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BEYONCE
is a ten-time Grammy Award-winning American R&B singer, songwriter,
record producer, Golden Globe Award-nominated actress, dancer, and
fashion designer and model for House of Deréon.
Knowles rose to fame as the creative force and lead singer of
R&B girl group Destiny's Child, the best-selling female group of
all time, with over fifty million records sold.
After a series of commercially successful releases with the group,
Knowles released her debut solo album Dangerously in Love in 2003.
The album became one of the biggest commercial successes of the
year, topping the album charts in the U.S. and the UK. It also spawned
the number-one singles "Crazy in Love" and "Baby Boy" and earned
Beyoncé a record-tying five Grammy Awards in a single night in 2004.
Knowles' sophomore album, B’Day, which was released worldwide
on September 4, 2006 (Beyoncé's twenty-fifth birthday), continued
her success.
The album spawned the UK number-one single "Deja
Vu", "Ring the Alarm", and the worldwide number-one hit "Irreplaceable",
and earned Knowles her seventh solo Grammy Award. As a solo artist,
Knowles has sold more than twelve million albums worldwide.
Knowles has contributed to the soundtracks of films in which she
has starred, including Dreamgirls (2006), for which she received
two Golden Globe Award nominations, one for acting and another for
the soul hit "Listen".
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