Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (born September 4, 1981 in Houston, TX) is an American singer, songwriter, businesswoman, and actress. Beyoncé performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child and rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of
Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. Beyoncé herself is the best-selling black female musician of all time and second best-selling female artist of all time, behind only
Madonna. With 35 wins and 99 nominations from the Grammy Awards for her music (including her work in
Destiny's Chil… read more