Lemonade was the Beyoncé visual album released in 2016 around themes of identity and resilience.
The album was released on April 23, 2016, after its accompanying film premiered on HBO. Its music draws on R&B, pop, rock, hip-hop, blues, and country, giving the project a deliberately broad sound. The visual presentation links the songs through poetry, imagery, and recurring ideas about family, history, and Black womanhood.
Lemonade includes “Formation,” “Sorry,” “Hold Up,” and “Daddy Lessons.” It received widespread critical acclaim and won the Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album.
The title is sometimes mixed up with Beyoncé’s 2013 self-titled visual album, but the two projects have different release years and concepts. Lemonade is the specific answer for the 2016 work whose film and songs were presented together.