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    Beyonce Knowles is a famous singer and actress born in Texas in 1981. She started her career in the 1990s as part of the girl group Destiny's Child, which released several successful albums. After the band split in 2005, Beyonce embarked on a successful solo career, releasing multiple acclaimed albums that won her several Grammys. In addition to her music career, Beyonce has also appeared in films and started her own clothing line. She is considered one of the most influential performers of all time.

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    Beyonce Knowles is a famous singer and actress born in Texas in 1981. She started her career in the 1990s as part of the girl group Destiny's Child, which released several successful albums. After the band split in 2005, Beyonce embarked on a successful solo career, releasing multiple acclaimed albums that won her several Grammys. In addition to her music career, Beyonce has also appeared in films and started her own clothing line. She is considered one of the most influential performers of all time.

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    Beyonce Knowles is a famous singer and actress born in Texas in 1981. She started her career in the 1990s as part of the girl group Destiny's Child, which released several successful albums. After the band split in 2005, Beyonce embarked on a successful solo career, releasing multiple acclaimed albums that won her several Grammys. In addition to her music career, Beyonce has also appeared in films and started her own clothing line. She is considered one of the most influential performers of all time.

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    Beyonce Knowles is a famous singer and actress born in Texas in 1981. She started her career in the 1990s as part of the girl group Destiny's Child, which released several successful albums. After the band split in 2005, Beyonce embarked on a successful solo career, releasing multiple acclaimed albums that won her several Grammys. In addition to her music career, Beyonce has also appeared in films and started her own clothing line. She is considered one of the most influential performers of all time.

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    Success Story of

    Beyonce Knowles

    1. Read quickly the text about Beyonce. Then match


    a title to each paragraph.

    A. Beyonce, an actress
    B. Solo career
    C. How it all started

    D. Other business

    1. 3.

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    SeptemberSeptemberSeptember Beyonce has a successful singing
    198119811981 ininin Texas.Texas.Texas. career, but she has also appeared in
    InInIn 199019901990 shesheshe t t teamedeamedeamed upupup withwithwith K K
    Kellyellyelly several movies.
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    band.band.band. ThreeThreeThree She has played in comedies such
    yearsyearsyears laterlaterlater t t theyheyhey n n namedamedamed as Austin Powers and
    Pink Panther,
    thethehe bandbandband Destiny’sDestiny’sDestiny’s Child.Child.Child. InIn In
    199819981998 thethethe but also in a drama Dreamgirls.
    t
    groupgroupgroup releasedreleasedreleased theirtheirtheir firstfirstfirst a a albumlbumlbum
    She has worked with many famous
    Destiny’sDestiny’sestiny’s Child.Child.Child. ThisThisThis albumalbumalbum h h hadadad
    aaa hugehugehuge actors such as Steve Martin, Mike
    D
    success.success.success. InInIn 2005, however, 2005,2005, however,however, thethethe
    bandband band Myers or Eddie Murphy.
    spl
    split.split.it.

    2. 4.

    In 2003, Beyonce released Beyonce is a famous singer and a


    cessful actress, but that’s still not
    her first solo album Dangerously in suc

    Love. The album won enough for her. Together with her

    Grammy Award for best R&B album mother she has started to design

    in 2004. Beyonce released her clothes for women. Because of her

    second solo album in 2008. beauty and glamour, she has often
    The first track of the album appeared in advertisements, we have
    I
    f I Were A Boy went on to top seen her in advertisements for Pepsi
    the UK singles chart. or
    L’Oreal.

    2. Decide whether these statements are true (T) or false (F).


    1. Beyonce started to play in a band when she was 9. T F
    2. The second track of her first solo album was If I were a boy. T F
    3. Beyonce has appeared in a comedy Dreamgirls. T F
    4. Her first solo album won Grammy Award. T F
    5. Beyonce thinks that singing is enough for her. T F

    3. Complete the chart with examples from the article about Beyonce.

    t know when.
    We know exactly when it happened. We don’
    She has played in comedies.
    Beyonce was born on 4 Sept 1981.
    Your Task

    1. Read the text about another young and successful singer, Rihanna. Your task is to
    put
    the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. You have to choose between past simple
    and present perfect. Before you start look at the THINK BOX.

    THINK BOX
    We use past simple when we know exactly when something happened.
    If we do not know when something happened in the past, present perfect can be used.

    Few facts about

    Rihanna
    Rihanna, a talented young singer from Barbados,

    was born on February 20, 1988. When she _______

    (be) 15, she ___________ (meet) music producer

    that was on vacation in Barbados. He _____________

    (like) her singing so much that he ______________

    (help) her with demos.


    Later Jay-Z

    _______________ (hear) these demos and

    _______________ (decide) to produce her album.


    Her first hit, Pon de replay, ____________ (have) success. Soon she ____________ (release)

    other hits, such as SOS or Umbrella. Rihanna _______________ (have) three number one

    hits. She __________________ (win) several awards, for example the American Music

    Award, the MTV Video Music Award or the Teen Choice Award. In 2008, she

    _________________ (win) Grammy Award for her smash hit Umbrella.

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