Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, born September 4, 1981, in Houston, Texas, is a singer, songwriter, actress and businesswoman. She first became famous in the late 1990s as the lead singer of Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling girl groups on record, then launched a solo career with Dangerously in Love in 2003. B'Day, I Am… Sasha Fierce, the self-titled surprise album of 2013 and Lemonade each reset expectations for how albums are released and presented, and she has since worked through a three-act project spanning Renaissance, the country-facing Cowboy Carter and its follow-up. She holds more Grammy Awards than any other artist, and the Renaissance World Tour became one of the highest-grossing tours ever staged. Her relevance to hip-hop runs through her marriage to Jay-Z, the joint album Everything Is Love, and a long list of rap collaborations.