Beyoncé Knowles-Carter better known as Beyoncé is not just the biggest pop star in the music industry but also one of the most influential personalities around the world. Over the course of three decades, this music artist has evolved much and offered listeners something of the timeless singles of all time such as ‘Crazy in Love’, ‘Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)’, ‘Formation’, ‘Beautiful Liar’ and the list keeps going on.
This unwavering personality has won a total of 28 Grammy Awards with versatile nature and skills in multiple aspects of singing, producing, directing, and a great fashion sense. Despite the high-profile lifestyle and galactic fame, the artist managed to stay low profile and a humble person who cares for all. There are many facts about this superstar still unknown even to her ardent fanatics or the Beyhive. Here are 7 unknown facts about Beyoncé that will make your day.
Starting from 12
Beyoncé performed in a reality show competition named ‘Star Search’ in 1993 when she was only 12 years old. She performed with her singing and dancing group ‘Girls Tyme’ which cater to a lot of attention from the audience. However, her team lost to another group named ‘Skeleton Crew’ even after receiving 3 stars from the judge’s panel.
The artist considers this incident to be the initiation of her performing live which made her stronger and helped to pursue her dreams. She likes to consider it as the ‘defining moment’ of her life and also included a soundbite from her performance in her track ‘Flawless’.
Lucky number 4
Beyoncé has expressed before that 4 is her favorite number of her. The number is quite important to her as many important dates and incidents are connected with that number. Starting with her own birthday on September 4 and Jay-Z’s birthday on December 4, her mother’s birthday is also on 4th January as well as her wedding anniversary takes place on the 4th of April every year.
She also named the fourth studio album of her as ‘4’. The fact she prefers the number so much is evident from the couple tattoo they have tattooed the Roman number ‘IV’ on their ring finger. Some of the fans also say that ‘IV’ defines the name of their daughter who is named ‘Ivy’.
Beyoncé is her mother’s name?
Tina Knowles-Lawson, mother of Beyoncé changed her name after getting married to Mathew Knowles. Celestine Beyoncé was afraid to lose her maiden name ‘Beyincé’. As a result, she named her daughter’s first name Beyoncé to keep up with the legacy of her family. The story is further explained in the documentary film based on her life, named ‘Life Is But a Dream.’
Perhaps 12 is an older age
As mentioned before, Beyoncé got the spark to gain international recognition when she was only 12 years old. But it is not the starting of musical training since she actually started from the age of her childhood years. Her father would push her to participate in all the musical shows and programs to make her more confident with public performances from her childhood. She got a standing ovation from everybody by singing John Lenon’s ‘Imagine’. After that, she has won a total of 35 competitions in a row while competing with performers double her age. She was only 7 years old when she won the first talent show.
Singing a mile every day
Believe it or not, Beyoncé has been one of the most hard-working performers around the world who went through some intense training to nurture her skills better as an all-rounder versatile performer. Her father insisted to run a mile every day while doing her vocal training. Running and singing has greatly improved her stamina and vocal range. It also helped her to sing and dance at the same time in the musical gigs while creating rumble wither voice among thousands of audiences.
An alter ego
Everybody is aware of Beyoncé’s highly controversial album named, ‘I am…Sasha Fierce’. While there were no such drastic changes in her musical approach, it was evident that the singer is trying to establish her alter ego with the name of Sasha. Talking about Sasha, the singer said “There’s a certain confidence I gain from her … If Beyoncé was onstage for two hours, I don’t know whether it would be as interesting.”
However, Sasha disappeared pretty quickly when the singer declared, “Sasha Fierce is done. I killed her,” in 2010.
Having a Piña Colada at Hotel California
Talking about her go-to karaoke song, Beyoncé always said that she is a big fan of The Eagle’s ‘Hotel California’. The track is very close to her as she expressed earlier “The guitar solo is my jam!” Another track that possesses a special place in her heart is Rupert Holmes’ ‘Escape (The Piña Colada Song)’.
There are many other facts about Beyoncé that can surprise her fans and followers starting with a pet python named Fendi, her love for art and adventure, and so on. There are many sides of this talented artist that are still unknown however, it never affected her successful musical career. Stay tuned to explore more amazing facts about Queen Bey, better known as Beyoncé.
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