MY SONG CHOICE - I WAS HERE BY BEYONCE

I have chosen to make a video for the song "I Was Here" by Beyoncé because I think it would be a fun video to make and would carry a lovely message with it. "I Was Here" was written by Diane Warren and produced by Ryan Tedder, Brent Kutzle, Beyoncé Knowles and Kuk Harrell. It was the only track on the album that hadn't been co-written by Beyoncé herself. The song was influenced by the September 11 attacks and after Warren had played the song over the phone to Beyoncé and Jay-Z she was in the studio recording it in time for the tenth anniversary. The album 4 was held in production for longer so the single could be added to the already finished album.

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter 

Born 4th September 1981

Houston, Texas

From a young age she loved to perform and her voice gained her a lot of attention even at the young age of seven. At the age of eight Beyoncé auditioned for a girl group which after years of line-up changes and group names became known as Destiny's Child. Destiny's Child released their debut album in February 1998 which was followed by another three studio albums, a Christmas album and various compilation albums. They released 19 singles. It is estimated they have sold over 17.5 million albums in the US alone. Destiny's Child announced a break after they released their Christmas album in 2001 to pursue solo careers.

From 2002 to 2006 Beyoncé was in numerous films such as Austin Powers in Goldmember, The Pink Panther and Dreamgirls. She was also very successful in the music industry as her debut solo album "Dangerously in Love" went straight in at number one on the US Billboard album chart and has now sold over 11 million copies worldwide and is still Beyoncé's bestselling album. The lead single off the album "Crazy in Love" which featured Jay-Z spent eight consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard chart. Other singles off the album had huge chart success to and the album earned her 5 Grammy awards. In 2004 Destiny's Child released their final album and after touring around the world announced their final show in November of that year. "B'Day", Beyoncé's second album was released in September 2006 which also went straight in at number one in the US. Grammy awards were won for this album too and also her role in Dreamgirls from 2006.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z began dating in 2002 after numerous collaborations and got married in NYC on the 4th April 2008. Her third album "I Am..... Sasha Fierce" was released in November 2008 and was the third consecutive album to go to number one in the US and has now sold an estimated 7 million copies worldwide. Eight singles were released from this album including songs such as "If I Were A Boy", "Single Ladies", "Halo" and "Broken-Hearted Girl". In April 2009 Beyoncé starred in the film "Obsessed" which grossed $11.1 million on it's first day. In 2009 and 2010 Beyoncé and Jay-Z were named the top earning celebrity couple of those years by Forbes magazine. At the 52nd Grammy Awards, Beyoncé set the record for the most awards won on one night by a female artist.

In 2010 Beyoncé took time out to focus on her life and creating new experiences. She followed this with a change of management and her fourth studio album named "4". This became her fourth consecutive number one album although sale figures dropped dramatically as did the sales figures for the leading single "Run The World" and second single "Best Thing I Never Had". She headlines Glastonbury in summer 2011 and then announced she was pregnant with her first child on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards after her performance of "Love On Top".

On the 7th January 2012, Beyoncé gave birth to a daughter named Ivy Blue Carter in NYC. Since then she has performed live a handful of times and is rumoured to be in production of another two albums. She also has a few films in the line-up including a biographical documentary about her career and life in the spotlight. Her and Jay-Z were also named the highest earning celebrity couple again by Forbes magazine.