Beyonce was born on September 4th 1981 to Tina and Mathew Knowles. She is of Creole heritage because of her mixed race. Her father Mathew is an African American while her mother Tina is of Creole heritage, born in Louisiana, but has African, Native American and Irish ancestry in her genes. She has a sister called Solange who is also a singer and actress.

Beyonce’s parents encouraged her to sing and dance from an early age and she attended several schools of performing arts in her home of Houston, Texas. She did not rise to fame until the 1990s with her girl band Destiny’s Child which was named after a passage from the Book of Isaiah. Destiny’s Child became one of the most successful girl groups of all time having several hits and providing soundtracks for movies such as “Charlie’s Angels” and “Men In Black”. However, they took the mutual decision to disband so that each individual member could pursue solo projects.

Beyonce’s parents helped to raise Kelly Rowland, one of her band mates from Destiny’s Child. They are still very close and are more like sisters than friends. Beyonce brought out her first album “Dangerously in Love” in 2003 which produced two number one singles in the Billboard charts and five Grammy awards. She has since gone on to bring out several more albums including, “I Am…….Sasha Fierce” which she says is her stage name as she becomes someone different when she is performing! Her other albums were “B’Day” and “4” (again she features the number four).

As well as singing, she is famous for her role in the movie “Dreamgirls” which earned her two Golden Globe awards. She starred in Austin Powers “Goldmember”, and in 2001 she shone in the musical film “Carmen: A Hip Hopera”. She was primarily influenced to become a performer by her father Mathew who was a record manager. He pushed her to do well and her mother made her stage costumes and undertook her hair styling. In 2005, she brought out her own clothing range called “House of Dereon” in collaboration with her mother.

Although she has sold over 75 million albums worldwide, won 16 Grammy awards, 11 MTV Video music awards various other awards including Artist of the decade, she is probably just as famous for being married to rap artist and producer Jay Z. They married on April 4th 2008. It is interesting to note that once again the number 4 features very prominently in Beyonce’s life, since she chose to get married on the 4th of the month. Most recently, she named her first child Ivy, with Ivy meaning four in Roman numerals (IV).

She has been connected to various products including Pepsi, L’Oreal and Tommy Hillfiger. During her advertising campaign for L’Oreal foundation she spoke out about her skin color and how it is made up of many different tones and saying that her skin is like a mosaic of all the faces before it. This definitely gives the impression that she is both aware and extremely proud of her Creole roots. In her song entitled Creole, she sings about her red, yellow and brown bones and how they all mix together to make Creole. This reinforces that she is proud to be of Creole heritage. She implies in her songs that it is the fact that she is Creole which has given her success.

She seems to have the Midas touch where her career is concerned. She has had many successes in her working life. Sales of L’Oreal foundation rocketed when she became one of the faces of their campaign. The same has happened with movies that she was associated with, such as Goldmember where the box office figures were reported to be phenomenal as a result of her being in the movie. She certainly showed that she was versatile in Goldmember by being funny as well as sexy! In Dreamgirls, which also starred Jennifer Hudson, she absolutely shone, showing just how talented she is.

Her curvy bootylicious figure is the subject of many magazine articles and she is very well known for her curvy behind. She certainly portrays a positive, healthy influence to her fans letting them know that not only is it perfectly normal to have curves, it is sexy as well! She is also famous for her stage outfits and the energetic dance moves which seem so effortless to her. She manages to sing in tune, never hitting a bum note while always giving the performance of her life. She always gives it everything on stage and her fans never leave feeling short changed or disappointed. Her style of dancing is definitely a nod towards her African American heritage and while many people have tried to copy her routines, only Beyonce can pull off those moves.

It also emits a very positive message that she wears clothing which can be bought on the high street as well as couture on the red carpet. She comes across as a grounded celebrity who is proud of her upbringing as well as her unusual roots. She seems to take fame in her stride, taking her time to lose her baby weight which is another positive message for ladies who are waiting to have babies.

Ever since Beyonce started with Destiny’s Child she has been constantly writing new material and creating brand new exciting dance routines. She constantly has new ideas that enable her to continue appealing to her fans. She also dedicates time and commitment to her other projects which again sends out a very clear message to younger fans that you can achieve great things with hard work.