Lemonade earned Beyoncé the 2017 Grammy for Best Urban Contemporary Album. The award was presented at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards on February 12, 2017.
The album was a major critical and cultural event, combining music with an hour-long visual film and a highly structured sequence of songs. Its subject matter moved through stages commonly described as intuition, denial, anger, apathy, accountability, reform, forgiveness, hope, and redemption.
At the 2017 ceremony, Lemonade competed in major categories including Album of the Year, while Beyoncé also received recognition for individual songs. Adele’s 25 won Album of the Year, but Lemonade won the urban contemporary category.
This award is sometimes confused with Beyoncé’s later Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Music Album, which she won for Renaissance in 2023. Lemonade’s 2017 victory belongs specifically to the Best Urban Contemporary Album category.