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Born Beyoncé Giselle Knowles in Houston, Texas.
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Destiny's Child land a record deal with Columba Records in 1997, with the smash hit, "Say my name".
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Beyoncé made her acting debut in 2001 with a starring role in MTV's Carmen: A Hip Hopera.
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Beyoncé took center stage as a solo artist, releasing her first album, Dangerously in Love, in 2003.
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Destiny's Child released their last studio album, Destiny Fulfilled, in 2004, and officially broke up the following year.
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Beyoncé release her second album "B'day", featuring such hits as "Irreplaceable" and "Beautiful Liar."
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In 2008, Beyoncé married rapper and music mogul Jay-Z in a small, private ceremony in New York City
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Beyoncé launched her own fragrance, Heat.
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Beyoncé showed off her growing baby bump at the MTV Video Music Awards that August.
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Beyoncé and Jay-Z finally welcomed their daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, on January 7, 2012. The couple spared no expense to maintain their privacy during this special time—renting out a floor of New York's Lenox Hill Hospital.
