Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter was born on September 4, 1981, in Houston, Texas. She began her career in entertainment at a young age, participating in various singing and dancing competitions. In the late 1990s, she rose to fame as the lead singer of Destiny’s Child, one of the world’s best-selling girl groups. The group achieved immense success with hits like “Say My Name,” “Survivor,” and “Bootylicious.”