Beyoncé Fun Facts!

Jun 19, 2013

R&B super star Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has been topping the charts for over a decade, and is considered one of the most beautiful women in music, check out these Beyonce Fun Facts!

Beyoncé with her Grammy

Beyoncé is the face of H Courtesy of H

Jay-Z and Beyoncé in the stands

Did You Know...

Her full name is Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter
Beyoncé was born in Houston, Texas
Her mother Tina is Louisiana Creole, meaning her heritage is French, Irish, African and Native American, she is the direct descendant of Acadian leader Joseph Broussard
Beyoncé was named after he mother's maiden name
Beyoncé's singing talent was discovered at the age of 8 in a dance class, when her teacher was singing a song and she finished it hitting all the high notes
At 8 she also met her future Destiny's child band mates Kelly Rowland and LaTavia Robertson in an audition, they were placed with three other girls as part of the all-girl group Girl's Tyme
She was an ambassador for World Humanitarian Day in 2012
Her father was a Xerox sales manager, but in 1995 he quit his job to help his daughter and her singing group with their careers (by this time they were Destiny's Child)
She once won a school singing competition with John Lennon's "Imagine"
Beyoncé suffered from depression for two years, but didn't share it with the media since it was around the time that DC won their Grammy
She starred in MTV's Carmen: A Hip Hopera - based on the French opera Carmen
She played Foxxy Cleopatra, a 70s bombshell, in Austin Powers in Goldmember
On April 4^th, 2008 she married her rapper/record producer boyfriend Jay-Z
Her first solo album was Dangerously in Love
her sister Solange is also a singer and songwriter
Beyoncé's pregnancy announcement earned the Guinness World Book of Records title for most tweets per second
Her daughter Blue Ivy Carter was born January 7^th 2012
She has starred in several movies, including playing the legendary Etta James in Cadillac Records (2008), The Fighting Temptations (2003), Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001), Dreamgirls (2006), and The Pink Panther (2006)

Beyoncé with daughter Blue Ivy

Beyoncé and Jay-Z are friends with President Barack Obama
Beyoncé's voice is categorized as a mezzo-soprano
In September 2010 she was named "The World's Most Beautiful Woman" by People magazine
As a solo artist she has sold over 13 million albums in the US
She and her mother started a clothing line called The House of Dereon (the name comes from her grandmother's name - Agnes Dereon).
Beyoncé was the face of H&M for summer 2013
She plays the voice of Queen Tara in the animated film Epic.
In 2013 Queen Bey released her "secret" album Beyoncé (secret as in she didn't have any press or tell any fans she was working on it!) The album was a combined musical and visual effort that gained tons of praise.
According to MTV, by the end of 2014 she was the highest paid African American musician in history
After a video was discovered by TMZ of Bey's sister Solange kicking Jay-Z in an elevator they all rode together, their were many speculations the couple weren't as happy as reported - but they stayed together
In 2014 she was ranked #1 on the Forbes Celebrity 100 List
She was nominated for 6 awards at the 2015 Grammy Awards - and she won three: Best R & B performance, Best R & B Song ("Drunk in Love"), and Best Surround Sound Album for Beyoncé