Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4, 1981), often known by the mononym Beyoncé is an American recording artist, actress and fashion designer. Born and raised inHouston ,Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child. Knowles rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the R&B girl group Destiny's child, one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time.
