Beyoncé: Age, Net Worth, Biography and Facts

Beyoncé (Beyoncé Knowles-Carter) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. The former lead vocalist of Destiny's Child, she is the most-awarded artist in Grammy history and the creator of "Crazy in Love," "Single Ladies" and the Album of the Year winner "Cowboy Carter." This profile covers her biography, albums, songs, films, family and latest news as of October 2026.

Age and net worth

Beyoncé was born on September 4, 1981 in Houston, Texas and is 45 years old.

Forbes estimated her net worth at $1 billion in October 2026 (Forbes). Figures like this are published estimates, not official statements of wealth.

Who is Beyoncé

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (born September 4, 1981, in Houston, Texas) is widely regarded as one of the most influential cultural figures of the 21st century and one of the greatest live performers of her generation. According to the Recording Academy she has won 35 Grammy Awards from 99 nominations, more wins than any other artist in the history of the award.

After rising to fame with Destiny's Child, she built a solo career in which all eight of her studio albums debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. In February 2025 her country project "Cowboy Carter" won the Grammy for Album of the Year, the first time she had taken the top prize after several nominations, and it also made her the first Black artist to win Best Country Album.

Beyoncé in Numbers

Metric	Value (as of October 2026)
Date and place of birth	September 4, 1981, Houston, Texas, US
Grammy Awards	35 wins, 99 nominations (most wins of any artist)
Studio albums	8, from "Dangerously in Love" (2003) to "Cowboy Carter" (2024)
Billboard 200 No. 1 debuts	All 8 solo studio albums
Cowboy Carter Tour (2025)	$407.6 million gross, the highest-grossing country tour on record
Group	Destiny's Child (1990s–2005)
Husband	Jay-Z (married 2008)
Children	3: Blue Ivy, Rumi and Sir
Company	Parkwood Entertainment

Young Beyoncé: Childhood in Houston

Beyoncé was born in Houston to Tina Knowles, a hairdresser and salon owner, and Mathew Knowles, a Xerox sales manager who later became her manager. Her first name is a tribute to her mother's maiden name, Beyincé. Her younger sister, Solange Knowles, is a Grammy-winning singer in her own right. She took dance classes from early childhood and began winning local singing and talent competitions as a young child. She later studied at Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

As a girl she sang in the choir of St. John's United Methodist Church in Houston and joined a group that eventually became Destiny's Child. In 1992 the group, then called Girl's Tyme, competed on the television talent show "Star Search" and lost, an experience Beyoncé has described as a formative disappointment. Her father left his corporate job to manage the group full time.

Destiny's Child

Destiny's Child signed with Columbia Records and released its self-titled debut album in 1998. Line-up changes followed, but the trio of Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams became one of the best-selling girl groups in history with "Bills, Bills, Bills," "Say My Name," "Independent Women Part I," "Survivor" and "Bootylicious." The group won its first Grammys in 2001 for "Say My Name." Destiny's Child announced its split in 2005 after the album "Destiny Fulfilled," though the members have reunited on stage several times since, including at the 2013 Super Bowl halftime show and at Coachella in 2018.

Solo Career (2003–2012)

Her debut solo album, "Dangerously in Love" (2003), produced the No. 1 hits "Crazy in Love" with Jay-Z and "Baby Boy," and won five Grammys in 2004. "B'Day" (2006) included "Irreplaceable," which spent ten weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, and "Déjà Vu." The same year she starred in the musical film "Dreamgirls."

In 2008 she married Jay-Z, played Etta James in "Cadillac Records" and released the double album "I Am... Sasha Fierce," built around her stage alter ego. It contained "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," "Halo" and "If I Were a Boy," and earned six Grammys in 2010, then a record for a female artist in one night. In 2010 she ended her professional relationship with her father and took control of her career through her company, Parkwood Entertainment. The R&B and soul album "4" (2011) followed, with "Run the World (Girls)" and "Love On Top." In 2026 "Single Ladies" was added to the Library of Congress National Recording Registry.

Visual Albums and Lemonade (2013–2021)

In February 2013 she headlined the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show in New Orleans. That December she released the self-titled visual album "Beyoncé" overnight, with no announcement, a move that popularized the surprise release and helped push the global music industry to move new releases to Fridays. It produced "Drunk in Love" and "XO."

"Lemonade" (2016), another visual album, explored infidelity, Black womanhood and Southern identity, with songs such as "Formation," "Sorry" and "Hold Up." It was the best-selling album of 2016 worldwide and won a Peabody Award for its accompanying film. She then released "Everything Is Love" (2018) with Jay-Z as The Carters, delivered a celebrated two-weekend headlining set at Coachella in 2018, documented in the Netflix film "Homecoming" (2019), and voiced Nala in Disney's "The Lion King" (2019). Her song "Brown Skin Girl" and the visual album "Black Is King" (2020) grew out of that project.

Renaissance and Cowboy Carter (2022–Present)

In 2022 Beyoncé launched a planned album trilogy with "Renaissance," a tribute to Black and queer dance music pioneers led by "Break My Soul." At the 2023 Grammys she became the artist with the most Grammy wins of all time. The Renaissance World Tour (2023) and its concert film "Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé" were both major commercial successes.

"Cowboy Carter" (2024), Act II of the trilogy, reclaimed the Black roots of country music. Its lead single "Texas Hold 'Em" topped the Billboard Hot 100 and made her the first Black woman to top Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. The album also featured "II Most Wanted" with Miley Cyrus and a cover of Dolly Parton's "Jolene." At the February 2025 Grammys it won Album of the Year and Best Country Album.

The Cowboy Carter Tour ran across North America and Europe from April to July 2025. According to Billboard Boxscore, its 32 shows grossed $407.6 million and sold about 1.6 million tickets, making it the highest-grossing country tour on record. She became the first woman with two tours above $400 million.

Beyoncé Now: 2026

In May 2026 Beyoncé returned to the Met Gala for the first time in about a decade as a co-chair of the event, alongside Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour. She attended with Jay-Z and their daughter Blue Ivy. In the same month the Library of Congress selected "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" for the National Recording Registry, the first time one of her recordings was chosen.

Beyoncé Albums

Year	Album	Notable songs
2003	"Dangerously in Love"	"Crazy in Love," "Baby Boy," "Naughty Girl"
2006	"B'Day"	"Irreplaceable," "Déjà Vu," "Beautiful Liar"
2008	"I Am... Sasha Fierce"	"Single Ladies," "Halo," "If I Were a Boy"
2011	"4"	"Run the World (Girls)," "Love On Top"
2013	"Beyoncé"	"Drunk in Love," "XO," "Partition"
2016	"Lemonade"	"Formation," "Sorry," "Hold Up"
2022	"Renaissance"	"Break My Soul," "Cuff It"
2024	"Cowboy Carter"	"Texas Hold 'Em," "II Most Wanted"

She also released "Everything Is Love" (2018) with Jay-Z as The Carters and "The Lion King: The Gift" (2019), a curated soundtrack album.

Best-Known Beyoncé Songs

Her signature songs span more than two decades. "Crazy in Love" (2003), built on a horn sample from the Chi-Lites, launched her solo career and is still one of the most recognizable openings in pop. "Irreplaceable" (2006) became her longest-running No. 1. "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (2008) and its black-and-white video with three dancers became a global dance craze, while "Halo" (2008) remains her best-known ballad. "Run the World (Girls)" (2011) and "Love On Top" (2011) followed. "Drunk in Love" (2013), "Formation" (2016), "Break My Soul" (2022), "Cuff It" (2022) and "Texas Hold 'Em" (2024) show how far her sound has traveled, from R&B and hip-hop to house and country. Her Destiny's Child catalog adds "Say My Name," "Survivor" and "Bootylicious."

Beyoncé Tours

Years	Tour	Album supported
2007	The Beyoncé Experience	"B'Day"
2009–2010	I Am... World Tour	"I Am... Sasha Fierce"
2013–2014	The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour	"4" and "Beyoncé"
2014	On the Run Tour (with Jay-Z)	Joint tour
2016	The Formation World Tour	"Lemonade"
2018	On the Run II Tour (with Jay-Z)	"Everything Is Love"
2023	Renaissance World Tour	"Renaissance"
2025	Cowboy Carter Tour	"Cowboy Carter"

The Formation World Tour was a stadium-only tour, and both the Renaissance World Tour and the Cowboy Carter Tour grossed more than $400 million each, according to Billboard Boxscore.

Beyoncé Movies

Year	Film	Role
2002	"Austin Powers in Goldmember"	Foxxy Cleopatra
2003	"The Fighting Temptations"	Lilly
2006	"The Pink Panther"	Xania
2006	"Dreamgirls"	Deena Jones
2008	"Cadillac Records"	Etta James
2009	"Obsessed"	Sharon Charles
2013	"Epic"	Queen Tara (voice)
2019	"Homecoming"	Herself, also director
2019	"The Lion King"	Nala (voice)
2020	"Black Is King"	Writer, director, performer
2023	"Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé"	Herself, also director

Beyoncé Grammys and Other Awards

Award	Details
Grammy Awards	35 wins and 99 nominations, including solo, Destiny's Child and The Carters credits
Album of the Year	"Cowboy Carter" (2025)
Best Country Album	"Cowboy Carter" (2025), first Black artist to win
Peabody Award	"Lemonade" (2017)
Golden Globe nominations	"Dreamgirls" (actress) and "Be Alive" from "King Richard" (song)
National Recording Registry	"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," selected in 2026

Husband and Kids

Beyoncé married rapper and entrepreneur Jay-Z (Shawn Carter) on April 4, 2008, in a private ceremony in New York. The couple have three children: daughter Blue Ivy Carter, born in January 2012, and twins Rumi and Sir Carter, born in June 2017. Blue Ivy has appeared in several of her mother's projects; she shared a Grammy for the "Brown Skin Girl" video in 2021 and danced on the Renaissance and Cowboy Carter tours. Rumi also joined her mother on stage during the Cowboy Carter Tour. The couple addressed their marital difficulties publicly in their art, with "Lemonade" and Jay-Z's album "4:44" (2017), before releasing the joint album "Everything Is Love."

Business and Philanthropy

Parkwood Entertainment manages her music, films and tours. She co-founded the athleisure brand Ivy Park, which partnered with Adidas from 2019 until 2023, launched the hair care line Cécred in 2024 and introduced the whiskey brand SirDavis the same year. Her BeyGOOD foundation funds scholarships, small-business grants and disaster relief, and she has supported relief efforts in Houston after Hurricane Harvey.

Height and Image

Beyoncé is commonly reported to be about 5 feet 7 inches (170 cm) tall. Her fan base is known as the "BeyHive." Her stage persona Sasha Fierce, her surprise releases and her tightly controlled public image, with rare interviews, have shaped how pop stars manage fame in the social media era.

Quick Facts

Full name	Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter
Born	September 4, 1981
Birthplace	Houston, Texas, US
Parents	Tina Knowles and Mathew Knowles
Sibling	Solange Knowles
Occupation	Singer, songwriter, actress, director, businesswoman
Most famous songs	"Crazy in Love," "Single Ladies," "Halo," "Formation," "Texas Hold 'Em"
Awards	35 Grammys (record), Peabody
Husband	Jay-Z (since 2008)
Children	Blue Ivy, Rumi, Sir

Timeline

• September 4, 1981: Born in Houston, Texas.
• 1998: Destiny's Child released its debut album.
• 2003: Released her debut solo album, "Dangerously in Love."
• 2005: Destiny's Child disbanded.
• 2006: Released "B'Day" and starred in "Dreamgirls."
• April 4, 2008: Married Jay-Z; released "I Am... Sasha Fierce" later that year.
• January 2012: Daughter Blue Ivy born.
• 2013: Headlined the Super Bowl halftime show and surprise-released "Beyoncé."
• 2016: Released "Lemonade."
• June 2017: Twins Rumi and Sir born.
• 2018: Headlined Coachella.
• 2022: Released "Renaissance."
• February 2023: Became the artist with the most Grammy wins in history.
• March 2024: Released "Cowboy Carter."
• February 2025: Won the Grammy for Album of the Year.
• April–July 2025: Cowboy Carter Tour, the highest-grossing country tour on record.
• May 2026: Co-chaired the Met Gala; "Single Ladies" added to the National Recording Registry.

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