Whatever state Beyoncé Knowles came from, she was always bound to be the biggest music star in its history. She's transcended her original girl-band fame with Destiny's Child to become one of the biggest female solo singers who ever held a microphone. As part of a power couple with her husband Jay-Z, the two are a global brand worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Some people even believe they're secretly the head of the mysterious Illuminati!
We're not into conspiracy theories, so we don't believe that's true, but there's no denying Knowles is a very big deal. When she spontaneously released 'Lemonade' with no warning a couple of years ago, she almost brought the entire internet to a halt. Her first big achievement in music was winning a talent show in her native Texas at the age of seven. All of her rival competitors were aged between fifteen and sixteen!