WMNST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Beyoncé, Super Bowl Xlvii, Muammar Gaddafi
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Pop artist, beyonc knowles, is a multi-platinum, grammy award-winning recording artist who"s acclaimed for her thrilling vocals, videos and live shows (http://www. biography. com/people/beyonce-knowles-39230). she was born on. Like many artists, she started singing at an early age while performing at local talent shows. In many of these talent shows and competitions, beyonc would impress the judges and audiences with her natural singing and dancing abilities. Before becoming a solo artist, she was catapulted into fame as the lead singer of the popular r&b group, destiny"s child. The original group was made up of beyonc , her cousin, kelly rowland, as well as two other classmates. Destiny"s child emerged with a record deal in 1997 with columbia records. The band rapidly climbed the charts and became one of the most popular r&b groups of the time. After seven years, the group made its final album, destiny fulfilled, in 2004, only a year after beyonc "s first solo album debuted.
