Solange Knowles
American singer and songwriter
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| 2024 | Knowles appeared alongside her mother in a Gucci Gift campaign. |
| 2023 | Knowles designed a glassware collection in collaboration with glassblower Jason McDonald. |
| 2022 | Knowles starred in LOUIS XIII's 'Believe in Time' campaign and was honored with the 2022 NYU Global Trailblazer Award. |
| August 2022 | The New York City Ballet announced that Solange Knowles would compose a score for the Fall Fashion Gala in September 2022, making her the third woman and the first African American to hold that role. |
| May 2021 | Saint Heron expanded into an institution including a studio, creative agency, library, and art gallery. |
| 2020 | Knowles was the recipient of the inaugural Lena Horne Prize. |
| November 2020 | Knowles publicly acknowledged her relationship with experimental jazz artist Gio Escobar on Instagram. |
| 2019 | Solange Knowles made a cameo appearance in the film 'Homecoming'. |
| 2019 | Knowles separated from Alan Ferguson. |
| November 2019 | Solange Knowles directed and composed the art and music performance 'In Past Pupils and Smiles' at the Venice Art Biennale. |
| March 1 2019 | Solange Knowles released her fourth studio album, When I Get Home, after teasing the album with video snippets on her social media. |
| 2018 | Solange Knowles appeared as herself in one episode of the series 'Random Acts of Flyness'. |
| 2018 | She received the Artist of the Year award from the Harvard Foundation. |
| 2017 | Knowles became the face of a Calvin Klein campaign. |
| 2017 | At the Glamour Women of the Year awards, Solange Knowles was honored as a Woman of the Year, where she wore a yellow Jean-Paul Gaultier couture gown and showcased her blonde afro. |
| 2017 | Solange launched her Orion's Rise tour in 2017, showcasing her evolving artistry and musical direction. |
| 2017 | At the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, Solange Knowles won her first Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance for her song 'Cranes in the Sky', from her album A Seat at the Table. |
| 2017 | Solange Knowles was honored with the 'Impact Award' at the Billboard Women in Music event. |
| December 2017 | Solange Knowles directed the music video for 'The Weekend' by SZA. |
| June 2017 | Solange Knowles performed at the Glastonbury Festival, receiving a perfect five-star review from The Daily Telegraph, with the performance described as 'fantastic theatre'. |
| 2016 | The lead single from 'A Seat at the Table', 'Cranes in the Sky', won the Grammy for Best R&B Performance. |
| October 3 2016 | Solange Knowles released music videos for her songs 'Don't Touch My Hair' and 'Cranes in the Sky', both co-directed by herself and Alan Ferguson. |
| September 30 2016 | Solange Knowles released her third studio album A Seat at the Table, which received universal critical acclaim and became her first number-one album in the United States. |
| July 2016 | Solange Knowles participated in a march in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, protesting the shooting of Alton Sterling, and publicly criticized the police presence during the event. |
| June 21 2016 | On her thirtieth birthday, June 24, Solange Knowles announced that she had completed her album A Seat at the Table three days prior. |
| June 2015 | Following the Charleston church shooting, Solange Knowles released a statement addressing the safety and freedom of Black individuals, posing critical questions about their experience. |
| May 15 2015 | Solange Knowles performed 'Rise' for the first time at an HBO-sponsored event, which was inspired by the police killings of Michael Brown and Freddie Gray, along with the protests in Ferguson and Baltimore. |
| November 16 2014 | Knowles married music video director Alan Ferguson at the Marigny Opera House in New Orleans. |
| May 12 2014 | TMZ released a security video showing Knowles appearing to attack her brother-in-law Jay-Z in an elevator. |
| 2013 | Knowles was appointed as art director and creative consultant at Puma, where she curated four women's shoe collections entitled 'Girls of Blaze', 'Wild Wonder', 'Behind the Baazar', and 'Word to the Woman'. |
| 2013 | Solange launched the digital platform Saint Heron as a music and cultural hub to amplify Black artistry. |
| 2013 | Knowles moved to New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| November 11 2013 | Saint Records, the label founded by Solange Knowles, released its first compilation album, Saint Heron. |
| May 14 2013 | Solange Knowles announced the launch of her own record label, Saint Records, aimed at focusing on not-yet mainstream hip-hop and R&B artists. |
| January 8 2013 | The physical CD and vinyl of Solange Knowles's EP True became available for purchase. |
| 2012 | Released the 1980s pop and R&B-inspired extended play True on Terrible Records and her imprint Saint Records. |
| 2012 | The True Promo Tour took place in 2012, aimed at promoting her EP 'True' and its unique sound. |
| November 27 2012 | The EP True was officially released for digital download on iTunes. |
| October 24 2012 | Solange Knowles held a listening party in New York City for her EP True. |
| September 2012 | Solange Knowles released a teaser video for 'Losing You', the lead single from her EP True, which was shot in Cape Town, South Africa, with production costs covered by her mother as a birthday gift. |
| 2011 | Knowles and her son relocated to Brooklyn. |
| 2011 | Knowles was announced as one of the new faces of Rimmel London alongside Alejandra Ramos Munoz and Zooey Deschanel, and she was also the face of Carol's Daughter until stepping down in 2012 amid criticism. |
| 2010 | Solange released 'Fuck the Industry (Signed Sincerely)' as a single, which was initially part of a mixtape she planned to release. |
| 2010 | Solange Knowles traveled to Australia to work with the Australian rock band Midnight Juggernauts on her third studio album. |
| May 7 2010 | Solange Knowles made a guest appearance on the children's show Yo Gabba Gabba! for a 'Mothers Day Special,' performing an original song titled 'Momma Loves Baby'. |
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