Beyonce, popularly known as Beyonce Knowles is one of the most well known pop stars in today’s world. She is also very famous as a fashion designer and an artist and even an actress. Beyonce was born in the city of Houston in Texas and rose to fame in the 1990′s. It is here that she and her siblings were raised. During this period Beyonce was one of the lead singers of the famous pop group Destiny’s Child . In the decade of 2000, Beyonce went solo with her music career.

While Beyonce Knowles became famous as the lead singer of Destiny’s Child, the release of her first album entitled, “Dangerously in Love” in the year 2003 took her to heights unsurpassed by several musicians in American music history. Some of the most popular hits of this album include Baby Boy and Crazy in Love. Her second album, which was released in the year 2006 and was entitled B’Day gave her success that surpassed what she had achieved with the release of her first album. Beyonce Knowles has won as many as sixteen Grammy awards. She has achieved Grammies for her solo music career as well as for the music that she made as a part of Destiny’s Child. To date Beyonce Knowles has received as many as sixteen Grammy awards as both as solo artist as well as one of the members of the famed pop group Destiny’s Child.

Beyonce is also a very well known actress, apart from being a famous musician. Her passion for acting occurred first when she signed up for a musical film by the name of Carmen in the year 2001. Thereafter she appeared in some major Hollywood blockbusters such as Cadilliac Records and Dreamgirls. She achieved two nominations for her role in the movie Dreamgirls at the Golden Globe Awards. Another film in which she had a very prominent role to play is Cadillac Records.

In the year 2004, Beyonce Knowles made her foray into the fashion world. She opened a fashion line known as House of Dereon with her mother. She has endorsed a few very renowned fashion brands like Armani, Loreal, Tommy Hilfiger and Pepsi. In the year 2010, Beyonce featured in the list of most successful celebrities in the whole world compiled by Forbes. She ranked second on this list. She ranked first on the list of most influential musicians in the entire world, also compiled by Forbes in the year 2010.

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