BEYONCÉ KNOWLES
Beyoncé Knowles (born Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter; September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as lead singer of R&B girl-group Destiny’s Child, one of the world’s best-selling girl groups of all time. Their hiatus saw the release of Beyoncé’s debut album, Dangerously in Love (2003), which established her as a solo artist worldwide, earned five Grammy Awards and featured the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles “Crazy in Love” and “Baby Boy”. Additionally, Beyoncé’s theatrical film debut was in this period in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), with later starring roles in The Pink Panther (2006), Dreamgirls (2006), and Obsessed (2009). Throughout a career spanning 19 years, she has sold over 118 million records as a solo artist, and a further 60 million with Destiny’s Child, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. She has won 20 Grammy Awards and is the most nominated woman in the award’s history. (More from Wikipedia)
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The saga of the Supremes formed much of the story line for the hit musical Dreamgirls. The musical opened on Broadway in 1981 and won 6 Tony Awards. Twenty-five years later, in 2006, Dreamgirls was made into a popular film starring Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, and (fresh from finishing as a finalist on American Idol) Jennifer Hudson. At $80 million, Dreamgirls is the most expensive film ever to feature an all–African-American starring cast.
It was a different story at the Golden Globes, where both Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy won in their categories, and Dreamgirls took the award for Best Picture – Comedy or Musical; Beyoncé Knowles was also nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical.
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