Beyoncé Giselle Knowles

Beyonce Giselle Knowles was conceived in Houston, Texas on September 4 1981. Tina Knowles Lawson, her mother has designed their stunning costumes. Mathew Knowles is Destiny's Child's managing director. Solange, her older sister (4 years apart) is releasing her debut album. She performs with her sister at DC-3 shows. Beyonce is Louisiana Creole & African descent. Whitney Houston found her and her group. One of her favorites is "Lovefool" by The Cardigans. She is a fan of a pair of metallic silver path work boots. She wrote and produced a lot of the group's tunes which include smash hits like "Jumpin Jumpin", "Bootylicious", "Nasty Girl", "Independent Women", "Happy Face" and "Apple Pie a la mode". The lead singer of the group of Destiny's Child's singers. She opened for Christina Aguilera in 2000. TLC was their opening show (1999). Master P was a cat. He was a student at 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) - Once performed. 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 popular hit song is her song "Crazy in Love" that she released in 2003. Her appearances on awards shows include the Radio Music Awards, MTV Europe Video Music Awards, and Billboard Awards. In November 2003, Bono of U2 organized an South African AIDS benefit concert. This was to help fight the AIDS epidemic in sub Saharan Africa. On February 8, 2004 she received five Grammy Awards, including Best Contemporary R&B album for "Dangerously in Love". She also won the most prizes at this year's (2004) performance. Mathew is her father. Tina is her mother. She is a Louisiana Creole. She has ancestors who are predominantly African as well as French. They also have Canadian ancestors. Beyonce is also 1/32 Irish and has distant Breton and Spanish, Indonesian and Chinese roots. According to some sources, she invented a stage name known as "Sasha" to get over her shyness.