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	== Summary ==		== Summary ==
	Beyoncé is an American singer, songwriter and performer from Houston. Her work extends from [[Contemporary R&B\|contemporary R&B]] and [[Pop\|pop]] into dance music and [[Country\|country]], with ambitious recorded and visual projects.<ref name="beyonce-grammy">[https://www.grammy.com/artists/beyonce-knowles/12474/ Recording Academy: Beyoncé, biography and recordings]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>		Beyoncé is an American singer, songwriter and performer from Houston. Her work extends from [[Contemporary R&B\|contemporary R&B]] and [[Pop\|pop]] into dance music and [[Country\|country]], with ambitious recorded and visual projects.<ref name="beyonce-grammy">[https://www.grammy.com/artists/beyonce-knowles/12474/ Recording Academy: Beyoncé, biography and recordings]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>

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== Summary ==
Beyoncé is an American singer, songwriter and performer from Houston. Her work extends from [[Contemporary R&B|contemporary R&B]] and [[Pop|pop]] into dance music and [[Country|country]], with ambitious recorded and visual projects.<ref name="beyonce-grammy">[https://www.grammy.com/artists/beyonce-knowles/12474/ Recording Academy: Beyoncé, biography and recordings]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>

== Life and career ==
She first became widely known with Destiny's Child before releasing ''Dangerously in Love'' in 2003. The early solo songs 'Crazy in Love' and 'Baby Boy' expanded that audience. Her 2004 Grammy performance with [[Prince]] also placed her within an intergenerational exchange on stage.<ref name="beyonce-grammy" />

== Music and style ==
Her singing operates across intimate passages, layered vocal arrangements and forceful dance tracks. ''Renaissance'' engages with [[House|house]] and the history of Black dance music. KEXP's discussion emphasizes its collaborative production and use of earlier recordings, presenting sampling and songwriting credits as ways of acknowledging musical predecessors.<ref name="beyonce-kexp">[https://www.kexp.org/read/2022/8/11/sound-vision-roundtable-on-beyonces-renaissance/ KEXP Sound and Vision: Renaissance, dance influences and collaboration, 11 August 2022]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>

== Works and performances ==
''Dangerously in Love'', ''Lemonade'', ''Renaissance'' and ''Cowboy Carter'' trace distinct projects. 'Break My Soul' and 'Cuff It' appear in the ''Renaissance'' repertoire. ''Cowboy Carter'' received both Album of the Year and Best Country Album at the 2025 Grammy Awards, documenting another major setting for her musical exploration.<ref name="beyonce-grammy" />

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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByLJstEo0fo Love on Top — live at Roseland] — [[Pop]].

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