Beyoncé had released seven solo studio albums through Renaissance in 2022. Renaissance is her seventh solo studio album, following Dangerously in Love, B’Day, I Am... Sasha Fierce, 4, Beyoncé, and Lemonade.
Renaissance was released on July 29, 2022, and became the first act in a planned trilogy of albums. Its sound draws heavily on house, disco, dance, funk, and other club traditions. The album includes “Break My Soul,” which became Beyoncé’s first solo US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single since “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).”
The number seven refers to solo studio albums, not every recording connected with Beyoncé. Destiny’s Child albums, live albums, soundtrack projects, collaborative albums, and compilation releases belong to other categories.
This distinction prevents a common counting error. Beyoncé’s self-titled 2013 album counts as her fifth solo studio album, while Lemonade counts as her sixth. Renaissance followed as number seven and began a separate three-album conceptual sequence.