Beyoncé Giselle Knowles

Beyonce Giselle Knowles was born on September 4, 1981 in Houston, Texas. Tina Knowles, her mom is the one who designs the glittery costumes as well as Mathew Knowles is Destiny's Child's manager. Solange and her sister (4 years apart) released her debut album. She dances alongside her larger sister at DC-3 shows. Beyonce's Louisiana Creole & African descent. She and her group were discovered by Whitney Houston. Lovefool The song, performed by The Cardigans, is her favorite track. Her top item of clothing is a pair of work boots made of metallic. She has written and recorded many of the group's tunes including smash hits "Jumpin Jumpin", "Bootylicious", "Nasty Girl", "Independent Women", "Happy Face" and "Apple Pie a la Mode". She is the singer-songwriter for Destiny's Child. Toured with Christina Aguilera as her opening act (2000). TLC was their opening performance (1999). Master P is a cat. She attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, Texas. Solange's older half-sister and Nixon and Koi Knowles big sister. Star Search (1983) - It was a time when she appeared. In 2001, she was the first African American woman to be awarded the ASCAP Pop Songwriter of the Year Award. She is a huge lover of Middle Eastern music, dance and the Middle Eastern culture. Her most famous hit song is "Crazy in Love", (2003). The awards shows she has performed on include the Radio Music Awards, MTV Europe Video Music Awards, and Billboard Awards. In November 2003, Bono of U2 organized the South African AIDS benefit concert. It was a way to fight the AIDS epidemic in sub Saharan Africa. On February 8, 2004 she was awarded five Grammy Awards, including Best Contemporary R&B album for "Dangerously in Love". She was also awarded the highest number of prizes at this year's (2004) show. Her father, Mathew, is of African descent. Tina is of Louisiana Creole origin. Her ancestors were mostly African as well as French and include ancestors from Louisiana as well as Canada. Beyonce is also 1/32 Irish and her maternal line has distant Breton-, Spanish-, Indonesian- and Chinese roots. Has been quoted as saying that to get over her shyness she developed an acting persona dubbed "Sasha".