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Beyoncé Knowles was born in September 1981 in Houston, Texas, and is now arguably the biggest female solo artist in the world. She began her career as part of Destiny’s Child and released her first number-one solo single Crazy In Love in 2003 as the lead single for her first solo record, Dangerously In Love. Since then she has released albums including B’Day, I Am… Sasha Fierce, 4, Beyoncé and Lemonade, has toured extensively around the world. She portrayed Etta James in Cadillac Records in 2008 and performed At Last at Barack and Michelle Obama’s first inaugural ball, as well as singing at his second inauguration. She is married to fellow musician Jay-Z.

Beyoncé is known for her compelling and powerful voice, her energetic stage performances, her gospel and soul influences, and the imagery that she uses both on stage and in her videos. She performed at the Super Bowl halftime show in 2013, which was watched worldwide and met with widespread acclaim. Her acting career has seen her starring in films including The Pink Panther, Cadillac Records, and Dreamgirls; her performance of Listen, the film’s lead single, was a huge success. She is also known for her philanthropy – she was named the Most Charitable Celebrity of the Year in 2016 and cofounded Chime for Change with Salma Hayek, which raises funds and awareness for girls and women around the world.

Beyoncé won a record-breaking 32nd Grammy Award in Los Angeles. She made history as she won the best dance/electronic album for her euphoric dance opus, Renaissance. In doing so, she overtook Hungarian-British conductor George Solti, whose record of 31 Grammys had stood for more than 20 years.

Beyoncé is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur. Throughout the course of her career, Beyoncé has won 29 MTV Video Music Awards, making her the most-awarded artist in the award show history. Beyoncé is also the most-awarded artist at the BET Awards and the Soul Train Awards. With a total of 32 awards and 79 nominations from the Grammy Awards for her music (including her work in Destiny’s Child and The Carters), she is the most-awarded and most nominated (tied alongside her husband Jay-Z) artist in Grammy history. With 13 awards, Beyoncé is the eighth-most awarded artist at the Billboard Music Awards.

In 2002, she received Songwriter of the Year from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers becoming the First African American woman to win the award. In 2004 and 2019, she received the NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year and the Soul Train Music Award for Sammy Davis Jr. – Entertainer of the Year.

In 2005, she also received APEX Award at the Trumpet Award honoring the achievements of Black African Americans. In 2007, Beyoncé received the International Artist of Excellence award from the American Music Awards. She also received Honorary Otto at the Bravo Otto. The following year, she received the Legend Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts at the World Music Awards and the Career Achievement Award at the LOS40 Music Awards. In 2010, she received the Artist of the Decade Award at the NRJ Music Awards.

At the 2011 Billboard Music Awards, Beyoncé received the inaugural Billboard Millennium Award. Beyoncé received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards.

In 2016, she received the Fashion Icon Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America. In 2017, Beyoncé won a Peabody Award for Entertainment.

In 2019, Beyoncé received the GLAAD Vanguard Award. According to Fuse in 2014, Beyoncé is the second most-awarded recording artist of all time.

Although music is her primary source of accomplishment, Beyoncé has also received nominations and awards for other works in retail, image, philanthropy, film, and television. Those include eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for her role in the movie Dreamgirls. She also received a Critics’ Choice Movie Award in 2007 for Listen. In 2012, she was honored by the New York Association of Black Journalists for writing Essence’s article “Eat, Pray, Love”. She has also received numerous honors for her philanthropy, such as being inducted into the International Pediatric Hall of Fame in 2008 by the Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation, and the Key to the City of New Orleans and Columbia, South Carolina. Wikipedia