Beyonce released her debut solo album Dangerously in Love in 2003, which spawned the number-one hits "Crazy in Love" and "Baby Boy" and became one of the most successful albums of that year, earning her a then record-tying five Grammy Awards.
Her work outside the recording studio does not go ignored either. As she prepares for a solo tour, Beyonce can be seen in ads for L'Oreal and Pepsi, and in the musical/comedy The Fighting Temptations.
She ranked 4th in the 2008 Forbes "The Celebrity 100 list," ranked 14 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list, featured on the "Most Overrated of 2006," she won numerous Grammys, including Best Contemporary R&B Album for "Dangerously In Love", and she took home the most awards for the year 2004 show.
In 2008, Beyonc� married rapper and music mogul Jay-Z in a small, private ceremony in New York City. Among the guests sighted at the wedding were Beyonc�'s mother Tina Knowles, her father and manager Matthew, her sister Solange, Destiny's Child members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, and friend Gwyneth Paltrow.
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