What was Beyoncé's surprise 2016 visual album called?

Beyoncé's surprise 2016 visual album was called Lemonade.

Lemonade was released on April 23, 2016, after first being presented as an hour-long film on HBO. The project combines songs, poetry, spoken narration, and imagery organized around emotional stages including intuition, denial, anger, apathy, accountability, reform, forgiveness, hope, and redemption.

The album draws on R&B, rock, country, blues, soul, reggae, and hip-hop. Its guest contributors included Jack White, Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, James Blake, and Beyoncé's collaborators in the production and songwriting process.

Lemonade received widespread acclaim and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. It is often discussed alongside Beyoncé's personal and cultural themes, but its visual storytelling also incorporates Black Southern history, family memory, and broader ideas of identity and resilience.