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Famous as :

R&B singer

Birth Name :

Beyonce Giselle Knowles

Birth Date :

September 04, 1981

Birth Place :

Houston, Texas, USA

Spouse :

Jay-Z (rapper, since 4-Apr-08)

Claim to fame :

Album "Dangerously in Love" (2003)

Biography


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become a cover for Bee Gees hit of the same name, carried on the group's impressive string of top ten hits.

After the many success, Destiny's Child current members, Rowland, Michelle and Beyonce herself decided to temporarily pursue solo careers that they in 2001 took a break from the group activity. After their hiatus, in 2004 the three of them mentioned their plan to produce two new albums, the first album entitled "Destiny Fulfilled" has been released along with its first single "Lose My Breath." Either the album or the single has been very success that both reached the top 10 Billboard album and singles charts respectively. Along with the group success, Beyonce's solo career also rose up. Appeared to be true that in 2002 she won the Songwriter of the Year award from the ASCAP Pop Music Awards, made her the first African American woman and the second woman of any race to win the honor. Gained fame and success in music production, Beyonce curious to expand her career to acting, which resulted in her starring in MTV's "Carmen" without any previous training.

Came after that was her summer 2002 co-starred in the film "Austin Powers in Goldmember" as ...

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Foxxy Cleopatra opposite Mike Myers. After that Beyonce recorded a song and produced a music video, called "Work It Out", used for the movie soundtrack that was a top 10 hit in the UK and a top 40 hit in Netherlands, Australia, and Ireland. Later, during the fall of 2002 Beyonce worked on the featured vocalist on Jay-Z's smash single, "03 Bonnie And Clyde." Both fell in love, started going on a date before then got engaged.

In the spring of 2003 Beyonce remade a duet with Luther Vandross, called "The Closer I Get To You", originally performed by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway. The song was included both on her debut solo album and on Luther's "Dance With My Father" set, for which the two singers shared the Grammy for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals. Still in 2003, Beyonce released her debut solo album "Dangerously in Love", which first single named "Crazy In Love" featuring a guest rap from boyfriend Jay-Z, quickly became one of the biggest hits of that summer, staying at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for ten weeks. Soon afterwards "Dangerously in Love" went to the top ...

 
 

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