Beyonce Knowles

2008-01-10T07:59:00.000-08:00

Like an elite athlete, an artist is hard wired to reach a goal and then, having achieved it, to raise the bar even higher, always pushing to perform at top capacity, crafting a personal best.
Beyoncé knows this. She's blessed with a relentless spirit that fuels her. "Everything that I do creatively has to make me work harder and hopefully steer me in a direction I've never been before, " she explains
There have been rumors abuzz that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are holding a huge birthday party for their daughter Suri who turns two on April 18. New report brought up by MediaTakeOut.com said that Beyonce Knowles will be made a performer at the party.

Marriage- Wedding ceremony

2008-01-06T10:37:00.000-08:00

It seems the love is going to culminate in a marriage affair. Beyonce and Jay-Z are deeply in love and the two are planning to get married shortly. he couple are already engaged and after fiance Jay-Z said Yes to the marriage proposal, Bride To be Beyonce Knowles is busy planning an intimate New York wedding. It appears the couple have been engaged since June 2006. That is a pretty long time pf courtship. Throughout this period, it seems the rapper star was a bit reluctant to say Yes without going into many intricacies. Recently American tabloid Globe has said that Jay-Z had a change of heart during a recent romantic trip to Paris with the sexy singer - and has instructed her to start looking into venues. A source says, "There was a time when Beyonce wanted an enormous fairy-tale wedding, but now she's a masterminding a smaller party in New York. "At the moment, she considering either The Carlyle or Peninsula Hotel."

Bootylicious For You

2008-01-06T05:16:00.001-08:00

The best of all, Beyonce is soon going to have an Indian Connection. here is what Sajid Nadidwala, an Indian producer told Hindustan Times:

Sajid Nadiadwala is all set to go international with his forthcoming flick Kambakth Ishq.In what can be called a casting coup of sorts, the director has managed to rope in none other than Pop Diva Beyoncé and Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger for the film. The film stars the super hit pair of Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor.

Prashant Shah, line producer of Kambakth Ishq says, "Yes we are in talks. It is the first time ever that a mainstream Indian Producer is making such an international film. So far, we have had Deepa Mehta who is a Canadian, Meera Nair and Gurinder Chadha who have been Indians of International origin making a splash in Hollywood. But with Kambakth Ishq it will be the first time that an Indian producer will be doing this. We are in talks with Beyonce and we have also received a letter from Arnold's office. We are yet to work out the logistics."

Half Monty Gown

2008-01-06T05:14:00.000-08:00

Beyonce Knowles took everything else off, besides a pair of jeans in order to be photographed for her clothing line. The singer only wears a pair of jeans from her “House of Deron” collection in the commercial.

- Bey wanted to show just how seductive the label can be – News of the World cites a source close to the singer.

In the mean time, Beyonce secretly married her boyfriend Jay-Z. The couple have been together since 2002, and claim that they are indescribably happy after their private ceremony in Paris.

There are also media reports that the couple tattooed something of personal importance on their ring fingers, and it is rumoured that Jay-Z proposed to Beyonce during a luxury holiday in Cannes at the end of May.

courtesy: Beyoncenow.com

Here I Am

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Finishing a good year in 2003, Beyoncé starred in the movie The Fighting Temptations opposite Cuba Gooding Jr. and recorded a song for it called "Fighting Temptation", with rappers Missy Elliott, Free, and MC Lyte. Although the song did not turn out to be a smash hit like Beyonce's own singles, it was a moderate success and so was the movie.

Baby Boy was her most successful single of the season. Fresh off the success of "Baby Boy", Beyoncé released her third solo single, "Me Myself And I" towards the end of 2003; Dangerously In Love's fourth single, "Naughty Girl", came out in mid-2004. Both have also made the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.

courtesy: beyonceknowles.com

At The Red Carpet

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On the televised celebration of July 4 in 2003, Beyoncé came under controversy from the Grant Memorial Association for her performance of "Crazy In Love", in which she danced in a "patently inappropriate" way on the steps of the tomb of President Ulysses S. Grant. President Grant's great-grandsons Ulysses Grant Dietz and Chapman Foster Grant, spoke up on Knowles' behalf. "The way the world is now, who cares?" said Chapman Grant, "who knows? If the old guy were alive, he might have enjoyed it."

Towards the end of the summer, "Baby Boy", Dangerously In Love's second single, which featured reggae star Sean Paul, began to climb the charts. It, too, went on to become one of the biggest hits of 2003, dominating radio airplay for the fall of 2003.

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Award Is Mine

2008-01-06T05:12:00.001-08:00

Beyonce reached a pinnacle of sorts in 2003. This year saw Beyoncé release her debut solo album Dangerously In Love. The very first single in the album, "Crazy In Love", featured a guest rap from Jay-Z. The song was liked by many and very rapidly it became one of the biggest hits of that summer, staying at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for ten weeks. The album, Dangerously In Love itself did very well for Beyonce Knowles. It went to the top of the album charts in the UK and Canada, as well as on both the American pop (Billboard 200) and R&B charts. This album has sold in excess of 6 million copies worldwide. A feat of sorts was achieved by Beyonce when her album as well as the single simultaneously topped the pop charts in both the US and the UK. This feat had not been achieved by anybody since Men At Work in 1983 - in the '60s and '70s, it was performed by the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, and Rod Stewart.

Bikini Babe

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Her music career kept flowering and reaching new heights with different strokes. This was amply demonstrated in 2002, when she was the featured vocalist on Jay-Z's smash single, "'03 Bonnie And Clyde". The couple are engaged, and current rumours say that they will marry soon.

The very next year, in the spring of 2003, Beyoncé got into the remake business and released the remake of duet with Luther Vandross, called "The Closer I Get To You", originally performed by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway. The remake is very different from the original song. The parts of the singers are changed around with Luther taking Roberta's part and Beyoncé taking Donny's. The song was good enough to be featured on her debut solo album as well as on on Luther's Dance With My Father set. This song brought them the Grammy for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals.

High And Mighty

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After splitting with the group, Beyonce turned to acting, starring in MTV's "Carmen" without any previous training. Then came the biggest of them all. The summer of 2002, saw Beyoncé co-star in the film "Austin Powers in Goldmember " opposite Mike Myers' role of Austin Powers, as Foxxy Cleopatra. That was not all. Along with the work in the movie, she kept her musical soul alive by recording a song and producing a music video, called "Work It Out", for the movie soundtrack. "Work It Out" was a top 10 hit in the UK and a top 40 hit in the Netherlands, Australia, and Ireland.Strangely, the song turned out to be Beyoncé's biggest flop to date in her home country. In America, radio barely played the song and the video received very minor exposure in the form of digital video channels, MTV Jams and VH1 Soul.

Flower Child

2008-01-06T05:10:00.001-08:00

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.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 and went on to sell three million copies worldwide.

Looks To Kill

2008-01-06T05:09:00.001-08:00

The group underwent several name changes—Girl's Tyme, The Dolls, Something Fresh, and Cliché—before sticking with Destiny's Child. This name was chosen 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.

The Genesis

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Beyonce 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 Beyonce's mother Tina Knowles' hair salon. After singing at local events, they got their break when they entered the program Star Search. The group, then named Girl's Tyme, were disappointed after losing the competition. The group lacked direction and a good manager. That is when Mathew Knowles, Beyonce's' father and Rowland's legal guardian, decided to help the girls reach their dreams of becoming singers. Mathew quit his six-figure salary job as a multi-million dollar equipment salesman at Xerox to manage the group. This was a tough decision and affected the whole family in an adverse manner. Reduction in household income by nearly half saw 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.

Hot For The Fan

2008-01-06T05:08:00.001-08:00

Apart from these, Knowles made a sedate entry into the filmdom and achieved success in the film industry also. She starred 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". But her moment of glory in films came with Austin Powers and The Goldmember, where she plays the muse of Austin Powers. This movie brought out her singing and acting prowess to the fore like never before.Her work was appreciated by one and all. The movie soundtrack featuring "That's The Way I Like It", became an all time favorite with Goldmember "splitting" to her vocal gyrations.

Shake Your Booty

2008-01-06T05:07:00.001-08:00

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 U.S. and the UK. 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. These Grammy Awards catapulted her to the pinnacle of success like never before. 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. A talented artiste of world fame, she has won ten grammy awards in total.

Honey Pot

2008-01-06T05:06:00.001-08:00

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles born September 4, 1981, 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 second best-selling female group of all time. The group had to be content with being the second best as TLC was the best selling and top group at that time with a number of hits to their credit. Destiny's Child, with Beyonce as their lead singer produced a number of scintillating tracks to capture the imagination of music lovers all around the world.

Singing Sensation

2008-01-06T05:03:00.000-08:00

Knowles is the elder of two daughters born to Mathew and Tina Knowles in Houston, Texas. Her parents decided on her first name as a tribute to her mother's maiden name. Her maternal grandparents, Lumis Beyincé and Agnéz Deréon (a seamstress), were French-speaking Louisiana Creoles. 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.