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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". |