Beyonce Essay

Beyoncé: An inside look

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles, also known as just Beyoncé. She is a 20 time Grammy award winner, as well as American Music Award, Billboard Music Award, MTV Movie Award, People Choice Award winner and much more. Beyoncé is known world wide for her acting and most importantly, her R&B style singing. She was the lead singer of Destiny’s Child and later on went solo in her career. As a married woman with a child, she still works everyday and enjoys her career and fans. Beyoncé was born in Huston, Texas, on September 4, 1981, to Mathew Knowles and Celestine Beyoncé. Beyoncé grew up with the help of her two siblings, Solange Knowles and Nixon Knowles. She went to St. Mary’s Elementary School, Parker Elementary School, High School for the Performing Arts, and Alief Elsik High
School. She went to high school for performing and visual arts (The Famous People). When she was just eight years old she created her first singing group called Destiny’s Child. She created this group with Kelly Rowland and LaTavia Robertson. They then joined three other girls and created another singing group called Girl’s Tyme. The group was out of Huston, Texas. (Booms Beat). Destiny’s child was created to empower women and have women become more independent. They were the most iconic group in R&B in the late 90s. They were originally a rap group but proceeded to move to hip hop and thats where they found the right keys to their music. The group was known not just for their music, but also for their drama. Once the group stabilized again, though, they emerged with even more hitmaking power than ever before. After quite some time of playing in clubs in Huston they got signed. In 1997 Columbia offered them a recording contract (All Music.) Beyoncé emerged as the group's focal point, and on the third album, she took control more than ever before, taking a greater hand in writing the songs and even producing some of the recordings herself. Later on in life Beyonce and Kelly Rowland created a organization called Survivor Foundation. This foundation provides support and help for those who are hit with natural disasters. “It is a charitable entity set up for the purpose of providing transitional housing for Hurricane Katrina victims and storm evacuees in the Houston, Texas, area. The Survivor Foundation has already secured funds in excess of $400,000 through the initial contributions of Beyonce Knowles ($250,000), Kelly Rowland, Mathew Knowles, Tina Knowles, and Solange Knowles-Smith and is seeking donations from both the corporate and personal sectors to expand the reach of the Foundation's storm relief housing initiative.” (Business Wire). In 2003 Beyonce herself, created her first album and released it.
The album is called “Dangerously in Love.” The songs focused on her love life with her long time boyfriend Jay-Z. The couple, at this time, had been dating for eight years. More then eight million copies were sold world wide. Entertainment weekly named it one of the best albums in 25 years (worldhistoyproject.) On April 4, 2008 Beyonce married her life long love, Jay-Z. The wedding was private and secretly planned. Nobody knew of the wedding until she flashed her ring at a September 22, 2008 concert. Her wedding ring is a five million dollar Lorraine Schwartz-designed ring. The ring is an 18 carat diamond (worldhistoryproject.) On November 18, 2008 she released her third studio album titled, “I am… Sasha Fierce.” The album reached the top ten on thirty-two charts worldwide. It debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, making Knowles the third female artist this decade to have her first three albums debut in the top spot. Which did better than her second album “B’day,’’ which was released on September 4, 2006. The album has been certified double platinum by the RIAA
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