“I wanted to sell a Million records, and I sold a million record, I wanted to go platinum I went platinum, I’ve be working nonstop since I was fifteen. I don’t even know how to chill out”.
“Beyoncé” (qtd.in Cartridge, 2014, p.20). This quote by Beyoncé represents her leadership and empowerment on her career.
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was born on September 4, 1981, in Houston, Texas. Her father was a record producer and her mother was a stylist. She has a younger sister, named Solange. Her heritage is African-American, French Creole and Native American. Knowles' first name is an homage to her mother's maiden name, Beyince.
Beyoncé influence included Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson. As a child Beyoncé was shy and had few friends. Her parents singed her up for dancing class when she was seven years old, so she could make more friends, when her parents sow her for the first time performing they were incredibly surprised.
Beyoncé had found the way to break out of her shyness and a long way she discovered she had real talent. She began singing and winning local talent contests. The parents realized that performing made their daughter happy and that she was gifted enough to have a shot at a success.
Beyoncé Knowles and her childhood friends Latvia Roberson, Kelly Rowland, and Loya Luckett formed a quartet called Girl's Tyme. They performed in their backyards and at Tina Knowles' hair salon. (Cartridge, 2014, p.45).
After singing at local events, they got their break after entering “Star Search” in 1992 and losing the competition. The group was disappointed. Mathew Knowles, Beyoncé’s father and Rowland's legal guardian, decided to help the girls reach their dreams of becoming singers. This decision by Mathew eventually affected the whole family. Their income had been cut in half, causing the family to move into two different apartments. When the group was signed to Columbia Records in late 199...