The
business relationship between Beyonce and her father Mathew Knowles
has come to an end.
A
publicist for the singer said Monday that the Grammy winner will no
longer be managed by her father, Mathew Knowles, who has overseen his
daughter’s career since she debuted as a teen in Destiny’s Child.
“He
is my father for life. I am grateful for everything he has taught
me,” Beyonce said in the statement. “I grew up watching both he
and my mother manage and own their own businesses. They were
hardworking entrepreneurs and I will continue to follow in their
footsteps.”
Beyonce’s
publicist Yvette Noel-Schure didn’t say what led to the split, but
her father said in a separate statement to the AP late Monday that
the decision was mutual.
“Business
is business and family is family. I love my daughter and am very
proud of who she is and all that she has achieved. I look forward to
her continued great success,” Knowles said.
Knowles
oversaw all aspects of Beyonce’s professional life, from music to
movies to fashion and more. Her career includes 16 Grammy awards,
top-grossing movies “Dreamgirls” and “Obsessed,” fashion
ventures and lucrative endorsements.
His plans
moving forward include focusing on his label’s work in gospel and
inspirational music, where he said the company has made a “tremendous
investment.”
Under
Knowles, Beyonce, 29, released three multiplatinum albums —
“Dangerously In Love,” “B’Day” and “I Am … Sasha
Fierce” — and had 12 Top 10 hits on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart,
including five No. 1s. Destiny’s Child had 11 Top 10 hits on the
Hot 100 chart and six No. 1s.
During
Beyonce’s teen years in Houston, Knowles prepped her, her friend
Kelly Rowland and two others for R&B girl group Destiny’s
Child, which released its self-titled debut in 1998. Their sophomore
album, “The Writing’s On the Wall,” came a year later and
garnered multiple hits and two Grammys, but the success also shook up
the band and Destiny’s Child became a trio with Beyonce, Rowland
and Michelle Williams.
The
three also released solo albums, all managed by Knowles. He launched
his own label, World Music Entertainment, via Columbia Records, a
division of Sony Music.
Rowland
parted with Knowles as her manager in 2009 and Williams followed a
year later.
Knowles
and Beyonce’s mother, Tina, divorced in 2009 after 29 years of
marriage. Tina Knowles worked as a stylist for Destiny’s Child and
continues to style her daughter. Together they launched a clothing
line, House of Dereon.
Noel-Schure
didn’t comment on who Beyonce’s new manager would be.