{"product_id":"who-is-beyonc-isbn-9798217049318","title":"Who Is Beyoncé?","description":"\u003cb\u003eOkay, readers, now let's get in formation! Learn about the life of the perfectionist performer known as Queen Bey and how she created her flawless discography of hit records like \u003ci\u003eRenaissance \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Cowboy Carter\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2003, Beyoncé went solo after being in the popular girl group \u003ci\u003eDestiny's Child\u003c\/i\u003e and began one of the most iconic, successful music careers in history. She has won thirty-two Grammy Awards and has been nominated over eighty times, making her the most-awarded person in Grammy history. Beyoncé has released eight studio albums, including \u003ci\u003eLemonade\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI Am...Sasha Fierce\u003c\/i\u003e. She puts on record-breaking world tours with fashion-forward costumes and complex choreography, as seen on the \u003ci\u003eRenaissance \u003c\/i\u003eworld tour. Beyoncé's fluid voice and her incredibly wide vocal range have allowed her to create some of the most popular songs of the twenty-first century, spanning different genres like pop, R\u0026amp;B, country, dance, and hip-hop. This fierce singer has had the gift of music since she was a young child and continues to captivate the world with her incomparable artistry.Kirsti Jewel is an educator and writer from New York City. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Is Juneteenth?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho Is Beyoncé?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than one hundred thousand people crowd around a stage in the middle of a California desert on April 14, 2018. They have been waiting almost a year for this moment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA woman dressed in a honey--colored marching band uniform starts the show by playing a single drum. The crowd roars. “Beychella”—part of the Coachella music festival—is finally beginning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the drumming continues, men holding black banners step aside, one by one. Behind them, there are several majorettes—dancers who accompany a marching band. Finally, they present Beyoncé. She’s dressed in a drum major costume. Her black, gold, and silver bodysuit glimmers. It’s draped by a black cape with a gold-and-silver lining that glitters. An image of an ancient Egyptian queen is on the back of her cape. Beyoncé is wearing a towering crown of her own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe struts down a runway. Her dancers follow behind her. Once they get to the main stage, the majorettes continue dancing. Their captain, Beyoncé, has disappeared, and they must keep the attention of the thousands of fans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBehind the dancers are rows and rows of mostly Black musicians. Beyoncé has brought hundreds onto this historic stage with her: a marching band, violin players, baton twirlers, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe beloved musician returns to the stage in a new costume and sings her heart out. She’s waited a year for this moment after having to postpone her performance while she was pregnant. Now, she is back and filled with joy. The stage is her second home. This is her homecoming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrowing Up Country\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeyoncé Giselle Knowles was born on September 4, 1981, in Houston, Texas. Her mother, Tina, was a hairdresser. Her father, Mathew, worked in sales at a big company called Xerox. When Beyoncé was almost five years old, her sister, Solange, was born.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeyoncé grew up listening to all kinds of music. Motown and R\u0026amp;B played in the Knowles home. Being a girl from Texas, Beyoncé also loved country songs. Every year, her family would go to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. They would dress in their finest cowboy outfits and watch the cowboys and cowgirls do tricks on their horses. But her southern roots didn’t stop there. Beyoncé was raised with influences from her parents’ southern upbringings. Her mother is from Louisiana and her father is from Alabama. Every summer, Beyoncé and her sister would visit her grandparents in Alabama, where her grandfather would sing them to sleep with country music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Beyoncé was a little girl, she was very shy. She kept to herself and didn’t have many friends. This worried her parents, so they decided to enroll Beyoncé in dance lessons. They hoped she would make friends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was through the teachings of the dance studio owner, Ms. Johnson, that Beyoncé discovered her gift of dance. When the class learned a routine, Beyoncé perfected every move. And she wouldn’t hold anything back!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Beyoncé would dance so hard that she would lose her costume pieces. Sometimes her hat would come off because she was fierce,” Ms. Johnson once said.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDance wasn’t the only gift discovered during dance class. One day, Ms. Johnson was teaching her class and started to sing the dance’s song. Suddenly, she heard someone else singing beautifully. It was Beyoncé!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce Beyoncé’s talents were discovered, her parents encouraged her. Once they took her to see a Michael Jackson concert. After the impressive show, Beyoncé knew she wanted to perform, too. When she was seven, she entered her first talent show. She sang “Imagine” by John Lennon. Once Beyoncé got onstage, it was like she was at Ms. Johnson’s studio again. She was confident and joyful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Beyoncé got older, her love for performing increased. In 1990, she joined a group called Girl’s Tyme. The group had three singers and three dancers. Beyoncé was one of the singers. The group performed all over Houston and became popular. They even performed on Star Search, the most popular talent show on TV at the time! The girls practiced hard. Their excellent routine included singing, dancing, and rapping. They lost, but a manager from the show saw their talent. He told Mathew that Girl’s Tyme was great, but they needed more practice. 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