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Beyonce Knowles Images

Beyonce Knowles is an African-American super model to born in Texas, USA. Knowles birth date is September 4, 1981. She did her schooling with High School of the Visaul and Performing Arts in Houston, Texas. Her father is Mathew Knowels and mother is Tina Knowles, her parents are working with Destiny Child. Beyonce Knowles has one sister, Solange Knowles who is also a musician.Beyonce Knowles says she has no plans to have children for at least another 10 years. Beyonce Knowles and Jay -Z are named the most beautifull couple by Victoria Secret. However Jay Z has to wait a while before the marriage as Beyonce is concentrating her carrier right now. She is vited as the no.1 fantasy girlfriend, according to a survey by AskMen.comfter Tyra Banks she the only African-American model to appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue in 2007.

Knowles released her debut solo album, Dangerously in Love. The album entered the Billboard 200 at number one selling 317,000 copies in its first week.

It was certified Platinum just three weeks later on June 22, 2003. Its first single, the funky “Crazy in Love”, was a track constructed around a propulsive riff sampled from The Chi-Lites’ 1970 “Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)” and featured a guest rap from Jay-Z.

Dangerously in Love went to the top of the album charts in the UK, Canada, the Netherlands, Germany, Greece, and the Philippines, and peaked on both the U.S. Billboard 200 and R&B charts. The album has sold over four million copies in the U.S. and over eight million copies worldwide. When her single and album simultaneously topped the main charts in both the U.S. and the UK, she became the first act to achieve this feat since Men at Work in 1983 and The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, and Rod Stewart in the 1960s and 1970s; she is the first and so far the only female artist to do this. Beyoncé was consequently one of the biggest-selling artists of 2003.

Towards the end of the summer, “Baby Boy”, the second single from Dangerously in Love, which featured dancehall artist Sean Paul, began to climb the charts. It went on to become one of the biggest hits of 2003, dominating radio airplay in the autumn of 2003, and spending nine weeks at number one â€" one week longer than “Crazy in Love”. Afterwards Knowles released her third solo single, “Me, Myself and I”; Dangerously in Love’s fourth single, “Naughty Girl”, came out in mid-2004.

At the 2004 Grammy Awards ceremony, Beyonce Knowles won a record-tying five Grammy Awards for her solo effort, which included “Best Female R&B Vocal Performance” for “Dangerously in Love 2?, “Best R&B Song” for “Crazy in Love”, and “Best Contemporary R&B Album”. Three other female artists hold this record: Lauryn Hill (1999), Alicia Keys (2002), and Norah Jones (2003). She also won a Brit Award in 2004 for “International Female Solo Artist” in the United Kingdom.

In December 2005, Knowles released “Check on It”, featuring rappers Slim Thug and (on the official remix) Bun B. The song was from the Destiny’s Child’s greatest hits compilation, #1?s and the soundtrack to the 2006 film The Pink Panther and it was Knowles’ sixth top five hit and third number one in the U.S.

At the 2006 Grammy Awards, Knowles won a Grammy in the category of “Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals” for the song “So Amazing”, a duet with Stevie Wonder from the Luther Vandross tribute album So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross.

Knowles’ second studio album B’Day was released worldwide on September 4, 2006 and on September 5, 2006 in the U.S. to coincide with the celebration of Beyonce Knowles’ twenty-fifth birthday.

In its first week, the album sold more than 541,000 copies in the U.S., immediately coming in at number one, making it her highest first-week sales as a solo artist.

This is also the highest first-week sales of any solo female artist in 2006, a record which used to be held by pop singer Christina Aguilera whose album Back to Basics sold 346,000 copies in its first week. In the UK, it debuted at number three with sales of 35,000 copies, and has sold in excess of 378,400 copies, making the album Platinum. “Deja Vu”, the album’s first single, features Jay-Z. Also with the co-production by Rodney Jerkins. Other co-producers on B’Day included Rich Harrison, The Neptunes, and Swizz Beatz. Currently, the album is certified double Platinum for over 2.3 million copies sold in the U.S. and over four million copies worldwide.