Beyonce Knowles
Beyonce Knowles
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child and rose to fame in the late 1990s as lead singer of R&B girl-group Destiny's Child. Managed by her father, Mathew Knowles, the group became one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. Their hiatus saw the release of Beyoncé's debut album, Dangerously in Love, which established her as...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth4 September 1981
CityHouston, TX
CountryUnited States of America
I felt like it was time to set up my future, so I set a goal. My goal was independence.
The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.
When you really don't like a guy, they're all over you, and as soon as you act like you like them, they're no longer interested.
I think it's healthy for a person to be nervous. It means you care.
I used to want you so bad, I'm so through with that because honestly you turned out to be the best thing I never had!
At the Billboard Awards my skirt was so tight they had to lift me on stage.
We're negotiating solo projects for all three of us. They're all going to come out at the same time.
They do get on but I'm a daddy's girl and that's what he finds so hard to let go of
We live in different cities. But we started -- and most people don't know this -- when we were 9 years old. It's been amazing, the things that we've accomplished. There just comes a point where you have to challenge yourself and try new things. ... But we're still best friends.
It's great to come home. I am so glad we're having the All-Star Game in Houston. It's such a great city.
I truly believe that women should be financially independent from their men. And let's face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define value. They define what's sexy. And men define what's feminine. It's ridiculous.
I just try to write songs that people are going to have a dialogue about.