Beyonce Declared People’s Most Beautiful Woman : April 26, 2012

People magazine recently revealed their choice for the 2012 “World’s Most Beautiful Woman,” and it is Beyonce Knowles. When speaking to the magazine about the ho [...]

Beyonce Opens Atlantic City’s Ovation Hall with Three Concert Dates : March 20, 2012

Beyonce has announced what will be her first shows after a lengthy maternity leave from the music business. This Memorial Day weekend, May 25-27, the singer will play [...]

Beyonce, Jay-Z Announce Baby News at VMA Awards : August 29, 2011

The MTV Video Music Awards every year are noted for having outrageous moments. The show in Los Angeles this year is making headlines as usual thanks to Beyonce making [...]

Beyonce Gets Intimate with NYC : August 07, 2011

Already Beyonce has conquered Fallon, Billboard Music Awards and Glastonbury to support her new album “4.” She is now gearing up to perform a run of four night intim [...]

Beyonce Speaks Out on Leak of New Album ’4′ : June 11, 2011

When it comes to her whole new album “4” being leaked three weeks prior to its scheduled release date of June 28, Beyonce is looking at it from the glass half full pe [...]

Nerves Plague Beyonce Over Upcoming Glastonbury Set : June 05, 2011

Grammy winning performer Beyonce is apparently feeling jittery for her big summer gig at the Glastonbury Festival later this month. Just how jittery is the ‘Single L [...]

Madonna, Beyonce, Groban Perform on Oprah Finale : May 18, 2011

For the finale of ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’, almost every big name in Hollywood and in music showed up to bid the Queen of All Media adieu, not for good though, only i [...]

Beyonce’s Latest Album Set for June Release : April 04, 2011

According to reports, June will be when Beyonce will be dropping her new album. There have been rumors recently that she is recording new songs in collaboration with O [...]

Beyonce Cans Her Business Manager Dad : March 29, 2011

After almost 15 years, Mathew Knowles will no longer be managing the career of his daughter Beyonce. However, both daughter and father insist it is an amicable split a [...]

Beyonce Teams with Clint Eastwood for ‘A Star is Born’ Remake : January 21, 2011

The new version of A Star Is Born, directed by Clint Eastwood, Beyonce will play the same part as Janet Gaynor, Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand. This production will [...]

Grammys Award Big Night to Beyonce, Taylor Swift : January 31, 2010

Taylor Swift wasn’t exactly on her game when performing an offkey disaster with Stevie Nicks at the 2010 Grammys, but it didn’t seem to matter as she went home with t [...]

Taylor Swift, Beyonce Set to Perform at Grammys : December 22, 2009

On Tuesday, it was announced that among the super stars set to perform in Los Angeles at the Grammy Awards on January 31 are Taylor Swift, Beyonce and the Black Eyed Peas [...]

Justin Timberlake, Beyonce Capture NTV VMA Nominations : August 07, 2007

This year's nominees for MTV's Video Music Awards are in. Leading the pack are Beyonce and Justin Timberlake, with seven nominations each. Following them are Rihanna [...]

Beyonce Joins Josh Groban for Oscars Duet : February 10, 2005

Beyonce, Josh Groban, Counting Crows and the American Boys Choir will all be performing at the 77th Academy Awards to present the nominees for Best Theme Song, or as leng [...]

beyonce Biography

The American recording artist, fashion designer and actress Beyonce was born on September 4, 1981 in Houston, Texas. During the late 1990s Beyonce rose to fame as lead singer of Destiny's Child, the R&B girl group, which is one of the all time best-selling girl groups in the world.

In 2003, while Destiny's Child was on hiatus, Beyonce released “Dangerously in Love,” her debut solo set. The album spawned two number one hit singles “Baby Boy” and “Crazy in Love” and was one of 2003's most successful albums. She won five Grammy Awards for the set. Destiny's Child disbanded in 2005 and Beyonce released “B'Day,” her second solo set, in 2006. The album debuted in the No. 1 spot on Billboard's 200 chart and including hit singles “Beautiful Liar” and “Irreplaceable.” In 2008 she released “I Am... Sasha Fierce,” her third solo set, which included “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).” Beyonce won six Grammy Awards for the album.

Beyonce made her acting debut in 2001 with “Carmen: A Hip Hopera,” a musical film. In 2006 she starred in “Dreamgirls” and was nominated for two Golden Globe awards. House of Dereon, a family fashion line, was introduced by Beyonce and her mother in 2004. She has also endorsed L'Oreal, Armani, Tommy Hilfiger and Pepsi.

Beyonce's 16 total Grammy Awards is third best for female artists. Billboard ranked Beyonce 4th artist for the decade of the 2000's and most successful female recording artist and top artist artist for that decade. Beyonce was listed by the Recording Industry Association as the decade's top certified artist. She has sold more than 75 million worldwide records to date, which makes her one of the all-time best selling musical artists.