Vegan Queen: Who is Beyonce?

Beyonce Giselle Knowles was born on September 4, 1981, in Houston.

Beyoncé, whose full name is Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter, was born on September 4, 1981, in Texas, as the first child of a hairdresser mother and a music producer father, and she has a total of 4 siblings. Having Native American, African, French and Irish genes, the singer's musical talent was noticed at a young age and Beyonce participated in various singing competitions. She even manages to get a degree in one of these competitions with the song "Imagine" by John Lennon. Supported by her father in her music career since her childhood, Beyonce started singing with her cousin Kelly Rowland and her classmates by forming a band. The girls, who achieved great success in the 90s with their group called Destiny's Child, manage to stay at number 1 on the music charts for a long time, especially with the hits "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Say My Name".

In 1997, they entered the music world like a bombshell with "No, No, No", the first single from the album they released under their own name. However, their success was too small to count against the success of "The Writing's On The Wall", which will be released two years later. The album, which sold over 10 million copies worldwide, topped the music charts with hits such as "Jumpin' Jumpin'", "Say My Name" and "Bills, Bills, Bills".

A year later, with the participation of Michelle Williams, the band recorded "Survivor". After achieving a tremendous sales figure of 9 million, the ensemble, which succeeded in winning two Grammy awards in 2001, settled at the top of the music world.

Beyonce, who is the producer of the group's very important pieces such as "Jumpin' Jumpin'" and "Survivor", later decided to continue her musical studies in her solo career and recorded her first work in this field, "Dangerously In Love". In addition to the songs, the album, which draws attention with its multimedia content that can be watched on the computer, and a hidden song called “Gift From Virgo”, was released in 2003 and took its place in music markets under the Sony Music Columbia label.

Beyonce Knowles, as well as Rich Harrison, Scott Storch, Focus, and Bryce Wilson, were among the producers of the album, which brought together many important names and made you feel the meticulousness of the work with its professional arrangements and presentation. The following names worked in the creative team: vocals Luther Vandross, Sean Paul, rap vocals Jay-Z, Big Boi, Missy Elliot, Sleepy Brown, guitars Dan Workman, Phil Hamilton, John Brousard, bassist Bryon Miller, drums Ivan Hampden, percussion Bashiri Johnson, Tawatha Agee, Brenda White-King and Candace Thomas on background vocals.

Beyonce won the admiration of a wide audience with this debut album. The singer, who managed to demonstrate her talent in songwriting with her unique attitude, gave the signals that her dreams of being considered a 'real artist' could come true. The album "Dangerously In Love", which started with the eventful "Crazy In Love" she sang with Jay-Z and consisted of 15 tracks, took its place on the shelves as a symbol of Beyonce Knowles' fast and powerful step towards her solo career.

Acting in MTV's "Carmen" in 2001 to showcase her talent as an actress, Beyonce tried her luck on the big screen a year later and played Foxy Cleopatra in "Austin Powers In Goldmember". Aiming to strengthen this aspect with "The Fighting Temptations" and various productions that followed, the young singer also appeared in Pepsi and L'Oreal commercials.

Reuniting Destiny's Child in 2004, Beyoncé achieved great success with the group thanks to the album Destiny Fulfilled, which was released the same year. While the song Soldier in the album climbed to the top of the charts, the tours of the group continued to bring great success. However, after the album's promotional tour ended, Beyoncé upset her fans by announcing that she was disbanding the group again.

Beyoncé, who released her second solo album B'Day in 2006 with the contributions of artists from different branches of music such as Shakira and Jay-Z, won 3 Platinum Records and Grammy Awards as this album sold more than three million copies.

With the I Am… Sasha Fierce's album, Beyoncé was introducing both an album and her stage personality, Sasha Fierce, which she created for herself, to her fans. The album, which tells the story of the character Sasha, whom she describes as "definitely for the stage", broke sales records.

Beyoncé was ranked 4th among the "100 Most Influential and Powerful Celebrities in the World" as a result of her international music achievements between 2008 and 2009, according to Forbes magazine's 2009 research.

She continued working with another famous singer, Sia, on her next self-titled album, resulting in a very emotional hit like "Pretty Hurts". While this album was separated from the others with its structure consisting of emotional songs in general, it managed to receive very positive reviews from music critics. At the same time, the singer, who took the stage with other Destiny's Child members in the Super Bowl, thus passed another turning point in her career, and after all these developments, the nickname "Queen B", which was given to her, began to be used by much wider masses.

Considered the most successful female singer in the R&B music genre, Beyonce made a name for herself by shooting a single clip for all the songs in her "Lemonade" album, and the Super Bowl performance that followed became an event with what she wore in this performance. The famous singer, who has a very stylish style, includes Native American details such as knitting, feathers, and beads in many of her combinations, including the clothes she usually uses in her clips.

Private life

Beyoncé married her long-time partner Jay-Z, a musician like her, in 2008.

Their first daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, was born on January 7, 2012. Beyonce gave birth to their twins, named Sir and Rumi, on June 13, 2017.

Her brother Solange is also a singer, just like Beyonce.