KNOWLES BIOGRAPHIES
Tina, Beyoncé
and Mathew Knowles
at VH1 Divas Duets 2003
Mathew and Tina Knowles
parents of Beyoncé
and Solange
based on articles via
Wikipedia
and research by Robert
B. Noles from public sources
including Web sites for Beyoncé
and Solange
Mathew Knowles
Mathew Knowles is an American record executive and manager. Mathew is the father and manager of R&B star Beyoncé Knowles and her sister Solange Knowles, husband of Tina Knowles and the legal guardian of Kelly Rowland (often mistaken as Kelly's uncle). Knowles is also the manager of superstar female group Destiny's Child. Before they became Destiny's Child their group name was Girl's Tyme, and when they lost on Star Search, Knowles gave up his six figure salary at Xerox in order to manage the group full-time, realizing their great potential as entertainers.
Knowles has remained the manager of
Destiny's Child and the individual members of the group. His record label, Music
World Entertainment (which was, from 2003 to 2006, renamed Sanctuary Urban
Records Group), is currently the home of artists such as Jon B., De La Soul,
Earth, Wind & Fire, Kool & the Gang, The O'Jays and Glenn Lewis. Knowles
is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
GENEALOGY
research to be established
Mathew Knowles is of African American ancestry and Tina is an African American woman of Creole descent.
Beyoncé Knowles
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4, 1981) is an American R&B singer,
songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, and fashion designer.
A Houston native, Beyoncé rose to stardom as a founding member of R&B group
Destiny's Child, one of the biggest selling female acts of all time. With
many of the group's hit songs co-written and co-produced by Beyoncé, Destiny's
Child has sold more than 33 million records worldwide. When Beyoncé won
the 2001 ASCAP Pop Songwriter Of The Year Award, she became the first
African-American woman -- and the second woman ever -- to receive that honor.
After a series of commercially successful records with Destiny's Child, she
released her debut solo album, Dangerously in Love (2003), which topped both the
R&B and Billboard 200 charts in the U.S. and the main album charts in Canada and
the United Kingdom. Beyoncé has won nine Grammy Awards — six for her solo
work, and three as a member of Destiny's Child.
Beyoncé released her second solo album, B'Day, on September 4, 2006 around the
world and September 5, 2006 in the United States, to coincide with the
celebration of her twenty-fifth birthday. The album became her highest
debut as a solo artist on the Billboard album charts in the U.S., selling over
540,000 copies in the first week.
Beyoncé
The Beyoncé Experience Live
Solange Knowles
Solange Piaget Knowles-Smith (born June 24, 1986 in Houston, Texas) is an American actress, R&B singer and songwriter. She is the younger sister of R&B/soul singer and Destiny's Child member Beyoncé Knowles. She is managed by her father, Mathew Knowles, who also managed Destiny's Child. Her mother is an African American woman of Creole descent and father is of African American ancestry.
Solange married Daniel Smith in the Bahamas in 2004.
Solange was born and raised in Houston,
Texas. A student of dance and theatre from an early age, Solange credits
her dancing instructor in helping to groom her towards becoming an all around
entertainer. Inspired by Janet Jackson ("I even had a knock-off Janet
Jackson outfit!," she laughs), Solange made her public singing debut when she
was 5, belting out Shanice's "I Love Your Smile" at a local amusement park.
"Anywhere my sisters were singing, my dad would try and get me on the bill as
well. I'd open up for them even when they were opening up for someone else."
Precociously talented, Solange started writing lyrics at the age of 7 and by the
time she hit 12, was already piecing together melodies from the tracks that
producers sent Destiny's Child. "I knew that songwriting and production was
something that I wanted to explore, " Solange recalls. "Being in the studio is
the fun part for me."
