Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is an American singer, actress, songwriter, and producer.
Her early ages
Beyoncé was born on September 4, 1981, in Houston, Texas. Her parents are Matthew Knowles, manager of Destiny’s Child, and Tina Knowles, who makes the band’s costumes. She has a sister named Solange, who is five years younger and also plays music. As a girl, Beyoncé took dance lessons, where one of the instructors noticed her talent. At the age of 7, Beyoncé performed John Lennon’s Imagine on a talent show and won an award. For two years she was a soloist in a church choir. He studied at The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, Texas.
Destiny’s child and their success
At the age of 8, Beyoncé and her longtime friend Kelly Rowland met Latavia Roberson at an audition for a children’s band. Beyoncé’s father formed a trio, which was later joined by Letoya Luckett and other girls. This is how the first group, called Girls Time, was formed. They appear on the Star Search show. The four girls were later named Destiny’s Child.
In 1997, Destiny’s Child released their first single, No, No, No, which went platinum. In 1999, they released three top ten hits: Bills, Bills, Bills, Say My Name, and Jumpin, Jumpin. Their second album sold more than 9 million copies. Their single Independent Women Part 1 from the soundtrack to Charlie’s Angels has more than 140.4 million listeners on the radio. They were a backing band on the TLC tour in 1999 and the Christina Aguilera tour in 2000.
Shortly after receiving 5 Grammy nominations in 2000, Letoya and Latavia left the band. In their place come singers Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin. At the Grammy Awards, the band won two awards – for “Best Rental Song” and for “Best Rental Performance” – both for Say My Name. Already as a trio, Destiny’s Child released their third album, Survivor, which was released in the spring of 2001. They won a Grammy for Best Band Performance in February 2002.
In 2001, Beyoncé became the first African-American to win the ASCAP Pop Songwriter at the annual awards.
After this success, the three girls tried solo careers (before the release of a new album). Beyoncé recorded a hit with Jay-Z, Bonnie and Clyde ’03, and also made her big-screen debut starring in the movie “Austin Powers in the Golden Member.” In 2003 she released her debut album Dangerously in Love, which was a great success with the song Crazy in Love. She stayed for 8 weeks at number one on Billboard magazine’s Hot 100 chart, and a little later Baby Boy’s second single was another 9 weeks at number one on the same chart. At the Grammy Awards in February 2004, Beyoncé was awarded 5 statuettes.
In November 2003, he participated in the South African AIDS benefit organized by Bono and sang with You Tu. In 2005, together with her mother Tina, she opened her fashion line – House of Deréon – named after her grandmother.
Solo Career and top hits
After the second separation of Destiny’s Child in 2006 and after their successful album Destiny Fulfilled, Beyonce once again seized the opportunity to conquer the charts.
The 2006 album B’Day, which also debuted at number one with over half a million copies sold in its first week, was featured on the single Déjà Vu, starring Jay-Z. Ring the Alarm is the second single from the album, which presents Beyoncé in a different light – the aggressive, furious, and strong woman. After the positive reviews for the album, Beyoncé started the successful world tour The Beyoncé Experience. At the same time, he released a video album and a deluxe version of B’Day, recording a duet with Colombian singer Shakira. The song Beautiful Liar reached 3rd place in the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In 2006, Beyoncé starred in the Oscar-winning film Dreamers, to which she recorded the song Listen. After the release of the DVD from the tour The Beyonce Experience, Beyonce took a well-deserved break.
At the beginning of the year she started recording for her third solo album I Am … Sasha Fierce, which lasted almost a year. During this time, Beyonce starred in two films – Cadillac Records, in which she played the role of singer Etta James and the thriller Obsessed. On November 18, 2008, Beyoncé released the album I Am … Sasha Fierce, which became her third consecutive solo album to reach the top of the sales charts – in just three weeks, the album sold over a million copies.
After a one-year hiatus, in 2011 Beyoncé released her fourth studio album, entitled 4.
In December 2013, Beyoncé unexpectedly released her fifth album Beyoncé on iTunes without any promotion or prior official announcement. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, making it her fifth consecutive debut album. The album received critical acclaim and sold 1 million digital copies worldwide in just six days. It comes out with 17 music videos for the songs in it. All recordings and videos were made in secret so that the release of the album would not be known. The sound in this album is more modern and electronic rents compared to her previous album 4.
On February 6, 2016, Beyoncé released the song Formation with a video for it. The next day, during the 50th edition of the Super Bowl, she sang with Bruno Mars and Coldplay and performed her new single. Immediately after that, The Formation World Tour was announced, which lasted until October of the same year. With $ 256 million in revenue, the tour won the American Music Awards Tour of the Year. On April 23, 2016, HBO aired the one-hour film Lemonade. Immediately after that, an unexpected album with the songs from the film was released again. Lemonade debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, and Beyoncé became the only artist to debut at number one with his first six albums. The 12 songs are on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, making Beyoncé the first artist to perform with 12 or more songs at once. The album addresses the issue of the position of black women in modern society and the problems of blacks with the police in the United States. Because of the lyrics of some songs, there are rumors of infidelity by Jay-Z, which has not been confirmed or denied by either.
Personal Life – The Carters
On April 4, 2008, in a secret ceremony, Beyoncé married Jay-Z. During her performance on Love on Top at the MTV Awards in 2011, Beyoncé announced she was pregnant and broke Twitter’s record for most tweets per second. On January 7, 2012, Beyoncé gave birth to her first daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. Her child’s father is rapper Jay-Z.
Between June 2012 and June 2013, Beyoncé and Jay-Z topped Forbes magazine’s list of the richest couples in show business. With a combined income of about $ 95 million, the pop singer and rapper are the highest-earning celebrity couple in the chart for the second year in a row. Their total revenue as of 2017 is $ 1.16 billion.