-1- Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was born on September 4‚ 1981‚ in Houston‚ Texas‚ the beautiful daughter of Mathew Knowles‚ a record manager‚ and Tina Knowles‚ a costume designer and hair stylist. Her father is African American and her mother‚ a Louisiana Creole‚ has African‚ French‚ Native American‚ and Irish ancestry. Beyoncé has a younger sister Solange Knowles who is also a singer‚ songwriter‚ and actress. Beyonce was schooled at St. Mary’s Elementary School in Texas‚ where she
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Dan Heaton Malcolm White 4-2-13 “BOW DOWN” On March 18‚ 2013‚ Beyonce Knowles-Carter leaked a song called “Bow Down‚” where she instructed all of her competitors to bow down before her. In her estimation‚ there was no competition‚ she was aware of it‚ and anybody practicing in her arena was aware of it too. More importantly‚ her legion of adoring fans knew it as well. The song leak served as a stark contrast to what Beyonce had recently become known for releasing. Instead of the ballads of romance
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perform and record during the 1990’s and 2000’s. In 2003‚ she had gastric bypass surgery and lost over 200 pounds. In 2008‚ her early singing days was brought to big screen in Cadillac Records‚ with singer Beyonce Knowles playing James in the film. James publicly supported the film‚ but when Beyonce sang her version of At Last at President Barack Obama’s inaugural ball in January 2009‚ there were allegations that James was upset that Knowles sang “her song”. As James entered her seventies‚ she began
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"If I Were a Boy‚" sung by Beyoncé Knowles‚ is a popular song that reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2008. Surprisingly enough‚ Beyoncé herself did not right the original song. Songwriter‚ BC Jean‚ wrote the hit single around 2005‚ however‚ it was rejected by her label company. Knowles heard it and recorded her own version that was released by Columbia Records. There were rumors speculating that "Queen B" had stolen the song‚ because Jean did not know anything about it until after
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Destiny’s Child was a Grammy-Award winning American R&B girl group which mainly consisted of lead singer Beyonce Knowles‚ Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. It was founded in 1997 in Houston‚ Texas. The initial founders of this musical group were Knowles‚ Rowland‚ LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett who began their music career in the pre-teens under the name Girls’ Tyme (Billboard). After many years of struggling‚ they had a contract with the Columbia Records and later changed their name to Destiny’s
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Cadillac Records is a historical movie that came out in December of 2008‚ captivating the events of Chess Records. The movie stars Adrien Brody‚ Beyonce Knowles-Carter‚ and Jeffrey Wright playing the creator of the record label‚ and two of the main artists apart of Chess Records. The movie grossed a total 8.8 million‚ with a budget of 12 million‚ and went on to be nominated for three Grammy awards‚ and one Golden Globe‚ winning the Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance Grammy award for Beyonce’s
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Well when I become and singer and I create my own album I would have Beyoncé and Ashanti. Beyoncé would be singing de JA vu. I picked that song because I used to dance to that song all the time when I was younger. Then I pick Ashanti because I just love her voice she sings so good especially in the song called mother. I also pick aalya to be on my album if she was alive because all her life she made really good songs like try again that’s a good song I used to dance to. I also like Kelly Rowland
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100 chart-toppers “S.O.S” and ”Unfaithful”‚ and earns her four Billboard Music Awards‚ including Female Artist of the Year. But the success has paired with gossip that Rihanna is romantically involved with her mentor Jay-Z who is dating pop-star Beyoncé. 2007-2010 – Good Girl Gone Bad and Rated R March‚ 2007‚ she releases a new single ‘Umbrella’
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kill‚ Beyonce would have probably frosted your eyes over with her costume at Ciara’s birthday party on Saturday. Beyonce brewed as a hot topic as X-men’s Storm in a photo posted by Kelly Rowland. Storm was played by Halle Berry in the X-Men films and Beyonce did a great job of pulling off the look. Ciara‚ singer‚ song-writer and record producer‚ just celebrated her 30th birthday on October 25‚ 2015. Celebrities showed up and that included Beyonce herself. Contrary to past rumors‚ Beyonce and Ciara
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Beyoncé the Feminist or Sexual Terrorist The article “Beyoncé: Sex Terrorist” written by Noah Berlatsky introduces the difference between moralizing a message in an appropriate or inappropriate manner. Fox pundit Bill O’Reilly addresses how Beyoncé’s video “Partition” is an inappropriate way of expressing art‚ being that some of her fans are teenage women who idolize her. Bell Hooks‚ the feminist scholar‚ expresses the same worries for our younger generation of women. This article proposes that
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