Beyoncé Giselle Knowles

Beyonce Giselle Knowles was born on September 4, 1981, in Houston, Texas. Her mom, Tina Knowles-Lawson designs their glittering costumes & her father, Mathew Knowles manages Destiny's Child. Solange and her sister (4 years apart) has released her debut album. She dances with her bigger sister during DC-3 concerts. Beyonce is of Louisiana Creole & African descent. Whitney Houston found her and her group. Lovefool is a song by The Cardigans, is her most listened to track. Her top item of clothing is a pair of metal work boots. She writes & produces many songs for the group which include smash hits like "Jumpin Jumpin", "Bootylicious", "Nasty Girl", "Independent Women", "Happy Face" and "Apple Pie a la mode". The lead singer in Destiny's Child's singing group. She opened for Christina Aguilera in 2000. TLC was their opening show (1999). Master P is a cat. She attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, Texas. Solange's older half-sister as well as Nixon & Koi Knowles big sister. Star Search (1983) - The singer-songwriter once appeared. In 2001, she became the first African American woman to win the ASCAP Pop Songwriter of the Year Award. Is a huge fan of Middle Eastern music and dance. Her greatest hit track is "Crazy in Love", (2003). The Radio Music Awards, MTV Europe Video Music Awards and Billboard Awards are among the award shows she has been on stage at in 2003. She was also a guest at an South African AIDS benefit event which Bono from U2 was the host in November 2003 to combat the AIDS epidemic. On February 8, 2004 she received five Grammy Awards, including Best Contemporary R&B album for "Dangerously in Love". She also won the most prizes at this year's (2004) performance. Her father, Mathew, is of African American descent. Tina her mother is a Louisiana Creole. She has ancestors that are mostly African as well as French. Also, they have Canadian and Canadian ancestors. Beyonce also descends 1/32 Irish as well as her maternal line has distant Breton-, Spanish-, Indonesian- and Chinese roots. Has been quoted as saying that in order to overcome her shyness, she developed a stage persona named "Sasha".