- Tore a leg muscle rehearsing dance moves with Destiny's Child. (2004)
- Earns a massive $4.7 million with cosmetics giant L'Oreal for only ten days of work a year. (August 21, 2004)
- Her bodyguard broke her toe after standing on it while trying to protect her from a crowd of fans. Doctors have told her to rest for a couple of weeks. (August 20, 2004)
- Inspired a new women's fragrance collection called True Star for Tommy Hilfiger Toiletries. (June 24, 2004)
- Is among debutantes on the 2004 Forbes Magazine Celebrity 100 list.
- Has announced a joint fashion-licensing and brand-management deal with Arthur and Jason Rabin and their company, Wear Me Apparel/Kids Headquarters - The partnership will provide the support for Beyonce's upcoming fashion label. (May 13, 2004)
- Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z have been invited to dine at Buckingham Palace by British royal Prince Charles. According to insiders, Prince Charles wants to thank the duo for agreeing to take part in his Prince's Trust concert in May, which Beyonce is headlining. (April 13, 2004)
- Has received a bitter letter from People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA) because of her love for fur. (April 12, 2004)
- On the second spot on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 list for 2004.
- Despite Jay-Z telling Lyor Cohen at his recent farewell bash that he planned to marry Knowles, she claims that she has no immediate plans to walk down the aisle and has no idea who her ideal man is. (February 24, 2004)
- Danced provocatively in a deep V-neck halter dress at halftime of the NBA All-Star game, two weeks after Janet Jackson's breast-baring Super Bowl performance. (February 17, 2004)
- Beyonce Knowles, Alicia Keys and Missy Elliott will jointly play more than 20 arena concerts in March and April. (February 9, 2004)
- Is being tipped to star opposite Oscar- nominee Johnny Depp in the forthcoming SUPERMAN movie. (February 3, 2004)
- A new Gladiator-style ad for Pepsi featuring Beyonce Knowles, Britney Spears and Pink will be premiered in London's Trafalgar Square Monday night. (January 26, 2004)
- Final negotiations are underway for a package trek featuring Beyonce Knowles, Missy Elliott and Alicia Keys. (January 23, 2004)
- Is in a new Gladiator-style ad for Pepsi. (January 20, 2004)
- Will sing the National Anthem at Super Bowl XXXVIII on February 1. (January 7, 2004)
- Appear on a Fox holiday television special, which has the working title of Jingle Ball Rock." (December 3, 2003)
- Knowles is among other international stars answered Nelson Mandela's call to help fight the scourge of AIDS Saturday, putting on a musical extravaganza broadcast across the world on the Internet. (December 1, 2003)
- Was named most stylish at Vibe Awards. (2003)
- Said she enjoyed taking a break from her usual high glamour to play a dowdy single mother in her new movie, THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS. (November 14, 2003)
- Has signed on for an AIDS benefit concert called 46664 at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, on November 29. (October 23, 2003)
- Producer Terrence T-Robb Robinson has filed a $200 million lawsuit against Beyonce Knowles, her father and fellow members of Destiny's Child, alleging they stole his music for the hit song Survivor. (October 22, 2003)
- Appeared on TV with a cameo appearance on an episode of ALL OF US, the UPN sitcom executive-produced by Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett-Smith. (September 25, 2003)
- On the set of THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS, Cuba Gooding Jr. said he was impressed with how great Beyonce Knowles sounds when singing live - He said, "Beyonce, she obviously is beautiful and can sing like amazing. I was so blown away the first day of rehearsals because you know, everybody was tired, it was early in the morning and we were all reading off our scripts because we didn't really know the lines. And then instead of saying, 'This is where I sing,' she just broke into this song. I looked around and I was like, 'I hope somebody recorded that.' (September 20, 2003)
- Knowles says she will release a new album in February, featuring tracks that didn't make the cut for Dangerously in Love. (September 18, 2003)
- Knowles says she and Destiny's Child cohorts Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams will reunite in the studio early next year to begin work on their first album of new material together in more than two years. (September 16, 2003)
- Knowles says she won't be bringing her little sister Solange when she returns to Destiny's Child to record with the group again, explaining Solange is busy working on her own stuff. (August 8, 2003)
- Admits in school, he was the really shy, quiet kid who always looked at the ground.
- Says she truly enjoys any private time she has, and there are times when she wishes people weren't always looking at her.
- Knowles said Saturday that joining Nelson Mandela on an AIDS-awareness drive made her feel blessed to have won acclaim so young as a singer and film star - Knowles took time out from promoting her first solo album in Berlin to record voiceovers for a film celebrating the former South African president's 85th birthday and linking his long fight against apartheid with those of today's youth. (July 14, 2003)
- Frank Scaturro, president of the Grant Monument Association, a private historical group, says the government and NBC should have stopped Knowles from dancing in a patently inappropriate way on the steps of the tomb of President Ulysses S. Grant - Scaturo wrote letters Saturday to Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton and National Park Service director Fran Mainella over Knowless's nationally televised July 4 performance, saying the singer used lascivious choreography and barely dressed backup dancers. (July 14, 2003)
- Was among a host of singers who took to the stage in Hyde Park, central London, for an open-air concert to raise money for disadvantaged children -- More than 100,000 tickets were sold for the Party in the Park, which is expected to raise more than $1.6 million for the Prince's Trust, the charity headed by Prince Charles. (July 7, 2003)
- Host a television special in honor of Nelson Mandela turning 85 on July 18.
- Fans who pre-ordered the debut solo album by Knowles online received a free download of a previously unreleased bonus track. (June 14, 2003)
- Knowles has brought the release of her debut solo album Dangerously In Love forward (June 8) in a bid to beat internet piracy - The album features guest appearances by the likes of her boyfriend Jay-z, ailing singer Luther Vandross, rapper Missy Elliott, reggae star Sean Paul and Outkast's Big Boi. (June 4, 2003)
- Knowles, along with other singers including Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, and Lionel Richie, head the recently announced list of performers for the 16th Annual Essence Awards which will be taped on June 6 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. (May 27, 2003)
- Knowles has left her family home in preparation for her marriage to rapper Jay-Z -- The singer has just brought three homes in Miami, Florida's Millionaire's Row, and sources say the pair are diligently in preparations to make a trip down the aisle. (May 2, 2003)
- Was in VH1 Divas Duets benefit concert specialon May 22, 2003
- Knowles is featured on the cover of Newsweek, in an issue that examines the state of African-American women -- Topics addressed include dating options, noting studies that 47 percent of black women in the 30-34 age range have never married, compared with 10 percent of white women. (February 28, 2003)
- Has closed a deal with soft-drink giant Pepsi to endorse its product, joining the ranks of such pop stars as Britney Spears, Madonna and Michael Jackson to sing out for the soda pop. (December 19, 2002)
- Her younger sister Solange, an upcoming singer-songwriter and producer appeared on the same bill with her group Destiny's Child (DC) at Thursday's (December 12) Z100 Jingle Ball in New York City -- Solange's debut album won't be out until 2003, but she's already been making a mark in the pop and R&B world thanks to Beyonce and the other members of Destiny's Child. (December 13, 2002)
- Knowles admits she is battling bouts of depression and is considering therapy. And despite her unshakeable conviction that God is guiding her life, Beyoncé worries she might never meet Mr Right.
- Visiting a psychiatrist was not the first experience for her. She saw a psychiatrist when she was seven years old and growing up in Houston, Texas. She was a shy and nervous little girl and her dad Mathew, a hospital equipment salesman, and mum Tina, a hairdresser, took her to an analyst to try to bring her out of herself.
- Just days after confessing she is considering therapy to cure bouts of depression, Knowles has revealed she is suffering from exhaustion. The Destiny's Child babe told a US magazine last week loneliness has left her feeling down.
- Has a rich voice that mixes the class of the past soulful and gospel voices , and the upbeat and deepness of today's Rhythm & Blues voices. Both qualities fuse together so sensationally that you can't believe they are actually coming from the same vocal .
- Co-wrote and co-produced 5 tracks on the album, reflecting her creative skill of writing music in its most basic form.
- She has fallen for rap star Jay-Z as the pair were seen smooching at New York's trendy Nobu restaurant last Sunday, August 18th 2002, confirming rumours they are an item.
- In her debut performance in AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER, Knowles plays a character called Foxxy Cleopatra, parodying Pam Grier and other blaxploitation heroines of the '70s.
- The AUSTIN POWERS' producer said that Knowles was cast after he and director Jay Roach caught her performance in MTV's hip-hop version of the Bizet opera Carmen.
- She is rumored to have a secret boyfriend - singer and producer PHARRELL WILLIAMS. The two have been together for almost two months after first meeting when he produced her track Work It Out.
- Nominated for Breakthrough Female Performance at MTV Movie Awards for AUSTIN POWERS: GOLDMEMBER (2003)
- Nominated for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media at Grammy Awards for CHARLIE'S ANGELS (2001)
Quotes- "It's really silly. I wrote a song called 'Bootylicious,' maybe three years ago. And now the word is in the dictionary. To be honest, I hate the word."
- "I'm a good person and I don't think I'll be left on my own. I don't know when I'll meet a man - I think I'm rushing it. But I am tired of working and not having someone."
- "I mean, if I do get a couple of days off, what am I going to do? I have started painting and getting interested in art. I love going to theme parks and skating.I can do those by myself but I want to experience those things with somebody else. I have to start experiencing life and going on dates or I'll always be by myself.
- But I don't know what guys I like because I haven't been out with enough to know. I'm still learning.
- "I've had small depressions, days when I've woken up and felt sad, especially when I'm so far away from home. I've got my religion and that is my therapy, although I think it would be good for me to have someone I can talk to. But I have friends. I haven't got a therapist but maybe I should."
- I was so shy and when my sister was born I found it hard. I was really strange and kind of too quiet.
- "I've worked hard and I deserve everything I have. I never thought I'd have so much money. I just wanted to be financially stable and it embarrasses me and I don't feel comfortable talking or thinking about it. I don't know exactly how much I have but I don't buy much."
- "I've had the same car for five years - it's a convertible Jag which I bought with my own money. It's very Austin Powers."
- I don't flaunt my money. I like to stay at nice hotels but I'm not a flashy chick. I haven't got much jewellery or anything.
- "Acting is easier and smoother than singing - it's less drama. But I love singing on stage."
- Destiny's Child will always be No.1 on my list.
- "The more successful I get, the more I want a boyfriend,"
- "But it's hard. Where am I going to meet somebody? Maybe at an awards show? Or on tour?"
- "I could say to the security guard, 'OK, he can come over,' but I don't want to have to tell somebody he can come talk to me. It just feels forced, like I'm out there looking and I picked the one I want. That's just whacked."
- "We look so unhappy and bored, no one is ever going to come up to us. And because of security, no one can get to us anyway.
Awards- MTV Video Music Awards: Best Female Video; Naughty Girl (2004)
- Billboard's R'n'B/Hip-Hop Awards: top female artist; new artist (2004)
- BET Awards: Best Female R&B artist (2004)
- BET Awards: Best Collaboration, Crazy in Love (2004) - with Jay-Z
- Black Reel Award: Best Song (2004)
- Brit Award: International Female Solo Artist of the Year (2004)
- Grammy Awards: R&B Song, Female R&B Vocal Performance, R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals (shared with Luther Vandross), Rap/Sung Collaboration ('Crazy in Love' featuring Jay-Z), Contemporary R&B Album (2004)
- MTV Europe Awards: Best R and B Award and Best Song of the Year (Crazy in Love) (2003)
- MTV Awards: Best Female Video, Best R&B Video and Best Choreography (2003)
- Vibe Awards: coolest collaboration that he shared with Jay Z for Crazy in Love (2003)
- ASCAP Award: Most Performed Songs (2002)
- American Music Awards: Favorite Band, Duo or Group, Soul/Rhythm & Blues Music (2001)
- Billboard Music Awards: Artist Of The Year (2000)
- Billboard Music Awards: Artist Of The Year, Duo/Group (2000)
- Billboard Music Awards: Hot 100 Singles Artist Of The Year (2000)
- Billboard Music Awards: Hot 100 Singles Duo/Group Of The Year (2000)
- Soul Train Lady Of Soul Awards: Best R&B Soul Single (Group), Say My Name
- Soul Train Lady Of Soul Awards: Best R&B Soul Album Of The Year (Group), Writing's On The Wall
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