Beyonce Knowles 10 Grammy Award Winner

Birth name - Beyoncé Giselle Knowles
Born - September 4, 1981 (1981-09-04) Houston, Texas, United States
Genre(s) - R&B, soul, pop, dance-pop, funk
Occupation(s) - Singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director, actress, dancer, fashion designer, model
Years active - 1990–present
Label(s) - Columbia, Sony Urban Music

Animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have criticized Knowles for wearing and using fur in her clothing line, House of Deréon. After winning an online eBay auction, offered by VH1 for the Save the Music Foundation, to dine with Knowles in June 2006, two PETA members confronted her at a restaurant in New York City because of their disapproval of her usage of fur. Knowles did not respond, and the PETA members were escorted out. PETA also wrote a letter of concern to Knowles about the treatment of baby alligators in a photoshoot for B'Day.

In July 2005, Minnesota-based singer Jennifer Armour filed a lawsuit after accusing that Knowles copied lines and hooks from the former's song "Got a Little Bit of Love for You" to use them in her 2003 hit single "Baby Boy". However, the case was dismissed in 2006 after a federal judge in Houston found a substantial dissimilarity between the two songs. On October 4, 2007, Armour's attorney Dana Kirk told a three-judge appellate panel that the case should be resurrected since a jury hearing was not conducted.