Beyoncé’s April 2016 visual album was Lemonade.
Lemonade was released on April 23, 2016, through Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records. It arrived alongside an hour-long film broadcast on HBO, combining music, poetry, imagery, and appearances by several notable artists and cultural figures.
The album is structured around themes often described through stages of emotional healing, including intuition, denial, anger, apathy, emptiness, accountability, reform, forgiveness, hope, and redemption. Its songs include “Formation,” “Sorry,” “Hold Up,” and “Freedom.”
Lemonade is often discussed as both a music album and a visual work because the film is integral to its presentation. It was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2017 Grammy Awards, while “Formation” won Best Music Video and Best Rap/Sung Performance.