Which 2016 Beyonce album includes the song "Hold Up"?

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Beyoncé’s 2016 album Lemonade includes the song “Hold Up.”

“Hold Up” appears on Beyoncé’s sixth studio album, Lemonade, which was released as a surprise visual album on April 23, 2016. The project combined a collection of songs with a film shown on HBO, making the album’s presentation as important to its identity as the music itself.

The song was released as the album’s third single and later serviced to Italian radio on May 27, 2016. Its writing and production draw on several sources, including Andy Williams’s recording of “Can’t Get Used to Losing You,” the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “Maps” and Soulja Boy’s “Turn My Swag On.”

“Hold Up” is sometimes remembered mainly for its vivid video, in which Beyoncé walks through a flooded street and destroys property with a baseball bat. That imagery belongs to Lemonade’s visual film, while the album itself explores betrayal, anger, healing and Black womanhood.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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