Beyoncé’s sixth studio album, released in 2016, is titled Lemonade.
Lemonade was released on April 23, 2016, through Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records. It arrived alongside a one-hour film of the same name, which premiered on HBO. The album combines R&B, pop, rock, hip-hop, blues, country, and soul, giving it a broad musical and visual scope.
Its songs include “Formation,” “Sorry,” “Hold Up,” “Freedom,” and “All Night.” The project is structured around themes commonly described through stages such as intuition, denial, anger, apathy, emptiness, accountability, reform, forgiveness, hope, and redemption. Its visual presentation made the album a major example of Beyoncé’s integrated music-and-film approach.
Lemonade received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2017 Grammy Awards. A frequent mix-up is calling it a surprise album only; Beyoncé released it with an accompanying film and a carefully coordinated visual presentation.