[22] "e #o%%o/ing +ear, t"e group re%eased t"eir se%#)tit%ed debut a%bum, [21] scoring t"eir #irst ma;or "it 5Jo, Jo, Jo5. "e a%bum estab%is"ed t"e group as a $iab%e act in t"e music industr+, /it" moderate sa%es and /inning t"e group t"ree Sou% rain 7ad+ o# Sou% A/ards #or Best '(BLSou% A%bum o# t"e Bear, Best '(BLSou% or 'ap Je/ Artist, and Best '(BLSou% Sing%e #or 5Jo, Jo, Jo5. "e group re%eased t"eir mu%ti)p%atinum second a%bum The (riting's on the (all in 1999. "e record #eatures some o# t"e group,s most /ide%+ Dno/n songs suc" as 5Bi%%s, Bi%%s, Bi%%s,5 t"e group,s #irst number)one sing%e, 5?umpin, ?umpin,5 and 5Sa+ .+ Jame5, /"ic" became t"eir most success#u% song at t"e time, and /ou%d remain one o# t"eir signature songs. 5Sa+ .+ Jame5 /on t"e Best '(B Cer#ormance b+ a *uo or 4roup /it" =oca%s and t"e Best '(B Song at t"e 42rd Annua% 4ramm+ A/ards.[29] The (riting's on the (all so%d more t"an eig"t mi%%ion copies /or%d/ide.[21] *uring t"is time, Be+onc1 recorded a duet /it" .arc Je%son, an origina% member o# Bo+6 >> .en, on t"e song 5A#ter A%% >s Said and *one5 #or t"e soundtracD to t"e 1999 #i%m, The Best &an.[29] 7e o+a 7ucDett and 'oberson became un"app+ /it" .at"e/,s managing o# t"e band and e$entua%%+ /ere rep%aced b+8arra" 8ranD%in and .ic"e%%e Ni%%iams.[29] Be+onc1 e!perienced depression #o%%o/ing t"e sp%it /it" 7ucDett and 'oberson a#ter being pub%ic%+ b%amed b+ t"e media, critics, and b%ogs #or its cause.[2:] Her %ong)standing bo+#riend %e#t "er at t"is time.[2F] "e depression /as so se$ere it %asted #or a coup%e o# +ears, during /"ic" s"e occasiona%%+ Dept "erse%# in "er bedroom #or da+s and re#used to eat an+t"ing.[28] Be+onc1 stated t"at s"e strugg%ed to speaD about "er depression because *estin+,s -"i%d "ad ;ust /on t"eir #irst 4ramm+ A/ard and s"e #eared no one /ou%d taDe "er serious%+. [29] Be+onc1 /ou%d %ater speaD o# "er mot"er as t"e person /"o "e%ped "er #ig"t it.[28] 8ranD%in /as dismissed, %ea$ing ;ust Be+onc1, 'o/%and, and Ni%%iams.[4&] "e remaining band members recorded 5>ndependent Nomen Cart >5, /"ic" appeared on t"e soundtracD to t"e 2&&& #i%m, Charlie's ngels. >t became t"eir best)c"arting sing%e, topping t"e M.S. Billboard Hot 1&& c"art #or e%e$en consecuti$e /eeDs.[29] >n ear%+ 2&&1, /"i%e *estin+,s -"i%d /as comp%eting t"eir t"ird a%bum, Be+onc1 %anded a ma;or ro%e in t"e . = made)#or)te%e$ision #i%m, Carmen' )i* )o*era, starring a%ongside American actor .eD"i C"i#er. Set in C"i%ade%p"ia, t"e #i%m is a modern interpretation o# t"e 19t" centur+ opera Carmen b+ 8renc" composer 4eorges Bi6et.[41] N"en t"e t"ird a%bum "urvivor /as re%eased in .a+ 2&&1, 7ucDett and 'oberson #i%ed a %a/suit c%aiming t"at t"e songs /ere aimed at t"em.[29] "e a%bum debuted at number one on t"e M.S. Billboard 2&&, /it" #irst)/eeD sa%es o# ::2,&&& copies so%d.[42] "e a%bum spa/ned ot"er number)one "its, 5Boot+%icious5 and t"e tit%e tracD, 5Sur$i$or5, t"e %atter o# /"ic" earned t"e group a 4ramm+ A/ard #or Best '(B Cer#ormance b+ a *uo or 4roup /it" =oca%s.[42] A#ter re%easing t"eir "o%ida+ a%bum + Days o, Christmas in Gctober 2&&1, t"e group announced a "iatus to #urt"er pursue so%o careers.[29]

200207: Dangerously in Love, B'Day, and Dreamgirls

Be+onc1 per#orming 5Bab+ Bo+5, /"ic" spent nine consecuti$e /eeDs at number one on t"e Billboard Hot 1&&c"art[44]

>n ?u%+ 2&&2, Be+onc1 continued "er acting career p%a+ing 8o!!+ -%eopatra a%ongside .iDe .+ers in t"e comed+ #i%m, ustin Po-ers in .oldmember,[49] /"ic" spent its #irst /eeDend atop t"e MS bo! o##ice and grossed OF2 mi%%ion.[4:] Be+onc1 re%eased 5NorD >t Gut5 as t"e %ead sing%e #rom its soundtracD a%bum /"ic" entered t"e top ten in t"e M0, Jor/a+, and Be%gium.[4F] >n 2&&2, Be+onc1 starred opposite -uba 4ooding, ?r., in t"e musica% comed+ The #ighting Tem*tations as 7i%%+, a sing%e mot"er /"om 4ooding,s c"aracter #a%%s in %o$e /it".[48] "e #i%m recei$ed mi!ed re$ie/s #rom critics but grossed O2& mi%%ion in t"e M.S.[49][50] Be+onc1 re%eased 58ig"ting emptation5 as t"e %ead sing%e #rom

t"e #i%m,s soundtracD a%bum, /it".iss+ A%%iott, .- 7+te, and 8ree /"ic" /as a%so used to promote t"e #i%m.[91] Anot"er o# Be+onc1,s contributions to t"e soundtracD, 5Summertime5, #ared better on t"e MS c"arts.[92] Be+onc1,s #irst so%o recording /as a #eature on ?a+)@,s 5,&2 Bonnie ( -%+de5 t"at /as re%eased in Gctober 2&&2, peaDing at number #our on t"e M.S. Billboard Hot 1&& c"art.[92] Her #irst so%o a%bum Dangerously in Love /as re%eased on ?une 24, 2&&2, a#ter .ic"e%%e Ni%%iams and 0e%%+ 'o/%and "ad re%eased t"eir so%o e##orts.[94] "e a%bum so%d 21F,&&& copies in its #irst /eeD and debuted atop t"e Billboard 2&&.[99] As o# 2&12 it remains Be+onc1,s best)se%%ing a%bum, /it" 11 mi%%ion copies so%d /or%d/ide.[9:] Be+onc1 /as t"e #irst artist in t/ent+ +ears and #irst /oman in c"art "istor+ to "a$e bot" an a%bum and sing%e debut on top o# t"e M0 and MS c"arts at t"e same time. [57][58] "e a%bum,s %ead sing%e, 5-ra6+ in 7o$e5, #eaturing ?a+)@, became Be+onc1,s #irst number)one sing%e as a so%o artist in t"e MS.[99] "e sing%e 5Bab+ Bo+5 a%so reac"ed number one,[44] and sing%es, 5.e, .+se%# and >5 and 5Jaug"t+ 4ir%5, bot" reac"ed t"e top)#i$e.[:&] "e a%bum earned Be+onc1 a t"en record)t+ing #i$e a/ards at t"e 4:t" Annua% 4ramm+ A/ards3 Best -ontemporar+ '(B A%bum, Best 8ema%e '(B =oca% Cer#ormance #or 5*angerous%+ in 7o$e 25, Best '(B Song and Best 'apLSung -o%%aboration #or 5-ra6+ in 7o$e5, and Best '(B Cer#ormance b+ a *uo or 4roup /it" =oca%s #or 5 "e -%oser > 4et to Bou5 /it" 7ut"er =andross.[:1] >n Jo$ember 2&&2, s"e embarDed on t"e *angerous%+ in 7o$e our in Aurope and %ater toured a%ongside .iss+ A%%iott and A%icia 0e+s #or t"e =eri6on 7adies 8irst our in Jort" America.[:2] Gn 8ebruar+ 1, 2&&4, Be+onc1 per#ormed t"e American nationa% ant"em at Super Bo/% KKK=>>>, at t"e 'e%iant Stadium in Houston, e!as.[:2] A#ter t"e re%ease o# Dangerously in Love, Be+onc1 "ad p%anned t Beyonc Giselle Knowles-Carter[2] (/bijnse/ bee-YON-say) (born September 4, 1981),[3][4] is an American recording artist and actress. Born and raised in Houston, e!as, s"e per#ormed in $arious singing and dancing competitions as a c"i%d, and rose to #ame in t"e %ate 199&s as %ead singer o# '(B gir%)group *estin+,s -"i%d. .anaged b+ "er #at"er .at"e/ 0no/%es, t"e group became one o# t"e /or%d,s best)se%%ing gir% groups o# a%% time. "eir "iatus sa/ t"e re%ease o# Be+onc1,s debut a%bum, Dangerously in Love (2&&2), /"ic" estab%is"ed "er as a so%o artist /or%d/ide3 it so%d 11 mi%%ion copies, earned #i$e 4ramm+ A/ards and #eatured t"e Billboard number)one sing%es 5-ra6+ in 7o$e5 and 5Bab+ Bo+5. 8o%%o/ing t"e disbandment o# *estin+,s -"i%d in 2&&9, s"e re%eased "er second so%o a%bum, B'Day (2&&:), /"ic" contained "its 5*1;< =u5, 5>rrep%aceab%e5 and 5Beauti#u% 7iar5. Be+onc1 a%so $entured into acting, /it" a 4o%den 4%obe)nominated per#ormance in Dreamgirls (2&&:), and starring ro%es in The Pink Panther (2&&:) and Obsessed (2&&9). Her marriage to rapper ?a+)@ and portra+a% o# Atta ?ames in Cadillac Records (2&&8) in#%uenced "er t"ird a%bum, I m!!! "asha #ierce (2&&8), /"ic" sa/ t"e birt" o# "er a%ter)ego Sas"a 8ierce and earned a record)setting si! 4ramm+ A/ards in 2&1&, inc%uding Song o# t"e Bear #or 5Sing%e 7adies (Cut a 'ing on >t)5. Be+onc1 tooD a "iatus #rom music in 2&1& and tooD o$er management o# "er career3 $ (2&11) /as subseEuent%+ me%%o/er in tone, e!p%oring 19F&s #unD, 198&s pop, and 199&s sou%.[9] Her #i#t" studio a%bum, Beyonc% (2&12), /as critica%%+ acc%aimed and /as distinguis"ed #rom pre$ious re%eases b+ its e!perimenta% production and e!p%oration o# darDer t"emes. A se%#)described 5modern)da+ #eminist5,[:] Be+onc1,s songs are o#ten c"aracteri6ed b+ t"emes o# %o$e, re%ations"ips, and monogam+, as /e%% as #ema%e se!ua%it+ and empo/erment. Gn stage, "er d+namic, "ig"%+ c"oreograp"ed per#ormances "a$e %ed to critics "ai%ing "er as one o# t"e best entertainers in contemporar+ popu%ar music. "roug"out a career spanning 1: +ears, s"e "as /on 1F 4ramm+ A/ards and so%d o$er 118 mi%%ion records as a so%o artist[F] and :& mi%%ion /it" *estin+,s -"i%d,[8] maDing "er one o# t"e best)se%%ing music artists o# a%% time.[9][10] "e 'ecording >ndustr+ Association o# America recogni6ed Be+onc1 as t"e op -erti#ied Artist in America during t"e 2&&&s decade. [11][12] >n 2&&9, Billboard named "er t"e op 'adio Songs Artist o# t"e *ecade,[12] t"e op 8ema%e Artist o# t"e 2&&&s and t"eir Artist o# t"e .i%%ennium in 2&11.[14][15] >n 2&12, s"e /as a%so inc%uded in Time maga6ine,s %ist o# t"e 1&& most in#%uentia% peop%e in t"e /or%d.[1:]

Contents ["ide]

1 Aar%+ %ife 2 -areer 2.1 199FH2&&1I *estin+,s -"i%d 2.2 2&&2H&FI Dangerously in Love, B'Day, and Dreamgirls 2.2 2&&8H1&I .arriage, I m!!! "asha #ierce, and Cadillac Records 2.4 2&11H12I $ and mot"er"ood 2.9 2&12HpresentI Beyonc% 2 Cersona% %i#e 2.1 8ami%+ 2.2 Co%itics 2.2 Jet /ort" 4 Artistr+ 4.1 =oice and song/riting 4.2 >n#%uences 4.2 Stage and a%ter ego 4.4 Cub%ic image 9 7egac+ : Honors and a/ards F Gt"er $entures F.1 Andorsements F.2 8as"ion %ines F.2 C"i%ant"rop+ 8 *iscograp"+ 9 8i%mograp"+ 1& ours and residenc+ s"o/s 11 See a%so 12 Jotes 12 'e#erences 14 A!terna% %inDs

Early life
Be+onc1 4ise%%e 0no/%es /as born in Houston to Kero! sa%es manager .at"e/ 0no/%es and "airdresserLsa%on o/ner -e%estine Ann 5 ina5 Be+inc1.[17][18] .at"e/ is A#rican)American, /"i%e ina is o# 7ouisiana -reo%e descent (/it" A#rican, Jati$e American, 8renc", and 1L1:t" >ris", ancestr+). [19] [20] "roug" "er mot"er, Be+onc1 is a descendant o# Acadian %eader ?osep" Broussard.[19] Be+onc1,s name is a tribute to "er mot"er,s maiden name.[2&] Be+onc1,s +ounger sister So%ange is a%so a recording artist and actress.[21] Be+onc1 /as educated at St. .ar+,s A%ementar+ Sc"oo% in 8redericDsburg, e!as, /"ere s"e enro%%ed in dance c%asses. Her singing ta%ent /as disco$ered /"en dance instructor *ar%ette ?o"nson began "umming a song and s"e #inis"ed it, "itting t"e "ig")pitc"ed notes.[22] Be+onc1,s interest in music and per#orming continued a#ter /inning a sc"oo% ta%ent s"o/ at age se$en, singing ?o"n 7ennon,s 5>magine5 to beat 19 and 1:)+ear)o%ds.[23][24] >n #a%% o# 199&, Be+onc1 enro%%ed in CarDer A%ementar+ Sc"oo%, a music magnet sc"oo% in Houston, /"ere s"e /ou%d per#orm /it" t"e sc"oo%,s c"oir.[29] S"e a%so attended t"e High School for the Performing n! "is# l $rts[2%] and %ater A%ie# A%siD Hig" Sc"oo%. [20][27] Be+onc1 /as a%so a member o# t"e c"oir at St. ?o"n,s Mnited .et"odist -"urc" as a so%oist #or t/o +ears.[28]

Aged eig"t, Be+onc1 and c"i%d"ood #riend 0e%%+ 'o/%and met 7a a$ia 'oberson /"i%e in an audition #or an a%%)gir% entertainment group.[29] "e+ /ere p%aced into a group /it" t"ree ot"er gir%s as 4ir%,s +me, and rapped and danced on t"e ta%ent s"o/ circuit in Houston.[2&] A#ter seeing t"e group, '(B producer Arne 8rager broug"t t"em to "is Jort"ern -a%i#ornia studio and p%aced t"em in "tar "earch, t"e %argest ta%ent s"o/ on nationa% = at t"e time. 4ir%,s +me #ai%ed to /in, and Be+onc1 %ater said t"e song t"e+ per#ormed /as not good.[31][32] >n 1999 Be+onc1,s #at"er resigned #rom "is ;ob to manage t"e group. [22] "e mo$e reduced Be+onc1,s #ami%+,s income b+ "a%#, and "er parents /ere #orced to mo$e into separated apartments.[2&] .at"e/ cut t"e origina% %ine)up to #our and t"e group continued per#orming as an opening act #or ot"er estab%is"ed '(B gir% groups.[29] "e gir%s auditioned be#ore record %abe%s and /ere #ina%%+ signed to A%eDtra 'ecords, mo$ing to At%anta 'ecords brie#%+ to /orD on t"eir #irst recording, on%+ to be cut b+ t"e compan+.[2&] "is put #urt"er strain on t"e #ami%+, and Be+onc1,s parents separated. Gn Gctober 9, 1999, */a+ne Niggins,s 4rass 'oots Antertainment signed t"e group. >n 199:, t"e gir%s began recording t"eir debut a%bum under an agreement /it" Son+ .usic, t"e 0no/%es #ami%+ reunited, and s"ort%+ a#ter, t"e group got a contract /it" -o%umbia 'ecords.[22]

Career
19972001: Destiny's Child
&ain article' Destiny's Child

*estin+,s -"i%d per#orming 5Sa+ .+ Jame5, a sing%e t"at garnered critica% and commercia% success, a%ong /it" t/o 4ramm+ A/ards

"e group c"anged t"eir name to *estin+,s -"i%d in 199:, based on a passage in t"e BooD o# >saia". [24] >n 199F, *estin+,s -"i%d re%eased t"eir ma;or %abe% debut song 50i%%ing ime5 on t"e soundtracD to t"e 199F #i%m, &en in Black.[22] "e #o%%o/ing +ear, t"e group re%eased t"eir se%#)tit%ed debut a%bum, [21] scoring t"eir #irst ma;or "it 5Jo, Jo, Jo5. "e a%bum estab%is"ed t"e group as a $iab%e act in t"e music industr+, /it" moderate sa%es and /inning t"e group t"ree Sou% rain 7ad+ o# Sou% A/ards #or Best '(BLSou% A%bum o# t"e Bear, Best '(BLSou% or 'ap Je/ Artist, and Best '(BLSou% Sing%e #or 5Jo, Jo, Jo5. "e group re%eased t"eir mu%ti)p%atinum second a%bum The (riting's on the (all in 1999. "e record #eatures some o# t"e group,s most /ide%+ Dno/n songs suc" as 5Bi%%s, Bi%%s, Bi%%s,5 t"e group,s #irst number)one sing%e, 5?umpin, ?umpin,5 and 5Sa+ .+ Jame5, /"ic" became t"eir most success#u% song at t"e time, and /ou%d remain one o# t"eir signature songs. 5Sa+ .+ Jame5 /on t"e Best '(B Cer#ormance b+ a *uo or 4roup /it" =oca%s and t"e Best '(B Song at t"e 42rd Annua% 4ramm+ A/ards.[29] The (riting's on the (all so%d more t"an eig"t mi%%ion copies /or%d/ide.[21] *uring t"is time, Be+onc1 recorded a duet /it" .arc Je%son, an origina% member o# Bo+6 >> .en, on t"e song 5A#ter A%% >s Said and *one5 #or t"e soundtracD to t"e 1999 #i%m, The Best &an.[29] 7e o+a 7ucDett and 'oberson became un"app+ /it" .at"e/,s managing o# t"e band and e$entua%%+ /ere rep%aced b+8arra" 8ranD%in and .ic"e%%e Ni%%iams.[29] Be+onc1 e!perienced depression #o%%o/ing t"e sp%it /it" 7ucDett and 'oberson a#ter being pub%ic%+ b%amed b+ t"e media, critics, and b%ogs #or its cause.[2:] Her %ong)standing bo+#riend %e#t "er at t"is time.[2F] "e depression /as so se$ere it %asted #or a coup%e o# +ears, during /"ic" s"e occasiona%%+ Dept "erse%# in "er bedroom #or da+s and re#used to eat an+t"ing.[28] Be+onc1 stated t"at s"e strugg%ed to speaD about "er depression because *estin+,s -"i%d "ad ;ust /on t"eir #irst 4ramm+ A/ard and s"e #eared no one /ou%d taDe "er serious%+. [29] Be+onc1 /ou%d %ater speaD o# "er mot"er as t"e person /"o "e%ped "er #ig"t it.[28] 8ranD%in /as

dismissed, %ea$ing ;ust Be+onc1, 'o/%and, and Ni%%iams.[4&] "e remaining band members recorded 5>ndependent Nomen Cart >5, /"ic" appeared on t"e soundtracD to t"e 2&&& #i%m, Charlie's ngels. >t became t"eir best)c"arting sing%e, topping t"e M.S. Billboard Hot 1&& c"art #or e%e$en consecuti$e /eeDs.[29] >n ear%+ 2&&1, /"i%e *estin+,s -"i%d /as comp%eting t"eir t"ird a%bum, Be+onc1 %anded a ma;or ro%e in t"e . = made)#or)te%e$ision #i%m, Carmen' )i* )o*era, starring a%ongside American actor .eD"i C"i#er. Set in C"i%ade%p"ia, t"e #i%m is a modern interpretation o# t"e 19t" centur+ opera Carmen b+ 8renc" composer 4eorges Bi6et.[41] N"en t"e t"ird a%bum "urvivor /as re%eased in .a+ 2&&1, 7ucDett and 'oberson #i%ed a %a/suit c%aiming t"at t"e songs /ere aimed at t"em.[29] "e a%bum debuted at number one on t"e M.S. Billboard 2&&, /it" #irst)/eeD sa%es o# ::2,&&& copies so%d.[42] "e a%bum spa/ned ot"er number)one "its, 5Boot+%icious5 and t"e tit%e tracD, 5Sur$i$or5, t"e %atter o# /"ic" earned t"e group a 4ramm+ A/ard #or Best '(B Cer#ormance b+ a *uo or 4roup /it" =oca%s.[42] A#ter re%easing t"eir "o%ida+ a%bum + Days o, Christmas in Gctober 2&&1, t"e group announced a "iatus to #urt"er pursue so%o careers.[29]

200207: Dangerously in Love, B'Day, and Dreamgirls

Be+onc1 per#orming 5Bab+ Bo+5, /"ic" spent nine consecuti$e /eeDs at number one on t"e Billboard Hot 1&&c"art[44]

>n ?u%+ 2&&2, Be+onc1 continued "er acting career p%a+ing 8o!!+ -%eopatra a%ongside .iDe .+ers in t"e comed+ #i%m, ustin Po-ers in .oldmember,[49] /"ic" spent its #irst /eeDend atop t"e MS bo! o##ice and grossed OF2 mi%%ion.[4:] Be+onc1 re%eased 5NorD >t Gut5 as t"e %ead sing%e #rom its soundtracD a%bum /"ic" entered t"e top ten in t"e M0, Jor/a+, and Be%gium.[4F] >n 2&&2, Be+onc1 starred opposite -uba 4ooding, ?r., in t"e musica% comed+ The #ighting Tem*tations as 7i%%+, a sing%e mot"er /"om 4ooding,s c"aracter #a%%s in %o$e /it".[48] "e #i%m recei$ed mi!ed re$ie/s #rom critics but grossed O2& mi%%ion in t"e M.S.[49][50] Be+onc1 re%eased 58ig"ting emptation5 as t"e %ead sing%e #rom t"e #i%m,s soundtracD a%bum, /it".iss+ A%%iott, .- 7+te, and 8ree /"ic" /as a%so used to promote t"e #i%m.[91] Anot"er o# Be+onc1,s contributions to t"e soundtracD, 5Summertime5, #ared better on t"e MS c"arts.[92] Be+onc1,s #irst so%o recording /as a #eature on ?a+)@,s 5,&2 Bonnie ( -%+de5 t"at /as re%eased in Gctober 2&&2, peaDing at number #our on t"e M.S. Billboard Hot 1&& c"art.[92] Her #irst so%o a%bum Dangerously in Love /as re%eased on ?une 24, 2&&2, a#ter .ic"e%%e Ni%%iams and 0e%%+ 'o/%and "ad re%eased t"eir so%o e##orts.[94] "e a%bum so%d 21F,&&& copies in its #irst /eeD and debuted atop t"e Billboard 2&&.[99] As o# 2&12 it remains Be+onc1,s best)se%%ing a%bum, /it" 11 mi%%ion copies so%d /or%d/ide.[9:] Be+onc1 /as t"e #irst artist in t/ent+ +ears and #irst /oman in c"art "istor+ to "a$e bot" an a%bum and sing%e debut on top o# t"e M0 and MS c"arts at t"e same time. [57][58] "e a%bum,s %ead sing%e, 5-ra6+ in 7o$e5, #eaturing ?a+)@, became Be+onc1,s #irst number)one sing%e as a so%o artist in t"e MS.[99] "e sing%e 5Bab+ Bo+5 a%so reac"ed number one,[44] and sing%es, 5.e, .+se%# and >5 and 5Jaug"t+ 4ir%5, bot" reac"ed t"e top)#i$e.[:&] "e a%bum earned Be+onc1 a t"en record)t+ing #i$e a/ards at t"e 4:t" Annua% 4ramm+ A/ards3 Best -ontemporar+ '(B A%bum, Best 8ema%e '(B =oca% Cer#ormance #or 5*angerous%+ in 7o$e 25, Best '(B Song and Best 'apLSung -o%%aboration #or 5-ra6+ in 7o$e5, and Best '(B Cer#ormance b+ a *uo or 4roup /it" =oca%s #or 5 "e -%oser > 4et to Bou5 /it" 7ut"er =andross.[:1] >n Jo$ember 2&&2, s"e embarDed on t"e *angerous%+ in 7o$e our in Aurope and %ater toured a%ongside .iss+ A%%iott and A%icia 0e+s #or t"e =eri6on 7adies 8irst our in Jort" America.[:2] Gn 8ebruar+ 1, 2&&4, Be+onc1 per#ormed t"e American nationa% ant"em at Super Bo/% KKK=>>>, at t"e 'e%iant Stadium in Houston, e!as.[:2] A#ter t"e re%ease o# Dangerously in Love, Be+onc1 "ad

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