Beyoncé

Born Beyoncé Giselle Knowles, on September 4, 1981, the singer, songwriter, producer, and actress first found fame as a member of the popular R&B singing group Destiny's Child. After launching her own successful solo career in the early 2000s, she took on new challenges, including acting on television and in films, most notably in 2002's Austin Powers in Gold Member and 2006's Dreamgirls. Speaking of Beyoncé, singer Tamia told Keith Spera of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, "She is one of the hardest-working women in the business. I'm sure she's sacrificed a lot to get to where she is and put in a lot of hard work. It isn't a fluke that she is where she is." By 2017 Beyoncé had...