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rified and I didn’t want to do it. I remember walking out and I was scared, but when the music start- ed, I don’t know what happened. I just… changed. So, I knew I want- ed to be a singer.” She received a standing ovation and won. After that, her father began taking her to more local talent shows, where she won 35 times in a row. The number four Most people think of the number seven as being particu- larly lucky, but not Bey. Four is the number for her. Not only does it mark her birthday (4 th September) but it’s also her husband Jay-Z’s birthday (4 th December), as well as her mother Tina’s birthday (4 th January). Her wedding anniver- sary, too, is 4 th April. Hence, she named her fourth studio album, 4. Both her and Jay-Z have the Roman numeral, IV, tattooed on their ring fingers. A Star Is Born remake We’ve all listened to the soundtrack a million times since it hit the big screen in 2018 – and Lady Gaga is accordingly lodged in our heads as Ally Maine. But it was Bey who was initially approached to play the lead in the remake of A Star Is Born. In 2012, before Gaga and Bradley Cooper got involved, the script was in the hands of well- known director Clint Eastwood. “For months we tried to coordi- nate our schedules to bring this remake to life, but it was just not possible,” Bey confirmed. Queen Bey “I know it’s random, but I have two beehives. Re- al ones,” she told British Vogue. “I’ve had them at my house for a while now. I have around 80,000 bees and we make hundreds of jars of honey a year. I started the beehives because my daugh- ters both have terrible allergies, and honey has countless healing properties.”
Johnson, for. “I hummed a song and she finished it, and it blew me away,” Johnson told CNN. “And I told her to sing it again and she wouldn’t sing it again because she was very shy. And I promised her a dollar and she sang it again.” When her parents Tina and Mathew came to pick her up from the dance les- son that evening, Johnson told them, “She can sing! She can re- ally sing!” She was winning at the age of seven In 2004, Bey told Rolling Stone that the same dance teacher had encouraged her to take part in a school talent show at the ten- der age of just seven. “I was ter-
Grammy wins of all time! With 32, she’s definitely the best ever The award that put her over the top was the win for best dance/electronic al- bum for Renaissance. Prior to the 2023 Grammys, the record for the most Grammy wins stood at 31 and had been held by Georg Sol- ti since 1997, when he took his fi- nal prize and died that same year. Beyoncé led the Grammynomina- tions with nine, putting her on level pegging for all-time Grammy nom- inations with her husband, Jay-Z — 88 each. There are so many amazing facts about Beyoncé, but here we’ve chosen to present some you may- be didn’t know about. So, enjoy while we all await her spring/sum- mer Renaissance tour…
Majka su- perzvezde, Tina Nouls Loson, ro - đena kao Selestin Bijonse The su- perstar’s mother, Ti- na Know- les-Lawson, was born Celestine Beyoncé
Maternal family name Ever wondered where the
unusual name Beyoncé came from? Turns out that the superstar’s mother, Ti- na Knowles-Lawson, was born Celestine Beyoncé. Being the fierce female that she is, she was con- cerned about her maid- en name not being carried by future gen- erations after she mar- ried Beyoncé’s father, Mathew Knowles. She was discovered by her dance teacher We’ve got a lot to thank Bey’s childhood dance teacher, Darlette
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