Renaissance was Beyoncé’s 2022 studio album and the first release in a planned trilogy.
Columbia Records released Renaissance on July 29, 2022. It was Beyoncé’s seventh solo studio album and followed the widely discussed visual-album project Black Is King, although Black Is King is categorized as a visual album and companion project rather than a conventional studio-album successor.
Renaissance draws strongly on house, disco, dance, and electronic music. Its lead single, “Break My Soul,” became Beyoncé’s first solo number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 since “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” in 2008. The album also includes “Cuff It” and “Alien Superstar.”
At the 2023 Grammy Awards, Renaissance won Best Dance/Electronic Music Album. The album’s release began a broader three-act project; the second act, Cowboy Carter, arrived in 2024. This question is distinct from asking which album begins the trilogy because it identifies the album by title and year.