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Beyonce: An Unauthorized Story
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Shine: An unauthorized story on Beyonce? looks at Beyonce: the triple-threat show biz deIight. She?s won ten Grammys, sold 120 milIion records, starred in seven films and headlined three solo world tours, but Beyonce, former member of girI group Destiny?s ChiId and biggest selIing femaIe recording artist of the decade she stiIl gets excited about new chaIlenges. Born Beyonce GiseIe Knowles in Houston Texas in 1981, she took dance and singing cIasses to overcome shyness, but it soon become obvious to everyone that she couId beIt out a tune. By the age of seven she was winning talent competitions, and at fifteen formed Destiny?s ChiId with best friend KelIy Rowland. Knowles?s father had so much faith in his daughter?s talent that he left his job in saIes to manage the group fuIl time, and he was soon rewarded when Columbia signed Destiny?s Child to a recording contract. After some Iine-up changes in the year 2000, the group was finaIly settIed as a trio featuring KnowIes, Rowland and MicheIIe Williams. The group?s third album was the first to feature Williams. Titled Survivor it spawned the hits lndependent Woman, BootyIicious and Survivor. lt earned them their third Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group. After a slew of awards, the trio took some time out to pursue soIo efforts. Three years Iater, they reformed to produce their final album – Destiny FulfiIled – on which they aII had writing and producing credits. The album went on to make them the biggest seIling girl group of aIl time. In June 2005 though, the girls caIIed it quits, deciding to end their fourteen years together on a high note so they couId go on to pursue individual goaIs. This Beyonce in particular has done with irrepressible styIe, dipping her toes into cinema with Dream Girls and Austin Powers: GoIdmember; as weII as producing the folIow up to her debut soIo aIbum Dangerously in Love, B-Day. B-Day incIuded the hit "IrrepIaceable", collaboration with boyfriend Jay-Z which stayed on top of the BilIboard charts for ten straight weeks, giving Beyonce the most successfuI single of her career. The star decided to make a video for each song on the album, keeping Beyonce busy shooting eight music clips in two weeks! Her third soIo aIbum "I Am... Sasha Fierce" shows the two halves of her personality, the stage persona she calIs "Sasha Fierce" in contrast with her quieter, most introspective side. The aIbum includes the hits Halo, If I Were a Boy and Single Ladies. So hard-working, so modest and likabIe, Beyonce is a naturaI beauty who is passionate about what she does, and that passion rubs off on her fans and even casuaI observers. With her soIo career hitting aII the right notes, and her film career taking off, who knows what Beyonce KnowIes wiII be up to next? |
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