By: Jacqueline Jackson

Beyonce Knowles

• September 4th 1981 one of the greatest performers of all time was born, Beyonce Giselle Knowles. Singer, songwriter, actress, fashion icon, and so much more Beyonce has become a recognizable idol and brand to millions of people all over the world.

Songwriter• “Dangerously in Love” which sold over 6million

units worldwide and 317,000 in the first week. • Beyonce wrote Destiny Child’s 1st Hot 100 hit

“Bills, Bills, Bills” and she was only 16 years old

• Check On It was #1 for six consecutively weeks on Billboards Hot 100 Chart

• The album B’Day debuted at number one on the Billboard 100, selling more than 541,000 copies in the first week, her highest first-week sales mark as a solo artist.

Songwriters Cont’d• "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" went on to top

the Billboard Hot 100 chart, for four non-consecutive weeks, giving Knowles her fifth number one single in the United States

• B’Day earned Beyonce the award for Best Contemporary R&B Album Knowles made history at the 35th Annual American Music Awards for being the first woman to win the International Music Award

• “Irreplacable”, Beyonces second single worldwide and third single in the U.S , topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 consecutive weeks, giving Beyonce her longest running single to date.

Fashion Icon

• In 2005 Beyonce created a fashion line with her mother called House of Dereon.

• In 2006 Beyonce featured in global advertisement campaigns for L’Oreal and Tommy Hilfiger.

• Beyonce released her first fragrance “Heat”.

Actress• Beyonce began her acting career by

starring in the 2001 Hip-Hopera Carmen.

• In 2002 Beyonce co-starred in Austin Powers in Goldmember, in which she played Foxy Cleopatra.

• In 2003 Beyonce starred opposite Cuba Gooding, Jr. in Fighting Temptations.

• Beyonce also co-starred in the film The Pink Panther, playing Xania the international pop star.

Actress Cont’d

• In 2005 Beyonce starred in Dreamgirls based on the Motown all-female group The Supremes.

• Beyonce also starred as Etta James in Cadillac Records.

• In 2009 she co-starred in the film Obsessed with Idris Elba.

Questions?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV4_5RKduFU

Sources

•The Official Beyonce Cite (2010) http://www.beyonceonline.com/home •People Magazine http://www.people.com/people/beyonce_knowles/biography •BeyonceWorld. Net (2002) http://www.beyonceworld.net/