Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is an American singer, songwriter and businesswoman. Dubbed "Queen Bey", she is regarded as a prominent cultural figure of the 21st century and has been recognized for her artistry and performances, with Rolling Stone naming her one of the greatest vocalists of all time.
As a child, Beyoncé started performing in various singing and dancing competitions. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of the R&B girl group Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. Their hiatus saw the release of Beyoncé's debut album, Dangerously in Love. She then followed with the US number-one solo albums B'Day, I Am... Sasha Fierce, and 4. After creating her own management company Parkwood Entertainment, Beyoncé achieved critical acclaim for the experimental visual albums Beyoncé and Lemonade, which explored themes such as feminism and womanism. With her Black queer-inspired dance album Renaissance and country album Cowboy Carter from her trilogy project, she became the only female artist to have all of her first eight solo studio albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200.