Billboard Names No. 1 Artist Of The 21st Century

LOADINGERROR LOADINGThe Beyhive doesn’t seem to be the only ones “Crazy In Love” with Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter.Today, Billboard has officially crowned the entertainer the greatest pop star of the 21st century, securing her the No.1 title on the site’s staff curated list.Beyoncé, who stepped onto the scene in the early ’90s with the group Girl’s Tyme, is no stranger to the limelight.

From her start with the R&B ensemble to her success with the R&B supergroup “Destiny’s Child,” Bey has delivered hit after hit.Advertisement The artist scored her first No.1 Billboard spot with the outlet on March 18, 2000, with Destiny’s Child’s female anthem “Bills, Bills, Bills.” The music icon received her second No.

1 with Destiny’s Child’s breakout hit “Say My Name.” Destiny's Child in the recording studio in southwest Houston.(L-R) LaTavia Roberson, Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, LeToya Luckett.Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty ImagesIn May 2003, the multi-hyphenate artist went solo with her debut album “Crazy In Love.” Since then, she has racked up numerous accolades — including being named the Recording Industry Association of America’s top-certified artist of the decade in the 2010s.“With her solo bonafides more than established, Bey would spend 2004 doing one more lap around the Billboard charts alongside Kelly and Michelle in Destiny’s Child,” Billboard wrote in its ranking.Advertisement “The group reunited for that year’s ‘Destiny Fulfilled,’ which saw them embracing grittier sounds on hits like the marching band-led “Lose My Breath” and the trap-tinged “Soldier” (featuring then-ascendant southern rappers T.I.

and Lil Wayne), and playing to devoted domestic partners for the first time on the lush “Cater 2 U.”Destiny's Child during the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York.Kevin Mazur via Getty ImagesBeyoncé has also changed...