Beyoncé’s album centered on the six “Lemonade” stages is Lemonade. Released on April 23, 2016, it was accompanied by an hour-long film broadcast on HBO and presented as a visual album.
The project’s songs and film are organized around emotional stages named intuition, denial, anger, apathy, emptiness, accountability, reformation, forgiveness, hope, and redemption. The stage titles vary in presentation, but the album’s central arc moves through pain, confrontation, healing, and renewal.
Lemonade combines pop, R&B, rock, country, blues, and spoken-word elements. Guest contributors include Jack White, James Blake, Kendrick Lamar, and The Weeknd. “Formation” was released before the album and became one of its most recognizable songs.
The album is distinct from Beyoncé, her 2013 self-titled visual album. Lemonade received nine Grammy nominations and won two, including Best Urban Contemporary Album.