Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (/ b iː ˈ j ɒ n s eɪ /; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston.

Beyoncé - Wikipedia. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles- Carter (; born September 4, 1. American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Beyoncé performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child. She rose to fame in the late 1.

R& B girl- group Destiny's Child. Managed by her father, Mathew Knowles, the group became one of the world's best- selling girl groups in history. Their hiatus saw Beyoncé's theatrical film debut in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2. Dangerously in Love (2. The album established her as a solo artist worldwide, earned five Grammy Awards, and featured the Billboard Hot 1. Crazy in Love" and "Baby Boy". Following the break- up of Destiny's Child in 2.

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B'Day (2. 00. 6), which contained the top- ten singles "Déjà Vu", "Irreplaceable", and "Beautiful Liar". Beyoncé also continued her acting career, with starring roles in The Pink Panther (2. Dreamgirls (2. 00. Obsessed (2. 00. 9). Her marriage to rapper Jay- Z and portrayal of Etta James in Cadillac Records (2. I Am.. Sasha Fierce (2.

Sasha Fierce and earned a record- setting six Grammy Awards in 2. Song of the Year for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)". Beyoncé took a hiatus from music in 2. Her critically acclaimed fifth album, Beyoncé (2. With the release of the widely acclaimed Lemonade, Beyoncé had the best- selling album of 2.

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Billboard 2. 00 chart. Throughout her career, Beyoncé has sold an estimated 1. Destiny's Child,[9][1. She has won 2. 2 Grammy Awards and is the most nominated woman in the award's history. She is also the most awarded artist at the MTV Video Music Awards, with 2.

The Recording Industry Association of America recognized Beyoncé as the Top Certified Artist in America during the 2. In 2. 00. 9, Billboard named her the Top Radio Songs Artist of the Decade, the Top Female Artist of the 2. Millennium Award in 2.

In 2. 01. 4, she became the highest- paid black musician in history and was listed among Time's 1. Forbes listed her as the most powerful female in entertainment of 2.

Person of the Year.[2. Early life. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was born in Houston, Texas, to Celestine "Tina" Knowles (née Beyincé), a hairdresser and salon owner, and Mathew Knowles, a Xerox sales manager.[2. Beyoncé's name is a tribute to her mother's maiden name.[2.

Beyoncé's younger sister Solange is also a singer and a former back up dancer for Destiny's Child. Solange and Beyoncé are the first sisters to have both had No. Mathew is African American, while Tina is of Louisiana Creole descent (African, Native American, and French).[2. Through her mother, Beyoncé is a descendant of Acadian leader Joseph Broussard.[2. Beyoncé attended St.

Mary's Montessori School in Houston, where she enrolled in dance classes. Her singing talent was discovered when dance instructor Darlette Johnson began humming a song and she finished it, able to hit the high- pitched notes.[3. Beyoncé's interest in music and performing continued after winning a school talent show at age seven, singing John Lennon's "Imagine" to beat 1. In fall of 1. 99. Beyoncé enrolled in Parker Elementary School, a music magnet school in Houston, where she would perform with the school's choir.[3. She also attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts[3. Alief Elsik High School.[2.

Beyoncé was also a member of the choir at St. John's United Methodist Church as a soloist for two years.[3. When Beyoncé was eight, she and childhood friend Kelly Rowland met La.

Tavia Roberson while in an audition for an all- girl entertainment group.[3. They were placed into a group called Girl's Tyme with three other girls, and rapped and danced on the talent show circuit in Houston.[3. After seeing the group, R& B producer Arne Frager brought them to his Northern California studio and placed them in Star Search, the largest talent show on national TV at the time. Girl's Tyme failed to win, and Beyoncé later said the song they performed was not good.[4. In 1. 99. 5 Beyoncé's father resigned from his job to manage the group.[4. The move reduced Beyoncé's family's income by half, and her parents were forced to move into separated apartments.[2.

Mathew cut the original line- up to four and the group continued performing as an opening act for other established R& B girl groups.[3. The girls auditioned before record labels and were finally signed to Elektra Records, moving to Atlanta Records briefly to work on their first recording, only to be cut by the company.[2. This put further strain on the family, and Beyoncé's parents separated. On October 5, 1. 99. Dwayne Wiggins's Grass Roots Entertainment signed the group.

In 1. 99. 6, the girls began recording their debut album under an agreement with Sony Music, the Knowles family reunited, and shortly after, the group got a contract with Columbia Records.[3. Career. 19. 97–2. Destiny's Child. The group changed their name to Destiny's Child in 1. Book of Isaiah.[4. In 1. 99. 7, Destiny's Child released their major label debut song "Killing Time" on the soundtrack to the 1. Men in Black.[4. 1] The following year, the group released their self- titled debut album,[4. No, No, No". The album established the group as a viable act in the music industry, with moderate sales and winning the group three Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards for Best R& B/Soul Album of the Year, Best R& B/Soul or Rap New Artist, and Best R& B/Soul Single for "No, No, No".

The group released their Multi- Platinum second album The Writing's on the Wall in 1. The record features some of the group's most widely known songs such as "Bills, Bills, Bills", the group's first number- one single, "Jumpin' Jumpin'" and "Say My Name", which became their most successful song at the time, and would remain one of their signature songs. Say My Name" won the Best R& B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and the Best R& B Song at the 4. Annual Grammy Awards.[3. The Writing's on the Wall sold more than eight million copies worldwide.[4. During this time, Beyoncé recorded a duet with Marc Nelson, an original member of Boyz II Men, on the song "After All Is Said and Done" for the soundtrack to the 1.

The Best Man.[4. 4]Le. Toya Luckett and Roberson became unhappy with Mathew's managing of the band and eventually were replaced by Farrah Franklin and Michelle Williams.[3. Beyoncé experienced depression following the split with Luckett and Roberson after being publicly blamed by the media, critics, and blogs for its cause.[4. Her long- standing boyfriend left her at this time.[4.

The depression was so severe it lasted for a couple of years, during which she occasionally kept herself in her bedroom for days and refused to eat anything.[4. Beyoncé stated that she struggled to speak about her depression because Destiny's Child had just won their first Grammy Award and she feared no one would take her seriously.[4. Watch Honey, I Shrunk The Kids Online Hitfix. Beyoncé would later speak of her mother as the person who helped her fight it.[4. Franklin was then dismissed, leaving just Beyoncé, Rowland, and Williams.[4. The remaining band members recorded "Independent Women Part I", which appeared on the soundtrack to the 2.

Charlie's Angels. It became their best- charting single, topping the U. S. Billboard Hot 1. In early 2. 00. 1, while Destiny's Child was completing their third album, Beyoncé landed a major role in the MTV made- for- television film, Carmen: A Hip Hopera, starring alongside American actor Mekhi Phifer.

Set in Philadelphia, the film is a modern interpretation of the 1. Carmen by French composer Georges Bizet.[5. When the third album Survivor was released in May 2.

Luckett and Roberson filed a lawsuit claiming that the songs were aimed at them.[3. The album debuted at number one on the U. S. Billboard 2. 00, with first- week sales of 6. The album spawned other number- one hits, "Bootylicious" and the title track, "Survivor", the latter of which earned the group a Grammy Award for Best R& B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.[5.

Caitlyn Jenner - Wikipedia. Caitlyn Jenner. Jenner in December 2. Born. William Bruce Jenner(1.

October 2. 8, 1. 94. Mount Kisco, New York, U. S. Residence. Malibu, California, U.

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Coached by. Caitlyn Marie Jenner (born October 2. Bruce Jenner, is an American television personality and retired Olympicgold medal- winning decathlete. Jenner was a college football player for the Graceland Yellowjackets before incurring a knee injury that required surgery. Coach L. D. Weldon, who had coached Olympic decathlete Jack Parker, convinced Jenner to try the decathlon.

After intense training, Jenner won the 1. Olympics decathlon event at the Montreal Olympic Games,[3][4] gaining fame as "an all- American hero".[5] Jenner set a third successive world record while winning the Olympics. The winner of the Olympic decathlon is traditionally given the unofficial title of "world's greatest athlete".[6] With that stature, Jenner subsequently established a career in television, film, writing, auto racing, business and as a Playgirl cover model.[7]Jenner has six children with three successive wives: Chrystie Crownover, Linda Thompson, and Kris Jenner. Since 2. 00. 7, Jenner has appeared on the reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians with Kris, their daughters Kendall and Kylie Jenner, and step- children Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, and Rob Kardashian. Previously identifying publicly as male, Jenner revealed her identity as a trans woman in April 2. Bruce to Caitlyn in a July 2.

Vanity Fair cover story. Her name and gender change became official on September 2.

She has been called the most famous openly transgender woman in the world.[9][1. From 2. 01. 5 to 2. Jenner starred in the reality television series I Am Cait, which focused on her gender transition. Early life. Caitlyn Marie Jenner was born William Bruce Jenner on October 2.

Mount Kisco, New York,[1. Esther Ruth (née Mc. Guire) and William Hugh Jenner.

Her father was an arborist.[1. She has two sisters, Lisa and Pam.[1.

Her younger brother, Burt, was killed in a car accident in Canton, Connecticut on November 3. Jenner's success at the Olympic Games.[1. As a young child, Jenner was diagnosed with dyslexia.[1.

Jenner attended Sleepy Hollow High School in Sleepy Hollow, New York, for her freshman and sophomore years[1. Newtown High School in Newtown, Connecticut, for her junior and senior years, graduating in 1. Jenner earned a footballscholarship and attended Graceland College (now Graceland University) in Lamoni, Iowa, but was forced to stop playing football because of a knee injury.[2. Recognizing Jenner's potential, Graceland track coach L.

D. Weldon encouraged Jenner to switch to the decathlon.[2. In 1. 97. 0, Jenner placed fifth while debuting in the decathlon at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa.[2. Jenner graduated from Graceland College in 1. Olympic career. All Olympic events and medals are for men's events and prior to her gender transition. Early career. At the 1.

U. S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon, Jenner was in fifth place in the men's decathlon, behind Steve Gough and Andrew Pettes. Needing to make up a 1. Gough in the men's 1. Jenner qualified for the Olympic team by running a fast final lap, finishing 2. Video on You. Tube @2. This prompted the Eugene Register- Guard to ask: "Who's Jenner?"[2. Following the Olympic Trials, Jenner finished in tenth place in the decathlon at the 1.

Summer Olympics in Munich.[2. By watching Soviet Mykola Avilov win the event, Jenner was inspired to start an intense training regimen. For the first time, I knew what I wanted out of life and that was it, and this guy has it.

I literally started training that night at midnight, running through the streets of Munich, Germany, training for the Games. I trained that day on through the 1. Games, 6–8 hours a day, every day, 3. After graduating from Graceland, Jenner married girlfriend Chrystie Crownover and moved to San Jose, California. Chrystie provided most of the family income by working as a flight attendant for United Airlines.[2. Jenner trained during the day and sold insurance at night, earning US$9,0. In the era before professional athletes were allowed to compete in Olympic sports, this kind of training was unheard of.

During this period, Jenner trained at the San Jose City College (SJCC) and San Jose State University (SJSU) tracks.[3. San Jose was centered around SJCC coach Bert Bonanno; at that time, the city was a hotbed for training and was called the "Track Capital of the World".[3.

Many other aspiring Olympic athletes also trained at San Jose; the list included Millard Hampton, Andre Phillips, John Powell, Mac Wilkins, and Al Feuerbach.[3. Jenner's most successful events were the skill events of the second day: hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1. Olympic success. Jenner was the American champion in the men's decathlon event in 1. Track & Field News magazine's August 1. While on tour in 1.

Jenner won the French national championship,[3. Pan American Games, earning the tournament record with 8,0. This was followed by new world records of 8,5. U. S. A./U. S. S. R./Poland triangular meet in Eugene, Oregon on August 9–1. Avilov's record,[3. Olympic trials, also in Eugene.[2.

Of the 1. 3 decathlons Jenner competed in between 1. AAU National Championships, when a "no height" in the pole vault marred the score.[2. At the 1. 97. 6 Olympic Games in Montreal, Jenner achieved five personal bests on the first day of the men's decathlon – a "home run" – despite being in second place behind Guido Kratschmer of West Germany.

Jenner was confident: "The second day has all my good events. If everything works out all right, we should be ahead after it's all over." Following a rainstorm on the second day, Jenner had a strong but cautious showing in the hurdles and discus, then personal bests in the pole vault, when Jenner took the lead, and javelin.[4. By that point, victory was virtually assured, but it remained to be seen by how much Jenner would improve the record. In the final event—the 1. Jenner looked content to finish the long competition. Jenner sprinted the last lap, making up a 5. Soviet Leonid Litvinenko, who was already well out of contention for the gold medal, but whose personal best had been eight seconds better than Jenner's personal best before the race.

Jenner set a new personal best time and won the gold medal with a world- record score of 8,6. Olympic world record performance: [4. Long jump (wind)Shot put. High jump. 40. 0m. H (wind)Discus. Pole vault. Javelin. 15. 00m.

PB8. 19. 7. 2. 2 +0. PB8. 65. 15. 3. 5 PB8. PB8. 82. 47. 5. 1 PB9. PB1. 00. 56. 8. 5.

PB8. 62. 4: 1. 2. PB7. 14. Impact. After the event, Jenner took an American flag from a spectator and carried it during the victory lap, starting a tradition that is now common among winning athletes.[4.

Abandoning vaulting poles in the stadium, with no intention of ever competing again, Jenner stated that: "In 1. I made the decision that I would go four years and totally dedicate myself to what I was doing, and then I would move on after it was over with. I went into that competition knowing that would be the last time I would ever do this."[2. Jenner explained, "It hurts every day when you practice hard. Plus, when this decathlon is over, I got the rest of my life to recuperate.

Who cares how bad it hurts?"[5]As a result of winning the Olympic decathlon, Jenner became a national hero and received the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States and was also named the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year in 1. Jenner's 1. 97. 6 world record was broken by four points by Daley Thompson in 1. Thompson's record was tainted by the U. S. led boycott of the Moscow Olympics.