- 2008
'Single Ladies' Sensation
With the release of her double album, I Am...Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé debuts two singles, "If I Were a Boy" and "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)", which inspires countless choreography copycats. "The double album allows me to take more risks and really step out of myself," she says of her No.1 album, "or shall I say, step more into myself, and reveal a side of me that only people who know me see."
Playing Etta James
Beyoncé portrays music legend Etta James in Cadillac Records, a film that chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists. "This is the first time I felt that naked and vulnerable acting," she tells Essence. "After I finished the scene, me, my mom, my acting coach, [my cousin and executive assistant] Angie, we were all just jumping up and down, like, 'Oh my God, that was it!'"
Photo Credits
BIOGRAPHY (top to bottom): WENN; Eric Liebowitz/Song BMG
- Name
- Beyoncé Knowles
- Date of Birth
- September 04, 1981
- Birth Place
- Houston, Texas
- Relationships
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Jay-Z, husband (2002 to present)
