Solange Knowles - Wikipedia. Solange Piaget Knowles (; born June 2.

American singer, songwriter, model, and actress. Expressing an interest in music from an early age, Knowles had several temporary stints as a backup dancer for Destiny's Child, before signing with her father Mathew Knowles's Music World Entertainment label. At age 1. 6, Knowles released her first studio album Solo Star (2. Between 2. 00. 5 and 2. Knowles had several minor acting roles, including the direct- to- video Bring It On: All or Nothing (2. Beyoncé Knowles and for ex- Destiny's Child group members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. In 2. 00. 7, Knowles began to record music again.

Her second studio album Sol- Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams (2. 00. 8) deviated from the pop- oriented music of her debut to the Motown Sound of the 1. It peaked at number nine on US Billboard 2.

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She followed this up with the 1. R& B–inspired extended play True (2. Terrible Records and her imprint Saint Records. Her third studio album, A Seat at the Table (2. United States. The album's first single, "Cranes in the Sky" won the Grammy for Best R& B Performance. Billboard magazine ranked her as the 1.

Knowles was heavily influenced by Motowngirl groups and says that her first passion is songwriting. She is frequently compared by the media to her sister, Beyoncé, but Solange insists they have different aspirations and are musically different. Atlantis Season 2 Episode 7 Subtitles For Movies. Her other ventures include an endorsement deal with Rimmel London and a line of hip- hop- oriented merchandise for young children.

On November 1. 6, 2. Knowles married music video director Alan Ferguson in New Orleans, Louisiana.[6]Early life[edit]Knowles was born in Houston, Texas, to Mathew Knowles and Tina Knowles.

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Solange's older sister is singer Beyoncé. Her father, originally from Alabama, is African American, and her mother, originally from southern Louisiana, is Creole (with African, Native American, French, and 1/3. Irish ancestry).[7][8][9] Her maternal grandparents are Lumis Beyincé and Agnéz Deréon, (a seamstress). She is also a descendant of Acadian leader Joseph Broussard.[1. As a child, Knowles studied dance and theater. At the age of five, she made her singing debut at an amusement park. She began writing songs at the age of nine.[1.

At 1. 3, she decided to pursue recording, but her parents initially advised her to wait. At the age of 1. 5 Knowles replaced a departed dancer and performed with her sister's group Destiny's Child on tour.[1. During the group's opening stint for American pop singer Christina Aguilera's tour, Knowles temporarily replaced Destiny's Child member Kelly Rowland after she broke her toes backstage during a costume change.[1. When Knowles was 1. Music World Entertainment, along with Columbia. Early career and Solo Star[edit]Managed by her father Mathew, Knowles's first time into the music business was in 2. Destiny's Child, on the title theme song for the animated television series The Proud Family.[1.

She also was a featured performer on "Hey Goldmember" for the soundtrack to the 2. Austin Powers in Goldmember,[1. Little Drummer Boy" on her sister's group's 2. Days of Christmas.[1. In 2. 00. 2, she was featured on Lil Romeo's second studio album Game Time, singing portions of Luther Vandross- penned "So Amazing" on the single "True Love", and on Rowland's debut solo album Simply Deep, for which she also wrote the title track, "Beyond Imagination" and "Obsession". In 2. 00. 1 she also appeared as Lil' Bow Wow's date in the music video for his single "Puppy Love".[1. She also made an appearance on The Master of Disguise soundtrack and made cameos in Play's video for "M.

A. S. T. E. R. (Part II)" featuring Lil' Fizz. In 2. 00. 2, she lent her voice for the character Chanel, the cousin of the protagonist Penny Proud, in the episode "Behind Family Lines" to the animated television series The Proud Family.[1.

In June 2. 00. 3, Mathew Knowles excitedly announced that he was considering adding Solange to Destiny's Child when the group reunited in 2. Farrah Franklin left in 2. Mathew Knowles said he was testing the reactions, and, judging by what he had heard, "it seems like a good idea".[1. Later in August, however, Beyoncé said it was only a rumor and Destiny's Child would remain a trio. Rowland added, "She's a solo star," name- dropping Knowles's debut album.[1.

At the age of 1. 4, Solange Knowles started working on her debut album Solo Star,[2. American producers such as Jermaine Dupri, The Neptunes, Linda Perry and Timbaland among others. The album is primarily uptempo R& B, although Knowles said there are pop, rock, reggae and hip hop influences.[1. Knowles co- wrote and co- produced some of the 1. Feelin' You (Part II)". The song failed to enter the Billboard Hot 1.

Hot R& B/Hip- Hop Singles Sales and Hot Dance Music/Maxi- Singles Sales chart.[2. Solo Star was released on January 2. United States, where it debuted at number 4.

Billboard 2. 00 and reached number 2. Top R& B/Hip- Hop Albums chart.[2.

Solo Star had a mixed critical reception: William Ruhlmann of All. Music called it a "state- of- the- art contemporary R& B album", but deemed Knowles "lost somewhere in the mix".[2. By mid- 2. 00. 8, the album had sold 1. Nielsen Sound. Scan.[2.

Films and Sol- Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams[edit]In 2.

The Catch" of the sitcom One on One. Knowles appeared as a teenager in the 2.

Johnson Family Vacation, starring alongside American actors Cedric the Entertainer, Vanessa Williams and Bow Wow.[1. She provided a song for its soundtrack—"Freedom", a collaboration with the Houston- based funk- jazz band Drop Trio. Although the reviews were generally negative, Knowles earned praise from Variety magazine: "Solange Knowles is nearly as dazzling as big sister Beyoncé and does little more than smile winningly in her first bigscreen outing."[2. In 2. 00. 6, she starred as a cheerleading captain in the film Bring It On: All or Nothing, the third installment of the Bring It On series, alongside American actress and singer Hayden Panettiere. What little critical reaction the low- budget, direct- to- DVD movie got was negative,[2.

Knowles was described as an "affordable young starlet".[2. Knowles uses her full name for her acting, rather than just the first name she uses when singing; for Bring It On: All or Nothing, she was billed as Solange Knowles- Smith,[3. After the release of her debut album, Knowles started acting in films followed by a career break.[3. While she was married, her family moved to Idaho, and, while staying there, resumed writing songs including the singles "Get Me Bodied" and "Upgrade U" from her sister's second solo album, B'Day.[3.

Knowles earned the R& B and Hip- Hop Song accolade for "Get Me Bodied" at the 2. ASCAP Awards.[3. 3] She had also written songs for Destiny's Child, and members Rowland and Michelle Williams.[1. In 2. 00. 4, while pregnant with son Daniel, she made a cameo appearance in Destiny's Child's music video for "Soldier".[3. After the divorce, Knowles returned to Houston to begin working on her second album. Knowles renewed her management, signing a record deal with Geffen and a publishing deal with EMI.[3. Knowles finished working on her second studio album in 2. Sol- Angel and the Hadley St.

Dreams. It includes production by Cee. Lo Green, Soulshock & Karlin and Mark Ronson as well as an appearance by Bilal. A collection of 1. Billboard magazine called "more of a modern twist on hip- hop and R& B flecked with tinges of blues and jazz".[2. The album was released on August 2.

United States. By December 2. Nielsen Sound. Scan.[4. The album was positively received by critics,[4. The album's lead single, "I Decided", was released in April 2. Billboard. Hot Dance Club Play chart; [4. Rolling Stone magazine labelled it her breakthrough single.[4. In support of the album, Knowles began the Solange Presents Sol- Angel and the Hadley St.

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