Beyoncè Giselle Knowles has been in the industry for over 18 years with over 11 million album sales and 20 Grammy awards. Many only know Beyoncè from who she was during the start of her career, but there is so much more about her that many have no clue about. She has also starred in many movies, has developed her own clothing line and a perfume fragrance. As her career developed she has also helped those in need outside of the U.S.
Beyoncè was born on September 4th, 1981 in Houston, Texas to Matthew and Tina Knowles. At the time of her birth Mr. Knowles was a Xerox sales manager while Mrs. Knowles was the owner of a hair salon. When Beyoncè was about 5 years old her younger sister, Solange Knowles was born. Beyoncè talents were noticed during her days in elementary school. She was enrolled in dance classes, which initiated her winning the school talent show when she was only 7 years of age. She later switched to a music magnet school in her hometown, followed by the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. At 8 years old Beyoncè and Kelly Rowland were introduced to LaTavia Roberson during an audition for an all-girl singing group. After being noticed by Arne Frager, a producer, they were then placed in Star Search in Northern California. As her career began to…show more content… As time went by they continued to create songs together and featured in each other’s music videos. Some of their collaborations include “Crazy in Love”, "Déjà Vu", Upgrade U and many more. Precise details of their relationship were kept very private. In 2006 they were known as a very powerful couple in TIME magazine. On April 4th, 2008 they secretly married each other without any publicity. 18 days following their secretive wedding they finally made a public announcement. In September 2008 she finally publicly flaunted her $5 million Lorraine Schwartz wedding