Beyoncé’s 2022 album that begins the planned trilogy following Lemonade is Renaissance.
Renaissance is Beyoncé’s seventh studio album and was released on July 29, 2022. It was presented as the first act of a three-part project, with the later album Cowboy Carter identified as the second act.
The album is rooted in dance, house, disco, funk, and club music. Beyoncé drew on Black and queer dance-music traditions and acknowledged many artists and producers connected with those scenes. The record’s lead single, “Break My Soul,” became her eighth solo number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100.
Renaissance received nine Grammy nominations and won four awards at the 2023 ceremony. It is sometimes confused with Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé, the concert film released in 2023; the album itself arrived the previous year.