Beyoncé

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles – a famous American R&B performer, music producer, actress, dancer and fashion designer.

The star was born on September 4, 1981, in Texas, USA. The singer's parents are African American. Beyoncé also has a sister, Solange – an actress and songwriter.

Beyoncé began to realize herself as a singer at the age of 8, when she sang in a church choir and formed her own rap group with other girls.

Her serious career began in 1997, when the childhood school group Girl’s Tyme grew up and renamed itself Destiny’s Child. Soon the group signed a triumphant contract with Columbia Records.

Since 2000, Beyoncé has pursued a solo career, and since then she has become famous for 7 records: Dangerously in Love (2003), True Star: A Private Performance (2004), B'Day (2006), I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008), 4 (2011), Beyonce (2013), Lemonade (2016).

Beyoncé has also achieved some success in film, starring in Hollywood movies such as "Carmen: A Hip Hopera", "Austin Powers in Goldmember", " The Fighting Temptations", "Fade to Black", "The Pink Panther", "Dreamgirls", "Obsessed" and others.

Over her entire music career, Beyoncé has won 20 Grammy awards and has 52 nominations. She received her first award at the age of 19 (as a member of Destiny's Child).

In 2017, she also took first place in Billboard's Top 50 Money Makers of 2016 ranking, where, according to the publication, her income amounted to 62.1 million dollars.

As for her personal life, in 2002 she sang the duet "Crazy Love" with rapper Jay-Z, after which they were rumored to be in a relationship. The rumors did not stop for six long years, and in April 2008 it turned out that the singer had secretly married the rapper.

On January 7, 2012, their first daughter Blue Ivy Carter was born, and on June 12, 2017, Beyoncé gave birth to twins – a boy, Sir, and a girl, Rumi.