Beyoncé was born in Houston in 1981 and grew up there, singing in talent shows and church choirs before the city ever knew what it had. She rose to fame fronting Destiny's Child, the Houston group that became one of the best-selling girl groups in history, then launched a solo career with Dangerously in Love in 2003 that made her one of the defining performers of her generation.
Her run of solo albums, from B'Day through Lemonade, Renaissance, and Cowboy Carter, has made her the most awarded artist in Grammy history. Cowboy Carter, her 2024 country album, won Album of the Year and brought her career full circle to the Texas sounds she grew up around. Houston stays in the music: she has played the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and name-checks her hometown across her catalog.
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