Beyonce Receives CFDA Fashion Icon Award

CFDA usually announces the recipient of the CFDA Fashion Icon Award prior to the show but for the 2016 presentation they decided to keep it secret.
•    Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter Receives CFDA Fashion Icon Award.
•    Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. 
•    Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child and rose to fame in the late 1990s as lead singer of R&B girl-group Destiny's Child. 
•    Beyoncé has received numerous awards. 
•    As a solo artist she has sold over 16 million albums in the US, and over 100 million records worldwide (a further 60 million additionally with Destiny's Child), making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
•    The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) listed Beyoncé as the top certified artist of the 2000s (decade), with a total of 64 certifications.
•    Her songs "Crazy in Love", "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", "Halo", and "Irreplaceable" are some of the best-selling singles of all time worldwide. 
•    In 2009, The Observer named her the Artist of the Decade and Billboard named her the Top Female Artist and Top Radio Songs Artist of the Decade.
•    In 2010, Billboard named her in their "Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years" list at number 15.
•    In 2012 VH1 ranked her third on their list of the "100 Greatest Women in Music".
•    Beyoncé was the first female artist to be honored with the International Artist