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“Beyonce Knowles - Life, Movies & Family - Biography” plus 3 more

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“Beyonce Knowles - Life, Movies & Family - Biography” plus 3 more

Beyonce Knowles - Life, Movies & Family - Biography

Posted: 17 Apr 2019 10:48 PM PDT

Beyoncé Knowles is a multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning recording artist who's acclaimed for her thrilling vocals, videos and live shows.

Who Is Beyoncé Knowles?

Born in Houston, Texas, Beyoncé Knowles first captured the public's eye as lead vocalist of the R&B group Destiny's Child. She later established a solo career with her debut album Dangerously in Love, becoming one of music's top-selling artists with sold-out tours and a slew of awards. Knowles has also starred in several films, including Dream Girls. She married hip-hop recording artist Jay-Z in 2008. In late 2013, she surprised audiences by releasing her fifth studio album, self-titled Beyoncé, and has twice performed at the Super Bowl. She released her sixth studio album, Lemonade, after the airing of an HBO special in April 2016, and two years later she dropped a joint album with Jay-Z, Everything Is Love, while the two were on tour.

Early Life

Singer and actress Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was born on September 4, 1981, in Houston, Texas. She started singing at an early age, competing in local talent shows and winning many of these events by impressing audiences with her singing and dancing abilities.Destiny's Child

Teaming up with her cousin, Kelly Rowland, and two classmates, Beyoncé formed an all-female singing group. Her father, Matthew Knowles, served as the band's manager. The group went through some name and line-up changes before landing a record deal in 1997 with Columbia Records. Destiny's Child soon became one of the most popular R&B acts, with the release of their first, self-titled album. Gaining momentum, the group scored its first No. 1 single on the pop charts with "Bills, Bills, Bills," off their second album. The recording also featured another smash hit, "Say My Name."

While enjoying her group's success, Beyoncé began exploring other projects. She made her acting debut in 2001 with a starring role in MTV's Carmen: A Hip Hopera. She then co-starred with Mike Myers in the Austin Powers spy parody Goldmember the following year. 

Solo Career

On the musical front, Beyoncé took center stage as a solo artist, releasing her first album, Dangerously in Love, in 2003. The recording became a huge success for her both commercially and critically. It sold millions of copies and won five Grammy Awards. On the album, Beyoncé worked with a number of different artists, including Missy Elliott, Sean Paul and Jay-Z. She was rumored to be dating Jay-Z around this time, but the couple did not publicly acknowledge their relationship.

Destiny's Child released their last studio album, Destiny Fulfilled, in 2004, and officially broke up the following year.

On her own, Beyoncé continued to enjoy great success. Her second studio album, 2006's B'Day featured such hits as "Irreplaceable" and "Deja Vu." On the big screen, she starred opposite Jennifer Hudson, Jaime Foxx and Eddie Murphy in Dreamgirls. The film was adapted from the hit Broadway musical of the same name.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z

In 2008, Beyoncé married rapper and music mogul Jay-Z in a small, private ceremony in New York City. Among the guests sighted at the wedding were Beyoncé's mother, Tina Knowles; her father and manager, Matthew; her sister, Solange; Destiny's Child members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams; and friend Gwyneth Paltrow.

The newlywed continued to work as hard as ever, promoting her latest effort, I am ... Sasha Fierce (2008). Beyoncé scored two big hits off the album—"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" and "If I Were a Boy." She also returned to the big screen that year, starring as R&B legend Etta James in Cadillac Records. The following January, Beyoncé sang James' trademark song, "At Last," for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at his inaugural ball.

In addition to acting and performing, Beyoncé ran a clothing line called House of Dereon with her mother. She also launched her own fragrance, Heat, in 2010. Throughout her career, Beyoncé has served as a spokesperson and model for several other brands, including L'Oreal and Tommy Hilfiger.

Beyoncé found herself under fire after performing a private concert for Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi on New Year's Eve in 2010. She later donated her fee from the event to help victims of the Haitian earthquake. According to some reports, Beyoncé said that her father had been responsible for arranging the Libyan concert. She decided to drop her father as her manager in March 2011. Later that year, Beyoncé reached the top of the album charts with her latest solo release, 4.

In January 2013, Beyoncé generated some negative headlines for her performance at President Obama's second inauguration in Washington, D.C. She was criticized for reportedly pre-recording a version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and lip-syncing to her own track during the outdoor ceremony. Despite wide media coverage, in the days following the incident, Beyoncé did not publicly address the controversy.

Not long after, prior to her appearance at Super Bowl XLVII, Beyoncé performed the song live at a press conference. She explained to reporters that she had used a "backing track" at the inauguration, adding that she would "absolutely be singing live" at the NFL's biggest event of the year, according to The Huffington Post.

Indeed, Beyoncé more than redeemed herself in the public eye at the Super Bowl on February 3, 2013. During the event's halftime show, she took the stage and wowed the crowd, joined by her former Destiny's Child bandmates Rowland and Williams for parts of her performance. Beyoncé also announced that her next major tour would start in the spring of 2013.

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Beyoncé attends TIDAL X 1015 in New York City. 

Awards, Accolades and Surprise Album

At the 2010 Grammy Awards, Beyoncé walked away with six honors—the most wins in a single night by a female artist. Her record was matched two years later by pop/soul artist Adele. In 2010, she also tied the record for most No. 1 hits on Billboard's Pop Songs chart, which is based on radio airplay. In 2011, she made the Forbes Top 10 list of entertainment's highest-earning women. By 2013, Beyoncé had won 16 Grammys.

Beyoncé broke records once again on December 13, 2013, with her fifth studio album, self-titled Beyoncé. The album surprised fans and critics alike, as no promotion for the album had been announced prior to its release. The record, which Beyoncé called a "visual album," was released exclusively on iTunes, with physical discs available for purchase after December 18. The record-breaking album sold more than 800,000 copies throughout the weekend it was released alone. 

The collection—which was the fastest-selling album ever distributed by iTunes—also marked Beyoncé's fifth studio album to debut at No. 1, making her the first woman to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with her first five albums. She released the Platinum Edition of the album in 2014, and the following year won three additional Grammys, including a Best R&B Performance award for "Drunk in Love."

Second Super Bowl and 'Lemonade'

In February 2016, Beyoncé returned to the Super Bowl stage, once again earning raves for her performance. This time around she appeared with Bruno Mars and Chris Martin of the band Coldplay, highlighting her new single "Formation" and subsequently announcing a world tour. The tune, its video and accompanying halftime show also garnered a wave of attention for politicized lyrics and imagery touching on everything from black power to Hurricane Katrina. 

Just two months later, HBO aired an hour-long Beyoncé conceptual film, Lemonade, which presented tracks from the album of the same name released immediately afterward. The cable special showcased the singer reeling from the romantic and sexual betrayal of her partner while acknowledging the strength found in communities of African-American women. Tennis star Serena Williams and young actress Quvenzhané Wallis also made appearances in the New Orleans-based project, which was helmed by a variety of directors and featured poetry from Warsan Shire. 

Lemonade the album was only initially available via Tidal, the online streaming service backed by Beyoncé's spouse, Jay-Z, and then eventually became available on iTunes and Amazon with its accompanying film. Musical contributors to the project, which quickly garnered acclaim, included Jack White, The Weeknd, James Blake and Kendrick Lamar. Lemonade debuted at No. 1, making Beyoncé the only artist in history to have all of her first six studio albums reach the top of Billboard's album charts.

In February 2017, a pregnant Beyoncé delivered a surprise performance at the Grammys, singing songs from Lemonade amid a swirling spectacle of lights, holograms and backup dancers. Although she lost the coveted Album of the Year Grammy to Adele, she did take home two awards, for Best Urban Contemporary Album and Best Music Video.

Known as "Queen Bey," the famed singer readied to take on the role of a different queen with the November 2017 announcement that she was headlining a live-action remake of Disney's The Lion King.

Shortly afterward, it was revealed that Queen Bey also reigned as the highest-earning female musician of the year. According to Forbes, Beyoncé snagged $105 million in pretax income June 2016 through June 2017, a number that easily outpaced the earnings of fellow divas Adele ($69 million) and Taylor Swift ($44 million). Forbes attributed the windfall to the success of Lemonade and the singer's Formation World Tour, which grossed approximately $250 million.

Coachella, OTR II and 'Everything Is Love'

In March 2018, reports surfaced that Beyoncé was working on new music and preparing to hit the road with Jay-Z. Following a false alarm in which a tour announcement appeared and quickly disappeared from her Facebook page, the power couple officially announced that their On the Run II (or OTR II) Tour would kick off in Cardiff, Wales, on June 6.

One year after she canceled a planned appearance at Coachella because of her pregnancy, Beyoncé took the stage for an eagerly anticipated performance at the April 2018 music festival. The first black woman to headline the event, Beyoncé wowed attendees and critics alike with her top-shelf singing and choreography, delivering favorites like "Crazy In Love" and a rendition of the civil rights anthem "Lift Every Voice and Sing." She was also joined during the two-hour set by hubby Jay-Z, sister Solange and her old Destiny's Child cohorts, Rowland and Williams.

One week later, Beyoncé delivered another highly acclaimed show at the festival. While the 27-song set and guest list remained nearly identical, the headliner shook things up with her costume changes, coming across as looser and more "off-the-cuff," per Rolling Stone.

In June, Beyoncé and Jay-Z embarked on the European leg of their 48-date tour. While they lived up to expectations with their theatrics and swagger, the couple also surprised fans with the release of their joint album, Everything Is Love, following a London show on June 16. Initially available for streaming only on the Jay-Z owned Tidal, the nine-track album was accompanied by a video for the track "Apes**t," which featured the couple and their dancers gallivanting around some of the world's most famous artworks at the Louvre in Paris. 

Later in the tour, during a performance in Atlanta, Beyoncé and Jay-Z faced a potentially dangerous moment when an audience member climbed on stage and attempted to chase the stars backstage, before the backup dancers banded together to stop the intruder. 

Around that time, Beyoncé earned her fourth cover spread and story for Vogue. The production made headlines for the singer's control over the photo shoot, for which she wore minimal makeup and showed off her natural hair, as well as her unfiltered interview in which she embraced her "FUPA" — the leftover weight gain in the abdominal area from her pregnancy.

'Homecoming' and 'The Lion King'

On April 17, 2019, Beyoncé released a Netflix documentary about her Coachella performance, 'Homecoming,' and a surprise companion album which included 40 live tracks.

July brought the premiere of The Lion King, which featured Beyoncé as Nala, the childhood friend turned love interest of the titular character, played by Donald Glover. The singer also curated and produced a companion album for the production, titled The Lion King: The Gift, and released the single "Spirit" around the time of the film's release.

Beyoncé's Children

Following years of pregnancy rumors, Beyoncé and Jay-Z went public with the news of their impending new arrival in 2011, the mom-to-be showing off her growing baby bump at the MTV Video Music Awards that August.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z welcomed a baby daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, on January 7, 2012. The couple spared no expense to maintain their privacy during this special time, renting out a floor of New York's Lenox Hill Hospital.

In February 2017, Beyoncé announced on Instagram that she and Jay-Z were expecting twins. Later, the iconic shot was revealed to be the year's most-liked Instagram post, with 11.1 million fans offering their approval.

They welcomed twins, a boy and a girl, in June 2017. Although the couple didn't immediately confirm the twins' birth or their names, People magazine reported that they had filed trademark documents at the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the names Sir and Rumi. In the early morning hours of July 14, Beyoncé made it official, posting a photo in which she's holding her one-month old twins.

What's the Greenprint? Ask Beyonce - Associated Press

Posted: 01 Feb 2019 12:00 AM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — So, what's all that Greenprint stuff on Beyonce's Instagram feed?

Bey stirred up the beehive Thursday when she advocated plant-based living in a rare social media endorsement. It helped that she also announced to her 123 million followers a sweepstakes for lifetime concert tickets to her shows or those of hubby Jay-Z after she asked the question: "What is your Greenprint?"

Well, "The Greenprint" is the title of a new book by the superstar couple's personal trainer, Marco Borges, a plant-based guru who has also worked with Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, Pharrell, Diddy and Ryan Seacrest. The title refers to the impact on the planet that one can make by going plant-based.

Borges, a Miami-based exercise physiologist and father of four, first got Bey going with "The 22-Day Revolution" on the same subject. She wrote the foreword for that book in 2015. She and Jay-Z penned the introduction for the new book, out in time for the New Year's resolution season from the imprint Harmony Books.

We went to Borges himself to explain his approach to health, life and saving the planet after 25 years in the business:

AP: That's some pretty good buzz Beyonce just gave you for your book.

Borges: Yeah, it's really an amazing time right now. I have to pinch myself, honestly. I'm living a dream. It's absolutely magical. She's only done a link-in-bio once before. The first time was when she told people she was going to go vegan 44 days for Coachella. People there are going insane there. We're getting emails, DMs, text messages saying, 'Oh my god, I never thought I could do this. I need some help.'

AP: What got you started on plant-based life?

Borges: I wasn't born and raised on a plant-based diet. Growing up I wanted to be a doctor but I found myself in pre-med realizing that medicine was far too reactive, that we needed a more proactive approach to wellness. I decided to practice wellness through exercise and nutrition. As I immersed myself in all the science, the data and the clinical trials, I realized that if you were looking for optimum wellness, improved performance and your best chance of survival, you had to move toward a plant-based diet. I've been living plant-based ever since and it's been 14, 15 years now.

AP: How does your approach stand out in the cacophony over veganism and plant-based nutrition?

Borges: We have to meet people where they are. You can't expect for every single person to want to adopt a plant-based lifestyle day one. The truth is it doesn't have to be all in from the start. The Greenprint is plant-based living defined by you, whether it's one plant-based meal a day, two or three. Or just simply meatless Mondays.

AP: How do you help people ensure that they won't fail?

Borges. We've designed a step-by-step approach. It's not a one size fits all. It's customizable. We have three tiers. We guide you, provide you recipes, give you tips. We're trying to help people rewire their behavior a step at a time.

What's happening is that Joe Meat Eater is coming through the door of this part and vegans are saying, 'You can't come in because you're not 100 percent vegan.' For me it's about getting people to start looking at it from whatever angle interests them, whether it's the environment or better health. We can't have a conversation if I turn you away at the door because you're not vegan.

AP: You write about kaizen, or the Japanese approach to small, incremental improvements. Can you explain that?

Borges: I've been obsessed with it ever since I was a kid. It's continuous self-improvement. We can all be better versions of ourselves every single day. Whatever it is, you've got to work toward it. That includes me.

AP: Some perceive the costs of a truly plant-based diet as restrictive. Do you agree?

Borges: I'd love to meet the person who made that up. It doesn't make any sense. When we go to the supermarket, we know that the foods that cost most are typically the steaks, the fish, the animal protein. That's 10 times more expensive than avocados and broccoli. That's preposterous. We live in a society where people love to hear good things about their bad habits.

The reality is it's less expensive to live a plant-based lifestyle.

AP: To what do you attribute the popularity of the Keto approach to eating?

Borges: Phenomenal marketing and the fact that we live in a world where people want to hear great things about their bad habits. I mean, don't eat carbs! Carbs are bad for you! I mean brown rice, broccoli, carrots, all fruits. Don't eat that. Well guess what? We're eating twice as much protein as we should be eating and we're taking in half the amount of fiber we should be taking in on a daily basis. And what about leaving the planet a better place? It's why I wrote the book.

Beyoncé's 'The Gift' album features Blue Ivy's singer-writer debut - New York Post

Posted: 19 Jul 2019 12:00 AM PDT

There's a new queen of the jungle in the Carter household.

As if Beyoncé voicing the lioness character of Nala in the new live-action remake of "The Lion King" wasn't enough to make her kids proud, Queen Bey gives oldest daughter Blue Ivy her own regal moment on her new album.

On "The Lion King: The Gift" — a companion LP to the movie executive-produced by Beyoncé, featuring original songs in what she has called a "love letter to Africa" — the diva's 7-year-old daughter with husband Jay-Z gets her own close-up as a featured vocalist on "Brown Skin Girl."

"Brown skin girl, your skin just like pearls/The best thing in the world/Never trade you for anybody else," Blue Ivy sweetly sings alongside SAINt JHN — a Brooklyn-born artist of Guyanese descent — at the beginning of the song.

Then Nigeria's Wizkid and Beyoncé herself join in on the track, which celebrates the beauty of brown-skin sisters. "Your skin is not only dark/It shines and it tells your story," B croons over the lilting, African-accented groove.

The track shows love for some famous brown-skin bombshells, from Naomi Campbell and Lupita Nyong'o to Beyoncé's Destiny's Child cohort Kelly Rowland. "Pose like a trophy when Naomis walk in/She need an Oscar for that pretty dark skin/Pretty like Lupita when the cameras close in/Drip broke the levee when my Kellys roll in," Beyoncé sings.

But Blue Ivy gets the last word, closing out the song all by herself.

This isn't the first time Blue Ivy has appeared on one of her mom's albums. On 2013's surprise "Beyoncé" album, the then-23-month-old girl talked and giggled on the aptly titled "Blue."

Clearly, she has inherited her parents' comfort level in the studio. And having already sat in the front row at the Grammys, this child seems destined to carry on the family's musical legacy.

In addition to curating "The Lion King: The Gift," Beyoncé appears on 13 of 27 tracks, including "Bigger" — a soaring, atmospheric ballad punctuated with tribal drums — and the percussive dance jam "Find Your Way Back."

Elsewhere, Beyoncé reunites with Kendrick Lamar on "Nile," although at less than two minutes, the track fails to work up the fireworks of their "Freedom" pairing. Better is B's collaboration with Jay-Z and Childish Gambino" on the smooth vibeout "Mood 4 Eva," which pulses with the spirit of Africa.

The album closes with "Spirit," Beyoncé's ballad that also appears on the proper soundtrack of "The Lion King," which hits theaters today. Although it won't go down as one of B's most memorable songs, the gospel-infused track brings the album to a big Disney finish.

Where Is Beyoncé From and What's Her Real Name? - The Cheat Sheet

Posted: 29 Apr 2019 12:00 AM PDT

Beyoncé. Like Madonna or Cher, Beyoncé is a singer that only requires one name. Her powerful presence, insane voice, and stunning looks have made her a force to be reckoned with since she first stepped on the scene as the frontwoman to Destiny's Child.

Now, Beyoncé is a mother of three and married to one of the most powerful men in hip hop. The two epitomize the definition of the perfect couple and are vocal activists for causes they care about. Where did Beyoncé get her start and what is her real name?

Where is Beyoncé from?

Beyoncé Knowles was born in Houston, Texas on September 4, 1981. She started singing from an early age, competing in and winning many vocal competitions. At just 9 years old, Beyoncé formed the all-girl group Girl's Tyme. The group performed on the talent show, Star Search, but walked away without the top prize.

But Star Search was not the last that the world would see of Ms. B. In 1997, Girl's Tyme was signed by Columbia Records, where they changed their name to Destiny's Child. Within a few years, the girls of Destiny's Child were a global phenomenon.

Although they gained commercial success, Destiny's Child would go on to see some changes in the years that followed. In 2000, two of the group's members left and Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland welcomed in Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin — Franklin later quit.

Beyoncé was destined for a solo career

Destiny's Child became a massive success in the early 2000s. The group sold millions of albums and were raking in trophies at all the big award shows. But as the years went on, each of the girls decided to pursue a solo career. Rowland and Williams had some success, but Beyoncé's future as a star was solidified from the moment she broke away.

Beyoncé released her first solo album, Dangerously in Love, in 2003. The following year she won five Grammy awards for her debut album, leaving no doubt in anyone's mind that this woman was going to be a star. She followed up Dangerously in Love with B'Day in 2006 and I Am…Sasha Fierce in 2008. In all, Beyoncé has released 8 massively successful solo albums.

She has become one of the most influential people in entertainment

There aren't many artists that demand the respect that Beyoncé has gained. Beyoncé has worked hard to get to where she is. Each performance and album show's how much the singer has dedicated to her success. Her 2018 Coachella event was so powerful that it has since been dubbed "Baychella."

But that's not enough. Netflix recently released Homecoming, a behind-the-scenes look at Beyoncé's Coachella performance. There is also word that the singer signed a $60 million three project deal with Netflix, with Homecoming being the first. If Beyoncé is showing us anything, it's that she is going to be long remembered as one of the best entertainers in history.

What is Beyoncé's real name?

Beyoncé's full name is Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter. Her unique first name gets its origins from her mother Tina's maiden name. Tina Knowles was once known by the name Tina Beyincé. The name is French, and unlike the singer's name, is pronounced Bay-EN-say. Tina didn't think that her family name would be carried on much longer, due to the lack of men in her family, so she gave her daughter a version of the name. Little did Mama Knowles know how big the name would later become.
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