Beyoncé Giselle Knowles

Beyonce Giselle Knowles was born on September 4, 1981 in Houston, Texas. Her mother, Tina Knowles-Lawson is the designer of their glittering costumes, and her dad Mathew Knowles, manages Destiny's Child. Solange and her sister (4 years separated by four years) has released her first album. She dances alongside her sister during DC-3 shows. Beyonce is of Louisiana Creole & African descent. Whitney Houston discovered her and her group. Lovefool is a song by The Cardigans, is her favorite track. She is a fan of a pair of metallic silver work boots. She is the creator and producer for many of the group's smash songs, including "Jumpin Jumpin", “Bootylicious" Nasty Girls", "Independent Women", and "Happy Face". Lead singer of the singing group Destiny's Child. Toured with Christina Aguilera as her opening act (2000). Also, she toured together with TLC as their opening performance (1999). Master P was a cat. He attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts of Houston, Texas. Solange is Nixon & Koi Knowles' older half-sister. Star Search (1983): One time, she was on the show. She was the first African-American woman ever to receive the ASCAP Pop Songwriter of the Year Award in 2001. She is a huge lover of Middle Eastern music, dance and the Middle Eastern culture. Her most well-known hit is her song "Crazy in Love" that she released in 2003. The Radio Music Awards, MTV Europe Video Music Awards and Billboard Awards are among the awards shows she has performed at in 2003. She also appeared at an South African AIDS benefit show in November of 2003, which was put on by Bono of U2 in order to tackle the AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan African countries. (February 8 2004) She was awarded five Grammy Awards, including Best Contemporary R&B Album for "Dangerously in Love" The singer took home the most awards for the (2004) performance. Mathew, her father, is African-American. The mother of her, Tina, is of Louisiana Creole origins - mostly African and French with ancestors from Louisiana and before that, Canada. Beyonce is also 1/32 Irish heritage, and also is distantly related to Breton, Spanish, Indonesian as well as Chinese origins on her mother's side, in addition. According to some sources, she invented a stage name known as "Sasha" in order to conquer her shyness.