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//After a series of commercially successful releases with the group, Knowles released her debut solo album,// [|//Dangerously in Love//]//, in June 2003. The album became one of the biggest commercial successes of the year, topping the albums charts in the United States and the// [|//United Kingdom//]//. It also spawned the number-one singles "//[|//Crazy in Love//]//" and "//[|//Baby Boy//]//" and earned Knowles five// [|//Grammy Awards//] //in a single night in// [|//2004//]//. Knowles' second album// [|//B'Day//] //was released worldwide on// [|//September 4//]//,// [|//2006//]//, coinciding with her twenty-fifth birthday. The album spawned the UK number-one singles "//[|//Déjà Vu//]//" and "//[|//Beautiful Liar//]//", as well as the worldwide hit "//[|//Irreplaceable//]//". It also earned Knowles her seventh solo Grammy Award (she has won ten in total).// //Knowles also achieved success in the film industry, starring in such Hollywood films as the 2006 comedy// [|//The Pink Panther//] //and the 2006 musical film// [|//Dreamgirls//]//, which earned her two// [|//Golden Globe Award//] //nominations—one for acting and other for the song "//[|//Listen//]//". media type="youtube" key="kJFscLngknY&rel=1" height="355" width="425"//
 * [[image:http://music.donyell.net/beyonce/knowles-beyonce-album-back-4900844.jpg width="338" height="417"]] Beyoncé Giselle Knowles** //(//[|//pronounced//] // /biːɒnˈseɪ/ ;[|[2]] born// [|//Septe mber 4//]//,// [|//1974//]//)[|[3]] is an// [|//American//] [|//R&B//] [|//singer-songwriter//]//,// [|//record producer//]//,// [|//music video director//]//,// [|//actress//]//,// [|//dancer//]//, and// [|//fashion designer//]//. Knowles rose to fame as the creative force and lead singer of the R&B// [|//girl group//] [|//Destiny's Child//]//, the world's best-selling female group of all time.[|[4]][|[5]][|[6]]//

Early life
//Knowles, the elder of two children, was born in// [|//Houston//]//,// [|//Texas//]//, the daughter of// [|//Tina//] //(//[|//née//] //Beyincé), a// [|//costume designer//]//, and// [|//Mathew Knowles//]//, a former// [|//salesman//]//, both// [|//African Americans//]//.[|[7]] Her parents decided on her first name as a tribute to her mother's maiden name.[|[8]] Her maternal grandparents, Lumis Albert Beyincé and Agnéz Deréon (a// [|//seamstress//]//), were// [|//French//]//-speaking// [|//Louisiana Creoles//]//.[|[8]] She is the older sister of// [|//Solange Knowles//]//, cousin to// [|//Angela Beyincé//] //(her personal assistant and song co-writer), and aunt to Solange's son Daniel Julez Smith, Jr. By age seven, she was attending dance school and was a// [|//soloist//] //in her// [|//church//]//'s// [|//choir//]//. Her dance instructor took an interest in Knowles and took her star student to various competitions. Knowles went on to win over thirty local singing and dancing competitions.// //As a teenager, Knowles attended the// [|//High School for the Performing and Visual Arts//] //in Houston, where she showed her musical talents. She later went to// [|//Alief Elsik High School//]//, in Houston's// [|//Alief//] //neighborhood.//

Destiny's Child [[image:http://i.realone.com/assets/rn/img/7/3/8/5/9215837-9215841-slarge.jpg width="283" height="238"]]
//Main article:// [|//Destiny's Child//] //Knowles and her childhood best friends// [|//LaTavia Roberson//] //and// [|//Kelly Rowland//] //along with// [|//LeToya Luckett//] //formed a// [|//quartet//] //that would perform in their backyards and at Tina Knowles' hair salon. After singing at local events, they got their break when they entered// [|//Star Search//]//.[|[9]] The group, then named// [|//Girl's Tyme//]//,[|[10]] were disappointed after losing the competition. Mathew Knowles, Knowles' father and Rowland's legal guardian, decided to help the girls reach their dreams of becoming singers. He quit his six-figure salary job as a multi-million dollar equipment salesman at// [|//Xerox//] //to manage the group.[|[11]] This decision by Mathew eventually affected the whole family. Their income had been cut in half, causing the family to move into two different apartments. When the group was signed to// [|//Columbia Records//] //in late 1996, it gave the entire family a second chance at making things work.// //The group underwent several name changes—Girl's Tyme, The Dolls, Something Fresh, and Cliché—before sticking with Destiny's Child, based on a passage from the// [|//Book of Isaiah//] //in the// [|//Bible//]//. Knowles' mother Tina had found the word "Destiny", but since that name was already taken, they settled for Destiny's Child. After making their recording debut with "Killing Time" for the soundtrack to the 1997 film// [|//Men in Black//]//, the group rose to fame in 1998 with the// [|//Billboard Hot 100//] //top five, R&B number-one single "//[|//No, No, No Part 2//]//". Even after much-publicized turmoil involving the departure of LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson, Destiny's Child (eventually a trio) became one of the most successful R&B///[|//pop//] //acts of the early 2000s, charting four Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles, several top ten hits, and two number-one albums.// //Their platinum-selling debut album,// [|//Destiny's Child//]//, released in 1998, was produced by// [|//Wyclef Jean//] //and// [|//Jermaine Dupri//] //and featured the double platinum number-one single "No, No, No Part 2". The group's second album,// [|//The Writing's on the Wall//]//, released in 1999, featured the number-one hits "//[|//Bills, Bills, Bills//]//" and "//[|//Say My Name//]//", besides the popular singles "//[|//Bug a Boo//]//" and "//[|//Jumpin' Jumpin'//]//". It went on to sell eight million in the U.S. and twelve million copies worldwide. Furthermore, "Say My Name" won two awards at the// [|//2001 Grammy Awards//]//: "//[|//Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals//]//" and "//[|//Best R&B Song//]//".// //Their following album,// [|//Survivor//]//, proved to be another big success, going to number one on both the U.S.// [|//Billboard 200//] //and the// [|//Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums//]//, as well as the// [|//Canadian//] //and the// [|//UK Albums Charts//]//. Two singles from the album went to the top of the Hot 100: "//[|//Independent Women Part I//]//" and "//[|//Bootylicious//]//", while "//[|//Survivor//]//", the album's title track, reached number two and "//[|//Nasty Girl//]//", the final single, missed the chart. In the United Kingdom, the first two tracks released reached number one consecutively. "Independent Women Part I" had been the theme song for the 2000 film// [|//Charlie's Angels//]//, before the album's release. The title track, "Survivor", earned the group their third Grammy Award, "Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals". The album has sold over ten million copies worldwide.// //In 2001, Knowles won the "Songwriter of the Year" award from the// [|//American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers//] //Pop Music Awards, becoming the first// [|//African-American//] //female and second overall female songwriter of all time to accomplish this.// //After the three-year journey that involved concentration on individual solo projects, Knowles rejoined Rowland and// [|//Williams//] //for Destiny's Child's fourth (and so far final) studio album,// [|//Destiny Fulfilled//]//, released in November 2004. The album hit number two on the Billboard 200 and spawned the hits "//[|//Lose My Breath//]//", "//[|//Soldier//]//", "//[|//Girl//]//", and "//[|//Cater 2 U//]//". It has sold seven million copies worldwide.// //In 2005, Destiny's Child embarked on a world tour sponsored by// [|//McDonald's//] //titled// [|//Destiny Fulfilled ... And Lovin' It//]//, visiting over seventy cities throughout// [|//Australia//]//,// [|//Asia//]//,// [|//Europe//]//, and// [|//North America//] //from April to September. On// [|//June 13//]//,// [|//2005//]//, it was announced that the group would disband after their world tour ended in September 2005. In October 2005, the group released their final album, entitled// [|//#1's//]//, including all of Destiny's Child's number-one hits and most of their well-known songs. The greatest hits collection also includes three new tracks, including "//[|//Stand Up for Love//]//". The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and number seven on the UK Albums Chart. #1's went on to sell three million copies worldwide. media type="youtube" key="hLB96GzlWio&rel=1" height="355" width="425"//

Solo career
//In early July 2000, Knowles released her debut solo single "//[|//I Got That//]//" along with rapper// [|//Amil//]//, but it failed to chart or sell noticeably, topping the// [|//Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles//]//. Two years later, Knowles was a featured vocalist on rapper// [|//Jay-Z//]//'s hit single, "//[|//'03 Bonnie & Clyde//]//". In the spring of 2003, Knowles remade a duet with// [|//Luther Vandross//]//, "The Closer I Get to You", originally recorded and made famous by// [|//Roberta Flack//] //and// [|//Donny Hathaway//] //in 1977. In this version, the vocal parts are switched, with Vandross taking Flack's part and Knowles taking Hathaway's. The song made both her debut solo album and Vandross'// [|//Dance with My Father//] //album, and the two shared the Grammy Award for "Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals" the following year. She has collaborated with Jay-Z on his eight studio album,// [|//Kingdom Come//]//, providing vocals and the hook for the track entitled "//[|//Hollywood//]//".//

Film career [[image:http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/12/13/movies/13dreamgirls.533.jpg width="611" height="352"]]
//In 2001, Knowles turned to acting, starring alongside actor// [|//Mekhi Phifer//] //in the MTV made-for-television film// [|//Carmen: A Hip Hopera//]//.// //In the summer of 2002, Knowles co-starred in the film// [|//Austin Powers in Goldmember//]//, playing// [|//Foxxy Cleopatra//] //opposite// [|//Mike Myers//] //and// [|//Michael Caine//]//. Knowles also recorded the song "//[|//Work It Out//]//" for the film's soundtrack. "Work It Out" was a top ten hit in the UK and a top forty hit in the Netherlands, Australia, and Ireland, despite being Knowles' biggest commercial disappointment to date in the U.S., where radio stations barely played the song and the video received very minor exposure, playing only on digital video channels,// [|//MTV Jams//]//, and// [|//VH1 Soul//]//. [[|citation needed]] // //In 2003, Knowles starred opposite// [|//Cuba Gooding, Jr.//] //in the film// [|//The Fighting Temptations//]//, and recorded a song for it called "//[|//Fighting Temptation//]//", alongside female rappers// [|//Missy Elliott//]//,// [|//MC Lyte//]//, and// [|//Free//]//. Unlike Knowles' own singles, the song did not become a hit, although the film was a moderate success at the box office.// //Knowles co-starred in the film// [|//The Pink Panther//]//, playing the role of Xania, an international pop star, opposite// [|//Steve Martin//]//, who plays// [|//Inspector Clouseau//]//. The film was released on// [|//February 10//]//,// [|//2006//]//, and was number one at the box office on its opening weekend.[|[28]] "Check on It", which was recorded for the film, became a huge success and gave Knowles her first number-one hit from a soundtrack. With Austin Powers in Goldmember and The Pink Panther, Knowles appeared in two films that opened at number one at the box office; the two films have grossed over $481,364,728 worldwide.// //Knowles' latest film work is// [|//Dreamgirls//]//, the film adaptation of the// [|//1981 hit//] [|//Broadway//] //musical about a 1960s singing group loosely based on// [|//Motown//] //all-female group// [|//The Supremes//]//, as the// [|//Diana Ross//]//-based character Deena Jones. The film received a limited release on// [|//December 15//]//,// [|//2006//] //and a wider release on// [|//December 25//]//,// [|//2006//]//. On// [|//December 14//]//,// [|//2006//]//, Knowles was nominated for two// [|//Golden Globe Awards//] //for the film Dreamgirls—"//[|//Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy//]//" and "//[|//Best Original Song//]//" for "Listen".[|[29]] The film opened at number three at the box office with an eight-million-dollar opening weekend. Knowles was quoted to say this was her first real acting film. Dreamgirls was nominated for eight// [|//2007 Academy Awards//]//—including "//[|//Best Original Song//]//" for "Listen"—, of which it won two.[|[30]] The film has passed the $100 million dollar gross mark in the United States.// //Knowles has been cast to play famed// [|//blues//] //singer// [|//Etta James//] //in the film Cadillac Records, which will be directed by// [|//Darnell Martin//]//.[|[31]]//

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