Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter was born on September 4TH 1981 in Houston Texas, U.S.A. She was raised by her mother and father Tina and Mathew Knowles. She now lives with husband Shawn Carter (aka “Jay Z”). Together they have a daughter named blue ivy, born January 7 2012. Beyoncé went St. Mary's Montessori School in Houston, where she took dance classes. Her talent of singing was recognized when her dance teacher started humming a sung and she beautifully finished it with the high pitched note. When the famous singer, songwriter, producer and actress was only 7 she won a school talent show, beating 16 year olds. At just 8 years old, Beyoncé and a couple of childhood auditioned for an all-girls entertainment group. They were then
put together with three other girls to go around the talent show circuit in Houston rapping and dancing. As her dad managed the group Girls Tyme. They then preformed on Star Search, the largest talent show on national TV at the time, but sadly they lost. In 1996 the group changed their name to Destiny’s Child. The group soon became one of the most popular R&B acts. As they recorded many smash hits. These included “bills,bills,bills” and “say my name” Their last album was released in 2004 , a year later they officially broke up.
Over the years Beyoncé has been nominated for 440 awards and 53 of those are Grammy nominations. She has a grand total of 208 and the numbers will always keep growing. In 2009 she won Billboard women of the year! Miss Knowles-Carter has been in the Guinness book of world records 3 times including fastest selling album on iTunes and highest annual earnings by a female singer. Beyoncé’s music and talent has totally made her worth 372 million dollars. She has so much pure talent and inspires people everywhere.