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Famous as :

Actress, R&B singer

Birth Name :

Solange Piaget Knowles

Birth Date :

June 24, 1986

Birth Place :

Houston, Texas, USA

Spouse :

Daniel Smith (football player, since 27-Feb-04)

Video Premiere: Solange Knowles' 'I Decided'

June 05, 2008 01:06:45

The long awaited music video for ' "I Decided" has just got its official world premiere via BET on June 4, 2008 at 8:30 P.M. ET. The clip was directed by Melina, who previously has worked with other famous musicians such as , and .

The new video is very unique as it captured the evolution of the pop culture starting from the '60s to the future. On the clip Solange was seen singing in different types of setting, starting from an American Bandstand, then went on to the Civil Rights Movement, to New Wave era and finally ended on a Cosmic Journey future.

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Solange Knowles Taps Lil Wayne, Pharrell in New Album

April 23, 2008 01:04:33

Following the news of her new album's release, has now added more details about it. The sophomore album will be titled "" and planned to be released on August 26.

The ' sister has also revealed the tracks for the new album, which are "I Decided", "Cosmic Journey", "Wanna Go Back", "Same Song, Different Man", "ChampagneChronicNightcap", "Ode to Marvin", "What's Going On", "T.O.N.Y.", "Sandcastle Disco" and "Would've Been The One". In the tracks, Solange was working with lots of different musicians such as, on "Same Song, Different Man" and with on "ChampaneChronicNightcap". Other famous names that also worked with her on the album were, , , Bilal and many more.

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Solange Knowles Auditioning Musicians for Her Band

February 28, 2008 01:02:40

is looking for talented musicians to join her in a band that will back her up during live shows. The younger sister of will hold an audition on March 6 at Los Angeles' SIR Studio.

Solange is reviving her '60s inspired band, The Hadley Street Dreams, by searching for 2 female background singers, 1 drummer, 1 guitar player, 2 keyboardists, and 1 bass player who is able to play upright as well. The selected musicians will be involved in many events leading and following the release of Solange's new album, "Soul Angel and the Hadley Street Dreams" which is due August this year.

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Solange Knowles Lured Lil Wayne and Cee-Lo in New Album

November 30, 2007 10:11:29

' little sister is gearing the work of her second album that has been worked on since last year. If previously the LP was going to be called 'Solange & The Hadley Street Dreams', it has been changed to simply 'Just What I Want', MTV revealed.

Apart from the already announced collaborators such as Bilal, Marsha Ambrosius and Q-Tip, there will be the addition of and . Solange will also use a song from Scottish electric duo Boards of Canada as a sample.

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Solange Knowles Working on a New Album

October 04, 2007 12:10:38

After earning credits for writing some of her sister's tracks, finally takes the position behind the mic herself. The younger sister of is gearing up the work of an "old sixties and seventies" record that will be released in the first quarter of 2008.

The album is called 'Solange & The Hadley Street Dreams' and it is part of Solange's project where she gets involved 90 percent in the writing. "I've written 80 to 90 percent of everything on my new album," she said in an interview with Essence magazine. "The one co-write I do have is with Bilal. Other than him, I have Q-Tip on the record, who is someone I grew up admiring as an artist, and I have a song with Marsha Ambrosius from Floetry."

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Solange Knowles Inked Deal With EMI for New Album

August 28, 2007 10:08:05

Stepping into the light, ' sister is gearing the work of a new album which is slated for a 2008 release. The 21-year-old singer has just signed an exclusive deal with EMI that will entitle her to the worldwide publishing of her music.

Big Jon Platt, the Exec Vice President of Urban EMI said, "Solange first came to our attention four years ago when her father and manager, Mathew Knowles, pointed her out to me. Immediately I knew something was there, that special quality that's hard to define, but one that you can't miss."

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The Knowles Clan to Produce a New Series of Hip-Hop Baby Toys, Baby Jamz

July 12, 2007 01:07:43

The Knowles clan is licensing their name to yet another product. Mathew Knowles, the father-manager of R&B singer , works hand in hand with sister to launch a new series of hip-hop baby toys.

Poppa Mathew is having his Music World Entertainment partnered with Planet Toys to launch the so-called Baby Jamz, the first-ever hip-hop/rhythm-inspired pre-school toy line promoting creativity, learning and movement through music.

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2007 American Music Awards - Red Carpet
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2007 MTV Video Music Awards - Red Carpet
2007 American Music Awards - Red Carpet
BET Awards 2008 - Arrivals
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2007 MTV Video Music Awards - Red Carpet
2007 MTV Video Music Awards - Red Carpet