The Estates of Brittany had divided the lands of Belle Île to distribute them among 78 other Acadian families and the already settled inhabitants. Trahan was a daughter of Acadians who had taken refuge on Belle Île after the British deportation. Her fourth great-grandmother, Marie-Françoise Trahan, was born in 1774 in Bangor, located on Belle Île, France. She is also a descendant of Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin, a French nobleman and military leader who fought along the indigenous Abenaki against the British in Acadia and of Acadian leader Joseph Broussard. Through her mother, Beyoncé is a descendant of many French aristocrats from the southwest of France, including the family of the Viscounts de Béarn since the 9th century, and the Viscounts de Belzunce. Beyoncé is considered a Creole, passed on to her by her grandparents. īeyoncé's maternal grandparents, Lumas Beyonce, and Agnez Dereon (daughter of Odilia Broussard and Eugene DeRouen), were French-speaking Louisiana Creoles, with roots in New Iberia. Solange and Beyoncé are the first sisters to have both had No. Beyoncé's younger sister, Solange Knowles, is also a singer and a former backup dancer for Destiny's Child. Life and career 1981–1996: Early life and career beginningsīeyonce Giselle Knowles was born on September 4, 1981, in Houston, Texas, to Celestine "Tina" Knowles ( née Beyonce), a hairdresser and salon owner, and Mathew Knowles, a Xerox sales manager Tina is Louisiana Creole, and Mathew is African American.
She is the first solo artist to have their first seven studio albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200. The same year, she released the musical film and visual album Black Is King to widespread acclaim.īeyoncé is one of the world's best-selling recording artists, having sold over 120 million records worldwide as a solo artist by 2010. As a featured artist, Beyoncé topped the Billboard Hot 100 with the remixes of " Perfect" by Ed Sheeran in 2017 and " Savage" by Megan Thee Stallion in 2020. In 2018, she released Everything Is Love, a collaborative album with her husband, Jay-Z, as the Carters. She later achieved universal acclaim for her sonically experimental visual albums, Beyoncé (2013) and Lemonade (2016), the latter of which was the world's best-selling album of 2016 and the most acclaimed album of her career, exploring themes of infidelity and womanism. It spawned the successful singles " If I Were a Boy", " Single Ladies", and " Halo".Īfter professionally splitting from her manager and father Mathew Knowles in 2010, Beyoncé released her musically diverse fourth album 4 in 2011. Sasha Fierce (2008), which earned a record-setting six Grammy Awards in 2010. Her marriage to Jay-Z and her portrayal of Etta James in Cadillac Records (2008) influenced her third album, I Am. Beyoncé also starred in multiple films such as The Pink Panther (2006), Dreamgirls (2006), Obsessed (2009), and The Lion King (2019). Their hiatus saw the release of her debut album Dangerously in Love (2003), which featured the US Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles " Crazy in Love" and " Baby Boy".įollowing the 2006 disbanding of Destiny's Child, Beyoncé released her second solo album, B'Day, which contained singles " Irreplaceable" and " Beautiful Liar". She rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. Beyoncé performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child.
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( / b iː ˈ j ɒ n s eɪ/ bee- YON-say née Knowles born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and actress.
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