Latest Beyonce Stories

By Tamara Conniff NEW YORK (Billboard) - When it came time to begin work on her second solo album, Beyonce didn't even tell her manager, who also happens to be her father, that she'd booked studio time. The album, dubbed "B-Day," is due September 5 via Sony Urban/Columbia. First single "Deja Vu" features Jay-Z. Beyonce arranged, wrote and produced all the songs with her dream team of Sean Garrett, Rich Harrison, Rodney Jerkins, the Neptunes and Swizz Beatz. She may have chosen the five...

By Gail Mitchell LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - A gold record. That was the one goal a young female group from Houston hoped to achieve after signing with Columbia Records in 1997. Not only did Destiny's Child realize its golden dream, but during the past decade, Beyonce, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams made history as one of the world's top-selling female acts. That history includes platinum plaudits and international acclaim -- selling 50 million records worldwide, according to Sony...