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Beyonce Knowles, the famous American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, actress and model was born on September 4, 1981 in Houston, Texas.

Family:  Beyonce's father Mathew Knowles and mother Tina Knowles always supported her and helped her in achieving a name in the world of music. Beyonce has a younger sister called Solange Knowles; she is also an actress and singer.

Education: By age seven, she was attending dance school.  As a teenager, Knowles attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, where she showed her musical talents. She later went to Alief Hastings High School, in Houston.

Career:

• Knowles started her singing career in her church choir.

• Along with her cousin Kelly Rowland and friends LaTavia Robertson and Letoya Luckett, Beyonce formed a group called "Girl's Tyme".  Beyonce's father managed the group.
• The group became "Destiny's Child" and was an almost instant hit with the public. 

• Knowles was recognized as a songwriter during the run of Destiny's Child in the 1990s and early to mid-2000s.

• Destiny's Child released 7 albums over a period of almost ten years. With the great success that the group brought them, Beyonce Knowles decided to pursue a solo career and the band finished in 2005.

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