Beyonce Knowles Trivia

Her fans are demanding the singer re-shoot her ''alarming'' new music video for “Deja vu” because saying the current video is not up to her usual high standards. (July 22, 2006)

Was so impressed by the girls auditioning to be in her backing band that she has decided to expand her group. (June 23, 2006)

Was confronted at the swanky restaurant Nobu in New York City by two members of People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The two had won an eBay auction, benefiting VH1's Save the Music Foundation, to dine with the star. Beyonce had no idea they were PETA. (June 19, 2006)

Hated being skinny for her role in DREAMGIRLS so much that she immediately ran to put on weight as soon as she was finished. (May 25, 2006)

Was warned not to perform any of her famous booty shaking moves in the upcoming movie DREAMGIRLS, for fear of ripping her tight-fitting gowns. (March 10, 2006)

Is reportedly being bombarded with hate mail for selling animal fur in her fashion range. (February 20, 2006)

Starts to think about the idea of marriage after witnessing her sister Solange make the commitment. (January 13, 2006)

Denies claims she was pushed into showbiz by her parents, insisting she is driven purely by her love of music. (December 13, 2005)

Pop culture magazine Radar claims that her cover shot for the recent Vanity Fair appears to have been lightened, an allegation Knowles' spokesperson denies. (October 20, 2005)

Denied rumors she is secretly married to Jay-Z. (October 4, 2005)

Assumed an alter-ego called Sasha for her sexy stage persona.
Is voted on People magazine's Best-Dressed list. (2005)

Her fiance Jay-Z spent more than $1million on a diamond ring and watch for her 24th birthday. He also flew her to London on his private jet for 48 hours of partying at a cost of $1.3million. (September 7, 2005)

Beyonce Knowles, Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez's music company Sony BMG has agreed to pay $10 million to settle probe into the illegal practice of paying radio stations to air its stars' songs. (July 27, 2005)

Is being sued by a singer-songwriter who claims that her song Baby Boy is stolen from a track she wrote several months beforehand. (July 15, 2005)

Wept on MTV's Total Request Live when she was asked to list the things she'll miss about Destiny's Child. (June 24, 2005)

Her R&B group Destiny's Child splits after wrapping up their Destiny Fulfilled ... And Lovin' It Tour. (June 14, 2005)

Paid more than $1 million to her former modeling agency Wilhelmina Models, after a Manhattan Supreme Court judge ruled she had withheld monies from the high-profile company. (June 10, 2005)
Is on the second place (after Jennifer Lopez) on a poll by Oxygen magazine for the best rear in Hollywood. (2005)

Named Best Pop Princess in a poll conducted by Universal Music. (2005)

Performs three of the five nominated songs (from THE POLAR EXPRESS, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and LES CHORISTES) at the 2005 Oscar ceremony.

Has signed her first licensing deal with distributor Tarrant Apparel to market her upcoming clothes line, House of Dereon. (January 28, 2005)

Beyonce’s looks and talent was recently slammed by scathing 'American Idol' judge Simon Cowell, who says, ”Beyonce is not sexy, she hasn't got a great body and she's not a great singer. (January 20, 2005)

Denies claims that she's furious Angelina Jolie beat her in a sexiest female poll, insisting all women are equally sexy and she hates being part of surveys which attempt to list celebrities in order of their attractiveness.. (January 19, 2005)

Blasted by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for wearing rabbit-fur boots. (2004)

Her father, Matthew Knowles says he dislikes her boyfriend Jay-Z. (2004)

Pays tribute to Jay-Z on new single Soldier from Destiny's Child upcoming album Destiny Fulfilled. (November 5, 2004)

Tore a leg muscle rehearsing dance moves with Destiny's Child. (2004)

Earns a massive $4.7 million with cosmetics giant L'Oreal for only ten days of work a year. (August 21, 2004)

Her bodyguard broke her toe after standing on it while trying to protect her from a crowd of fans. Doctors have told her to rest for a couple of weeks. (August 20, 2004)

Inspired a new women's fragrance collection called True Star for Tommy Hilfiger Toiletries. (June 24, 2004)

Is among debutantes on the 2004 Forbes Magazine Celebrity 100 list.

Has announced a joint fashion-licensing and brand-management deal with Arthur and Jason Rabin and their company, Wear Me Apparel/Kids Headquarters - The partnership will provide the support for Beyonce's upcoming fashion label. (May 13, 2004)

Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z have been invited to dine at Buckingham Palace by British royal Prince Charles. According to insiders, Prince Charles wants to thank the duo for agreeing to take part in his Prince's Trust concert in May, which Beyonce is headlining. (April 13, 2004)
Has received a bitter letter from People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA) because of her love for fur. (April 12, 2004)

On the second spot on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 list for 2004.

Despite Jay-Z telling Lyor Cohen at his recent farewell bash that he planned to marry Knowles, she claims that she has no immediate plans to walk down the aisle and has no idea who her ideal man is. (February 24, 2004)

Danced provocatively in a deep V-neck halter dress at halftime of the NBA All-Star game, two weeks after Janet Jackson's breast-baring Super Bowl performance. (February 17, 2004)

Was in a Gladiator-style ad for Pepsi. (January 20, 2004)

Sang the National Anthem at Super Bowl XXXVIII on February 1, 2005

Appear on a Fox holiday television special, which has the working title of Jingle Ball Rock.” (December 3, 2003)

Knowles is among other international stars answered Nelson Mandela's call to help fight the scourge of AIDS Saturday, putting on a musical extravaganza broadcast across the world on the Internet. (December 1, 2003)

Was named most stylish at Vibe Awards. (2003)

Said she enjoyed taking a break from her usual high glamour to play a dowdy single mother in her new movie, THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS. (November 14, 2003)

Producer Terrence T-Robb Robinson has filed a $200 million lawsuit against Beyonce Knowles, her father and fellow members of Destiny's Child, alleging they stole his music for the hit song Survivor. (October 22, 2003)

Appeared on TV with a cameo appearance on an episode of ALL OF US, the UPN sitcom executive-produced by Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett-Smith. (September 25, 2003)

On the set of THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS, Cuba Gooding Jr. said he was impressed with how great Beyonce Knowles sounds when singing live – He said, “Beyonce, she obviously is beautiful and can sing like amazing. I was so blown away the first day of rehearsals because you know, everybody was tired, it was early in the morning and we were all reading off our scripts because we didn't really know the lines. And then instead of saying, 'This is where I sing,' she just broke into this song. I looked around and I was like, 'I hope somebody recorded that.' (September 20, 2003)

Knowles says she won't be bringing her little sister Solange when she returns to Destiny's Child to record with the group again, explaining Solange is busy working on her own stuff. (August 8, 2003)

Admits in school, he was the really shy, quiet kid who always looked at the ground.
Says she truly enjoys any private time she has, and there are times when she wishes people weren't always looking at her.

Frank Scaturro, president of the Grant Monument Association, a private historical group, says the government and NBC should have stopped Knowles from dancing in a patently inappropriate way on the steps of the tomb of President Ulysses S. Grant – Scaturo wrote letters Saturday to Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton and National Park Service director Fran Mainella over Knowless's nationally televised July 4 performance, saying the singer used lascivious choreography and barely dressed backup dancers. (July 14, 2003)

Was among a host of singers who took to the stage in Hyde Park, central London, for an open-air concert to raise money for disadvantaged children -- More than 100,000 tickets were sold for the Party in the Park, which is expected to raise more than $1.6 million for the Prince's Trust, the charity headed by Prince Charles. (July 7, 2003)

Host a television special in honor of Nelson Mandela turning 85 on July 18.
Fans who pre-ordered the debut solo album by Knowles online received a free download of a previously unreleased bonus track. (June 14, 2003)

Knowles has brought the release of her debut solo album Dangerously In Love forward (June 8) in a bid to beat internet piracy – The album features guest appearances by the likes of her boyfriend Jay-z, ailing singer Luther Vandross, rapper Missy Elliott, reggae star Sean Paul and Outkast's Big Boi. (June 4, 2003)

Knowles has left her family home in preparation for her marriage to rapper Jay-Z -- The singer has just brought three homes in Miami, Florida's Millionaire's Row, and sources say the pair are diligently in preparations to make a trip down the aisle. (May 2, 2003)

Was in VH1 Divas Duets benefit concert specialon May 22, 2003

Knowles is featured on the cover of Newsweek, in an issue that examines the state of African-American women -- Topics addressed include dating options, noting studies that 47 percent of black women in the 30-34 age range have never married, compared with 10 percent of white women. (February 28, 2003)

Has closed a deal with soft-drink giant Pepsi to endorse its product, joining the ranks of such pop stars as Britney Spears, Madonna and Michael Jackson to sing out for the soda pop. (December 19, 2002)

Her younger sister Solange, an upcoming singer-songwriter and producer appeared on the same bill with her group Destiny's Child (DC) at Thursday's (December 12) Z100 Jingle Ball in New York City -- Solange's debut album won't be out until 2003, but she's already been making a mark in the pop and R&B world thanks to Beyonce and the other members of Destiny's Child. (December 13, 2002)

Knowles admits she is battling bouts of depression and is considering therapy. And despite her unshakeable conviction that God is guiding her life, Beyoncé worries she might never meet Mr Right.

Visiting a psychiatrist was not the first experience for her. She saw a psychiatrist when she was seven years old and growing up in Houston, Texas. She was a shy and nervous little girl and her dad Mathew, a hospital equipment salesman, and mum Tina, a hairdresser, took her to an analyst to try to bring her out of herself.

Just days after confessing she is considering therapy to cure bouts of depression, Knowles has revealed she is suffering from exhaustion. The Destiny's Child babe told a US magazine last week loneliness has left her feeling down.

Has a rich voice that mixes the class of the past soulful and gospel voices , and the upbeat and deepness of today's Rhythm & Blues voices. Both qualities fuse together so sensationally that you can't believe they are actually coming from the same vocal .

Co-wrote and co-produced 5 tracks on the album, reflecting her creative skill of writing music in its most basic form.

She has fallen for rap star Jay-Z as the pair were seen smooching at New York’s trendy Nobu restaurant last Sunday, August 18th 2002, confirming rumors they are an item.

In her debut performance in AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER, Knowles plays a character called Foxxy Cleopatra, parodying Pam Grier and other blaxploitation heroines of the '70s.

The AUSTIN POWERS' producer said that Knowles was cast after he and director Jay Roach caught her performance in MTV's hip-hop version of the Bizet opera Carmen.

She is rumored to have a secret boyfriend — singer and producer PHARRELL WILLIAMS. The two have been together for almost two months after first meeting when he produced her track Work It Out.
Nominated for Breakthrough Female Performance at MTV Movie Awards for AUSTIN POWERS: GOLDMEMBER (2003)

Nominated for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media at Grammy Awards for CHARLIE'S ANGELS (2001)