Solange is a singer/ songwriter hailing from Houston, Texas, US who was born on June 24th, 1986. Since her debut, she has released two studio albums along with one EP and has worked with everyone from Lil' Wayne and Chromeo to The Lonely Island and Boards Of Canada.

It's safe to say that Matthew and Tina Knowles bore musical children. While the world knows exactly who Beyoncé is, her little sister Solange has been also been performing from around a similar age, and is just as deserving of anyone's attention. Solange began singing at around the same time she started talking, and was performing at state fairs by the time she was five years old. From the age of nine, Solange was more interested in writing her own songs than performing anyone else's, but then her older sister shot to fame as a member of the girl group Destiny's Child, and Solange began touring with them as a backup dancer. Over the next couple of years, Solange proved herself as a formidable singer and performer, and by the age of 16, her father had secured her a record deal thanks to his recording company, Music World Entertainment.

She began as an extended member of Destiny's Child, singing lead vocals on a track on the band's Christmas album “8 Days Of Christmas”. However, she soon began to prove herself away from her sister, writing a couple of the tracks on Kelly Rowland's solo album “Simply Deep” and in January 2003, releasing her debut solo album “Solo Star”. Being 14 years old, the album was regarded as coming a little bit too soon for Solange, but still showed more than enough promise to justify it. After the album's release, she took a break from music to focus on acting, and returned with 2008's far better received “Sol-Angel and The Hadley St. Dreams”. The album sold over 100'000 copies in four months, and Solange went on her first extensive world tour to promote it.

Ever since then, Solange has remained a fascinating and unpredictable artist, one day cutting singles entitled “F*ck The Industry”, the next appearing on the children's TV show “Yo Gabba Gabba!”. While she might never have the commercial success of her older sister, she'll still release material that can rival the best of her sibling for quality and for sheer unpredictability. For that, she comes highly recommended.