beyonce knowles: biography

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She was born on 4th September 1981 in Houston, Texas, and is now one of the most influential and successful musicians of our time................................As a child, Beyoncé attendedseveral performing arts schools and beganto sing and dance in local competitions. By the late 1990s, she becamefamous as the lead singer of RB girl group Destiny's Child, which grew to be one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time! The group splitin 2005, after Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland hadstarted successful solo projects.................................Beyoncé’s 2008 album I Am... Sasha Fierce earnedher several hit singles such as "If I Were a Boy", "Single Ladies", "Halo" and "Sweet Dreams". This album wonsix Grammy Awards in 2010, which brokethe record for the most awards wonby a female artist in one night! At the Inaugural Ball on 20th January 2009, Barack Obama and his wife Michelle dancedtheir first dance as President and First Lady of the United States accompaniedby Beyoncé singing “At Last”.In total, the star has won 16 Grammy Awards, 11 MTV Video Music Awards, 4 American Music Awards, a Billboard Millennium Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! Beyoncé soldover 75 million records worldwide, which makes her one of the best-selling music artists ever. What’s more, this year People magazine votedher ‘The World’s Most Beautiful Woman’!If that wasn’tenough, Beyoncé’s talents don’t stop at music. She also starredin several films, such as The Pink Panther, Austin Powers, and Dreamgirls............................Beyoncé is the daughter of Mathew and Tina Knowles, a record manager, and a costume designer and hair stylist, respectively. Her younger sister Solange is a singer, songwriter and actress. Beyoncé’s father managedher career until March 2011, when she announcedthat she would be managing her projects alone.Beyoncé first starteddating American rapper Jay-Z in 2002, and collaboratedwith him on several music tracks. They kepttheir relationship extremely private until they marriedon 4th April 2008 in New York. On 28th August 2011, at the MTV Video Music Awards, Beyoncé announcedthat they were expecting their first child. Then, on 7th January 2012, she gavebirth to a baby girl named Blue Ivy Carter at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. Two days later, Jay-Z released"Glory", a song which he dedicated to their daughter. Because her cries were included at the end of the song, she was officially credited as "B.I.C", so at two days old she becamethe youngest person ever to appear on the charts! Perhaps she will follow in her mother’s footsteps…those are definitely some big shoes to fill! PRESENT PAST Match the verbs in present with it form in the past earned earn attended attend became become began begin grew grow had have How can you think past in English is formed? Can you find a common rule? Can you name paragraph 1? Family Life Achievements The Early Years Can you name paragraph 2? Family Life The Early Years Achievements Can you name paragraph 3? The Early Years Family Life Achievements