She is an international singing sensation, and she also has a very keen business sense. 她是歌壇的國際巨星，同時也具有非常敏銳的生意頭腦。
Most of the world knows her by just her first name. 多半世人僅僅透過她的名字就知道她這號人物。
This week on Leading Women, we talk to Beyonce and those who watched her rise to super stardom. 本週的《女人當家》，我們和碧昂絲以及那些看著她崛起成為超級巨星的人聊聊。
She's one of the top-selling, most honored and most influential artists around. 她是當代最暢銷、最享譽盛名和最具影響力的藝人之一。
I love art and I love to sing. I love to perform. It's what I was born to do. 我熱愛藝術，也愛唱歌。我愛表演。我就是為此而生。
But when an artist becomes known by only one name, you know she's a star. 但是當一個藝人只靠名字就家喻戶曉，你就知道她是個明星了。
Every time you see Beyonce, every time you hear Beyonce, 每次妳看到碧昂絲，聽到碧昂絲，
you're expecting to see or hear the best thing you've ever seen or heard, you know, from a female artist standpoint. 你就期待會看到或聽到從未見聞、最精彩的東西，以女藝人來說。
But Beyonce is also a business and a brand -- from music to film, fashion endorsements and more. 然而碧昂絲同時也是一門事業和一個品牌，從音樂到電影、時尚代言等等。
How a hairdresser's daughter from Houston, Texas became one of the most powerful and inspirational women in entertainment. 一個德州休士頓美髮師的女兒，如何能成為娛樂業中最有權勢又最具有啟發性的女性之一呢？
She had a dream. She envisioned it. Hard work, determination, and this is the result. 她有個夢想。她在心中想像了這個夢。努力付出、決心，然後得到這個結果。
Beyonce Knowles began performing with a girl group at the age of eight. 碧昂絲．諾麗斯八歲那年開始和一個女孩團體演出。
About seven years later, the group, by then known as Destiny's Child, made its major record label debut. 大約七年後，這個當時名叫「天命真女」的團體，推出他們在唱片大廠的首張專輯。
As the breakout star, Beyonce eventually launched a solo career that has firmly established her as an icon. 身為其中最搶眼的明星，碧昂絲最終展開了單飛生涯，就此鞏固了她的偶像地位。
Beyonce inspires others to dream, because she is always reminding us that she was just this young girl out of Houston, Texas who had a dream to be a performer. 碧昂絲激勵大家去作夢，因為她總是提醒我們她只是德州休士頓那個夢想成為表演者的小女孩。
And look at her now. 看看她現在的成就。
Where she is now is on the Forbes list of the world's most powerful women 她現在名列在《富比士》全球最具有權勢女性的排行榜中，
with her own fashion line plus multimillion-dollar endorsement deals for everything from perfume to Pepsi. 她有自己的時尚品牌和價值數千萬美元的代言合約，從香水到百事可樂，什麼都有。
Her influence spreads beyond her music. 她的影響力超越了她的音樂。
Beyonce's impact in pop culture, you know, not just within the music industry but in... 碧昂絲對於流行文化的影響，不僅僅只限於音樂產業，還有……
I think in terms of the beauty industry, I think in terms of fashion, she's become really the poster child in terms of her brand being so well-rounded. 我認為就美容產業、就時尚產業而言，就她的品牌如此全面性這點來看，她已經成了代表人物。
This is not a woman who just says she lends her name to it and then she's gone and off to St. Barts or off to her yacht. 這個女人不會只是說她掛個名，然後就自己跑去聖巴斯島或跑去玩她的遊艇。
No, she is there. She's in the meetings. She's doing concepts. 不會，她會參與，會參加會議。她會提供想法。
Her decisions are really entwined into what her businesses are that have her name, because she knows that it's a reflection of her. 她的決定真的和掛了她名字的事業緊緊結合在一起，因為她知道那些反映的是她這個人。
It's a long way from a girl group in Houston to becoming one of the biggest brands in the business. 從休士頓的一個女孩團體，到成為娛樂業其中一個最大的品牌，這是條漫長的路。
It's a story of success that inspires others to follow their own dreams. 這是一個成功的故事，鼓勵其他人要追隨自己的夢想。
I grew up with a family that was successful, but not born successful, 我在一個成功，但並非本來就成功，的家庭中長大，
and I believe with hard work and with a goal and love and positivity, then eventually we're gonna be fine. 我相信努力勤奮，加上有目標、有熱忱和積極進取，最終我們必然會順利的。