Solange Knowles is a pop singer and songwriter.
Solange Piaget Knowles ( [ soʊˈlɑːnʒ ] born June 24 , 1986 ) is an American singer , songwriter , dancer , model and actress . Her second studio album Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams ( 2008 ) deviated from the pop-oriented music of her debut to the Motown Sound of the 1960s and 1970s . She followed this up with the 1980s pop and R&B -- inspired extended play True ( 2012 ) on Columbia Records and her imprint Saint Records .