Beyoncé's self-titled album became a surprise visual album in December 2013.
Beyoncé was released without advance announcement on December 13, 2013, through the iTunes Store. It was her fifth studio album and arrived with a music video for every song, making the project a major event in digital music marketing.
The album included “Drunk in Love,” “Partition,” “Pretty Hurts,” and “Flawless.” Its release strategy was widely noted because Beyoncé and her team kept the project secret until it became available.
The album is often confused with Lemonade, another Beyoncé visual album, but Lemonade was released in 2016. Beyoncé earned the singer a Grammy for Best Surround Sound Album and helped popularize the modern surprise-album rollout.