Beyoncé Knowles has just turned 25 and has launched her greatly anticipated second solo album 'B'Day'.
The singer who fronts 'B'Day' is a long way off the young 14 year-old who got a record deal with the other Destiny's Child bandmates in 1996.
Her image is no longer the clean cut 'Independent Woman' singing to inspire her fans. She is also now an accomplished actress as well as a business woman. She is 'Crazy In Love' with boyfriend rapper Jay-Z and seems okay about exploiting her sexuality in her music videos .
Ms Knowles recent single 'DéJà Vu' was so derated her fans that they began a petition in order to try and get her to re-shoot it.
The singer has grown up in front of the public. Yet some people find the new image not as palatable.
Beyoncé's dad, Matthew Knowles, managed Destiny's Child and still manages her.
Ms Knowles has just made a new film "Dreamgirls".
The film has inspired the album 'B'Day'. The album is attracting a lot of attention,
For a 24 year old, the singer and actress has a whole list of achievements which have kept her in the spotlight.
She started singing at 14 in 1996 as Columbia records signed Destiny's Child. She is not only a proven, she is also a song writer, record producer and fashion designer .
