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The beautiful and only Beyonce Beyonce Knowles won five Grammy Awards on Sunday for her debut solo album Dangerously in Love and single Crazy in Love, tying the record for a female artist held by Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys and Norah Jones.
A normal childhood was not in the books for Beyonce. At age 8, she met LaTavia Robertson while auditioning for a girl group and Beyonce¡¯s father and manager later paired the two with LeToya Luckett. In 1992, cousin Kelly Rowland joined the group. Later, the four beauties called themselves Destiny¡¯s Child. In 1997, No, No, No became their first official single, and they were soon popular as the single went multi-platinum. After the second album, The Writing¡¯s on the Wall, sold more than 9 million worldwide in 1999, they became one of the best-selling female groups of recent memory. In 2000, LeToya and LaTavia left the group because of management problems. Michelle Williams joined Destiny¡¯s Child in 2000, the group recorded Survivor, which was a big success. In 2001 Destiny¡¯s Child won two Grammy awards: Best R&B song (Say My Name) and Best R&B performance by a Duo or Group (Say My Name). After all this success, the three women decided to try their hands at solo careers. To no one¡¯s surprise, Beyonce has drawn much of the attention with her strong voice. She also starred with Mike Myers in Austin Powers in Goldmember. Beyonce showed a versatile style with this solo effort, creating the song Baby Boy, Crazy in Love and The Closer I Get To You. Like her work in Destiny¡¯s Child, Beyonce wrote or co-wrote many of the songs and performed her heart out on award shows to get the word out to a huge audience. She has emerged as a diva, with catchy videos and songs. As she prepares for a tour, Beyonce can be seen in ads for L¡¯Oreal and Pepsi, and in the musical The Fighting Temptations. Beyonce has another album coming out in March. ¡°This is unbelievable. Performing was enough for me. I¡¯m just so honored.¡± ¡ª Beyonce said in her acceptance speech at the 46th Grammy Awards.
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Born in 1981 to a loving family in Houston, Texas,
Beyonce showed a gift for music before she could even talk. As a young girl, she
would drown out everyone, including the church choir, on Sundays at church.
Every weekend, she also took opera classes, in which she was classically
trained.
