By the end of 2022, Beyoncé had released seven studio albums under her own name.
The sequence begins with Dangerously in Love in 2003 and continues with B’Day in 2006, I Am... Sasha Fierce in 2008, 4 in 2011, Beyoncé in 2013, Lemonade in 2016, and Renaissance in 2022. These albums cover a broad range of R&B, pop, hip-hop, soul, dance, and house influences.
The number seven counts solo studio albums and does not include live albums, compilation albums, soundtrack albums, or releases credited to Destiny’s Child. It also does not count Beyoncé’s later collaborative album Everything Is Love, which was credited jointly with Jay-Z as The Carters.
A frequent source of confusion is the distinction between an album’s release year and its recording period. Beyoncé, Lemonade, and Renaissance were all surprise or near-surprise projects whose public arrival generated substantial discussion about album marketing. Renaissance was released in July 2022 and became the seventh solo studio album in this sequence.