She was born in Houston, Texas and lived in a house in the suburbs. At 5 years old Beyonce was taking to a Michael Jackson concert and picked the feel for music and stuck with it. At the beginning she wa a very shy child so her parents enrolled her in dance classes to help get out the shell at the St.Mary school. At the age of 7 she was put in singing and dance competitions and she won her first talent show singing John Lennon's wistful “Imagine” and received claps and standing ovation. After that she quickly joined the choir at her family church St.John's Methodist Church performing as a soloist. In 1988 Beyonce received her first press with a mention in the Houston Chronicle following her nomination for the Sammy, which is Houston Arts Awards. One of her influences are Mariah Carey and still is. Her first quote that she made was “I grew up in a very nice house in Houston, went to private schools all my life and I've never been to the hood not saying that there’s anything wrong with the hood. By 1990 Beyonce was already performing with LaTavia Roberson, one of the original members in Destiny's Child. They both caught the eye of Andretta Tillman. Tillman was creating a girl group and wanted Beyonce and LaTavia to be part of it, but before selecting the girls Tillman and her partners auditioned more than forty girls before she picked them and added …show more content…
There were things that i've read and I didn't even know about. I've learned that everything is perfect in the music industry and doesn't go the way you want to but you have to keep pushing forward. If I were to recommend this books to other i would because you would learn and show you what goes on the background behind a celebrity's