So let's start from the beginning. Beyonce started off in a very popular group called 'Destiny's Child' with two other singers Michelle Williams (Beyonce's high school classmate) and Kelly Rowland (Beyonce's cousin)and Farrah Franklin. Farrah split from the group early on leaving them as a trio. Beyonce's father was the manager of the all girls singing group and eventually landed them a record deal with Columbia Records. The three women were very good singers and each had a little style of their own to add into the songs they sang together. One of their most popular songs is Say My Name. When the group split apart they each led successful careers afterward. Michelle became a solo gospel singer, and Kelly became an actor and solo pop artist. Neither of the girls made is quite as big as Beyonce though.
Beyonce had been exploring others career options while she was still with the group as well. She starred in the Austin Powers sequel 'Goldmember' with Mike Myers while still performing with the group. A year before splitting with the group she dropped her first album 'Dangerously In Love'. This album was a raging success! Everyone of her albums had at least one top ten song on them. Her second album featured the number one hit Irreplaceable.
Mrs. Knowles was rumored to be dating Jay-Z around this time but she had never actually come out publicly about it.
As her career progressed on she dove even further into her acting starring in the movie 'Dreamgirls' Featuring Eddy Murphy. Also at this time she was working on her album 'I Am.....Sasha Fierce'. This album featured many women empowerment songs, and about coming clean and being yourself. Sasha Fierce was also known as the alter ego of Beyonce.
In 2008 Beyonce married popular Rapper Jay-Z, and went from Beyonce Knowles, to Beyonce Carter. I 2011 the couple announced their soon to be born baby girl. They named their baby Blue Ivy Carter, and kept her away from the public until about the age of 6-8 months. 
Soon after giving birth to Blue Ivy Beyonce released her most recent album 'Beyonce'. This album is unlike any of her others. Most of the songs featured on the record are about her Jay-Z and going out to the club to get drunk. She uses some very nasty references and dirty innuendos in these songs and is almost rapping more than singing! This new album really show cases her more "ghetto" side and shows off the more confident her! Her tour for this album is called the 'Mrs. Carter Show' tour, and has been a raging success so far.
To me her newest album is by far my favorite, mainly because it's so different than any of her other albums. I also like the fact that she's proving that even though she is "settled down" she still knows how to shake things up. My favorite song from her new album is Drunk In Love.
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