Beyoncé Giselle Knowles

Beyonce Giselle Knowles was born on September 4, 1981 in Houston, Texas. Her mom, Tina Knowles-Lawson is the designer of their glittering costumes, and her father, Mathew Knowles manages Destiny's Child. Solange and her sister (4 years separated by four years) released her debut album. She dances alongside her sister during DC-3 shows. Beyonce's Louisiana Creole & African descent. Whitney Houston discovered her and her group. Lovefool, by The Cardigans, is her most listened to song. Her favorite item of clothing is a pair of path work metallic boots. She wrote and produced a lot songs for the group, including smash hits "Jumpin Jumpin", "Bootylicious", "Nasty Girl", "Independent Women", "Happy Face" and "Apple Pie a la mode". The lead singer in the group's vocal group, Destiny's Children. She opened for Christina Aguilera in 2000. TLC was their opening performance (1999). Cat named Master P. She 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) - One time was a part of the show. In 2001, she was the first African American woman to be awarded the ASCAP Pop Songwriter of the Year Award. Is a huge lover of Middle Eastern music and dance. Her most famous hit is the single "Crazy in Love" that she released in 2003. She was a part of several awards shows during 2003 that included the Radio Music Awards (MTV Europe Video Music Awards), Billboard Awards and the Billboard Awards. She also performed at an South African AIDS benefit show in November of 2003, which was put on by Bono of U2 to fight the AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan African countries. She took home five Grammy Awards for her song "Dangerously in Love" (February 8, 2004). Mathew is her father. The mother of her, Tina, is of Louisiana Creole heritage - predominantly African and French with ancestors who came from Louisiana and before that, Canada. Beyonce is also 1/32 Irish and has distant Breton as well as Spanish, Indonesian and Chinese roots. According to some, she invented a stage name called "Sasha" to overcome her shyness.