Beyonce Knowles

My favorite artist was Beyonce Knowles. Beyonce was born September 4, 1981, born and raised in Houston Texas, the daughter of Matthew Knowles, a successful record manager, and Tina Beyince', a costume designer and hair stylist. Knowles father is African American and her mother is of Creole ( African American, Native American, and French) descent. Knowles was baptized after her mother's maiden name, as a tribute to her mother and to prevent the name from becoming obsolete, since only a few of a Beyince males carry the name. Her maternal grandparents, Lumis Albert Beyince and Agnez Dereon, were French-speaking Louisiana Creoles. She is the eldest sister of Solange, a singer-songwriter and actress.

Beyonce is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. She became a huge success after being in the group Destiny Child. Beyonce is intelligent. When she sings; she does it from the heart. I can relate to some of her music because she is real, honest and truthful. She teamed up with her mother and made a clothing line called House of Dereon. The clothes are cute and stylish and they have a meaning behind them. The concept is inspired by three generations of women in their family, with the name Dereon paying tribute to Knowles grandmother Agnez Dereon. She has a great voice.

Since Destiny's Child, Knowles has been artistically involved in her career. She co-wrote most of the songs recorded by the group, as well as her solo efforts. Known for writing personally driven and female-empowerment themed compositions, she has stated that having Jay-Z in her life has changed a few of her thoughts about how men and women relate to one another. Some of her songs are autobiographical, which she has admitted are taken from personal experiences, as well as her friends'.
Although she does not formulate beats herself, she typically comes up with melodies and ideas during production, sharing them with producers. Knowles was recognized as a songwriter during the run of Destiny's Child in the 1990s and early to mid-2000s. She won the Songwriter of the Year award at the 2001 American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Pop Music Awards, becoming the first African-American female and second female songwriter of all time to accomplish the feat. Knowles received three songwriting credits in a single year for co-writing "Irreplaceable", "Grillz" and "Check on It", the only woman to achieve since Carole King in 1971 and Mariah Carey in 1991.
By: Lanee G. Hill