Beyoncé’s 2016 album Lemonade contains 12 songs. It was released on April 23, 2016, alongside a one-hour film that premiered on HBO.
The album moves through a sequence of emotional and thematic stages, including intuition, denial, anger, apathy, accountability, reform, forgiveness, hope, and redemption. Its music combines R&B with rock, blues, country, reggae, soul, and spoken-word elements.
Lemonade includes tracks such as “Formation,” “Sorry,” “Hold Up,” “Freedom,” and “All Night.” Its visual presentation and themes prompted extensive discussion of Black womanhood, family, history, infidelity, and cultural identity. The album received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year and won Best Urban Contemporary Album.