

Name: Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter
Born: September 4, 1981 in Houston, Texas, United States
Education: Alief Elsik High School


Occupation: Singer, Songwriter, Actress, Record Producer, Dancer
Years active: 1997-present
Family:
Tina Knowles (mother), Mathew Knowles (father), Solange Knowles (younger sister), Bianca Lawson (older step-sister), Nixon Knowles (younger half-brother), Koi Branscomb (younger half-sister), Jay-Z (husband), Blue Ivy Carter (daughter), Rumi Carter (daughter), Sir Carter (son)
(Ex-)Boyfriend(s):
Lyndell Locke (1993-2001)
Jay-Z (2002-present, married)




Musical Career


Genre: Pop, R&B, Hip Hop
Years active: 2002-present
Labels: Music World, Parkwood Entertainment, Columbia Records
”I just try to write songs that people are going to have a dialogue about.” – Beyoncé
Albums
Dangerously in Love (2003)
B’Day (2006)
I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008)
4 (2011)
Beyoncé (2013)
Lemonade (2016)




Singles
Work It Out (2002)
Crazy in Love (2003)
Baby Boy (2003)
Me, Myself and I (2003)
Naughty Girl (2004)
Check on It (2005)
Déjà Vu (2006)
Ring the Alarm (2006)
Irreplaceable (2006)
Listen (2007)
Beautiful Liar (2007)
Get Me Bodied (2007)
Green Light (2007)
Until the End of Time (2007)
If I Were a Boy (2008)
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) (2008)
At Last (2008)
Diva (2009)
Halo (2009)
Ego (2009)
Sweet Dreams (2009)
Broken-Hearted Girl (2009)
Video Phone (2009)
Why Don’t You Love Me (2010)
Run the World (Girls) (2011)
Best Thing I Never Had (2011)
Love on Top (2011)
Countdown (2011)
End of Time (2012)
XO (2013)
Drunk in Love (2013)
Partition (2014)
Pretty Hurts (2014)
Flawless (2014)
7/11 (2014)
Formation (2016)
Sorry (2016)
Hold Up (2016)
Freedom (2016)
All Night (2016)
Perfect Duet (2017)
Apeshit (2018)




Filmography


”I love my job, but it’s more than that: I need it.” – Beyoncé
TV
Smart Guy (Herself, 1998)
The Famous Jett Jackson (Herself, 2000)
All of Us (Herself, 2005)
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (Shine / Daisy, 2008)
American Idol (Herself, 2011)
Lip Sync Battle (Herself 2016)
Being Serena (Herself, 2018)
Movie
Carmen: A Hip Hopera (Carmen Brown, 2001)
Austin Powers in Goldmember (Foxxy Cleopatra, 2002)
The Fighting Temptations (Lilly, 2003)
Fade to Black (Herself, 2004)
The Pink Panther (Xania, 2006)
Dreamgirls (Deena Jones, 2006)
Cadillac Records (Etta James, 2008)
Obsessed (Sharon Charles, 2009)
Epic (Queen Tara, 2013)
Homecoming (Herself, 2019)
The Lion King (Nala, 2019)




Facts


Beyoncé suffered from depression in the Destiny’s Child era
She only had one boyfriend before Jay Z
She managed to add a word to the Oxford English Dictionary
Her favorite number is 4
The name ‘Beyoncé’ comes from Beyonce’s maternal grandfather
She is one of the best-selling music artists of all time
Quotes


”I like to walk around with bare feet and I don’t like to comb my hair.”
”I’m a people pleaser. I hold a lot of things in. I’m always making sure everybody is okay. I usually don’t rage; I usually don’t curse.”
”Who I am on stage is very, very different to who I am in real life.”
”The more successful I become, the more I need a man.”
Social Media
Instagram: @beyonce
YouTube: @beyonce
Facebook: @beyonce
Twitter: @beyonce