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Beyonce
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Vital Stats
- Date of Birth:
- September 4, 1981
- Birth Location:
- Houston, Texas
Why Is She Famous?
The central figure for R&B group Destiny's Child, Beyonce was the talent behind such smash hits as "Say My Name," "No, No, No" and "Independent Women." Venturing out on her own, it was no surprise that her debut solo album, 2003's Dangerously In Love, garnered her five Grammy Awards in a single night. Of course, Beyonce also acts; you can see her foxy self in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), The Fighting Temptations (2003), The Pink Panther (2006), and Dreamgirls (2006).
Latest News & Gossip
Beyonce's curvy craving
The star - who crash dieted to lose weight for her new movie, 'Dreamgirls' - says as soon as filming ended she craved junk food.
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- The beautiful star - who is currently filming 'Dreamgirls', a movie set in the 60s about a trio of female Motown singers - keeps getting her costume stuck in her wigs.
Quotes
"It's not like I can go shopping and go to the mall and go get my nails done without people asking for autographs and taking pictures. So that is a sacrifice. Normalcy is sacrificed. But that's just a part of it. You can't complain about it."
- Beyonce
Biography
Born on September 4, 1981, to a loving family in Houston, Texas, Beyonce (rhymes with fiance) Giselle Knowles showed an aptitude for music before she could even talk. As a young girl, she would drown out everyone, including the choir, on Sundays at church. Every weekend, she tuned her voice by doing soulful hymns with the congregation and then moved on to opera classes, in which she was classically trained.beyonce in destiny's child
A normal childhood was not in the books for Beyonce. At 8 years old, she met LaTavia Robertson while auditioning for a girl musical group and Matthew Knowles, Beyonce's manager and father, later paired the two with LeToya Luckett. In 1992, cousin Kelly Rowland joined the group, and they performed together on Star Search.
Small gigs and much label-shopping later, the four beauties cemented their relationship by calling themselves Destiny's Child. In 1997, "No, No, No" became their first official single, and they got off to a big start as the track went multiplatinum. The girls were instantly popular in the media and impressed all with their self-titled debut.
If critics were impressed with this new R&B group's success, they were absolutely floored when The Writing's on the Wall hit stores in 1999. DC, led by the incomparable Beyonce, had three top 10 hits within the year: "Jumpin, Jumpin," "Say My Name" and "Bills, Bills, Bills." They became one of the best-selling female groups of recent memory after this second album sold more than 9 million units worldwide. At the same time, it was announced that their single "Independent Women Part 1," off the Charlie's Angels soundtrack, had reached the largest audience ever in the recorded radio airplay -- 140.4 million pairs of ears.
beyonce's grammys
Shortly after the announcement of five Grammy nominations at the 2001 awards show and the excitement of the unbelievable record sales, LeToya and LaTavia left the group amid management struggles. Legal problems ensued, but Destiny's Child became whole again with the arrival of Michelle Williams, and, for a short stint only, backup singer Farrah Franklin. At the Grammys, DC took home two awards, Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group, both for "Say My Name."
As a trio, Destiny's Child's third album, Survivor, which debuted in the spring of 2001, garnered a whole new set of hits, like "Bootylicious" and the title track. The success of Survivor resulted in another Grammy for the group in February 2002. In fact, the American Music, MTV, Soul Train, and Image Awards all showered the group with more hardware and praise.
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After all this success, the group's three talented "sistas" decided to try their hands at solo careers before investing their time in another Destiny's Child album. To no one's surprise, Beyonce captured the bulk of the spotlight with her sex appeal and strong vocals. Even before her first album was organized, she had a hit with Jay-Z called "Bonnie and Clyde '03" and was cracking up audiences with her big-screen debut alongside Mike Myers in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002). This simply prepared fans for what was to come with Dangerously In Love, released in June 2003.
In 2003, Beyonce ventured onto the big screen again in the musical/comedy The Fighting Temptations alongside Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr.
beyonce's crazy in love
Beyonce displayed a versatile style with this solo effort, creating the club hit "Baby Boy," the pop success "Crazy In Love" and the soulful "The Closer I Get To You" with Luther Vandross. Like her work in Destiny's Child, Beyonce wrote or cowrote many of the tracks and performed her heart out on award shows to get the word out to a huge audience. She has emerged as a diva, making the best videos, catchiest songs and creating the most headlines. At 2004's Grammy ceremony, Beyonce took away five awards and was the biggest winner of the night (a feat Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys and Norah Jones each accomplished in previous years). It was also during this time that Beyonce become involved with her "Crazy In Love" duet partner, Jay-Z.
In 2006, Beyonce hit the big screen again in The Pink Panther with comedic icon Steve Martin. The movie debuted at No. 1 on its opening weekend, and further solidified Beyonce as a double threat in the industry.
beyonce releases b'day
Beyonce's second solo effort, B'Day, was released in September 2006 with much success, selling 3,116,000 copies worldwide (and released on her 25th birthday). The singles "Deja Vu," "Ring the Alarm" and "Irreplaceable" all hit No. 1 on the charts, and the album was nominated for an outstanding five Grammy Awards in 2007.Beyonce was no stranger to award nominations in 2007, however, as her role in the musical Dreamgirls (2006) garnered the star her first official nomination as an actress by none other than the prestigious Golden Globes. She was also awarded the International Artist Award at the 2007 American Music Awards.
beyonce is named no. 14 in 2008 top 99
Beyonce has gained a lot of recognition on AskMen.com. She was voted as the No. 1 Most Desirable Woman of 2007, so it's understandable why she has a high ranking on our Top 99 list of 2008. With fame, fortune and the most bootylicious booty out there, we just can't seem to get enough of Beyonce.Partner Links
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Readers Comments: 761 Posts
i think you suck. we influnced rihanna.
still super hot and sexy
should still be #1 still super hot
Beyonce' is a blessed child of GOD and a wonderful person. May GOD continue to bless her, her husband, family and everyone around her in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
Hey, Beyonce, you are beautiful and very hot. You are most sucess and have been the best diva. Why the bad last year with the fall in the Askmen ranking and others ranking and the beat for Rihanna? Are you afraid? You are very beautiful and young for to stop the fight for the number one in music industrie. Rihanna is special, but you are special also. Go, Beyonce.
Beyonce'z absolutely stunning! I want to f*** and marry her. That jay-z guyz a lucky fella man!
Shes an amazing performer. Noone can do it like beyonce!
What a load of bull! Why are haters coming on this page and dissing my gurl beyonce?! She is the best female artist with real raw talent still going these days (she can do anything and everything), she’s so successful in her own write-she isn’t overrated! I have so much respect for her. So if you don't like beyonce (then you seriously need help!) don’t bother writing stupid comments about her, like she is too overrated-wtf? When you know for a fact she isn’t at all! I’m giving beyonce all the love and respect she deserves! I don’t even need to write anything else because haters plus beyonce’s true fans (like me) know beyonce is incredibly talented and beautiful inside out! *I agree with the person below me as well. Mammacita
Why do haterz say beyonce is overrated and poo like that! how is she? Because every1 knows she can deffo sing and dance-thats for sure. Shes beautiful not forgetting that gorjuz body of hers. Obviously people are jealous of her because whats not to love? Theres nothing that she cant do wrong. She has done so much in her music career, and she does deserve all the success and compliments to go with it, so how in the hell is she overatted?!...Yup haterz dont even bother ansewing that question because she isnt overated at all. She does everything with talent and dignity. Haterz need to grow up cuz if ur sayin crap about beyonce then u obviously dont know anything, cuz she shows respect to her fans too...shes so graceful and beautiful. 10 years later shes still here kickin butt and looking sexy!
Beyonce is so hot she has the best body and the hottest face and is awsome at dancing who the hell wouldnt think she was hot and all i have to say about her beef with rihanna is is that rihanna is so uggly she has the biggest forehead i've ever seen, shes so skinny,cant dance, and she jocks all of beyonce's things life her haircut before, beyonce had it in me myself and i. i dont know why people think that rihanna started it. anyways beyonces a bosss
Beyonce is the best in the game right now, what I like about her she has a little of old school mixed with the new school. Keep up the good WORK B.
Beyonce I love you and you are the best beutiful singer in this world.
Keep on singing my darling I like your voice
beyonce is hot i dont care what people think
Look, lets face it, anybody that is hateing on the lovely and talented Beyonce is just jealous of her, plain and simple. The girl is the best ever plus i love her. Haters
I think Beyonce is the most beautiful ,talanted and successfull performer ever.She is just amazing on the scene and she never disappoint her fans.Her voice is spectacular and she is so pretty......... Beyonce is irreplaceble
OVERRATED!! she's def not ugly but seriously. Annoying voice. Ok looks.
...Can't compare Beyonce to Cristina Milian who is Latin!!!
Beyonce is a beautiful, talented, grown ass BLACK woman and I'm proud to call her my Christian SISTA!! Go Guuuuuurrrrrrrrrll!! Cristina you're cute for a LATIN SISTA!!!! Tu Sabe, MAMI!
i thought i was gonna meet your family ?
good night
AHH...I'LL PAST I LIKE ASHANTI BETTA
Hai u ppl r damn jelous. Beyonce is thee queen. U ppl hav no lyf. Beyonce is beta then christina malian nd RIHANNA. Beyonce rocks i love ha 2 much. If i cud hav 1 wish it wud b meetng beyonce nd tamia. Those 2 rock my world nd evry1s. Nd nw dat they both r maried i knw dat they wil alws b hapi nd gv us FABULOUS music. U knw wat tamia nd beyonce sud make a duet 2getha. Nd plz preti plz cm 2 sa trust me ul neva regret it. 4rm ur fan ayanda nkabinde
Beyonce is da best she can sing she looks amazing her curves r da bomb she has a great personality she is so cool so u haterzzzzzzzz need 2 stop hatin'
Beyonce is da best she can sing she looks amazing her curves r da bomb she has a great personality she is so cool so u haterzzzzzzzz need 2 stop hatin'
Beyonce is da best she can sing she looks amazing her curves r da bomb she has a great personality she is so cool
I like her cause she is think and pretty. But then again, I have always like thick and pretty black women. I love black BBW's.
Hi Beyonce, keep doing your thing and stay beutiful!
WHAT GIVES BEYONCE THE RIGHT TO FOR-GO WORSHIP, BECAUSE OF PEOPLE TAKING PICTURES AND ASKING FOR AUTO ?? iS THIS WHY SHE WAS SLEEPING WITH THE gremlin man AND IS PREGNATE,
BEFORE marriage ????? such a FAKE ! such A FAKE !
jonior morande sparati tu e beyoncè
Hay Beyonce still got strong affection to your music industry.Love you Linah Brown
IT'S TRUE. BEYONCE' IS GOOD, BUT CHRISTINA MILIAN IS THE BEST
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