On September 4, 1981, the queen of RnB, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter was born in Houston, Texas. The icon of music, who still influences musical trends today, showed her unique talent from a very early age and continues to prove that with hard work, perseverance and passion, there are no limits to success.

She was only 7 years old when she started dancing and singing lessons. Since then she knew that this was the path she wanted to follow in her life – the path of entertainment. Numerous auditions in talent competitions followed, and in the 90s she decided to drop out of high school to live her dream. She founded the famous girl group Destiny’s Child, managed by both her parents, and signed to Columbia Records.

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In 2005 she decided to pursue a solo career and, seven years later, fired her perfectionist father as manager. Her father had very high demands and because of him, Beyoncé was walking on the edge of exhaustion, which was leading her rapidly towards depression. Her parents always reminded her that she was born a princess and she managed to confirm them even more: she finally managed to become the queen of RnB!

Beyoncé doesn’t just do world tours, she puts on whole audiovisual extravaganzas. As a solo artist alone, she has six personal albums, ten films, one documentary and five tours to her credit. Her “empire” translates to $420 million, while her joint fortune with Jay-Z is $1.9 billion.

Her marriage, children and successful career

Her marriage to Jay-Z is a role model for many couples. Of course they have their own problems and difficult times, but the love they have for each other and of course for their 3 children and the little mutual concessions they are willing to make always save the day.

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In 2013, they welcomed their first daughter, whom they named Blue Ivy, and soon gave her two siblings, twins Cher and Rumi. Blue Ivy has already entered the music industry strongly, as she already has a Grammy to her credit.

This award was given to the music video for her mother’s song Brown Skin Girl. This song was for the movie The Lion King: The Gift and the then 7-year-old Blue Ivy participated, singing the beginning and the end of the song, making her the second youngest act to win a Grammy!

In her musical career she creates songs that often talk about the themes of love, infidelity, feminism and racial inequality. Throughout her multi-year career, she has sold over 60,000,000 albums and 150,000,000 singles as a solo artist. She is considered one of the most commercial female singers of all time and her hit streak continues to this day, as everything she does is taken for granted, and it is certain that her success does not have a short expiration date.

But what are the 40 things we don’t know about the shy girl from Texas who managed to become one of the most famous artists of the 21st century.

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1. She is really humble

Despite her fame and huge social media following, Beyoncé is known to be quite protective of her private life.

2. Born in Texas

Specifically, he was born and raised in Houston, the largest city by population in Texas. As a child, she participated and performed in various talent shows, with great fame coming in the late 90s with her participation in the group Destiny’s Child, where she was the lead singer.

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