Beyonce Knowles is an American singer born in 1981 in Houston, Texas. She began her career in the 1990s as the lead singer of Destiny's Child. Some of her most popular solo albums include Dangerously in Love (2003), B'Day (2006), and I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008). Her music videos often feature elaborate choreography and have evolved from primarily performance-based to more conceptual over time. Beyonce is now known worldwide for her musical talents and energetic stage presence.
3. I’ll be writing a star profile about Beyonce Knowles, she was born in 1981 September, she’s
from Houston Texas, USA and she is an American singer, in addition she is married to the
rap artist Jay-z who she did a collaboration with in called ‘Crazy in love’ which a number
one hit this was released in 2003. Her genres of music have been a mixture of R&B and
soul. She first began to sing with girls LaToya Luckett, Kelly Rowland and LaTavia
Roberson in their teens, they were called ‘Destiny child’ they sang Gospel, rhythm and
blues, hip pop, they were an official girl group from 1995 till 2004. Beyonce’s first album
was ‘Dangerously in love’ 2003, then her second album ‘B’day’ 2006, furthermore her third
album ‘I Am ..Sasha Fierce’ 2008, lastly her most recent album ‘4’ released in 2011.
4. Her early image was simple clothing such as a cap with long hair and silk trousers; the
video ‘crazy in love’ is a performance video, as there is a lot of dancing there are a lot of
close up shots with flashing light flicking in Beyonce’s face, however with a shadow to it
making it dark. In addition to this in the music video there is a lot of movement, also there
are camera shot effects within this video, with cross cutting. However in comparison to her
more recent music videos such as ‘single ladies’ there is a lot of movement however she
chose a black and white theme, and the lighting is bright with a long shot focusing on the
dancers and her. Furthermore also there is dancing which looks continuous, however they
do have similarities which are the motif of having a dance in the music video also wearing
clothes which reveal her legs. Moreover in the video ‘diva’ its very up beat, the video is a
mixture of concept and performance, filmed in a industrial warehouse and it is black and
white like the music video ‘single ladies’ there is uses of cross cutting and many costume
changes, also the lighting changes throughout the video sometime dark and at times in the
video its bright, this may have been done to sell the song as the lyrics aren’t a narrative in
any way, the music video has chains and Beyonce wears sunglasses, in her more recent
videos there isn’t much of this, there aren’t any uses of cross cutting also there is less
editing in her more recent videos.
5. Irreplaceable
‘Best thing I ever had’
Halo
‘Diva’ ‘Crazy in love’
In some of Beyonce’s videos they have some similar features for example the music
videos ‘Diva’, ‘Single ladies’ and ‘Sweet dreams’. Each of these videos has two female
dancers beside Beyonce as her dancers making them performance videos, in addition
to this she has black and white video filming in her videos which many artists don’t do.
On the other hand Beyonce does have other songs and music videos which represent
other genres such as ‘Irreplaceable’ and ‘Halo’, ‘Best thing I ever had’. In most of
these videos there is a lost of sexual display costume wise Beyonce has always worn
tight clothes or clothing which shows of her legs and curvy body, her hair ha stayed
brown with blonde, in her most recent album her hair is blonde possibly to represent
one of her best albums, the record company Columbia may to try to sell Beyonce
through most of her performance videos as the artist is known for her stage presence,
also through dance choreography.
7. Beyonce says in
2012; >
In her most recent music video ‘End of time’ the music
video is of Beyonce performing this may represent how
far she has come as a solo American singer, furthermore
suggesting she doesn’t have to do a music video as her
performance and presence on stage would be just as good
2011 album also suggesting vocally she’s strong therefore music videos
‘4’ most are not needed to sell her songs. Now Beyonce in 2012 is
recent. known worldwide and she is famous for her albums and
her presence on stage of how she performs each song with
all her energy.
