Lemonade is Beyoncé’s 2016 visual album about Black identity, heritage, relationships, and resilience. It was released on April 23, 2016, alongside a 65-minute film broadcast on HBO.
The project combines songs with poetry and visual chapters, drawing on ideas of family history, American racial history, and emotional reconciliation. Its music moves through styles including R&B, rock, country, soul, and hip-hop, giving the album a deliberately broad sound.
Lemonade became Beyoncé’s sixth consecutive number-one album on the Billboard 200. It also received widespread critical acclaim and won the Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album. Black Is King, released in 2020, is a separate visual album connected to The Lion King: The Gift.