Facts

Full name: Beyonce Giselle Knowles
Nicknames: Bee, BeeBee, JuJu
Birthdate: September 4th, 1981
Star sign: Virgo
Place of birth: Houston, Texas, USA
Height: 169 cm
Size: 86-68-107
Band: Destiny’s Child
First song: when she was 5
Debut solo album: ‘Dangerously In Love’ (2003)
Hobby: swimming
Favourite holidays: Thanksgiving
Favourite car: Antique Convertible Jaguar
Favourite song: ‘Song For You’ by Dannie Hathway
Favourite ice cream: butter pecan
Favourite story: ‘Jem’
Favourite cities: Houston, Atlanta
Favourite movies: ‘Shaft’ and ‘Sparkle’
Favourite rapers: Jay-Z, Kanye West, Wyclef Jean
Favourite singer: Stevie Wonder
Favourite star: Stevie Wonder
Favourite book: The Rules
Favourite food: soul-food, fast-food
Friends: mom, sister Solange, Kelly Rowland

DID YOU KNOW THAT….
•Beyonce got her first name from her mother’s name in order to prevent the name from getting lost as mostly the women of the Beyonce family carried the name.
•Bee, Moth and Juju are the pet names that Beyonce’s friends have given her.
•Beyonce adopts the personality of Sasha Fierce, her alter ego, while performing on the stage.
•Stevie Wonder and N’Sync are amongst her favorite musicians.
•Tom Hanks is her favorite actor.
•Beyonce’s favorite number is 4. Her mother was born on January 4th. She was married on April 4th. Her birthday is September 4th and her husband’s is December 4th.
•Her nephew Juelz affectionately calls her Aunt B.
•She is a big fan of the water.
•The name of her all girl band is called Suga Mama.
•Beyonce is now the full manager of herself since the release of her new album 4.
•Beyonce has a mezzo-soprano vocal range.
•In 2007, she became the first female artist to be awarded the International Artist Award at the American Music Awards.
•Beyonce’s debut studio album, Dangerously in Love, was listed as one of the top 200 definitive albums in music history by the Rock and Roll of Fame.
•In 2010, Beyonce and her mother Tina opened the Beyonce Cosmetology Center at the Brooklyn Phoenix House.
•Beyonce has three fragrances, Heat, Heat Rushwith and Beyonce Pulse.
•In the song “Signs” she claims her love for Jay-Z. Guess who’s the Sagittarius?
•In grade school, classmates use to taunt her about her ears.
•The word “bootylicious” was added to The Oxford Dictionary because her song of the same name became a phenomenon.
•Beyonce Knowles’ bodyguard once broke her toe after standing on it, while trying to protect her from a crowd of fans.
•She is genuinely quiet and shy person.
•At age 8, she was in a band called Girl’s Tyme.
•When Beyonce finally stopped wearing real fur, PETA sent her faux fur as a wedding present.
•Beyonce’s production company is called The Parkwood Group, and is named after the street she grew up on in Houston.
•After two fans were hurt at a concert in St. Louis in 2007, Beyonce rushed to the hospital to make sure they were okay.
•Beyonce has said that her career was inspired by Diana Ross and Tina Turner.
•Beyonce reportedly lost 20 pounds in 2 weeks for her role in Dreamgirls.
•Beyonce has admitted that she went into a deep depression after Destiny’s Child broke up.