Beyonce Giselle Knowles-Carter was born on September 4th 1981( 34 years old) in Houston, Texas in the US. She was named after her mothers maiden name. She has Native American, African, Irish and French heritage and is descended from Joseph Broussard, the Acadian leader through her mother. She was discovered at the age of eight and she met her future destiny child band mates. She is a very generous person and has worked with several charities. Her voice is categorized as a mezzo soprano. She is a multi-platinum Grammy Award-winning recording artist. She is one of music’s top-selling artists. She is known for her strong voice and her variable vibrato which is considered one of the best in the business.
history
Beyonce was born in Texas. She went to St. Mary’s Elementary School in Fredericksburg where she followed dance classes. Her talent for singing was discovered when her dance instructor began humming a song and she finished it, hitting all the high-pitched notes. At seven years old she won a school talent show and this made her interest in music and performing get even stronger. In 1990 Beyonce enrolled in Parker …show more content…
They were in a group with three other girls and the group was called “Girls Tyme”. The R&B producer Arne Frager Brought the girls to his Northern California studio and placed them in the largest talent show at the time, “Star Search”. However they lost and beyonce said that they had made a poor song choice. Beyonce’s dad quit his job in 1995 to manage the group. They auditioned for a lot of different record labels and were finally signed to Elektra Records, they then moved to Atlanta Records and were finally cut by the company. On October 5th 1995 the group signed with Dwayne Wiggin’s Grass Roots entertainment. Girls Tyme started recording their debut album in 1996 with Sony Music, and finally the group got a contract with Columbia