Solange Knowles
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Solange Piaget Knowles[1] (born June 24 1986 in Houston, Texas) is an American actress, R&B singer, songwriter, producer, model and younger sister of Beyoncé Knowles.
Personal life
Solange Piaget Knowles-Smith was born on June 24, 1986 in Houston, Texas, to Mathew and Tina Knowles. Her father is African-American and her mother is of Creole descent. Her maternal grandparents are Lumis Beyincé and Agnéz Deréon (a seamstress). Knowles married college football player Daniel Smith in February 2004 and by October 2004, the couple had their first son, Daniel Julez Smith.
In 2007 Knowles started going by the name Solange Knowles, rather than Solange Piaget Knowles-Smith and rumors speculating that she has ended her three year marriage to Daniel Smith began to surface as a direct consequence. Further rumors are indicating that Knowles is currently dating rapper Lil' Wayne, though Knowles has denied these rumors. [2]
Music career
2002 - 2006: Solo Star
Knowles' music career is managed by her father, Mathew Knowles. In 2000, Knowles appeared in Bow Wow's music video for "Puppy Love", playing Bow Wow's guest. In 2002, Knowles released her debut single, "Feelin' You", from her debut album, Solo Star, which was released on 21 January, 2003. Solo Star debuted at #49 on the Billboard 200 and #23 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Solo Star was re-released on 14 November 2006.
Knowles was also featured on the Destiny's Child holiday album 8 Days of Christmas (released on 29 October 2001) along with her cousin Tré Gordon, on the tracks "The Little Drummer Boy" and "Proud Family" (included on the special edition and later on the The Proud Family soundtrack album). She is also featured on the Disney Party Mix of "Jumpin' Jumpin'" , and has duetted with Kelly Rowland on the title track of her album, Simply Deep.
She has recently appeared in the video for Omarion's single "Ice Box", and appeared in Beyoncé's video for "Get Me Bodied", which featured Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. Solange also appeared in Destiny's Child's "Soldier" music video when she was pregnant with her son Daniel.
Solange Knowles has written and co-written songs for Destiny's Child , Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, Trin-I-Tee 5:7 , and Beyoncé. [3] Her most recent lyrical hits include Beyoncé's "Get Me Bodied," "Upgrade U," and "Flaws and All" from the multi-platinum selling album, B'Day. [3] Additionally, she wrote "Home For The Holidays" for Wal-Mart's national holiday commercial campaign. [3] Solange is currently in the studio recording her forthcoming album. [3]
2007 - Present: Solange And The Hadley Street Dreams
Knowles recently confirmed on her MySpace page that she will be releasing a second album in 2007. No details of producers, release dates, titles or even the first single to be released from the album, have been confirmed at present. Rumors suggest that it will be released after Kelly Rowland's second album, Ms. Kelly (of which Knowles helped on tracks such as "Love"). Two of Solange's new songs: "ChampagneChronicNightcap" and "White Picket Dreams" have been leaked to the internet.[4] It is unknown if these song will be included on her Solange And The Hadley Street Dreams album. On July 27th, Mathew Knowles confirmed Knowles' second album will be released on January 1, 2008 in an interview with K104FM.[5]
Soundtracks
She appears alongside Murphy Lee on the soundtrack to Scooby-Doo with the song, "Thinking About You," which was recycled and put on Solo Star. "Dance With You", featuring B2K, also appeared on the Like Mike soundtrack. She also appears on the Proud Family soundtrack The Proud Family, featuring Destiny's Child. A remix to "Crush" titled "Don't Fight Feeling," featuring Papa Reu, appears on The Fighting Temptations soundtrack. "Freedom" appears on Johnson Family Vacation. On Bring It On: All or Nothing, she sang "Bring it On Home."
Discography
Albums
Entrepreneur
Knowles has been busy as of late promoting Baby Jamz, the first ever hip-hop/rhythm inspired toy line for preschoolers brought to you by Mathew Knowles' Music World Entertainment and Planet Toys. She is executive producer of the CD, updated hip-hop inspired nursery rhymes, and the music featured in all of the toys. Knowles' son, Julez, is the face of Baby Jamz. [3]
She is currently working with a Private Equity firm to help finance special disturbution, promotions and marketing with Music World Entertainment and Columbia Records. The Private Eqiuty firm is focusing on buying and selling music licensing rights to the movie industry and consumer products like Coca-Cola and Procter Gamble Company. It is rumored that the deal will be an estimate of 20 million dollars.
Acting career
Knowles appeared in Johnson Family Vacation. She also appeared on the TV show One on One, as well as in The Brothers Garcia, in a special guest role. She then starred in Bring It On: All or Nothing, which was released on August 8, 2006.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2006 | Bring It On: All or Nothing | Camille |
| 2004 | Johnson Family Vacation | Nikki Johnson |
Modeling career
She models for her sister's clothing line, House of Deréon, named after her grandmother, Agnéz Deréon. Knowles also helped to launch a sister line to House of Deréon, named Deréon, for younger customers. She and Beyoncé model for Deréon, and feature in most of its marketing campaigns. Solange and Beyoncé were featured in a "Got Milk?" campaign ad, while still wearing House of Deréon.
External links
References
- ^ "Solange's Full Name". PRO-LINE INTERNATIONAL. Retrieved 2007-03-25.
- ^ "Solange Knowles Seems Headed For Divorce Court, But Slams Lil' Wayne Rumors". Hip Hop Crunch. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
- ^ a b c d e f "Solange Knowles Signs a Worldwide Co-Publishing Deal With EMI Music Publishing". August 20 2007.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help)CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ "New Solange Tracks". THAT GRAPE JUICE. Retrieved 2007-05-08.
- ^ "Radio Interview with Matthew Knowles". K104FM. Retrieved 2007-07-27.