Beyoncé (document en anglais)

Born September 4, 1981 in Houston, Texas, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles grew up in a family of Haitian origin arty his mother , Tina Knowles, is a hairdresser and costume designer and his father , commercial, do not hesitate to later become his producer. While she is still a child , she was noticed for her talent in singing by his dance teacher, and his interest in music and the show grows after having participated and won the singing competition - the title Imagine , John Lennon , a school show. Her parents do everything to encourage the passion of their daughter , and very religious , the part of a primary school specializing in music and in her church choir , where she spent two years . At nine , she finds herself with her cousin Kelly Rowland and two other friends in a group of six girls , whose reputation quickly beyond the scope of Texas: the Girl 's Tyme , reduced to four under the leadership of father very involved Beyonce ( in 1995 he resigned from his job to devote himself exclusively to the progression of the quartet ) , enslave the local concerts. After four years on the road, they signed their second contract in late 1997 ( after experiencing a first failure ) with Columbia Records.Les Destiny's Child was born. The same year, they recorded their first song , Killing Time , extracted from the soundtrack of the movie Men in Black. The following year , they released their eponymous debut album ( written and composed by a former member of The Fugees , Wyclef Jean ) containing their first hit , No, No , No. runaway success for the four Texan coming out in 1999 a second album, the Writing 's on the wall , which features some of the best known songs of the group as Bills, Bills, Bills, Jumpin ' Jumpin' , or Say My Name. This latest single is crowned by two awards at the Grammy Awards 2001 : the award for Best R & B performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and the award for Best R'n'B Song Of years . later, the singer says she had suffered from depression at this time due to the internal struggles of the group and its separation with her boyfriend long ( she had known 12 ), but without much reach the admit , the group at the time was at the peak of glory. The album met with phenomenal success , several times platinum and sold over eight million copies. The girls then riding the wave of the huge success of their third album, Survivor, to start all three in solo careers. The cinema is on his side eyes at Beyoncé appears in 2002 in several productions : Carmen Hip Hopera and Austin Powers: Goldmember , she co- starred with Mike Myers ( and sings one of the songs from the soundtrack , Work It Out- his first solo single) . At this time, the princess of R & B is a prince, rapper Jay -Z, with whom she collaborated on several reprises.L next year , one finds the cast of the romantic comedy The Fighting Temptations . The same year, she also released her first solo album, Dangerously In Love which , fueled by a series of original singles number one in the Billboard Hot 100, propels among the most disk vendors North American artists. The album ends with multi- platinum record be certified and Beyonce won five Grammy Awards, a record she shares with four other female artists : Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones and Amy Winehouse . Besides his album, it multiplies the duets with Jay -Z, Missy Elliott , Sean Paul ( on the occasion of his second single, Baby Boy ), Justin Timberlake or even the French rap group IAM.En 2004-2005 Beyoncé must for a time to his solo projects aside time to record the new and last album Destiny 's Child Destiny Fulfilled , released in November 2004 and started a world tour , during which the band announced its dissolution. Again, the album received very favorably and moved up to second place

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