Born September 4, 1981 in Houston, TX to a record manager father and costumer designer mother, Beyonce’ Giselle Knowles was destined to have a successful career in entertainment. Although Beyonce’ initially pursued dance, her distinctive voice was noticed while singing in a church choir. At the tender age of eleven, Beyonce’ was chosen to be a part of an all-girl group (six members) named Girl Time. Girl
Time competed on Star Search, but lost causing her father to quit his job and manage the group full time. In hopes of encouraging his daughter not to give up on her dreams, Mr. Matthew Knowles turned the six-member group into a quartet and renamed them Destiny’s Child. After having many No.1 hit singles and albums over the years, the group officially disbanded in 2005. Although Destiny’s Child had reached its destiny, the best was yet to come for Ms. Beyonce’ Knowles. Upon Destiny’s Child disbandment, Beyonce’s career was just taking off to a place that was ABOVE and BEYOND that of the typical solo artist.
