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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)

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of the album charts in the UK and Canada, as well as on both the American pop Billboard 200 and R&B charts. As the single and album simultaneously topped the pop charts in both the US and UK, Beyonce then became the first actress to achieve this feat since "Men At Work" in 1983, in the '60s and '70s, which was performed by The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, and Rod Stewart.

To welcome the end of 2003 summer, the second single of the "Dangerously in Love" album, "Baby Boy" which featured reggae star Sean Paul had soon climbed the charts, went on to become one of the biggest hits of 2003 and dominated radio airplay for the fall of 2003. During the same time Beyonce also starred in the movie "The Fighting Temptations," for which she, together with rapper Missy Elliott, Free, and MC Lyte, recorded a song for it called "Fighting Temptation" that unfortunately failed to be popular despite the moderate success of the movie itself. Completed the works, Beyonce then towards the end of 2003 released the set's third single, "Me, Myself And I" after which its fourth single "Naughty Girl" then came out in mid-2004. Just like ...

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their predecessors, both singles also made the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.

After sometimes off from the scene and following their solo career's success, the trio then in September 2005 decided to part ways, retiring as Destiny's Child and moving forward to pursue personal goals and individual careers in music, theater, television and film as well. Though so, prior to their split the three personnel released a special greatest hits package titled "#1's". Hit the market October 25th the same year, it consists of not only some old tracks, like "Independent Women Part I," "Survivor," "Soldier," and "Jumpin', Jumpin'", but also three brand new tracks, namely "Stand Up For Love," "Feel the Same Way I Do," and that of "Check on It," which also is becoming the soundtrack for "The Pink Panther" (2006) which Beyonce starred in alongside Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Jean Reno, and Jason Statham among others. Subsequent to the album, Beyonce concentrated more on her solo career, even invading the world of fashion, launching her new fashion line, "House of Dereon", named after her grandmother, Agnes Dereon. "The whole theme is taking nothing and turning it into something because that's what my grandmother did with ...

 
 

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