Beyonce's early reality

Beyonce

Beyonce was born on the 4th September 1981 to an African-American father Mathew Knowles, a successful record manager and Tina Beyonce, a costume designer and a hairstylist. The talent for music was discovered in Beyonce Knowles when she was just eight years old. A Texan by birth, Beyonce teamed up with Kelly Rowland and some other friends to form a band called the Girl's Tyme in 1990, in Houston, that was renamed to Destiny's Child in 1993. However, her real brush with fame was in 1998 when the group's first self titled album Destiny's Child was released. This album had phenomenal success and although Destiny's Child split in 2005, the band is still one of the most popular 'all-girl bands'.

The album Destiny's Child gave Beyonce's voice, instant recognition. In 1999, the group released their breakthrough album The Writing's on the Wall. It featured their signature song Say My Name that won the 2001 Grammy Award for the best R&B song. Within ten years of its formation, the group had already given smash hits like Jumpin Jumpin, No, No, No, Survivor and Bootylicious that won the group a slew of awards.

Even while she was a part of the group Destiny's Child, Beyonce was carving a separate entity for herself. She sang her first solo Work It Out which was the soundtrack of her movie Austin Powers in Goldmember. She also recorded the soundtrack for her other movie The Fighting Temptations with rappers like Missy Elliot, Free and McLyte.

In 2001, the members of the group took a break to pursue their solo career. In 2003, Beyonce released her first solo album Dangerously in Love that won the 2004 Grammy Awards for the Best Contemporary R&B Album. She also sang Dangerously in Love 2 from the same album at the 2004 Grammy Awards ceremony that won her the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Award. Beyonce released her second solo album B'Day on 4th September 2006, her 25th birthday. Her most recent solo album is I am Sasha Fierce that was released in 2008. The first track of the album If I Were A Boy went on to top the UK singles chart.