One of the most popular performers on the planet, Beyoncé is a megastar whose talent embraces singing, dancing, songwriting, acting, and entrepreneurship.

Her music is generally R&B, but also includes pop, electropop, funk, hip-hop, and soul. The Recording Industry of America has recognized her as the Top Certified Artist of the 2000s. As of 2013, Beyoncé was the most-nominated woman in Grammy Award history, winning seventeen awards. She has also won twelve MTV Video Music Awards, a Billboard Millennium Award, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

An electrifying performer, she is known for highly choreographed dance routines that are as eye-popping as her costumes. The New Yorker has described Beyoncé as “the most important and compelling popular musician of the twenty-first century. Right now, she is the reigning national voice.”