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She has known R&B singer Alicia Keys since she was 14 years old.
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She was a tomboy and refused to wear dresses when she was younger.
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She has been best friends with Kelly Rowland since they were children.
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To get over her shyness, she developed a stage persona named Sasha.
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She toured with TLC as their opening act in 1999.
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She toured with Christina Aguilera as her opening act in 2000.
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She sang three of the five Oscar-nominated songs at the 77th Annual Academy Awards in 2005, including one completely in French.
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She is a huge fan of Middle Eastern music and dance.
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Before becoming Destiny’s Child, the group was known as Girls Tyme.
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Her biggest hit to date is the song Crazy in Love released in 2003.
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She is a huge fan of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
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Beyoncé was named after her mother’s maiden name, Beyoncé.
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Her father, Mathew Knowles, is African-American, and her mother, Tina, is of Louisiana Creole ancestry with African, French, Irish, and Breton roots.
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She is good friends with Gwyneth Paltrow, Mariah Carey, and Rihanna.
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She was the first female artist to reach number one on both singles and albums charts simultaneously in the US and UK.
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She has a cat named Master P after the rapper.
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She became the first African-American woman to win the ASCAP Pop Songwriter of the Year Award in 2001.
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She formed the Survivors’ Foundation for survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
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In her song Get Me Bodied from ‘B’Day’ 2006, she says the numbers 9, 4, 8, and 1 at the start, which represent her birth date September 4, 1981.
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At the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, she won Video of the Year and allowed Taylor Swift to finish her acceptance speech after an interruption.
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She is Solange’s older sister and Angela Beyince’s cousin.
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She won five Grammy Awards in 2004, including Best Contemporary R&B Album for Dangerously in Love.
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The music video for Single Ladies Put a Ring on It was the cheapest video of all her singles, as most of the budget went to If I Were a Boy.
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She sang At Last at President Barack Obama’s first inaugural ball in 2009.
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She was ranked #1 on E!’s 50 Steamiest Southern Stars.
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The gold and diamond nail rings in the Sweet Dreams music video were valued at $36,000.
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She and Destiny’s Child were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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People magazine chose her as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People for most wanted lips.
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At the 52nd Grammy Awards, she set a record for a female artist with six Grammy wins in a single night, including Song of the Year for Single Ladies.
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Her favorite rapper is Wyclef Jean.
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She collaborated with Shakira on the song Beautiful Liar, which appeared on a special edition of ‘B’Day’ 2006.
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She and Jay-Z own three apartments at South Beach in Miami.
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She launched the clothing line House of Dereon with her mother Tina Knowles.
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She was featured on the Most Overrated of 2006 list.
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She won Best International Female Solo Artist at the Brit Awards.
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Billboard chose her as Woman of the Year.
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Her mother Tina Knowles used to manage a hair salon.
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She launched her fragrance Heat at Macy’s in Manhattan, New York City in 2010, and sang Fever in the commercial.
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She was the lead singer of Destiny’s Child.
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The Brazilian band CSS took their name from a reported quote by Beyoncé saying she was tired of being sexy.
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She first started singing in the church choir at St. John’s Church in downtown Houston, Texas.
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She once appeared on Star Search.
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Among the guests at her 25th birthday were Sean Diddy Combs, Nicole Richie, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams.
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She and the other members of Destiny’s Child announced they would disband after their tour ended.
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She performed at a South African AIDS benefit show in November 2003 organized by Bono.
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She is the step-daughter of Richard Lawson and step-sister of Bianca Lawson.
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She was voted number 1 on VH1’s 100 Hottest Hotties.
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She studied acting with Ivana Chubbuck.
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Her ex-sister-in-law is college football player Daniel Smith.
