Beyoncé is the name of her 2013 visual album featuring “Drunk in Love.”
The album was released without advance promotion on December 13, 2013, through an unexpected digital launch on the iTunes Store. It contained fourteen songs and came with seventeen accompanying music videos, making the visual component part of the album’s central concept rather than a later add-on.
“Drunk in Love,” featuring Jay-Z, became one of the album’s best-known tracks. Other songs included “Pretty Hurts,” “Partition,” “Flawless,” and “XO.” The release strategy had a major effect on how major artists introduced albums digitally.
The title is commonly confused with Beyoncé’s 2003 debut album Dangerously in Love, which has a different name and era. It is also distinct from Lemonade, her 2016 visual album. Because the 2013 record uses Beyoncé’s name as its title, it is often called the “self-titled album.”