VERY BEST: Beyoncé

She was born as Beyoncé Giselle Knowles in Houston, Texas. She enrolled in dance classes during her early school days. Her singing talent was discovered when her dance instructor hummed a song and Beyoncé was able to finish it, even hitting the high pitched notes. In 1990 Beyoncé enrolled in Parker Elementery school, a music magnet school in Houston where she would perform with the school choir. She was also a member of the St John’s United Methodist Church as a solist for two years. When Beyonce was 8 she and school friend Kelly Rowland met LaTavia Roberson while auditioning for an all-girl entertainment group. The group eventually became Destiny’s Child. (You can find the Best Of for Destiny’s Child here: )

After Destiny’s Child started to have major success the group went on a hiatus and allowed its member to record solo albums. Beyonce’s first solo single was a collab with her later husband Jay-Z: „Bonnie & Clyde ’03“ which peaked at #4 in the US Billboard Single Charts. In 2003 she released her debut solo album „Dangerously In Love“ – it topped the US Billboard Album Charts and the UK Album Charts as well as the Canadian, German and Irish album charts. It sold over 11 million times worldwide and was certified multiple times platinum in the USA (4x), Germany (4x), Australia (3x) among other places. The single „Crazy In Love“ became her first single #1 in the USA and the UK. One more single of the album peaked at the top: „Baby Boy“ a collab with Jamaican rapper/dancehall singer Sean Paul. Beyonce won a then record-tying 5 Grammy Awards for the album.

After she and the girls released the final studio album for Destiny’s Child Beyoncé continued working on her singles career. In 2006 she released her 2nd studio album „B’Day“ – Another #1 album in the USA for her. The album sold over 8 million times worldwide. She won another Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album that year. The single „Irreplaceable“ became her 3rd #1 single in the US, the 2nd was „Check On It“, which was released on the #1’s Destiny’s Child album in 2005. Beyoncé then took acting roles on the movie „Pink Panther“ and later „Dreamgirls“.

In 2008 she released her 3rd studio album „I Am… Sasha Fierce“. It became her 3rd consecutive #1 album in the USA and sold over 8 million times worldwide. Thanks to 4 more singles of the album that reached the Top 10 she became the female artist with the most Top 10 singles of the 2000s in the USA. She broke her own-record for most Grammy Awards won by a female in a single night for the album with six.

In 2011 Beyoncé returned to the spotlight after a short hiatus and relased her next studio album, named „4“. It became her 4th consecutive #1 album in the USA and her 2nd #1 in the UK among other places. She won another Grammy for the single „Love On Top“. In 2013 she released her next studio album „Beyoncé“ without any promotion and reached #1 in the USA again, her 5th consecutive album to do so. At the Grammy Awards she won 3 more prices for the album.

In 2016 she released her next studio album