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Muddy Waters: You alright? Damn it.
Little Walter: I had no business being that pretty anyway.
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Muddy Waters: You and me not gonna wake up every morning and get everything we want. Mostly we got to take what come. And half the time, that's gonna be a bunch of bullshit.
Beyoncé
Beyoncé (Beyoncé Giselle Knowles) , born on September 4, 1981 in Houston, Texas, is an American female singer and actor.
In 1993, he debuted as a member of the group Destiny's Child . In 2003, he started his personal development and released his first solo album " Dangerously In Love ". On September 4, 2006, the second solo album " B'Day " was released . In 2008, the third solo album " I Am... Sasha Fierce " was released . In 2013, boarded the Super Bowl halftime show
[1]
. In 2016, the 6th studio album " Lemonade "
[2-3] was released
.
In 2017, she won the Brit Awards for the International Female Singer of the Year
[4]
, and won the second place on the Global 100 Celebrity List of " Forbes " magazine in the United States
[5]
. In 2018, he formed THE CARTERS with her husband Jay-Z and released the album " Everything Is Love "
[6]
. In 2020, the visual album " Black Is King " will be released, and the microfilm of the same name directed and starred by Beyoncé will be released at the same time
[7]
.
Early Experience
Beyoncé attended elementary school in Texas and was selected into a dance class. In the same year, she completed her first official stage performance, sang the Beatles member John Lennon's " Imagine " to win the competition. After the age of 7, Beyoncé began to gain press attention, and the "Houston Chronicle" mentioned that she was nominated for the Sami Award for the local performing arts. After that, Beyoncé transferred to a vocational school in Houston that was dedicated to music education, and Beyoncé joined the school's choir.
In 1998, 17-year-old Beyoncé met LaTavia Roberson at an audition for a women's team . The two formed a group with Kelendria Kelly Rowland and other members. The group was originally named Girl's Tyme, but the number of members was reduced to 6.
Performing Experience
Beyoncé combination period
In 1993, Girl's Tyme officially changed its name to Destiny's Child (Destiny's Child) . In addition to Beyonce, Kelendria Kelly Rowland , LaTavia Roberson and LaToya Nicole Luckett remained
. After auditioning for a record company, he was signed by Erica Records. In 1995, the record company stopped production of its album, and Beyoncé returned to her hometown and started again.
At the end of 1997, the record companyThe contract was delivered at the end of 1997. In the same year, Destiny's Child recorded its first single "Killing Time".
In 1998, the debut album was released, and Destiny's Child won three Soul Train Lady Soul Music Awards. In 1999, the second album "There are Traces to Follow" was released.
In 2001, Destiny's Child won two Grammy Awards for "Say My Name".
After the change of members, Destiny's Child has three remaining members, including Beyoncé, Kelendria Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. The three later recorded " Independent Women Part I ", which was included in the 2000 film " Charlie's Angels " The original soundtrack
, this single stayed at the top of the Billboard Singles Chart in the United States for 11 weeks, becoming their best single
.
In February 2001, the third album " Survivor " ( Survivor ) was released, which won the first place on the Billboard album chart, reaching 663,000 copies in the first week
. With this, Destiny's Child won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Singing Group. In the same year, the Christmas album "Bright Christmas Season" was released. After that, Destiny's Child announced that the performance would be temporarily suspended, and the three would develop their own careers
.
Beyoncé personal period
In June 2003, Beyoncé released her first album " Dangerously In Love " ( Dangerously In Love )
, which included uptempo and slow jam. The album was No. 1 on the Billboard Albums Chart, reaching 317,000 in the first week
. In this album, "Crazy Love" topped the Billboard Top 100 Singles Chart for 8 weeks, and "Dear Boy" topped the Billboard Chart for 9 weeks. With this album, Beyoncé won five Grammy Awards including best R&B female singer (single "Dangerous Love 2"), best R&B song "Crazy Love", and best contemporary R&B album
.
In the second half of 2005, Beyoncé suspends preparations for her second album and takes the lead in the musical " Dreamgirls ", performing with Jamie Foxx , Edward Regan Murphy and Jennifer Hudson , making her the highest paid One of the black actresses
. The film was released at the end of 2006. Beyoncé also recorded a number of original soundtrack songs for this film, such as " Listen ". On December 14, Beyoncé was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for "Best Actress in a Musical" and was nominated for "Original Song" with the song "Listen". Afterwards, the musicians who worked with the film jointly prepared their second album, co-written and produced most of the songs in the album, and completed the production of the album within three weeks.
On September 4, 2006, Beyoncé released the album "B'Day". This album topped the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart, with sales of more than 541,000 copies in the first week. This album has been certified three times by the American Recording Industry Association Platinum Records, and has a good performance in the UK. "Déjà Vu" won the British singles chart. The album's second single " Irreplaceable " was released in October of the same year, winning the Billboard Top 100 singles chart for ten consecutive weeks. After the release of the album, Beyoncé went on to perform “ The Beyoncé Experience ” (The Beyoncé Experience) , performing in more than 90 locations around the world, including Shanghai
, China, Macau Special Administrative Region,
and Chinese Taipei
. The concert was also filmed and sold on DVD. In addition, Beyoncé won the best contemporary R&B album at the 49th Grammy Awards with her "B'Day" album. Become the first female singer to win the Best International Singer Award at the 35th National Music Awards
.
On November 18, 2008, Beyoncé released her third solo album " I Am... Sasha Fierce "
. The first single " If I Were a Boy " in the album won first place in the UK and third in the United States. Another major single "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" won the Billboard Top 100 singles chart for four weeks (non-consecutive), becoming Beyoncé's fifth U.S. champion single, and the fourth major single " Halo " won The fifth place is Beyoncé’s 12th single in the top ten of the chart, making her "the female singer with the most top ten singles in ten years" and also the "top 40 singles with the most" (19 head). In December, Beyoncé was nominated for Grammy Award and Golden Globe Award for her song " Once in a Lifetime " in the film " Cadillac Records " as the blues singer Etta James . Because of the interpretation of the song " At Last " in the film , US President Barack Hussein Obama invited Beyoncé to do the opening performance at his inaugural ball
.
In March 2009, Beyonce performed the "Double-sided Beyonce World Tour" (I Am... WorldTour) for nearly a year, touring around the world, and ended in February 2010, including China Beijing
, achieved a tour box office of 113 million. At the MTV Music Video Awards in the same year, Beyoncé won 9 nominations for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" and won the "Music Video of the Year". Later, in the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards , Beyoncé won ten nominations and won six of them, becoming the female singer with the most awards in a single session
.
In March 2010, Beyoncé collaborated with Lady Gaga on the single " Telephone ", which was Beyoncé's fifth single in the UK singles chart.
On June 24, 2011, Beyoncé released her fourth solo album " 4 ". The album was inspired by musicians including Stevie Wonder and MJ . Despite the hacking of the album, it sold 310,000 copies in the first week of its release, and ranked first in the British and American albums charts after its release. Beyoncé's solo album won the first place in the United States for the fourth time in a row
, and the album was born. The singles "Run the World (Girls)" and "Best Thing I Never Had". Before being released as a single, "Love On Top" became the annual champion of the Billboard R&B chart and became one of the longest singles on the chart.
In 2012, Beyonce performed at Glastonbury
, an outdoor music festival , attracting more than 175,000 people. In the same year, at the 54th Grammy Awards, he won another Grammy Award for Love On Top . So far, she has won 17 Grammy Awards, becoming the most nominated female artist in history and the third most nominated female artist. In the same year, he became the most nominated artist in the BET Awards with 6 nominations
. At the end of the year, he endorsed Pepsi with US$50 million
.
On January 21, 2013, he performed at the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama , singing the American national anthem live.
On February 16, Beyoncé launched her autobiographical documentary on HBO
. In March, Beyonce appeared on the Super Bowl halftime show
. On April 15, Beyoncé began to host the "Mrs Carter Show Global Tour". On December 13, Beyoncé released the album of the same name " BEYONCÉ " ( BEYONCÉ )
, and released 14 singles and 17 music videos at the same time. The album sold more than 80,000 copies within 3 hours of its release. Three days before the album’s release, global sales totaled 828,773, and the global sales exceeded one million in five days
. It was confirmed by Guinness World Records as the fastest album ever sold by iTunes. On December 19, the album hit the top of the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart with a sales of 617,000 copies, becoming the first female singer in the history of the Billboard Albums Chart to win all the top five solo albums
. On December 27th, the album " Beyoncé " won the championship for the second consecutive week, with a total sales of more than 990,000 copies
.
On January 3, 2014, "Beyoncé" took the lead in the United States for the third consecutive week. Seventeen days after its release, the album sold a total of 1.3 million copies in the United States
. On January 25, on the Internet traffic singles chart, the single "Drunk in Love" relied on 5.5 million traffic to rise to the top of the chart. This was Beyoncé's first win on the traffic singles chart
. In April, in the "Annual Ranking of 100 Most Influential People in the World" announced by Time magazine, Beyoncé ranked first on the list of influential people and appeared on the cover of this issue of Time magazine
. On July 18th, Beyoncé won 8 nominations for the "MTV Music Video Awards"
. In November, Beyoncé won the championship with an annual income of nearly 900 million yuan in the ranking of the highest-paid female singers of the year published by the magazine "Forbes" (Forbes)
. On December 6, the 57th Grammy Awards announced the 2015 nominations. With a total of 52 nominations, Beyoncé became the musician with the most nominations in the history of the Grammy Music Awards, ranking in Grammy. The sixth in the total number of nominations in the history of the United States
.
On May 27, 2015, the US "Forbes" magazine announced the 2015 "World's 100 Most Powerful Women" list, and Beyoncé ranked 21st
.
February 6, 2016, released the single " Formation " and the song MV
, the next day singing the song on the 50th Super Bowl intermission show, and with Bruno Mars , Coldplay joint performances
. On April 23, the sixth studio album " Lemonade " was released on the Tidal platform in the form of online streaming . On the same day, the visual film of the same name "Lemonade" premiered on HBO
. The album became Beyoncé’s sixth consecutive work to win the Billboard albums chart in the first week. The equivalent sales of the album during that week were 650,000 copies and the traditional sales were 480,000 copies
. In the same week, all 12 songs in the album entered the Billboard Top 100 singles chart, among which "Formation" entered the top ten
. In addition, the album received full scores from several media such as " Rolling Stone " and a Metacritic score of 92 points based on 33 media
. On August 28, at the 33rd MTV Video Music Awards, he won 8 awards including the "Best Video of the Year Award", making Beyoncé the artist with the most awards, surpassing Madonna Louise Ciccone with a total of 24 awards
; The performance at the awards ceremony that night was also named the best performance of the night by Billboard
. December 6, 59th Annual Grammy AwardsAnnounced the nominations, Beyoncé won 9 nominations including "Album of the Year"
. At the end of the year, "Lemonade" was selected as the "Album of the Year" by 37 media
and ranked 4th on the Billboard Album Year-End Chart
.
On November 20, 2017, Beyoncé won the Most Popular Female Singer in Country at the 2017 National Music Awards.
In April 2018, Beyoncé participated in the Coachella Music Festival
.
On July 15, 2019, the movie "The Lion King" announced that Jacky Cheung and Beyoncé would jointly present the international theme song " Can You Feel the Love Tonight " ( Can You Feel the Love Tonight ).
In November, he won the People's Choice Award as an animated movie star of the year
.
In 2020, the visual album " Black Is King " will be released, and the microfilm of the same name directed and starred by Beyoncé will be released at the same time
.
Personal Life
On April 4, 2008, Beyoncé and Jay-Z were married in New York
. They were the first couple in the music industry whose personal assets exceeded $1 billion
.
On August 28, 2011, she announced her pregnancy at the 28th MTV Video Music Awards
. On January 7, 2012, she gave birth to her daughter Blue Ivy Carter (Blue Ivy Carter) .
On February 1, 2017, it was announced that they were pregnant with twins
. On June 13 of the same year, the twins were born. The two children were named Sir Carter and Rumi Carter
. During her pregnancy, Beyoncé suffered from blood toxins and recovered only a few months after giving birth
.
Character Evaluation
Beyonce has a musical talent that transcends ordinary people, has a beautiful face that is rare among black female singers, and has an irresistible sexy body. In less than a year, Beyonce has miraculously become the focus of entertainment in the United States and the world
. She has a proud record in the global music scene, confident, independent, and strong image. After marriage, she still does not change, making films and acting in movies
.
Beyoncé's personal music journey is a magnificent female epic rehearsed by popular music for the world. In addition to music, she is Shawn Corey Carter's wise helper and mother of three children, and one of the representative public figures in the "feminine consciousness awakening". As a musician, she wrote the first memorable comment for herself with the image of a healthy and sexy girl, and realized her limitations as a "singing and dancing artist" early in her career, without arrogance or impetuosity. In the great waves of popular music, he has successfully transformed into a phenomenon-level musician as a producer and singer-songwriter.
Beyoncé combines the subtle changes of her personal emotional world with highly commercialized black pop music. Her emotional story is the emotional story of everyone. Almost all listeners who have experienced unforgettable love can reveal to her songs. Delicate emotions produce strong emotional resonance. In addition, her thinking about the patriarchal society, the cautious praise of feminism, and the concern for the black affirmative movement have all become important content in her music creation. But no matter how the themes in her works change, she is always trying to outline a music world full of love and hope for music fans. People use her music to record the changes of times and trends, find comfort and guidance in her music, dance, laugh, celebrate, kiss, and cry in the company of her music. For listeners who love music, Beyoncé and her music are like generous and loving old friends, opening their arms to listeners whenever they need them.
Through music creation, Beyoncé has exhausted all the happy moments and ups and downs in her emotional experience with Shawn Corey Carter. With the help of the insights brought to her by the changes over time, Beyoncé constantly reinterprets her and her father’s constant return. In the chaotic relationship, she rendered her achievements as a solo musician into a star who inspires future generations to move forward. Everything in her music is related to herself. She loves herself and therefore loves the world, so she understands others, so she has it. The courage and confidence to reconcile with everyone in life
.
Character Dispute
On April 16, 2007, The Royalty Network filed a complaint against Beyoncé in the Federal Court of Manhattan. Beyoncé sang the lyrical performance of Dessire for the movie "Romeo and Juliet" without permission. The famous song "I'm Kissing You", and the song was renamed "Still in Love (Kissing You)" without authorization and re-sung, included in the "B'Day" album. The copyright company requested Beyonce to pay $150,000 in damages, and also asked the judge to prohibit the collection of "I'm Kissing You"'s "B'Day" luxury album from continuing to be sold on the market
.
On October 11, 2011, Beyonce’s single "Countdown" MV was released on the Internet within one week and achieved more than 1.6 million views on the Internet. After that, a Belgian dancer accused Beyonce of the choreography part of the MV. Suspected of plagiarizing his work
. De-Gersmek posted a dance video of her and Beyonce’s new MV on the Internet, and this video received more than 250,000 views in a short period of time
.
In 2013, Beyoncé attended the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama and sang the American national anthem. However, it was later revealed that she was a fake singing performance. As a result, Beyoncé was criticized by the media and netizens for several days.
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