Beyoncé Giselle Knowles

Beyonce Giselle Knowles was conceived in Houston, Texas on September 4 1981. Tina Knowles-Lawson, her mother, designs their sparkling costumes. Mathew Knowles is Destiny's Child's managing director. Solange her older sister (4 years separated), is releasing her first album. She dances along with her sister at DC-3 shows. Beyonce is Louisiana Creole & African descent. Whitney Houston discovered her and her group. Lovefool by The Cardigans is one of her favourite songs. Her favorite item of clothing is a pair of work boots made of metallic. She is the creator and producer for many of the group’s hit songs, including "Jumpin Jumpin""Bootylicious" Nasty Girls", "Independent Women", and "Happy Face". She is the singer-songwriter for Destiny's Child. She performed as a opening act for Christina Aguilera in 2000. TLC was their opening show (1999). There is a cat named Master P. He attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, Texas. Solange's older half-sister , and Nixon and Koi Knowles big sister. Star Search (1983): It was a time when she appeared. In 2001, she became the first African-American woman to ever get the ASCAP Pop Songwriter of the Year Award. She is a huge lover of Middle Eastern music, dance and the Middle Eastern culture. Her most popular success to date is her song "Crazy in Love" (2003). The Radio Music Awards, MTV Europe Video Music Awards and Billboard Awards are among the awards shows she appeared on in 2003. She was also a guest at a South African AIDS benefit event hosted by Bono from U2 hosted in November 2003 to combat the AIDS epidemic. On February 8, 2004 she took home five Grammy Awards, including Best Contemporary R&B album for "Dangerously in Love". She also took home the most prizes at this year's (2004) show. Her father, Mathew, is of African American descent. Her mother, Tina, is of Louisiana Creole origins - mostly African and French with ancestors who came from Louisiana and prior to that, Canada. Beyonce is also of 1/32 Irish descent, and has distant Breton, Spanish, Indonesian, and Chinese heritage on her mother's side as well. It has been reported that she started performing on stage under the name "Sasha" in order to conquer her shyness.