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Beyoncé

Singer, songwriter, producer, director and actor

Born 1981

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter is a Houston-born singer, songwriter, producer, director, performer and actor whose career began in the group Girls’ Tyme and expanded worldwide with Destiny’s Child. After the group’s breakthrough albums The Writing’s on the Wall and Survivor, her 2003 solo debut Dangerously in Love established a catalog that later moved through the live-band urgency of B’Day, the pop scale of I Am… Sasha Fierce, the R&B focus of 4, the surprise visual album Beyoncé, the Peabody-winning Lemonade, the HBCU-centered concert film Homecoming, Renaissance and Cowboy Carter. She has also played major screen roles in Dreamgirls and Cadillac Records and voiced Nala for Disney. At 27, she founded Parkwood as a creative agency, label, production and management company; while directing I Am…World Tour, she taught herself Final Cut Pro and began a filmmaking line that continued through Lemonade, Homecoming, Black Is King and Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé. In 2025, Cowboy Carter brought her first Grammy for Album of the Year and raised her career total to 35 wins, the most in Grammy history. Her latest release is the remastered B’Day 20th Anniversary Edition, issued in September 2026 with restored visuals, archival material and new tracks.

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Connected people

ConnectionJay-ZHusband, frequent recording and touring collaborator, and partner in The Carters.

ConnectionKelly RowlandDestiny’s Child bandmate and longtime creative peer.

ConnectionMichelle WilliamsDestiny’s Child bandmate in the group’s best-known trio lineup.

Official records · wins and honours

Awards & Honours

Selected recognition linked to the awarding organisation or primary record.

2025
Recording AcademyCompetitive win
Album of the Year
Cowboy Carter
Official record
2025
Recording AcademyCompetitive win
Best Country Album
Cowboy Carter
Official record
2025
Television AcademyCompetitive win
Outstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming
Beyoncé Bowl
Official record
2023
Recording AcademyCompetitive win
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Renaissance
Official record
2021
Recording AcademyCompetitive win
Best Music Video
Brown Skin Girl
Official record
2017
Peabody AwardsCompetitive win
Entertainment — Peabody Award
Lemonade
Official record
2016
Council of Fashion Designers of AmericaIndustry honor
Fashion Icon Award
Beyoncé
Official record
2010
Recording AcademyCompetitive win
Song of the Year
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
Official record
2004
Recording AcademyCompetitive win
Best Contemporary R&B Album
Dangerously in Love
Official record
2001
Recording AcademyCompetitive win
Best R&B Song
Say My Name
Official record

Album of the Year

Best Country Album

Outstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming

Best Dance/Electronic Music Album

Best Music Video

Entertainment — Peabody Award

Fashion Icon Award

Song of the Year

Best Contemporary R&B Album

Best R&B Song