Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4, 1981, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, and fashion designer for House of Deréon.

Beyoncé rose to fame as the lead singer of Destiny's Child, the world's best-selling female group. After a series of commercially-successful singles with the group, she released her debut solo album, Dangerously in Love, in 2003, which topped the album charts in the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom. Beyoncé's sophomore album, B'Day, was released on September 4, 2006 to coincide with the celebration of her twenty-fifth birthday. The album includes hit songs (UK #1) "Deja Vu", "Ring the Alarm", and the Billboard Hot 100 number-one "Irreplaceable".

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Some of her achievements:

First African-American woman and second woman to ever win the "Songwriter of the Year" award ASCAP Pop Music Awards (2001).
First artist to have a number-one single ("Check on It"), a number-one film (The Pink Panther) and win a Grammy in the same week.
First woman (and fifth artist ever) to have a number-one single ("Crazy in Love") and a number-one album (Dangerously in Love) in the U.S. and in the UK simultaneously.
First person to have been asked to perform three consecutive Academy Award-nominated songs at the Oscars ("Believe", "Learn to Be Lonely", and "Look to Your Path").
First artist to perform at the Super Bowl, NBA All-Star Game, and Grammys in the same month.
Tied with for most Grammys won in a single night by a female (5).
Longest run at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in a year by a female, 17 weeks in 2003 (8 weeks with "Crazy in Love", 9 weeks with "Baby Boy").
Co-star of the world's highest-grossing comedy film, Austin Powers in Goldmember.
Lead singer of the world's best-selling female group, Destiny's Child.
Writer of the longest-running song on the Billboard Hot 100 by a female group, "Independent Women Part I".
Artist with the longest-running song on iTunes ("Irreplaceable").
First woman to have a single jump from number twenty-one to number one in the UK singles chart ("Deja Vu").
Best-paid African-American actress ($12.5 million for her role in Dreamgirls, in addition to an estimated $24 million from the film's soundtrack).

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