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Beyoncé - Wikipedia. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles- Carter (; born September 4, 1.

Four months after graduation, she published two songs on the fourth issue of the online arts publication PlatformsMagazine.com. She had recorded a three-song demo for. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. TV EXCLUSIVE: Snoop Dogg Shows Off His Impressive Marijuana Knowledge With Martha Stewart on '$100,000 Pyramid'. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (/ b iː ˈ j ɒ n s eɪ /; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston.

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Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Beyoncé performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child. She rose to fame in the late 1. 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 in history.

Their hiatus saw Beyoncé's theatrical film debut in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2. Dangerously in Love (2. The album established her as a solo artist worldwide, earned five Grammy Awards, and featured the Billboard Hot 1. Crazy in Love" and "Baby Boy". Following the break- up of Destiny's Child in 2.

B'Day (2. 00. 6), which contained the top- ten singles "Déjà Vu", "Irreplaceable", and "Beautiful Liar". Beyoncé also continued her acting career, with starring roles in The Pink Panther (2.

Dreamgirls (2. 00. Obsessed (2. 00. 9). Her marriage to rapper Jay- Z and portrayal of Etta James in Cadillac Records (2.

I Am.. Sasha Fierce (2. Sasha Fierce and earned a record- setting six Grammy Awards in 2. Song of the Year for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)". Beyoncé took a hiatus from music in 2. Her critically acclaimed fifth album, Beyoncé (2.

With the release of the widely acclaimed Lemonade, Beyoncé had the best- selling album of 2. Billboard 2. 00 chart.

Throughout her career, Beyoncé has sold an estimated 1. Destiny's Child,[9][1. She has won 2. 2 Grammy Awards and is the most nominated woman in the award's history. She is also the most awarded artist at the MTV Video Music Awards, with 2.

The Recording Industry Association of America recognized Beyoncé as the Top Certified Artist in America during the 2. In 2. 00. 9, Billboard named her the Top Radio Songs Artist of the Decade, the Top Female Artist of the 2. Millennium Award in 2. In 2. 01. 4, she became the highest- paid black musician in history and was listed among Time's 1.

Forbes listed her as the most powerful female in entertainment of 2. Person of the Year.[2. Early life. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was born in Houston, Texas, to Celestine "Tina" Knowles (née Beyincé), a hairdresser and salon owner, and Mathew Knowles, a Xerox sales manager.[2.

Beyoncé's name is a tribute to her mother's maiden name.[2. Beyoncé's younger sister Solange is also a singer and a former back up dancer for Destiny's Child. Solange and Beyoncé are the first sisters to have both had No. Mathew is African American, while Tina is of Louisiana Creole descent (African, Native American, and French).[2. Watch The Dunwich Horror Online The Dunwich Horror Full Movie Online more. Through her mother, Beyoncé is a descendant of Acadian leader Joseph Broussard.[2. Beyoncé attended St. Mary's Montessori School in Houston, where she enrolled in dance classes.

Her singing talent was discovered when dance instructor Darlette Johnson began humming a song and she finished it, able to hit the high- pitched notes.[3. Beyoncé's interest in music and performing continued after winning a school talent show at age seven, singing John Lennon's "Imagine" to beat 1. In fall of 1. 99. Beyoncé enrolled in Parker Elementary School, a music magnet school in Houston, where she would perform with the school's choir.[3. She also attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts[3.

Alief Elsik High School.[2. Beyoncé was also a member of the choir at St. John's United Methodist Church as a soloist for two years.[3. When Beyoncé was eight, she and childhood friend Kelly Rowland met La.

Tavia Roberson while in an audition for an all- girl entertainment group.[3. They were placed into a group called Girl's Tyme with three other girls, and rapped and danced on the talent show circuit in Houston.[3. After seeing the group, R& B producer Arne Frager brought them to his Northern California studio and placed them in Star Search, the largest talent show on national TV at the time. Girl's Tyme failed to win, and Beyoncé later said the song they performed was not good.[3. In 1. 99. 5 Beyoncé's father resigned from his job to manage the group.[4.

The move reduced Beyoncé's family's income by half, and her parents were forced to move into separated apartments.[2. Mathew cut the original line- up to four and the group continued performing as an opening act for other established R& B girl groups.[3.

The girls auditioned before record labels and were finally signed to Elektra Records, moving to Atlanta Records briefly to work on their first recording, only to be cut by the company.[2. This put further strain on the family, and Beyoncé's parents separated. On October 5, 1. 99. Dwayne Wiggins's Grass Roots Entertainment signed the group. In 1. 99. 6, the girls began recording their debut album under an agreement with Sony Music, the Knowles family reunited, and shortly after, the group got a contract with Columbia Records.[3. Career. 19. 97–2.

Destiny's Child. The group changed their name to Destiny's Child in 1. Book of Isaiah.[4.

In 1. 99. 7, Destiny's Child released their major label debut song "Killing Time" on the soundtrack to the 1. Men in Black.[4. 0] The following year, the group released their self- titled debut album,[3. No, No, No". The album established the group as a viable act in the music industry, with moderate sales and winning the group three Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards for Best R& B/Soul Album of the Year, Best R& B/Soul or Rap New Artist, and Best R& B/Soul Single for "No, No, No". The group released their Multi- Platinum second album The Writing's on the Wall in 1. The record features some of the group's most widely known songs such as "Bills, Bills, Bills", the group's first number- one single, "Jumpin' Jumpin'" and "Say My Name", which became their most successful song at the time, and would remain one of their signature songs.

Say My Name" won the Best R& B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and the Best R& B Song at the 4. Annual Grammy Awards.[3. The Writing's on the Wall sold more than eight million copies worldwide.[3. During this time, Beyoncé recorded a duet with Marc Nelson, an original member of Boyz II Men, on the song "After All Is Said and Done" for the soundtrack to the 1. The Best Man.[4. 3]Le. Toya Luckett and Roberson became unhappy with Mathew's managing of the band and eventually were replaced by Farrah Franklin and Michelle Williams.[3.

Beyoncé experienced depression following the split with Luckett and Roberson after being publicly blamed by the media, critics, and blogs for its cause.[4. Her long- standing boyfriend left her at this time.[4. The depression was so severe it lasted for a couple of years, during which she occasionally kept herself in her bedroom for days and refused to eat anything.[4. Beyoncé stated that she struggled to speak about her depression because Destiny's Child had just won their first Grammy Award and she feared no one would take her seriously.[4. Beyoncé would later speak of her mother as the person who helped her fight it.[4. Franklin was dismissed, leaving just Beyoncé, Rowland, and Williams.[4. The remaining band members recorded "Independent Women Part I", which appeared on the soundtrack to the 2.

Charlie's Angels. It became their best- charting single, topping the U. S. Billboard Hot 1. In early 2. 00. 1, while Destiny's Child was completing their third album, Beyoncé landed a major role in the MTV made- for- television film, Carmen: A Hip Hopera, starring alongside American actor Mekhi Phifer. Set in Philadelphia, the film is a modern interpretation of the 1.

Adele - Wikipedia. Adele Laurie Blue Adkins. MBE (; born 5 May 1.

English singer- songwriter. After graduating from the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in 2. Adele was given a recording contract by XL Recordings after a friend posted her demo on Myspace the same year. In 2. 00. 7, she received the Brit Awards "Critics' Choice" award and won the BBCSound of 2. Her debut album, 1. It is certified seven times platinum in the UK, and three times platinum in the US. The album contains her first song, "Hometown Glory", written when she was 1.

West Norwood in London. An appearance she made on Saturday Night Live in late 2. US. At the 5. 1st Grammy Awards in 2. Adele received the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. She released her second studio album, 2. The album was critically well received and surpassed the success of her debut, earning the singer numerous awards in 2.

Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year; two Brit Awards, including British Album of the Year, and three American Music Awards. The album has been certified 1. UK, and is the fourth best- selling album in the UK of all time. In the US, it has held the top position longer than any album since 1. The album has sold over 3.

The success of 2. Adele numerous mentions in the Guinness Book of World Records. She was the first woman in the history of the Billboard Hot 1. Billboard 2. 00 and two singles in the top five of the Billboard Hot 1. UK and US Album Charts. In 2. 01. 2, Adele released "Skyfall", which she co- wrote and recorded for the James Bond film of the same name. The song won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, as well as the Brit Award for British Single of the Year.

After taking a three- year break, Adele released her third studio album, 2. It became the year's best- selling album and broke first- week sales records in the UK and US. US and earned her five Grammy Awards, including her second Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and four Brit Awards. The lead single, "Hello", became the first song in the US to sell over one million digital copies within a week of its release.

Her third concert tour, Adele Live 2. Europe, North America and Oceania, and concluded with finale concerts at Wembley Stadium in late June 2. In 2. 01. 1, 2. 01. Billboard named Adele Artist of the Year. In 2. 01. 2, she was listed at number five on VH1's 1. Greatest Women in Music.

Time magazine named her one of the most influential people in the world in 2. With sales of more than 1. Adele is one of the best- selling music artists of all time.[4]Early life[edit]Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born on 5 May 1. Tottenham, London, to an English mother, Penny Adkins, and a Welsh father, Marc Evans.[5] Evans left when Adele was two, leaving her mother to raise her.[6][7] She began singing at age four and asserts that she became obsessed with voices.[8][9] Growing up, Adele spent most of her time singing rather than reading; the last book she read was Roald Dahl's Matilda when she was six years old.[1.

In 1. 99. 7, at the age of nine, Adele and her mother, who by then had found work as a furniture maker and an adult- learning activities organiser, relocated to Brighton on the south coast of England.[1. In 1. 99. 9, two years later, she and her mother moved back to London; first to Brixton, and then to neighbouring district West Norwood, in south London.[1. West Norwood is the subject of Adele's first record, "Hometown Glory", which she wrote and composed in 2.

Adele graduated from the BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology in Croydon in May 2. Leona Lewis and Jessie J.[1][1. Adele credits the school with nurturing her talent[1.

A& R and hoped to launch other people's careers.[1]2. Beginnings and 1.

Teenaged Adele performing on an acoustic guitar in Kilburn, London, in 2. Four months after graduation, she published two songs on the fourth issue of the online arts publication Platforms.

Magazine. com.[1. She had recorded a three- song demo for a class project and given it to a friend.[1] The friend posted the demo on Myspace, where it became very successful and led to a phone call from Richard Russell, boss of the music label XL Recordings. She doubted if the offer was real because the only record company she knew was Virgin Records, and she took a friend with her to the meeting.[1.

Nick Huggett, at XL, recommended Adele to manager Jonathan Dickins at September Management, and in June 2. Dickins became her official representative.[1. September was managing Jamie T at the time and this proved a major draw for Adele, a big fan of the British singer- songwriter. Huggett then signed Adele to XL in September 2.

Adele provided vocals for Jack Peñate's song, "My Yvonne," for his debut album, and it was during this session she first met producer Jim Abbiss, who would go on to produce both the majority of her debut album, 1. In June 2. 00. 7, Adele made her television debut, performing "Daydreamer" on the BBC's Later.. Jools Holland.[2. Adele's breakthrough song, "Hometown Glory", was released in October 2. By 2. 00. 8, Adele had become the headliner and performed an acoustic set, in which she was supported by Damien Rice.[2. She became the first recipient of the Brit Awards.

Critics' Choice and was named the number- one predicted breakthrough act of 2. BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2. The album 1. 9, named for her age at the time she wrote and composed many of its songs, entered the British charts at number one. The Times. Encyclopedia of Modern Music named 1. She released her second single, "Chasing Pavements", on 1.

January 2. 00. 8, two weeks ahead of her debut album, 1. The song reached number two on the UK Chart, and stayed there for four weeks.[2.

Adele was nominated for a 2. Mercury Prize award for 1.

She also won an Urban Music Award for "Best Jazz Act."[2. She also received a Q Awards nomination in the category of Breakthrough Act[3. Music of Black Origin nomination in the category of Best UK Female.[3. In March 2. 00. 8, Adele signed a deal with Columbia Records and XL Recordings for her foray into the United States.[3.

She embarked on a short North American tour in the same month,[3. US in June.[1. 6]Billboard magazine stated of it: "Adele truly has potential to become among the most respected and inspiring international artists of her generation."[3. The An Evening with Adele world tour began in May 2. June 2. 00. 9.[3. Adele performing live in 2.

She later cancelled the 2. US tour dates to be with a former boyfriend.[3. She said in Nylon magazine in June 2. I'm like, 'I can't believe I did that.' It seems so ungrateful.. I was drinking far too much and that was kind of the basis of my relationship with this boy. I couldn't bear to be without him, so I was like, 'Well, I'll just cancel my stuff then.'"[3.

She referred to this period as her "early life crisis".[3. She is also known for her dislike of flying and bouts of homesickness when away from her native London.[3. By the middle of October 2. Adele's attempt to break in America appeared to have failed.[3.

But then she was booked as the musical guest on the 1. October 2. 00. 8 episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live. The episode, which included an expected appearance by then US vice- presidential candidate Sarah Palin, earned the program its best ratings in 1. Adele performed "Chasing Pavements" and "Cold Shoulder,"[3. Tunes charts and ranked at number five at Amazon. Chasing Pavements" rose into the top 2.

The album reached number 1.