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Beyoncé at 40: what’s next for the global icon?

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Beyoncé in the makingBeyoncé got her start aged nine as part of Girl’s Tyme - a Texas-based girl group that later went on to become Destiny’s Child.

Her  reputation for superhuman levels of work ethic dates back to these early years, with stories of her father Matthew Knowles’ intense management style becoming pop culture lore.

One ex-member, LaTavia Robertson, revealed: “He was like a drill sergeant. He would make us wake up early in the ­morning and take us to a three-and-a-half mile track and we would sing while we jogged around it. ” However extreme, the group’s intense training paid off, as they went on to sell over 60 million records worldwide before splitting in 2006 to pursue solo careers.

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