Beyonce

Beyonce, in full Beyonce Giselle Knowles is an American singer-

songwriter and actress who achieved fame in the late 1990s as the lead
singer of the R&B group Destiny’s Child and then launched a hugely
successful solo career.
Beyonce was born on September 4, 1981 in Houston, Texas, United
States to Celestine "Tina" Knowles (née Beyincé), a hairdresser and salon
owner, and Mathew Knowles, a Xerox sales manager. Beyoncé's name is
a tribute to her mother's maiden name. Beyoncé's younger sister Solange
is also a singer and a former backup dancer for Destiny's Child. Solange
and Beyoncé are the first sisters to have both had No. 1 albums. Mathew
is African American, while Tina is of Louisiana Creole descent (African,
Native American, and French).
Through her mother, Beyoncé is a descendant of Acadian leader Joseph
Broussard. 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. Beyoncé's interest in music
and performing continued after winning a school talent show at age
seven, singing John Lennon's "Imagine". At age nine Beyoncé formed the
singing-rapping girl group Destiny’s Child (originally called Girl’s Tyme)
in 1990 with childhood friends. In 1992 the group lost on the Star
Search television talent show, and three years later it was dropped from
a recording contract before an album had been released. In 1997
Destiny’s Child’s fortunes reversed with a Columbia recording contract
and then an eponymous debut album that yielded the hit single “No, No,
No Part 2.” Their follow-up album, The Writing’s on the Wall (1999),
earned the group two Grammy Awards and sold more than eight million
copies in the United States. Survivor (2001), the group’s third album,
reached the number one spot on the Billboard 200 chart. Beyoncé was
clearly the leader of the group and wrote hit songs for Destiny’s Child,
such as the saucy “Bootylicious.” Eventually, the group parted ways to
pursue individual projects. Beyoncé used her songwriting talents to pen
her first solo album, Dangerously in Love (2003). The album debuted to
rave reviews, and, aided by the exuberant single “Crazy in Love,” which
featured rapper Jay-Z, it topped charts around the world. In 2004
Beyoncé won five Grammy Awards, including best contemporary R&B
album and best female R&B vocal performance. Destiny’s Child reunited
in 2004 to release Destiny Fulfilled. While generally not as acclaimed as
the group’s previous efforts, the album sold more than seven million
copies worldwide and spawned several hit singles. The trio embarked on
a world tour in 2005, during which they announced that the group would
officially disband. That same year they released #1’s, a collection of well-
known songs and number one hits. In 2006 Beyoncé released her second
solo studio album, B’Day, which featured several coproducers, including
the hit-making duo the Neptunes. Although much of the album carried
echoes of 1970s-style funk, the pop ballad “Irreplaceable” became its
most successful single. In 2008 she and Jay-Z married, and the union
made them one of the top-earning couples in the entertainment industry.
Later that year Beyoncé released the double album I Am…Sasha Fierce.
Whereas the first half (I Am) found her in an introspective mood, the
second (Sasha Fierce) contained songs better suited to the dance floor.
The album as a whole generated several hits, including
the assertive “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” and it contributed to
Beyoncé’s dominance of the 2010 Grammy Awards. Her six awards,
which included those for song of the year, best female pop vocal
performance, and best contemporary R&B album, amounted to the most
Grammys collected by a female artist in a single night. Days after a
triumphant headlining performance at England’s Glastonbury Festival,
Beyoncé released 4 (2011), a genre-bending mix of ballads and dance
tracks that evoked influences ranging from Motown-era torch songs to
the audio collages of rapper M.I.A. In early 2013 Destiny’s Child reunited
for a halftime appearance at the Super Bowl and released a new song,
“Nuclear.” Shortly thereafter Beyoncé collected a Grammy for her single
“Love on Top.” She returned later in the year with the confidently
sensuous and expressive Beyoncé, which boasted brand-name producers
and appearances from, among others, the Nigerian author Chimamanda
Ngozi Adichie and the singer’s toddler daughter, Blue Ivy. The record,
initially offered exclusively on iTunes, was promoted as a “visual album,”
with music videos made to accompany each track. The single “Drunk in
Love,” which featured Jay-Z, was awarded several Grammys, including
best R&B song. On the expansive and musically
variegated Lemonade (2016), Beyoncé focused on themes of betrayal
and perseverance. Conceived as another visual album, it debuted as
an HBO television special. Lemonade attracted considerable acclaim,
and it netted Beyoncé two Grammys, including a best music-video award
for the anthemic “Formation.” In 2018 Beyoncé and Jay-Z released a
collaborative album, Everything Is Love, credited to the Carters, and it
took the Grammy for best urban contemporary album. That same year
Beyoncé became the first Black woman to headline the Coachella Valley
Festival in Indio, California. Her highly acclaimed performance, which
featured marching bands from historically Black colleges, was the subject
of Homecoming, a Netflix documentary and live album released in 2019.
Although Beyoncé worked on a number of projects between studio
albums, fans were left waiting for a new solo album. In 2022 she finally
delivered with act i: RENAISSANCE. In 2001 Beyoncé made
her acting debut in the television movie Carmen: A Hip Hopera, which
aired on MTV. Her role as Foxxy Cleopatra in Austin Powers in
Goldmember (2002) made her a film star and led to parts in The
Fighting Temptations (2003) and The Pink Panther (2006). In 2006 she
played Deena Jones in Dreamgirls, the film adaptation of the 1981
Broadway musical about a 1960s singing group. Beyoncé’s performance
was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and her song “Listen” for
an Academy Award. She later starred in Cadillac Records (2008), in
which she portrayed singer Etta James, and the thriller Obsessed (2009)
before providing the voice of a fairylike forest queen in the
animated Epic (2013). For the 2019 remake of Disney’s The Lion King,
Beyoncé voiced the character of Nala and performed several songs on the
soundtrack, including “Spirit,” an original song she cowrote, and a
rendition of “Can You Feel the Love Tonight.” She also concurrently
released an album inspired by the movie, The Lion King: The Gift. Songs
from that record were later featured in the visual album Black Is
King (2020), which aired on the streaming service Disney+. For the
single “Black Parade,” Beyoncé earned the Grammy for best R&B
performance in 2021. That year she received three other awards to set
the record for most Grammys (28) won by a female artist. Beyoncé later
cowrote and performed “Be Alive” for the film King Richard (2021), and
it received an Oscar nomination for best original song.

Some facts about Beyonce are; Beyonce doesn't cook much, but she good
at spaghetti and sandwiches. Her favorite singer is Adele. Her favorite
movie is A Star Is Born. Her favorite food is Pizza. Her favorite ice cream
flavor is butter pecan. Her favorite candy is Reese's. Her favorite colour
is Pink and Gold. Her favorite number is four. And her favorite parfume
is Emporio Armani Diamonds by Giorgio Armani.